How to Roleplay...?

**Macilrille** · 05-22-2009, 09:01

A logical houserule as Sweboz would be to not go for cities, just the German villages around your starting lands, then no more new conquests. Raid8ing is fine, but no new conquests and no sieges at all until a certain date (historically we are out of EB timeframe before Germanic invaders took the first city).

And by raiding I mean invade, fight any field army you meet, lay siege to a city for a turn, then move on to next territory or home. I think I shall try and use that one myself when I embark on next Sweboz campaign.

**/Bean\** · 05-22-2009, 09:41

The Germans were big on raiding. They didnt have large, standing armies. So every now and again, you could make a large army, enter Gaul, sack a settlement or two, and totter back to Germania laiden with booty. Disband your army, and do whatever the hell yo want. Repeat for years after that.

Later, you may want to raid Italia or someone else. Then, if you get a heroic or ambitious character, try and 'unite the tribes', or make a large invading army to migrate somewhere or somehting. If that ambitious guy dies, and the one after him doesnt look up to the task he performed, let most of the tribes or cities you conquered go back to the Eleutheroi.

**Duguntz** · 05-22-2009, 09:49

Originally Posted by Beanerz

The Germans were big on raiding. They didnt have large, standing armies. So every now and again, you could make a large army, enter Gaul, sack a settlement or two, and totter back to Germania laiden with booty. Disband your army, and do whatever the hell yo want. Repeat for years after that.

Later, you may want to raid Italia or someone else. Then, if you get a heroic or ambitious character, try and 'unite the tribes', or make a large invading army to migrate somewhere or somehting. If that ambitious guy dies, and the one after him doesnt look up to the task he performed, let most of the tribes or cities you conquered go back to the Eleutheroi.

Thats really interesting also! Migration! but not before 190, like the cimbrii and teutones! and as for raiding, yeah, I tought about it and I'll do it for sure! to keep the frontier gauls in fear! but there'll be special army, as it's only raiding, it'll be only levies and skirmisher and only some medium, core units...
Only in Full scale war will i send All the meat I got in their face!

**Atraphoenix** · 05-22-2009, 10:06

just blitz man AI does not roleplay. It wants your blood!

j/k
I roleplay pahlava as the real successor to Achaemenid Empire so endless battles...

I do not stop until I revive her. After it, I roleplay internal conflict, interregnum, endless rebellions, then I abandon my forces in Europe, egypt, india even anatolia. Then a new emperor ascends the throne, punishes traitors, keep the internal security then I roleplay like Darius, I attack greek mainland. then even the most enjoyable, I deploy Indian Elephants into Italy.

P.S. An early blitzing strategy is necessary for a good role playing. You need money man, I never cheat so I conquer to have enough money for role play. I never destroy factions instead I role play as an ancient uncle sam.

**Duguntz** · 05-22-2009, 10:29

Originally Posted by Atraphoenix

just blitz man AI does not roleplay. It wants your blood!

j/k
I roleplay pahlava as the real successor to Achaemenid Empire so endless battles...

I do not stop until I revive her. After it, I roleplay internal conflict, interregnum, endless rebellions, then I abandon my forces in Europe, egypt, india even anatolia. Then a new emperor ascends the throne, punishes traitors, keep the internal security then I roleplay like Darius, I attack greek mainland. then even the most enjoyable, I deploy Indian Elephants into Italy.

P.S. An early blitzing strategy is necessary for a good role playing. You need money man, I never cheat so I conquer to have enough money for role play. I never destroy factions instead I role play as an ancient uncle sam.

Agree! blitzing in early is a must, especially when we're not swimming in money like cartage... So Blitzing all germania and... stay there! Elephants in rome must be quiet funny to see! lol

and I also agree about destroying faction... I never destroy a faction neither... in my current campain, I've been so pissed off when in the first 15 years , Makedonia had been destroyed by Epeiros... I'll never experience those Epic fight against Mak's phalanx!

**Atraphoenix** · 05-22-2009, 10:39

first 10 turn without blitzing:
pahlava: - 8000 - 12000
pontos: - 12000 - 20000
getai - 4000 - 8000
saka : I have never gone mad to roleplay with them

the problem is I always keep some units otherwise in VH you commit suicide.
So at the first phase to blitz for 15 -20 city is a logical .... that you can role play that time you may have a full stucks of levies also you have a chance to lose a battle but if you have less than 5 cities you have no choice to lose.

**TruePraetorian** · 05-23-2009, 01:40

Originally Posted by Duguntz

Agree! blitzing in early is a must, especially when we're not swimming in money like cartage... So Blitzing all germania and... stay there! Elephants in rome must be quiet funny to see! lol

and I also agree about destroying faction... I never destroy a faction neither... in my current campain, I've been so pissed off when in the first 15 years , Makedonia had been destroyed by Epeiros... I'll never experience those Epic fight against Mak's phalanx!

You know back in eb 1.0 I made a minimod which allowed factions to survive after their last city was taken. All i did was make every faction horde with levy troops when their last city was taken.

It was cool because the faction didnt make any money but still remained their. So, if I felt like roleplaying a Makedonia civil war, I could just gift a city to them and they would follow suit. Also, taking a final city means you have to fight the civilians who just got kicked out of their homes (like 3 stacks of levies

) Or the levies would "migrate" to a new location and take a weaker city.

I could remake it, was actually thinking about it. I was making it for 1.1 but 1.2 came out near completion so i lost motivation.

**Atraphoenix** · 05-23-2009, 08:44

In fact 1.2 has some bug fix nothing more change with 1.1.
Do you have any link to it cos I have modded a lot, ı changed EDU, EDA, EDB, faction names, victory conditions, marian reform trigger, etc. It would be fun especially I wanna roleplay that AS destroys our capital so Pahlav are on the road again.
Plus, does alex support hording?