Aeudi guide

[Hybr1d]

Could somebody help me with the Aeudi? They start off horribly in debt, which is about -6000 per turn. I start off with a bad economy and immediately I am not able to build up my economy due to the debt. I tried disbanding all units, but still i'm in pretty bad debt. I don't know what to do, so could somebody who has done a Aeudi campaign and help me out plz?

[gamegeek2]

That's the opposite of what you want to do. Disband the Leuce Epos, the war with the Arverni should be short. You should keep your units and smash the Arverni, maybe train 1 or 2 infantry units to help out.

[Hybr1d]

Yeah well, the problem with that is i'm in the negative a turn after the game starts... so I can't build anything, not even units.

[A Very Super Market]

Queue them up before you go into debt. Use up all your money, smash the Arverni, and use the added income from their cities to build your treasury up again.

[burn_again]

I usually start like this:

Economy:
- disband your fleet, you won't need one until much later
- set your taxes to very high
- from your starting treasury order roads everywhere and queue up a river port in Bibracte, this should improve your economy a bit
- you will go into the negative for a while, but should be able to make a profit after expanding

Military:
- do not disband any troops, you'll need them
- use the troops in Cenabum and those with Dennoros to besiege Avaricum, wait out the siege because it's strongly garnisoned
- move the troops south of Gergovia through Eleutheroi-territory to join the siege of Avaricum
- move the troops in Bibracte and Mediolanum towards Viennos, besiege it or try to take it with a direct attack (use your spy!)

After a few turns you should have taken Avaricum and Viennos. You can now combine what is left of your troops and conquer the other Arverni-towns, either simultanously or one after the other, depends on how strong you are.

After the Arverni are destroyed you should be making a profit again and get out of the debt. If you have any troops left you can try to expand further. For your economy it is best to conquer Aventicos and the two alpine towns, for they have mines.

[Hybr1d]

Guys, those are great tips, but what will I do when I conquer the Averni and i've got about 30,000 mnai in debt?

[Hybr1d]

This should be put in the EB guides as there isn't a guide for the Aeudi.

[Titus Marcellus Scato]

As the Aedui, I prefer to let the Arveni keep Gergovia, but take their other two towns and destroy all their armies apart from the garrison of Gergovia. I then make peace with them using Force Diplomacy. This seems to redirect most of their hostility towards the Elutheroi towns to the south and west of Gergovia.