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    My favorite successor is Makedonia. They're hella fun to play!
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    Epeiros. Pontos would be more fun if their roster wasn't garbage, but most of it is. Hayasdan is cool too, but hard given that you start right next to the AS heartland.

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    Epiros or Makedonia are great if you want a Mediterranean based campaign, as is KH. Bactria I highly recommend if you want something... different.

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    All hail Makedonia! Makedonia is a great faction to do. They have a challenging starting position, but if you make it through the start, you have great possibilities. Makedonia has sweet elites(Peltastai Makedonike, Hypaspistai), sweet waaaarg choppa troops(Basternae, Agrianikoi Pelekuphoroi, Thrakioi Peltastai), sweet phalanxes(Argyraspides, Hysteroi Pezhetairoi), sweet heavy cav(Hetairoi, Hippeis Thessalikoi), and sweet Greek units(Hoplitai, etc.). You can pwn those annoyinng Spartans, burn the Acropolis of Athens, kill elephants, restore Alexandros's body to it's right resting place, and get awesome allied armies of Thracian romphaias. But that's not the best part. No, the best part is being able to send the dog-sucking Romani filth to their ancestors. Sacking Roma 5 times. Burning down every destroyable building. Each time. Watching as the flames rise. Then leaving and coming back 20 years later with a full stack of Basternae when Roma is rebuilt. There is no sweeter sight than that of a falx slicing through the fancy armour of the Roman legions, watching as those bast**** fall to their deaths from the walls. Watching with joy the slaughter of thousands of pathetic Barbaroi, as all of their fancy armor does not protect them from the falxes of the Basternae. Watching as unarmored troops kick the ***es of well armored Romans. Watching as their arms are cleaved from their bodies. And then sacking Roma again. That is the best part of any Makedonia campaign. All hail Makedonia!
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    I'd recommend playing the Maks rather than Baktria. Baktria's got an awesome unit roster, the enemies you face are pretty varied, and they start out with great expansion prospects. But any war with the Saka or AS can just get exhausting after awhile, IMHO. Makedonia, on the other hand, starts out exciting with the whole "crisis of 272" thing, pretty fun way to open a campaign, and they stay interesting because you can drive into Anatolia and Italy, where the enemies are different and not pushovers but at the same time you don't have to fight exhausting HA battles or the full brunt of the Gray Death. And there's always the route north, too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Julius Augustus View Post
    All hail Makedonia! Makedonia is a great faction to do. They have a challenging starting position, but if you make it through the start, you have great possibilities. Makedonia has sweet elites(Peltastai Makedonike, Hypaspistai), sweet waaaarg choppa troops(Basternae, Agrianikoi Pelekuphoroi, Thrakioi Peltastai), sweet phalanxes(Argyraspides, Hysteroi Pezhetairoi), sweet heavy cav(Hetairoi, Hippeis Thessalikoi), and sweet Greek units(Hoplitai, etc.). You can pwn those annoyinng Spartans, burn the Acropolis of Athens, kill elephants, restore Alexandros's body to it's right resting place, and get awesome allied armies of Thracian romphaias. But that's not the best part. No, the best part is being able to send the dog-sucking Romani filth to their ancestors. Sacking Roma 5 times. Burning down every destroyable building. Each time. Watching as the flames rise. Then leaving and coming back 20 years later with a full stack of Basternae when Roma is rebuilt. There is no sweeter sight than that of a falx slicing through the fancy armour of the Roman legions, watching as those bast**** fall to their deaths from the walls. Watching with joy the slaughter of thousands of pathetic Barbaroi, as all of their fancy armor does not protect them from the falxes of the Basternae. Watching as unarmored troops kick the ***es of well armored Romans. Watching as their arms are cleaved from their bodies. And then sacking Roma again. That is the best part of any Makedonia campaign. All hail Makedonia!
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    Thats the entrance exam? All people have to do is write All Hail Makedonia in rather obnoxiously large text and they can enter your Group?

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    Well, since you ruled out AS and AP, there's only one successor left and that's Makedonia.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Julius Augustus View Post
    All hail Makedonia! Makedonia is a great faction to do. They have a challenging starting position, but if you make it through the start, you have great possibilities. Makedonia has sweet elites(Peltastai Makedonike, Hypaspistai), sweet waaaarg choppa troops(Basternae, Agrianikoi Pelekuphoroi, Thrakioi Peltastai), sweet phalanxes(Argyraspides, Hysteroi Pezhetairoi), sweet heavy cav(Hetairoi, Hippeis Thessalikoi), and sweet Greek units(Hoplitai, etc.). You can pwn those annoyinng Spartans, burn the Acropolis of Athens, kill elephants, restore Alexandros's body to it's right resting place, and get awesome allied armies of Thracian romphaias. But that's not the best part. No, the best part is being able to send the dog-sucking Romani filth to their ancestors. Sacking Roma 5 times. Burning down every destroyable building. Each time. Watching as the flames rise. Then leaving and coming back 20 years later with a full stack of Basternae when Roma is rebuilt. There is no sweeter sight than that of a falx slicing through the fancy armour of the Roman legions, watching as those bast**** fall to their deaths from the walls. Watching with joy the slaughter of thousands of pathetic Barbaroi, as all of their fancy armor does not protect them from the falxes of the Basternae. Watching as unarmored troops kick the ***es of well armored Romans. Watching as their arms are cleaved from their bodies. And then sacking Roma again. That is the best part of any Makedonia campaign. All hail Makedonia!

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    Welcome to the forum Azathoth.
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    I would say Baktria, and Eperios, even though it is not exactly a successor state. Close enough however. It is Hellenic and it was highly influenced by Alexander, as Pyrrhus served as a bodyguard of one of Megas Alexandros' generals.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Azathoth View Post
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    O Fatherland of Glory,
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    Sons of Alexandros,
    All Hail Makedonia!!!


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    O Fatherland of Glory,
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    Sons of Alexandros,
    All Hail Makedonia!!!


    March our brave Hetairos,
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    King of Kings All Gaia,
    East to West he reigns.
    Dominion upon barbaroi,
    Our Basileus pushes on!
    Never will he be overthrown,
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    All Hail Makedonia!

    O Fatherland of Glory,
    Vergina sun shines bright!
    Sons of Alexandros,
    All Hail Makedonia!!!




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    Definitely not Makedonia in the sense of War with Romani.... Epeiros kick Roman ass first and foremost!!! but Pyrrhos still claims the title of Basileus of Makedonia....

    Well, just want to said all hail Makedonia!!! , but they wasn't the best "Small sucessors" since they are allready "big"

    *) instant capture of Athenai, kicking Spartans, and start reclaimin Pella isn't a definition worth of "small sucessor"....

    Makedonia is a "Medium Sucessor"


    So the best "small sucessor" in my mind is Baktria!!! they had 1 prov to start, and get a lot of tough time evading the Grey death, while beating Pahlavans and Saka...

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    Quote Originally Posted by satalexton View Post
    Assert our rightous freedom!
    Lores of heroic deeds,
    Long live our Basileus!

    O Fatherland of Glory,
    Vergina sun shines bright!
    Sons of Alexandros,
    All Hail Makedonia!!!


    High above on Olympus,
    Almighty Zeus guides on!
    Immortal beacons of Truth,
    Lucid as the sea!

    O Fatherland of Glory,
    Vergina sun shines bright!
    Sons of Alexandros,
    All Hail Makedonia!!!


    March our brave Hetairos,
    Arche of Truth and Hope.
    King of Kings All Gaia,
    East to West he reigns.
    Dominion upon barbaroi,
    Our Basileus pushes on!
    Never will he be overthrown,
    Invincible his Agema.
    All Hail Makedonia!

    O Fatherland of Glory,
    Vergina sun shines bright!
    Sons of Alexandros,
    All Hail Makedonia!!!


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    My favourite faction is Baktria. If in looking for a small successor you want a tricky starting position then I would go with Baktria. Makedonia already starts off in a fairly strong position, it is still threatened but not to the extent of Baktria which is constantly threatened by AS, phalav, and saka. Plus Baktria can get early access to those beautiful indus and indo-hellenic units.

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