Quote Originally Posted by QuintusSertorius View Post
Does anyone have any tips for fighting the Seleukids and Pontos, since they'll probably be my main enemies in Anatolia?

In my other game I fought Koinon Hellenon and Makedonia, but I suspect they're both much easier. At least the latter were until they got reformed phalanxes...
From AS, expect pretty weak armies locally - IIRC they can't recruit many (any?) phalanxes in Asia Minor. When they decide to make you target #1, expect 8-10 unit stacks of medium phalanxes, maybe with a thorakitai/thureophoroi or two mixed in. Full stacks like that plus a few elites, if you let them merge before fighting them. Should be no trouble at all for a balanced army to destroy. The AI rarely builds cavalry, and I've seen only 2-3 Hetairoi builds, ever. Ptolemies - same, but with the Galatian Kleruchoi swordsmen. I guess you probably won't see much of the yellow guys unless you let them beat AS in Syria.

Pontos - I clobbered them hard in the 250s in my Hayasdan game, and they've been happy to sit in Thrace, Bithynia, and Galatia for the next ~60 years. I found them most unimpressive, so I'm sure you'll handily crush everything they send against you. As I recall, their good units are Hellenic, but slightly weaker (Chalkaspides, Pontic Thorakitai). For a challenge, you could arrange for them to get Kotais and/or Chersonesus so they can get Scythian units to fight you with.

Regarding your planned army mix, I'd suggest a bit more cavalry. I know you're an infantry guy, but still... From what I remember of Pergamon's history, they had decent heavy cav just like the other Diadochoi. Even Hetairoi at Magnesia, so you could mod those to be recruitable. Or will you have the generals represent Hetairoi? Epeiros should be able to recruit Lonchophoroi Hippeis in Asia Minor, and those are fairly decent mediums, about the same as Prodromoi.

Also, keep in mind those Karian Warbands, they seem like an interesting alternative to Peltasts as heavy skirmishers/medium infantry. I haven't used them very much, but they've done reasonably well in the few battles I've seen.

It would be interesting if the EB2 guys had some new units specific to Pergamon for you to playtest...