Post your EB empires!

[WinsingtonIII]

My old and crazy good faction leader. Most things rout if they fight him for more than a minute or two. He sucks at governing places though, so I'm just gonna keep on having him fight until he dies of old age. I doubt anything could kill him in battle at this point.

Your faction leader has "seen the elephant?" Who did he fight that had elephants in their army, the Romani?

He's a pretty awesome faction leader though

I've just recently started playing EB (big fan but just got a pc that can run the thing nicely lol) and have begun a Casse campaign on VH/VH.

Viperlord, you should bring the battle difficulty down to Medium, anything above that gives unrealistic stat bonuses to the AI's units that completely messes up the unit stat balancing of EB. Very Hard is the suggested campaign difficulty for EB, however many players prefer Medium or Hard because it makes for a better historical roleplaying game, where diplomacy may actually be an option. The VH campaign AI pretty much just focus on annihilating the player and refuses to engage in sensible diplomacy. Not that the lower level AI is much more sensible, but it is a bit better.

[Aemilius Paulus]

Your faction leader has "seen the elephant?" Who did he fight that had elephants in their army, the Romani?

No, that is an extension, a final one, of the Green/Blooded/Veteran/Grizzled/StE trait line. You know, the one which measures how experienced the general is by counting the battles. The name just means he saw an incredible amount of experience, so much that he has practically seen an elephant.

He's a pretty awesome faction leader though

Yeah, the Command stars are awe-inspiring. But the Management is laughable. For my Roman generals, 10infl. and 7-10manag. is the norm.

[WinsingtonIII]

No, that is an extension, a final one, of the Green/Blooded/Veteran/Grizzled/StE trait line. You know, the one which measures how experienced the general is by counting the battles. The name just means he saw an incredible amount of experience, so much that he has practically seen an elephant.

Oh, I never realized that, I thought it actually referred to having fought elephants.

Yeah, the Command stars are awe-inspiring. But the Management is laughable. For my Roman generals, 10infl. and 7-10manag. is the norm.

Yeah, management isn't that hard to gain in EB, but this guy probably hasn't spent any time in settlements because he's too busy on the battlefield. Gaining command that high in EB is quite a feat.

[Aemilius Paulus]

I thought it actually referred to having fought elephants.

That too would be a very interesting trait in it sown right.

Yeah, management isn't that hard to gain in EB, but this guy probably hasn't spent any time in settlements because he's too busy on the battlefield. Gaining command that high in EB is quite a feat.

Well, gaining scrolls and wreaths has always been easier in EB than in vanilla. However, strictly EB-wise, management is more difficult to gain than influence. Practically every single FM I have has 10 influence. Not all have 10 management. That is considerably rarer. Only my best ones have 10 management and influence.

[WinsingtonIII]

However, strictly EB-wise, management is more difficult to gain than influence. Practically every single FM I have has 10 influence. Not all have 10 management. That is considerably rarer. Only my best ones have 10 management and influence.

I've noticed that too, I'm not sure how FM's gain influence, but it doesn't seem to be that difficult. Yeah, I wasn't saying getting high management was easy by any means, I was just saying that compared to gaining command, it is relatively easy.

[Unintended BM]

Well, good management is pretty easy to get, I'd say. Don't you just stick them in a town for a while and they'll get better and better at governing? Does it have anything to do with schools? You don't really have to do any work for it anyway. Stars are way harder because you actually have to fight and stuff to get a really good general. I don't know how you gain influence, but I agree, it is very easy to get.

[Arthur, king of the Britons]

Gentlemen! Let's get back to topic shall we?

I thought I'd post an update to my Makedonian empire:

The current extent of the Arche Makedonia:

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The Royal Family:

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As you can see my previous Basileus Ισοδοριανοσ has died and his son Νεικον Νικατορ is the new Βασιλευσ. He incorporated the Kart-Hadastim into the empire and managed to form several client kingdoms in Arabia. He also made peace with Saba and the Basileus in Noubaion. He is one of the most brilliant commanders in Arche Makedonia's history and is also a great lawmaker and statesman.

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Currently he is occupied with subjugating the punic colonies in Iberia, and he also aims for taking control of the great and valuable mines of the vast peninsula, which would hopefully restore the finances to it's former glory. Many Hellenic city-states in the region has also asked for his protection and he will not turn down fellow Hellenes call for help.

Some random pictures:

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Any comments are appreciated.

Note: I roleplay that the Kart-Hadast remnants in north africa is the Mamla'ha biMassylim and that the Punic colonies in Iberia are independent city-states. Also Neikon did not personally conquer Arabia if someone really thought so, he organised it though.

[Unintended BM]

I don't think I've ever had a Sweboz FM with good management. I'm sure if I left some of the good ones in cities for long enough, they'd get good traits and such, but the bodyguards are great, so I always end up making everyone a general.

And yeah, Seen The Elephant means that he has commanded >25 battles, I think.

I'm thinking I might just give my faction leader a good army and send him through Italy as his last huge campaign. Maybe I'll keep Italy instead of just sacking it. That might be fun. Shouldn't be too hard, the Romans haven't expanded much at all. I guess that could make it harder though, because usually when they've expanded, they don't have any troops in Italy, but I guess all of their troops will be there now.

[SwissBarbar]

Augusts does not sound very latin, does it?

[Marcus Darkstar]

I figure its from one of his titles like the Glory hunter. Since he inspires his men so much.

Augusts-inspiring awe or admiration; majestic: the august presence of the monarch.

[Macilrille]

As a counterweigjht to that Roman imperialism I think we need a nice Sweboz one.



I attacked no one before they attacked me, even Casse. Took some rebel cities in the British Isles then they decided to attack me, so they got it- all as I expected from mad AI.

Game played in 1.1, never succeeded in updating it. And last Saturday-Sunday night with its power turned off, my pc fried its motherboard and harddisc, so the good pics of its progress are all gone :-(


Edited to add, Why on earth can I never post pics? It is here.

[Duguntz]

As a counterweigjht to that Roman imperialism I think we need a nice Sweboz one.



Edited to add, Why on earth can I never post pics? It is here.

I'm working on it!!! and for the pics, I have the same problem than you! can't post any...

[Macilrille]

Well... you know... barbarians and tech...

I link to the pic though, you should like it.

*gets out the sword to teach the computer a lesson*

[Arthur, king of the Britons]

As a counterweigjht to that Roman imperialism I think we need a nice Sweboz one.



I attacked no one before they attacked me, even Casse. Took some rebel cities in the British Isles then they decided to attack me, so they got it- all as I expected from mad AI.

Game played in 1.1, never succeeded in updating it. And last Saturday-Sunday night with its power turned off, my pc fried its motherboard and harddisc, so the good pics of its progress are all gone :-(


Edited to add, Why on earth can I never post pics? It is here.

Cool Swebôz empire.

[Macilrille]

Thank you, and yes, it is a nice little empire there, pretty powerful- I like to take the British Isles for their economy (and as a Danish Viking fighting re-enactor I love to emulate my forefathers and invade Britain). I intended to go back at some point to the saved game and take the map as I understand it has never been done with the Sweboz, but motherboard died :-(
Guess I will have to start a new one at some point. But now for Romans.

Though... trying invasions of Gaul and Brittany by sea only and emulating the Vikings thus would be cool, a campaign where I invaded all the places they did chronologically... Hmmm...