1.x AI Faction Progression Thread

[Teucer]

Here's a teaser for my current AAR showing the growth of the Eumenid Alliance in the years following Alexander's death.

[Subotan]

That's some nice modding

[johnhughthom]

Casse 195.

[Vasiliyi]

AS 251bc



Financial overview



Main army






Just got done conquering Asia minor, with Theodorus Syriakos around Amasiea. Im at peace with Baktria, Saka, Hai, and Saba.

Pahlava sends a stack every few turns to Antiochiea-Margraine, Hekatompylos and Zadrakata. (Although they are beat back every time.

After beating the ptolies out of the levant, they have yet to return, but they wont sue for peace. Might have to fd it. Everywhere else around the world this are normal. Although my allies the Maks look like they are on their last leg.



Im kinda at a crossroads. Shall I conquer the Arabian peninsula? The rich lands of the Nile? Or should I head east and destroy the Parni?


(Notice the 10k corruption. It sucks pretty bad. Im doing the best i can though, I have 4 regional armies running around the Arche destroying rebel stacks. Along with that I have temple of Seleukos everywhere and garrisions where I can. Corruption is still a killer though.)

[gamegeek2]

I've been slacking on AS, playing BC instead. There's a crapload of snow falling here in Maryland, though, so I'll probably end up playing some EB this weekend. Probably now, actually. Ptolemaioi, here I come!

[jerjes78]

Vasiliyi:
I recommend you to conquer Alexandreia and Memphis first. Doing that you left the Ptolies out of the game and secured your southern front

[gamegeek2]

Yes, that will keep them off their best units. I've already seized Alexandreia in my game, and am well-prepared to take Memphis.

[SwissBarbar]

Btw: The Saka are a protectorae of Baktria ;-) This way Baktria controlles all of the east.

Being Rome would be cool with this Carthage-expansion, but I'm very much satisfied with being the Sab'yn. It's quite a challenge to fight the Ptolemaioi, who are superior in number and also equipment. The war we're fighting in the African Desert is characterized by strategical movement: occupying strategic positions like bridges and thereby defending the 3 African cities (all defended by one army, which has to move and if needed split up), at the same time trying to move the second army - which should conquer the cities in the south of the Ptolemaic empire - outside the enemy armies range, though not letting the generals get the "tired" trait (coming from forced marching), because this could be fatal, for then they can't escape the enemies hunting them. Quite funny

I'm using the RTW exe

[Horatius Flaccus]

Great expansion, and a nice Saba empire too!

I'm using the RTW exe

Then it certainly is some great expansion from Carthage!

[Poulp']

Hayasdan campaign, H/M

Carthage is slowing progressing up Italy, although the settlements rebel to SPQR or KH.
Epiros and Sweboz became monsters and hopefully they'll soon meet and clash.
Arveni are taking advantage of their alliance with SPQR to finish the Aedui and invading Iberia.
AS stubbornly resists in Asia Minor, despite my every attempts to wage a proxy war, and in the East, they conquer further East and North while I conquer their homeland.
Ptolemai took back Judea from the Sabyn and are now sending me fullstacks yearly to Damaskos (which I turned into a stronghold out of necessity).
KH is fighting from its survival.
Makedon seemed like they were back from the grave, but Pontos decided they made a better target than AS and things are settled for them (Pontos is seiging Pergamon while there's two other fullstacks hanging around)
Sauromatae are now merely a nuisance, now that I turned my borders into twin layered defenses (they must conquer the mountain passes before meeting another force at the fords).
Pontos is a reliable ally and I'm thinking of taking Mazaka and leaving them the rest of Asia Minor, anyway, I'm too busy ordering my new empire (Orontid Reform barely underway) to prepare any conquest in the area.

[Fluvius Camillus]

This is my current AS campaign, 241BC

The thing that amazed me here was the fact that the AEDUI took on the insane AI fullstacks and in some way took the city. I don't remember any other faction taking it and letting it rebel to Aedui, if that is the case I did not pay enough attention, still it is a miracle that the AI defeated the gold cheved Eleutheroi!

https://i594.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1267138174

~Fluvius

[SwissBarbar]

Sab'yn Campaign



I am so excited, have you ever seen such a beautyful AI-Expansion No cheating or helping the AI from my side, btw.

[fraoula]

Sab'yn Campaign



I am so excited, have you ever seen such a beautyful AI-Expansion No cheating or helping the AI from my side, btw.

Amazing. Makes you wish you had picked a meditteranean faction I guess. Pontos and Baktra rule. What exe are you using?