Post your EB empires!

[Fluvius Camillus]

Don't you need to build?

I've already seen this one, still very nice, maybe I could beat this if I also went for ultra blitz mode.

~Fluvius

[anubis88]

Blitzing just got a completly new meaning

[Arthur, king of the Britons]

Why do I get the impression that I'm roleplaying more than you do...

[Alexokrat]

@HanBaal: how could you conquer the world that fast?

[shootie]

@HanBaal: how could you conquer the world that fast?

Cant beat good old fashioned Rushing my friend :D

Nice white empire.

[VIPERLORD]

G'day folks. long time reader, short time poster.

Would it please be possible when posting your conquests to state what difficulty level you played on the campaign map and the battles?

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.

Thanks

[Hax]

The world looks good in white.

[[cF]HanBaal]

Blitzing just got a completly new meaning

Cant beat good old fashioned Rushing my friend :D

Nice white empire.

Thanks for the compliments all. Did this not too long ago in Medium (battle) / VH (campaign) only using Fog of War, most of the times to find my way into the steppes' settlements.

Don't you need to build?

I've already seen this one, still very nice, maybe I could beat this if I also went for ultra blitz mode.

~Fluvius

"Build"? Check my financial annual report. Do you have yours by the time you finished those campaigns?

"Beat this"? You can try xD

@HanBaal: how could you conquer the world that fast?

Wasn't that hard. There are far more unpredictable things in war. How could a 26.000 army and 37 elephants (who died after the first battle due to the cold) cross the Alps, enter a country with a +750.000 recruiting pool of man, kill more than 300.000 better equiped soldiers, destroy more than 400 settlements and remain undefeated in enemy ground for 16 years before leaving with virtually no reinforcements nor supply lines? How could this same man along with his father conquer almost the whole of Iberia in two decades what it took Rome almost 2 centuries and hundreds of thousands of losses to achieve? That I would like to have seen with my own eyes =)

[vartan]

Hannibal is my hero.

[Madoushi]

That... that's just not right.

[Unintended BM]

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My nice Sweboz empire. Up to this point, I've been using a lot of bodyguard units to fight all of my battles, but I think I've gotten to the point where I can afford regular infantry. I just lost like 3 FMs in a row in the last few battles, so I should give them a break for a while so I don't lost too many.

The Aedui are my good friends. I share a large border with them, but I pay them a lot of money, and they seem happy enough. I bet once the Arverni get wiped out, they'll attack me. I'll probably send a big army down to sack Rome and surrounding cities pretty soon. I always like to do that in my Sweboz games. I also plan on invading Britain at some point in the near future, maybe after the Aedui are gone.

[Arthur, king of the Britons]

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My nice Sweboz empire. Up to this point, I've been using a lot of bodyguard units to fight all of my battles, but I think I've gotten to the point where I can afford regular infantry. I just lost like 3 FMs in a row in the last few battles, so I should give them a break for a while so I don't lost too many.

The Aedui are my good friends. I share a large border with them, but I pay them a lot of money, and they seem happy enough. I bet once the Arverni get wiped out, they'll attack me. I'll probably send a big army down to sack Rome and surrounding cities pretty soon. I always like to do that in my Sweboz games. I also plan on invading Britain at some point in the near future, maybe after the Aedui are gone.

Nice one.

[Unintended BM]

Update.

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I just thought this was funny.

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My incredibly cheap army that I put together in about 3 seconds just to get the aedui out of gaul.

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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.

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Gaul, Germania, the struggle over Massalia, and the approaching Lusatanians. I guess my Rome sacking and Britain invading will have to wait until I conquer Iberia. I think the aedui and arverni will keep Rome busy for at least a little while.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[Fluvius Camillus]

Lol you even got yourself some nice TAB killing machines, who's gonna stop you!

What's with the army composition, where did the glorious Makedonian phalanx go? What would Alexandros say? Did you get Hysteroi Pez btw? Or were you unable to keep the Romani alive long enough?

NICE Basileus btw, good that hes still Argeades Argead Makedonian, he has a nice retinue and is promising enough to reach the ultimate 10c/10M/10I stats!

Karneades Akademikos always accompanies the truly great, but you will not match my Ultra-Baktrian Faction heir(do the math with the stats if he was Basileus!)

https://i594.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1268181750

~Fluvius

[Kikaz]

My budding Saka Dominion:

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more on that later...

[Hannibal Khan the Great]

Hmm... I always blitz with Saka until I own everything east of the Sauromatae and northeast of the Seleukids (including most of Baktria) and Pahlava. Watch for Pahlava and the Yellow Fever though!

[Kikaz]

Hmm... I always blitz with Saka until I own everything east of the Sauromatae and northeast of the Seleukids (including most of Baktria) and Pahlava. Watch for Pahlava and the Yellow Fever though!

Yeah, I took the save up gold path and waited until I had all my mines. Used a lot of it bribing a Baktrian stack that I'm using to take Khiva. Meanwhile, the Pahlava are trying to steal my Chach with their scary cataphracts.

[Arthur, king of the Britons]

Lol you even got yourself some nice TAB killing machines, who's gonna stop you!

No one, I'm invincible! Lol I've added quite a lot of units (Armoured Indian Elephants for example and I can recruit them in Pella, I roleplay that they are a gift from the Basileus ton Indon whom I have an alliance with).

NICE Basileus btw, good that hes still Argeades Argead Makedonian, he has a nice retinue and is promising enough to reach the ultimate 10c/10M/10I stats!

Glad you liked him, he's quite something eh? I roleplay that he's related to Pyrrhos of Epiros through his great grandmother.

Did you get Hysteroi Pez btw?

Yeah I got em.

Karneades Akademikos always accompanies the truly great, but you will not match my Ultra-Baktrian Faction heir(do the math with the stats if he was Basileus!)

https://i594.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1268181750

~Fluvius

Cool one that, a bit old for being faction heir though.
Is he Unselfish/Optimistic/Loyal/? It's hard to find good generals/governors which are still Optimistic at that date.
Mine still got more Management than yours. They share a hatred for the gods it would seem..

What's with the army composition, where did the glorious Makedonian phalanx go?

Well after a while I got bored with the phalanx battles (repetitive, too easy, and a bit static) so I roleplayed a Thorakitai reform after my previous Basileus battled the Romaoi and was "inspired by them", I might roleplay later on that the basileus after my current one, "picks up" the phalanx again.
I still like phalanx battles in general it's just that I played a lot of those in this campaign and didn't want to start a new campaign.

What would Alexandros say?

Bah! After I'm done with this campaign the feats of Alexandros will seem trivial!

[Duguntz]

DUUUUDEEE... I see your empires... meh, not bad, but what is impresive is your treasures... damn, you all got like 1278568375634723846 Mnai... when I, with sweboz, I'm jumping of joy when i have like 30 000 (generaly after the capture and sacking of a big city)... wich of corse dosen't stay that much for long!

[Arthur, king of the Britons]

Well Swêboz have a relatively weak economy compared to the factions round the Mediterranean.

[Duguntz]

Well Swêboz have a relatively weak economy compared to the factions round the Mediterranean.

Well yeah, i play with 'em since about a year and something, i just love to clubs my opponant to death! Mouhahahaha! economy isn't the only issue. I'm playing on Huge settings, and ouf... the population is hard to maintain... the cities loose their folks real fast, and less populace means less income and PAF we just entered in a vicious cercle, as even without high end income, I still must field a pretty expensive army to face multiple fronts... roman to the south, and gauls to the west... Still I love that, it really give a challenge! Now, I also got a kick for Koinon Hellenon

[Os-Q]

That sounds good. I'll have to try the Sweboz, again, on huge settings. I try to RP the ancient germans by keeping my populations very low and recruiting hordes of cheaper units. When I play on other settings (large) my cities still get too populated too quickly.
Also, like you said, I think there's nothing like facing off against the elite, armored forces of the enemy and beating them to death like baby seals! Or just generally using low level units to defeat better troops. (Even moreso if you play as Saba)