Best 'small Successor'?

**Reality=Chaos** · 07-07-2009, 18:52

Originally Posted by Maion Maroneios

For some reason, this part hurt a bit...

Maion

Well that's what you get for denying your germanic heritage

**Maion Maroneios** · 07-07-2009, 18:59

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

*shoots himself*

Maion

**Reality=Chaos** · 07-07-2009, 19:00

Originally Posted by Maion Maroneios

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

*shoots himself*

Maion

Sorry I couldn't resist myself after what you said in the other thread

**Watchman** · 07-07-2009, 22:01

Pontos and Hayasdan (who are someone's successor realms, if now not specifically Alex's) are fairly interesting due to their locations, which results in a *lot* of practice at destroying rather heavy Seleukid stacks with rather small, light and generally piss-poor units 'cause you can't afford anything better for quite some time. If you don't mind the certain degree of repetitiveness that comes with the package, that makes for some tactical challenge and a definite sense of having to work hard to get your burgeoning Neo-Persia off the ground...

**Mikhail Mengsk** · 07-08-2009, 18:13

Originally Posted by Watchman

Pontos and Hayasdan (who are someone's successor realms, if now not specifically Alex's) are fairly interesting due to their locations, which results in a *lot* of practice at destroying rather heavy Seleukid stacks with rather small, light and generally piss-poor units 'cause you can't afford anything better for quite some time. If you don't mind the certain degree of repetitiveness that comes with the package, that makes for some tactical challenge and a definite sense of having to work hard to get your burgeoning Neo-Persia off the ground...

But it's annoying to fight only Seleukid's stacks for years and years...

**Prussian to the Iron** · 07-08-2009, 20:22

Originally Posted by Mikhail Mengsk

But it's annoying to fight only Seleukid's stacks for years and years...

thats why baktria is a nice choice; you can fight seleukids, or you can go north and try your luck against the factions up there, hoping you make it hooking around the dead sea until you reach thrace and show the makedonians what a real phalanx looks like (baktrion agema anyone??)!!!!!

**Watchman** · 07-08-2009, 20:23

Originally Posted by Mikhail Mengsk

But it's annoying to fight only Seleukid's stacks for years and years...

Well if you want to you can go pick a fight with the other - right next door after all - and the Macs (at the westernmost end of Asia Minor) or Sauromatae (right north of the Caucasus, and immediately reachable with Pontos once you build any kind of fleet) for variety... but I for one would first at least torch Seleukid domains all the way down to Mesopotamia just to take the pressure off your back. Note that this doesn't necessarily mean taking the territory for good - that'd likely leave you quite overstretched - but rather nuking their main recruitement centers to keep them from spamming too many nasty stacks on you. Although after that the Ptolies will probably roll in an likely go into Yellow Death mode, but at least their elite recruitement zones are at the Nile and they'll still have to rebuild the infrastructure from burned rubble...

**Prussian to the Iron** · 07-08-2009, 20:32

ah yes, the scorched earth tactics. good times....goood times.....

so basically, you just blitz, tear down all buildings, then retreat to a bridge and get ready for a $@**-load of AS stacks.

**Mikhail Mengsk** · 07-08-2009, 20:44

Originally Posted by Watchman

Well if you want to you can go pick a fight with the other - right next door after all - and the Macs (at the westernmost end of Asia Minor) or Sauromatae (right north of the Caucasus, and immediately reachable with Pontos once you build any kind of fleet) for variety... but I for one would first at least torch Seleukid domains all the way down to Mesopotamia just to take the pressure off your back. Note that this doesn't necessarily mean taking the territory for good - that'd likely leave you quite overstretched - but rather nuking their main recruitement centers to keep them from spamming too many nasty stacks on you. Although after that the Ptolies will probably roll in an likely go into Yellow Death mode, but at least their elite recruitement zones are at the Nile and they'll still have to rebuild the infrastructure from burned rubble...

Right

**Companion Cavalry** · 07-12-2009, 18:05

My favourite successor is the Arche Seleukeia. They have an extremely varied unit roster, a challenging starting position, and most land of Alexander's former empire under their control.

I'm even starting up on a national anthem for them mirroring the "All Hail Makedonia!" one.

**Subotan** · 07-12-2009, 19:18

*Small.

**Prussian to the Iron** · 07-13-2009, 05:37

Originally Posted by Companion Cavalry

I'm even starting up on a national anthem for them mirroring the "All Hail Makedonia!" one.

....thats a bit creepy, no offense

**Darpaek** · 07-14-2009, 18:29

Macedonia's really fun. IMO, the "feeling" of playing their battles is what it felt like to command a Macedonian army. And it's black. There's nothing like painting the whole world black.

My problem is that I feel compelled to disband my armies and abandon all my cities outside of Greece every time my King dies. :p