Autobattles

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Spoken like someone who doesn't play barbarian factions much...money is very tight, and you have to do more with less.

Actually, I played as barbarians as well. :) Money is very tight but forces are very strong and "I don't usually care about AI's elite troops since I just try overhelm everyone with numbers." was referred to Eastern and Carthagian factions. :) Again, it is important to avoid unfavorable battles and try to capture easy cities.




I don't consider Britons since they are very easy to play. Dacia is also pretty easy (just go with all your forces and capture Macedonian capitol and build chosen swordsmen). I finish the short campaign around 254-253 BC which are pretty good dates for autobattles. I am going to play with Scythe and Spain. So, it is left Gauls and Germans. I usually almost don't build building and try to put all resourses into military (people, temples, blacksmith) and then I conqure AI cities and get money. In particularly, money for retrain with preserving some exp. It more o less worked for Gauls. And about Germans...It is completely useless to fight against Britons...They suffer so much against chariots...So, I build an army and marched towards East. Defeated Dacia and went to Macedonia and Greece with their rich cities.

So, one of the rules here - war feeds wars. :) And this is main thing before you get around 20 cities.

I'd be real curious to see how you manage this financially, especially on VH setting where you play with a financial handicap. Perhaps some screen-shots to document your progress

This "So, I prefer to lose, then to recharge, then to lose again, then recharge these troops again and then win" about Pathia/Pontus. And it was around middle and late game. In the beginning Eastern infantry can more or less to compete with other troops. :) Also there is one good things about them that they are pretty cheap. :)

Anyway, I will put some screenshots in the next post. Unfortunately, the earliest save is when I was about finishing the short campaign.
If you are interested in other dates (earlier or later) then please let me know, I will try to look them in my saves.