What faction are you currently playing?

[Kevin]

I'm playing as the Romani and Pahlava

[fleaza]

a poll would be nice.

makedons and pahlava

[J.R.M]

Currently as Lusos and Maks.

[mountaingoat]

Sauromate

[Jebivjetar]

Carthage

[Companion Cavalry]

Arche Seleukeia and Baktria.

[satalexton]

pontos =], with a makedonian bloodline

[Kevin]

a poll would be nice.

I would if I knew how

[Alsatia]

Romani and the Koinon Hellenon

[Alteris]

Ptolemaioi, soon to be Lusotannan!

[Subedei]

Sweboz...first time ever....I play EB since v. 07something....It is a tree thing, yet enterteining. I plan to invade Italy pretty soon.

[Brave Brave Sir Robin]

My ADD (or maybe it is the CTD's) sap interest in campaigns usually around 230 BC or so. In any event...

Currently working on an Aedui campaign circa 240's in which I'm the Aquitaine province away from uniting gaul, defeated the pesky Romani and conquered Italia, driven the Sweboz warbands back across the Rhine, and about to work on some of the more difficult Alpine and Central European provinces then raid into Germania itself. After that, the Lusotanians must pay for betraying my ally Carthage, and finally I must sadly, attack my allies the Casse to fulfill VC.

My furthest progressed campaign is an AS around 210 or so. I've conquered all of Egypt, Anatolia, India, much of the steppes, Armenia, now warring with a tenacious Carthage over Cyrene and moving into Greece and against the Saka in the far north. Left that campaign due to persistent CTD's but hopefully when i go back to it I will be able to finish it off.

Have a Lusotann campaign that I abandoned due to CTDs but I love their unit roster so I may go back to it. Same with a Romani campaign.

Casse campaign was also close to VC but I was mired in an endless war with Romani along with my Aedui allies over control of alps and northern Italy. The Aedui control Western Gaul and attack the last two Romani provinces that have been cut off by my daring raids across the Alps into Italy. Unfortunatly that puts me at odds with both Roman and Sweboz attackers from across the Rhine. Will certainly revisit this one though.

My final one is as KH which I find interesting but I needed a break from heavy infantry battles for a while so I moved to the AS which has a variety of battle types and then to an Aedui campaign since I love swordsmen.

[Marcus Metellus]

Romani next will be Hayasdan!

[HunGeneral]

Right now:

-Arche Seleukeia
-Getai
-Saka Rauka
-Sauromatae
-Pahlava
-Makedon
-Karthadastim

No new ones planned for a while....

[Skullheadhq]

I'm playing AS right now.

[Aemilius Paulus]

A new, second Romani campaign with very heavy modding and an ongoing Eperios campaign, with moderate modding. All on alex.exe, VH/M.

[The General]

Bactria and Lusotani.

[athanaric]

Currently playing Swêboz, ca. 187 BC (I've had the reforms and already had some fun with the heavy cavalry). Fighting almost every other faction due to my interventionist nature (must be the English ancestry).
I will also resume all those campaigns listed in my signature.

[satalexton]

It's actually more fun to hold to a certain border, and simply 'play amerikan/britannia'....keeping 'the balance and peace' between factions....and taking a lot of plunder along the way...which allows you to develop your holdings and put more power behind your diplomat's words.

[Head Casse]

Romani (227BC) trying to be historical and also take it to 14AD.

Makedonia (230BC) learning how to use the phalanx properly and marvelling at my bunch of drunks in charge.

Need to start either a barbarian or a HA faction. Probably HA as I've just finished a Casse campaign.


Great mod and first post!

[Vasiliyi]

fighting for my life against the AS as hayasdan :D

Dont use any sort of infantry, they are garbage. Try a mix of HA and fms. Nothing will be able to stop you.

[A_Dane]

thanks for the tip :)
Well i've had to use infantry as they attacked me before my economy even got running, but i've managed, now i've switched over to ha's, some archers and some meele infantry to hold the 1 or 2 elite phalanks in check (i know this isn't great, had a pontus campaign in an earlier version) but it's working, aint taking any serious casualties, but i'm switching to only ha's/fm's in a bit and use inf for garrisons :)

[Azathoth]

Dont use any sort of infantry, they are garbage. Try a mix of HA and fms. Nothing will be able to stop you.

Skirmishers, archers. and the weak phalanx Hayasdan has are incredibly useful against anything the AS sends up to Argraspidai, TAB, Peltastai Makedonikoi, etc. Georgian mercenaries also make very effective medium infantry.

[Celtic_Punk]

my damn EB computer is Kaput! keeps overheating and restarting itself.

[Kevin]

wow I'm suprised that so many people are playing the Koinon Hellenon maybe i'll give them a try

[fleaza]

a faction without horses are a waste of time IMO. thats why i never play koinon hellenon and the romani campaign nor the barbarians.

[bobbin]

a faction without horses are a waste of time IMO. thats why i never play koinon hellenon and the romani campaign nor the barbarians.

Eh? KH have a good cavaly arm, Hippeis Xystophoroi are excellent chargers and have a massive recruitment area, you also get Loncophoroi and Prodromoi which are decent cavaly.

Admittedly the romans leave a lot to be desired, they have the equites extrodinarii but thats it in terms of useful cav and they loose it come the marians.

The "barbarians" have some of the best cav in the west, especially the lusotanna with their semi cataphract cavalry the Lanceri.

Obviously these don't match up to Grivpanvar but there still a war winning force.

[athanaric]

a faction without horses are a waste of time IMO. thats why i never play koinon hellenon and the romani campaign nor the barbarians.

Just wait till you meet Ktistai on the battlefield...

[Moosemanmoo]

Makedonia, this is the first campaign I seek to finish

Ptolemaoi seem rather unpopular, any particular reason for this?

[Tarkus]

Bactria, 185BC. Saka long gone...wearing down the Pahlavans...fighting a resurgent Arche Seleukia...training an army to conquer the mineral-rich lands of India.

And very afraid of the Ptolemaioi...the beast extends from Persepolis to Ak-Ink.