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[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

With Makedonia and KH it all depends on the first turn of either Epeiros. In one campaign with the Maks I was defeated in one turn: Pella conquered, all other settlements, save Mytilene, besieged and the only army left after the first battle to weak to do anything.

In one campaign with KH the Epeirote moved their army away from Pella and Antigonos did not march North to go for Serdike but decided to get rid of me once and for all. I was able to kill his first stack of pikemen by the loss of my own army, and a few turns later - not enough to even conquer Korinth - the next forrest of pikes came marching down from Pella. With only FMs and two units of Haploi, I gave up.

Wow, that's tough!

In my current Makedonian campaign the Epeirotes laid siege to Pella in turn 1 and I decided to let the KH alone for the time being and sailed north. Thank god the Epeirotes at Pella were only some kind of advanced guard with mostly Gallic mercenaries and elephants. They didn't wait to build rams and tried to batter down the tiny wall with the nellies. I had ordered my Sphendonetai and Akontistai at the spot and let them rain their ammunition on the elephants, and they evantually ran amok having only two animals left. They killed a good deal of Gauls, than had Alkyoneus' sally forth and kill the remaining two. That was the end of the battle. I must say though that Sphendonetai prooved nearly useless against elephants, in contrast to the Akonstistai. The next turn Antigonos was in Makedonia again with most of the army, and I had ordered the recruitment of Levy Phalangites in Pella, and so I combined both armies, leaving Pella alone. I confronted Pyrrhos directly, annihilated his army and killed him. The next turn the Greeks seized Korinth, but that was no real problem. One turn later again I regained it, and shortly after Sparte, than two battles at the Isthmos, and gone was the KH - all their FMs were dead. Then I headed north again towards Epeiros, leaving a small force to siege Athens only. No problem at all. My condolences to you for your bad luck!

Edit: Post #1000!