Fairly new to this game and got questions

[Hax]

For more foot-units, try Hayasdan. They are really great.

[bovi]

For more foot-units, try Hayasdan. They are really great.

If he's a beginner N00b, in his own words, this might turn into frustration.

[Hax]

True, yeah. Though there aren't any other Persian successor factions that aren't difficult.

[Celtic_Punk]

Lol

haahaha


Picking the Hai would be his biggest mistake possible. Nomads would be a better choice than the Hai.
I think he should pick a western faction just to get used to the game first. The East is a deadly place in 272 BC compared to the western world.

[dude_sweet_21]

Hey!

I'm playing the Aedui and I notice at around 260-259bc I get a background script message from an "Epiros Ambassador" asking me to take two cities north of illyria (one's called ak-ink and the other i forget). Anyways, even though i'm allied with Epiros i notice that when i begin a seige assault on the city their army is next to, they do not take part in the battle, even though they have one hell of a seige engine. Is this just unfinished script or am I missing something?

Thanks for your time!

[Cullhwch]

That's just what happens. There is no way to force the AI to actually attack something.

[Beefy187]

That's just what happens. There is no way to force the AI to actually attack something.

And thats not EBs fault. Its hard coded I believe

[Marcus Ulpius]

And thats not EBs fault. Its hard coded I believe

Yes, RTW diplomacy is nearly non-existent. Recently I've got Cambridge Ancient History and now reading Hellenistic World volume (which is dedicated to events during EB time frame), the whole of Hellenistic world was an arena for complicated diplomacy and intrigues. Sometimes wars were won by diplomats, not by soldiers, too bad RTW is nowhere near the level of making diplomacy a valuable tool in the campaign.

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

Hey!

I'm playing the Aedui and I notice at around 260-259bc I get a background script message from an "Epiros Ambassador" asking me to take two cities north of illyria (one's called ak-ink and the other i forget). Anyways, even though i'm allied with Epiros i notice that when i begin a seige assault on the city their army is next to, they do not take part in the battle, even though they have one hell of a seige engine. Is this just unfinished script or am I missing something?

Thanks for your time!

Just like you can, the AI can choose whether or not to reinforce an ally when closeby. If you aren't close allies, they won't come and help you. If you give them a monitary gift for a couple turns before engaging in the battle, you may have a greater chance of them assisting you.

[Cullhwch]

The problem is that those two cities are usually deep in rebel territory at the time of the alliance, and as we all know the AI will not launch attacks into any territories that aren't adjacent to its own. Epeiros's spawned armies might end up helping if they already control both Dalmatia and Illyria, however.

[Skullheadhq]

1. Wich faction is closest to Afghanistan besides Arche Seleukeia because they suck.- Bactria, And they are a good infantry faction as well

2. Usually in books or movies i read or hear "The persians invaded... blabla" but suddenly in this mod there are a lot of persian factions, wich faction do they mean when they say the persians invaded blabla?? I guess Arche Seleukeia because they are the biggest. My history book also said the persians had an empire stretching from Turkey to Afghanistan and that's how it is to the AS faction.-
That must be the Achaemenid persian empire that was annihilated some 50 years before the start of the EB timeframe, They had that huge, fat ass empire you're speaking of
3. For a beginner n00b like me who can handle cash income but not war wich Greek or Persian faction is the best, all the Greek and Persian factions are very challenging or nigh-impossible.- I suggest Ptolemaic Empire, They have good finance and nice phalanxes as well
4. Why are there no easy factions, the lowest is moderate and those are excatly the factions i terribly dislike. - Because moderate is easy in this mod (well easiest)

5. Any in-battle tips for me? I play on medium, i usually beat armies outnumbering them but if i am outnumbered i always get screwed. So what should i do to beat a larger army than mine?- Use phalanx makedonian style troops and you beat the crap out of them!

6. Why is it so hard to control a large empire, i always have to check every 20 cities with AS that's why they suck. Is it always like that or is there a way to speed it up.- It's easier to govern your garden then the world

7. There is no shield wall in the game, why they are awesome....- If i am not mistaken the 1.1 BI installer haves shieldwall!

8. Best infantry faction? I hate cavalry, they are there only to flank and even then they die quickly-
Makedonia, Arveni, Aedui, Baktria, Romani, AS, Ptolemaic empire(), Epeiros and the Soviet Union!
Skullheadhq

[Celtic_Punk]

Soviet union? *cough cough 28 million casualties cough cough retreating men were machinegunned by their officers cough cough cough* damn I gotta quit smoking.

[Dutchhoplite]

That's the way to handle cowards and runaways

[Skullheadhq]

28 million casualties. Hey but 28 dead ppl crushed nazi-germany not?
and now

[miotas]

g'day,
something i find handy in the administration of a large empire is to right click on the city tab. it will give you a rundown of all you settlements and right clicking on one will bring up its construction tab. i find it easier than running around and checking all your settlement yourself.

[Olaf The Great]

Uhh... no you cant say Hayasdan is Persian or its "sort of" Persian, because Armenians are Armenian not Persian.

The Royal Family -is- Persian though.