Seleucids

[kataphraktoi]

Anyone played the Seleucids yet. They are just amazing with all the adversity surrounding them. In my current campaign, I have no allies and facing off against Pontus, the Greek States, Parthia, Armenians and the Ptolemids. I'm sure this happens to everyone playing as the Seleucids.
For 5-6 years straight my fleet has been crippled time and time again. Seleucia has been besieged by Parthia every year and I've had to fight tooth and nail to keep my borders inviolate. Based on pure military strength i would been destroyed but thanks to the wealth of the Seleucids I've simply bribed potential invaders. Costly yes, and quite Byzantine-like.

Because of the Seleucids I didnt go to church today, very very naughty.

Am I complaining? No!

[Steppe Merc]

I have just attacked the Selcuids as the Parthians, have not yet played them. But I am impressed, and their chariots are very nasty. Fortuantly I have yet to deal with their elephants, but with my light horsearchers it takes a long time to kill their phanlaxes.

[Jacque Schtrapp]

Haven't unlocked them yet, but they were the first faction to be wiped out in my campaign. Sounds like they are worth having a go as.

[Colovion]

Yeah they were whiped out last year on my campaign. They were at war with everyone bordering them and didn't have much of a chance - I can't wait to play as them.

[DisruptorX]

In my campaign as Pontus, I destroyed them after driving the greeks out of annatollia. They didn't put up much of a fight, the only problem was that immediately upon victory, the Egyptians came right on up and declared war on my weakened forces. This, combined with the plague, is making for a very long fight. The Seleucids are very dead now, however.

They don't really interest me, their starting position is too wide and unfocused. The main reason I play as the small factions is that I don't like starting off with large chunks of territory, I like to gain it on my own terms.

[Kraxis]

Hmmm... Sounds very much like a HRE of RTW (heh just shorten every word and it becomes a nice world). I get the feeling they will be my favs, just like the HRE was.