that anyone can give me on how to help them become a major power in a campaign? every now and then, they'll take a few provinces early on and seem like they're in really good shape but the Byz and Egypt always seem to team up on them until they're either eliminated or trapped on an island. just once, i'd like to see them survive long enough to produce their Janissary units.

i've thought about trying an Armenian campaign and just trying to help them when they need it but it seems like it'd be kinda crazy to play as Armenia and not make acquiring Armenia a high priority(for +1 AHC and the fact that it's "Armenia" ).