[Romani AAR] It began on seven hills...

[QuintusSertorius]

so If i were to start an historical campaing... do you recommend using medium difficulty? cause it seems that you're having a bad time micro managing all factions...

there is a way to change difficulty on midgame...(and also unit size) I've used it successfully already


it's a program...
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/downl...do=file&id=448

but ... I havent tried it on EB...

I'd recommend Medium campaign difficulty, the AI is less aggressive - towards other AI factions as much as to you. Also means auto-calcing isn't screwy.

Not sure I want to mess around with my save like that.

[QuintusSertorius]

The War in Spain 208BC-205BC

General Mamercus was wintering his men in enemy territory in preparation for the next season's campaigning when the garrison of Mastia ranged out to demonstrate their strength. They were led by one Carpophorus and offered battle in spite of being at a disadvantage in numbers.



Mamercus deployed in the forest, keeping the line as tight as he could, knowing communication could be difficult.



Carpophorus sent his heavy cavalry into the Roman right.



While he brought up the rest of his forces.



His army was composed mostly of fierce Iberian tribesmen, who drew up within missile range of the Roman centre.



Things got confusing, at some point the Qarthadastim on the Roman right broke.



Those arrayed against the left and centre continued the struggle.



In the centre, Carpophorus entered the fight in person.



The centre began to dissolve, unable to endure contact.



And in the fighting Carpophorus was killed.



Resistance didn't last long after that.



Mamercus took Mastia, left undefended by it's fleeing garrison.

At around the same time, the Romans received envoys from the communities on the Balearic islands, who wished to be free of Qarthadastim rule. Promising to support their bid for indepedence and providing them with funds to recruit on the mainland and a Roman advisor, they made their move.



They drew up in one long line, spearmen on the flanks, skirmishers out front.



The Qarthadastim wasted no time advancing to get to grips with the rebels.



Disdainful of them, Ashtartyaton Aleria charged at the head of his bodyguard.



But the superior numbers counted, even as the battle devolved into several smaller fights.



And the rebels had their victory, throwing off the Qarthadastim yoke.



In 205BC Mamercus had been rejoined by Decimus Claudius Pulcher, now recovered from his illness. They knew there wasn't much left in this war in Spain, Gader was the centre of the remaining Qarthadastim presence, and it's capture would signal Roman victory. Ashtartyaton Cercina sallied out of the fortified town, making good what strength the defenders had before starvation weakened them.



A smaller force approached from the rear, but Mamercus was concerned only with Cercina.



Cercina challenged Pulcher to personal combat, Pulcher accepted.



Pulcher was the victor of the combat, the loss of their general prompted flight and surrender.



And the final battle in Spain was done.



His men declared him imperator in the field, which meant Mamercus would celebrate a triumph for his actions. Provided of course that his enemies in the Senate didn't try to deny him the honour he had won.

[QuintusSertorius]

205BC:



Spain is done, next comes the war in Africa. I'm taking Pulcher back to Italy, and from there on to Sicily where he will take the army there to Africa, which will then result in me transporting Nepheris and his army back there to defend the motherland.

Elsewhere in the world, Pahlava are on the move again (now allied to Baktria!), Hayasdan took Uspe and had to be evicted once more. I teleported one of their full stacks to Crete, where it's just sitting inactive sapping funds. They don't seem capable of taking the hint to move south, rather than north into the steppe. Saba are advancing from Axum into Egypt, and might kick the Seleukids out of Arabia too. Seem to be holding on to their north African provinces now, possibly because Qarthadast are struggling for funds now they've lost the Spanish mines.

The Getai keep pestering me for an alliance, they're starting to look scary. I have peace with Makedonia now (had to FD it...), I'm soon going to start a war with Gaul and Makedonia again, once the business with Qarthadast is done.

[||Lz3||]

how did you translated your "hannibal" to italy?


cause I want to translate a Qarthadastim FM but looks like his name doesnt exists when I enter the command...

oh and how do you know in which coordinates you are ?

[QuintusSertorius]

how did you translated your "hannibal" to italy?


cause I want to translate a Qarthadastim FM but looks like his name doesnt exists when I enter the command...

oh and how do you know in which coordinates you are ?

To find the FM's name, go into Data\text\names.txt - some names are weird.

Use the move_character command, putting their name in "quotation marks" and no spaces for the co-ordinates.

Find the co-ordinates with the show_cursorstat command.

[Chirurgeon]

You should play battles on hard difficulty. Your victories are almost guaranteed as the Romans. When I play the Romans on Hard the battles are closer. the enemy seems to rout at the drop of a hat in your campaign. Wait till you get legions...nothing will stop you. I don't think you can change the difficulty without starting a new game however.

[QuintusSertorius]

You should play battles on hard difficulty. Your victories are almost guaranteed as the Romans. When I play the Romans on Hard the battles are closer. the enemy seems to rout at the drop of a hat in your campaign. Wait till you get legions...nothing will stop you. I don't think you can change the difficulty without starting a new game however.

No thanks, I use historical houseruling for difficulty, not arbitrary stat bonuses for the AI. In any case, most of the time the issue is that the AI refuses to collect proper sized stacks together before attacking me, since most of my decisive battles are when I'm defending. That and using freed slaves all the time.

Besides the images might give a potentially misleading portrait of the battles, since I don't take that many most of the time given how much it interrupts the battles. Some of the more fraught ones (and any involving forest) I'm too busy to be making an effort to get a good account of what's going on.

When I do eventually get Marian legionaries, it won't be for a goodly long time, I won't be recruiting any til at least 110BC, assuming I get them before then. Built my first latifunda in Roma recently.