What would you do with this campaign??

[Tellos Athenaios]

The AI is usually very agressive to enemy armies that dare cross borders; going as far as to pursue them into enemy territory. Therefore if you have your diversive stacks conventiently located within marching distance of Makedonian territory you should be able to lure Ptolemaic forces into Makedonian territory.

With luck the Makedonians will respond to the Ptolemaioi pursuers likewise... In any case it should increase the amount of battles per turn between Makedonian and Ptolemaic forces; thereby whittling both powers down a bit further. And it's all about buying tine and diverting Ptolemaioi eyes...

[Tarkus]

The AI is usually very agressive to enemy armies that dare cross borders; going as far as to pursue them into enemy territory. Therefore if you have your diversive stacks conventiently located within marching distance of Makedonian territory you should be able to lure Ptolemaic forces into Makedonian territory.

With luck the Makedonians will respond to the Ptolemaioi pursuers likewise... In any case it should increase the amount of battles per turn between Makedonian and Ptolemaic forces; thereby whittling both powers down a bit further. And it's all about buying tine and diverting Ptolemaioi eyes...

Got it...I've seen this myself in other regions so I understand what you're saying.

Another (perhaps silly) question: Do I have to negotiate safe passage of my armies through allied Makedonian territory? Or does the alliance take care of that implicitly?

[Tellos Athenaios]

Another (perhaps silly) question: Do I have to negotiate safe passage of my armies through allied Makedonian territory? Or does the alliance take care of that implicitly?

That will be difficult (AI is usually rather conservative about sharing things which may risk its military security) but would of course be best ...

[Flying Pig]

I had a similar situation in my campaign, and can only reccomend one action: Forward, the light brigade! I samshed citizen armies into Egypt and the powerful syracusian forces I had raised from and APR government into Judea, and drove them to their deaths with local auxilia then marian troops.

[Ibrahim]

The AI is usually very agressive to enemy armies that dare cross borders; going as far as to pursue them into enemy territory. Therefore if you have your diversive stacks conventiently located within marching distance of Makedonian territory you should be able to lure Ptolemaic forces into Makedonian territory.

With luck the Makedonians will respond to the Ptolemaioi pursuers likewise... In any case it should increase the amount of battles per turn between Makedonian and Ptolemaic forces; thereby whittling both powers down a bit further. And it's all about buying tine and diverting Ptolemaioi eyes...

I a not alone (hugs teddy bear)

[delra]

If I was mean, I'd write "restart on VH/M". :-)

But seriously:

I'd use Forced Diplomacy to rearrange the map a bit. I'd give Iraq and Syria back to AS. Everything east of Persia, India included, I'd split between Baktria and Parthia. It's a shame Saka got destroyed...

Hayasdan and Parthia should be removed from the steppes. Their cities there preferably given back to Sauromatae.

Greeks are fine where they are now. Go conquer (or buy) Byzantion, seal the strait with a fleet and forget they exist. Go conquer the rest of Africa (bordering Eleutheroi is lame and then go for Aedui and Arverni. Have fun.

[Tarkus]

If I was mean, I'd write "restart on VH/M". :-)

I actually screwed up in that first post...I meant H/M, not M/H...thanks for reminding me of that!

I'd use Forced Diplomacy to rearrange the map a bit. I'd give Iraq and Syria back to AS. Everything east of Persia, India included, I'd split between Baktria and Parthia. It's a shame Saka got destroyed...

Hayasdan and Parthia should be removed from the steppes. Their cities there preferably given back to Sauromatae.

Greeks are fine where they are now. Go conquer (or buy) Byzantion, seal the strait with a fleet and forget they exist. Go conquer the rest of Africa (bordering Eleutheroi is lame and then go for Aedui and Arverni. Have fun.

Interesting ideas...I'm getting lots of options from all of you!

That will be difficult (AI is usually rather conservative about sharing things which may risk its military security) but would of course be best ...

Yeah, I was afraid of that. I've thought about giving Pella back to Makedonia as a gesture of good faith -- how can I call them allies if I occupy their historic capital?! I tried giving it back to them essentially for free, but the vanilla (and somewhat annoying) diplomacy failed. In this spirit, what about trading military access (and perhaps some cash) for their capital? Shrewd or crazy?