Thinking of making my capital Persepolis

**jsadighi** · 04-29-2009, 22:25

Deep into my Hayasdan campaign, on the verge of completing the Persian Reforms, conquering the Bactrians, and the Arabs. Roleplaying wise, I was thinking of moving my capital from Armavir to Persepolis.

Has anyone done this before? If so, did this result in mass revolts throughout your Empire or did your people stay generally happy?

**johnhughthom** · 04-29-2009, 22:29

Sounds like Persepolis would be a much more central capital, so your people would actually be happier throughout the Empire.

**Foot** · 04-29-2009, 22:31

It is meant so that your capital moves to Susa or Persepolis as part of the persian reforms. You should be able to build homeland governments there at some point.

Foot

**jsadighi** · 04-29-2009, 22:43

Originally Posted by Foot

It is meant so that your capital moves to Susa or Persepolis as part of the persian reforms. You should be able to build homeland governments there at some point.

Foot

Really? That's strange, the guide doesn't seem to point this out. So once I've completed the reforms in the East and West, Homeland resources should appear in Persepolis and Susa?

**Aemilius Paulus** · 04-29-2009, 22:46

Originally Posted by Foot

It is meant so that your capital moves to Susa or Persepolis as part of the persian reforms. You should be able to build homeland governments there at some point.

Foot

Foot is back?!?!! This, I believe, was his first time since his self-imposed exile from main public EB forum participating in a conversation, eh?

**Foot** · 04-30-2009, 00:09

Originally Posted by jsadighi

Really? That's strange, the guide doesn't seem to point this out. So once I've completed the reforms in the East and West, Homeland resources should appear in Persepolis and Susa?

Hmm should have been, though I may have taken it out at the last minute. Anyway it should happen once you have built type II govs in the surrounding provinces (tier 1 for east and west)

Foot

**Maion Maroneios** · 04-30-2009, 14:37

Moving your capital is something you should do to help yourself. Generally, it's best to have your capital somewhere in the center of your Empire in order to lower squalor levels of far away settlements.

Be wary though: I remember one time, I was blitzing Anatolia (actually went as far as Charax) with a KH army. I left mercenaries and weak soldiers behind to garrison the newly conquered regions, but I saw I just couldn't hold on to those settlements. So I decided to move my capital over to Antiocheia. Guess what? My freshly carved Empire didn't last more than 3 years after I switched my capital. Hellas had been my powerhouse for a long time and, as soon as I moved my capital to Antiocheia, my economic powerhouses in Hellas were rapidly degenerating, both in terms of happiness as well as income. Needless to say, I was forced to quit due to the huge dept I fell in rapidly.

Maion

**jsadighi** · 04-30-2009, 19:37

Originally Posted by Maion Maroneios

Moving your capital is something you should do to help yourself. Generally, it's best to have your capital somewhere in the center of your Empire in order to lower squalor levels of far away settlements.

Be wary though: I remember one time, I was blitzing Anatolia (actually went as far as Charax) with a KH army. I left mercenaries and weak soldiers behind to garrison the newly conquered regions, but I saw I just couldn't hold on to those settlements. So I decided to move my capital over to Antiocheia. Guess what? My freshly carved Empire didn't last more than 3 years after I switched my capital. Hellas had been my powerhouse for a long time and, as soon as I moved my capital to Antiocheia, my economic powerhouses in Hellas were rapidly degenerating, both in terms of happiness as well as income. Needless to say, I was forced to quit due to the huge dept I fell in rapidly.

Maion

Thanks for the advice, your cautionary tale is the prime example of the type of situation that I'm weary of. My Empire as of now includes all of Asia up to the Eastern edge of the map (have left the core Pahlava and Saka provinces alone so those two factions can keep themselves busy by fighting each other), all of Arabia, all of the Eastern half of Africa, and my Western border includes Side and Mazaka (I also have Cyprus).

I did a little test move to see what the effects would be post save. By moving my capital to Persepolis, my Eastern provinces were a lot happier. Only the cities Damaskos and Salamis (Cyprus) gave me trouble. However that was about 10 to 15 turns ago, so I don't really know how my Empire would react if I made the move to Persepolis now.

There's only one way to find out, my faction's heir is in Persepolis right now, Type I govts have been built in Persepolis (and Susa), and my faction leader is in his early 60s so he'll be on his death bed soon. Everything is in place for the new King of Kings to declare Persepolis the Persian seat of power once more!

**MarcusAureliusAntoninus** · 04-30-2009, 20:27

I moved my capital to Babylon when I played my last long Hayasdan campaign. It was under developed when I took it from the Seleukids and I was able to build it up into a great capital. Although, this was back before the Hayasdan reforms were implemented.