Strategies for fighting AS?

[Maion Maroneios]

There's no need to be sorry. Where did you get that map from, actually? Just curious...

Maion

[Mulceber]

Where did you get that map from, actually? Just curious...

I just googled "Mediterranean Blank Map" and got this:

http://www.utexas.edu/courses/greekh...rraneansea.gif

then photoshopped it to represent the cities and factions in EB. -M

[Maion Maroneios]

Excellent, thank you very much!

Maion

[Mulceber]

Well if anyone's interested in creating maps like this, I just made a blank version - it's just like the version I posted a link to, but it has all the cities marked on it (easily the most annoying part of modifying the original picture).

-M

[Aemilius Paulus]

My current favorite strategy against the AS is to hire Misthophoroi Phalangitai and Galatikoi Tindanotae (Galatian "Wild Men" Infantry - those naked dudes that look just like Gaesatae, with roughly the same stats and the 2 hitpoints) mercenaries and use them in conjunction with a lot of cavalry. I stretch the Mercenary Phalangites to three lines and when the Seleukid phalanxes engage mine, I send the cavalry to charge in their backs. After the first charge, the Pantodapoi Phalangitai and Klerouchoi Phalangitai usually rout. The Pezhetairoi and Argyraspides takes some more time though. Often times a single successful charge from their rear will rout them, but only if there is something else also lowering their morale, such as other units routing, fire arrows, artillery fire, vast numerical superiority, elephants, chariots, or infantry units that scare nearby enemy.

If were you, I would send in some spies to infiltrate the major troop-producing AS settlements and then some assassins to sabotage those MICs so that the Grey Death will be denied of its elites. Especially Thorakitai Agematos Basilikou. Those are a tough nut to crack. They are the strongest spear infantry in the game and their defence is the highest among all EB infantry units. They aren't too difficult to rout though. I remember routing them when they still had 40 out of 60 men and the only reason why they routed was because of the fact that they were "distraught over the number of enemy" and because I charged them in the back. Still cowardly though, for supposedly the absolute best AS has.

Actually, in my current campaign, I am engaged in a "Cold War" with the Sweboz. They are currently the number two in military ranking, right after me. They are even in front of AS, who at the time I checked the military rankings scroll, only lost a part of Asia Minor (right now, I pushed AS out of Mesopotamia, all of Asia Minor, and all of Armenia). Anyway, I have about 40-50 spies and assassins (not exaggerating a bit) in all of the Sweboz territories, sabotaging all MICs and income-giving buildings. I am also causing revolts, especially whenever I have assassins left over to sabotage happiness buildings. The Sweboz haven't done anything in the past 15 years due to my incessant sabotage. They haven't been able to train as much as a single unit in all of those years. It almost feels like cheating. By now I have five all-elite armies on both the Eastern and Western Sweboz borders with the msot promising generals leading them, all waiting patiently for my signal to begin the offensive. I have conquered all of the territory around them, including all of Gaul and all of Eastern Europe/Baltic.