Carthage isn't being cooperative...

[NuBee4ever]

PRAISE BAAL !

T'was Kyrene... All along, t'was Kyrene.

I have no idea why I thought I had it, but I did sooooo... Hat of shame to me and kudos of glory to you guys !

[Shadowwalker]

First off - congratulations! :)

I have a question though - how did you manage to lose so many battles?
I always thought I'm terrible when it comes to commanding armies manually but you seem to have lost much more often than I usually do.
Which is especially odd since you played Carthage which has one of the strongest unit selections in EB and is simply unmatched in the west (except Rome perhaps...).

I'm really puzzled.
Did you play your battles on "very hard" or are all those lost battles sea fights perhaps?

[NuBee4ever]

I use my garrison troops to quell the rebels that show up within striking distances. I send them one by one (otherwise cities revolt), then I replenish'em.

I lose those battles 90% of the time (hence the poor record) but each unit gains valuable chevrons without diverting a whole corps/legion/army...

I also do that on barbarian independent cities that are unlikely to fall to any enemy (in Carthage it'd be Siga for exemple). I siege with a single unit, get my ass kicked, go home, replenish, gain experience, siege again. Since those cities don't refit or gain new units they eventually fall.

It's micromanagement and time consuming, but when a "friendly" Ptolemaic army attacks Lepki, it's full of Golden chevrons that have never seen a true battlefield.

I don't play often (thanx Xmas break !!!) and am still figuring things out (cf. posts above...) so it might be completely stupid, what do u think ?

[d'Arthez]

It is certainly not the most time-efficient way of dealing with revolts or conquering new provinces, but to each his own. If you are happy playing that way, that is all that really matters; it certainly allows for some good roleplaying opportunities.