Roman: Scipii

[guineawolf]

i played as Scipii VH/VH at huge size,i think since this is my favourite faction(wolve logo),then i decide to played as what i want to be.First i didn't follow the senate orders to take sicily ,i go to greece instead,the apolonia is taken by brutii,then i decide to take salona first then Segestica,for supply...

then i found out i underestimate the AI,the Carthage take my Messana(it is ok,coz i oredi decide to abondoned it anyway),but then the Gauls come to my Segestica with 3000 men,i successfully defeat them with my family members bodyguards lost 1 FM(Family Member).Another 3000 men we get overwhelm by numbers coz those FM go to Salona,only 160 townwatch left.Segestica lost......

The Gauls didn't stop ,they come again to Salona with 1 more 3000 men army,
Salona lost......

Now what left is my Italy province,Capua,i got to used all i got to take greece.I search for weak spot when i recruiting new army,i decide to take Thermon since only 3 squads garisoning that city,i lead that only army 1500 men to siege Thermon.I take it down at second siege.

When i fortifying my Thermon,the Macedonians comes,2000men,my garrison army can handle that.The siege begun,Gneaus Scipio(last of the Scipii family)
and his 1500 men reinforce the defenders.We defeat the Macedonians,but i also lost the last of Scipii Blood (at the same time,the Gauls invade italy,
They sack Segesta,Arretium,the Julii left only the Ariminium and Caralis,if Ariminium and Rome lost,my Capua will be next.. )

After the siege of thermon(Macedonians oredi own greeks,and the Greek cities left only Rhodes,Sparta and Pergamum),the Macedonians concentrate their army on Brutii since Brutii keep attack their Bylazora and Thessalonica.I take the chance when the southern Greece is weak and the Macedonians is busy with Brutii,i take Larrissa,Athens,Corinth then Sparta with only taking heavy casualties from 480 Spartans that garrisoning Sparta.I finally have a base supply line.
Since the trade is concentrate on greece,i set my Capitol at Athens,then i will have to take east of greece to assure maximum profit from the naval trade.

Until now -80BC i own 7 wonders,58 provinces form Cyrene,Siwa north to old Scythians provinces,and Damme,Batavodurum,Bordersholm and old Britons provinces,treasury 1.6 million(plus the 4 million if it do not lost at that force become protectorate bug) and net income of 50k per turn,8 Full stack legions,6 full stack mercenaries at least.the last foes of Romans-Armenians is exterminated,my current stand at Rome,senate is 6,people is 10,the Civil war ain't start yet,what i gonna do????

There is no more land to conquer.....Any suggesttion from you guys??????

[Severous]

Hi guineawolf

I forget to look in this thread when I visit here. Its a great resource though and very helpful for advice and tips on particular factions.

Do you have a screenshot of your position?

It sounds as though you should be able to start the civil war. Popularity with the people is high enough thats for sure.



Scipii is who ive playing every now and then in the past few weeks. Only 20 years into it and its going OK.

At the top of this image is the Gaul Capital.

Scipii will walk in and exterminate the population. Was it the heroic victory or the infamy of the extermination...whatever..the history books will remember it for a 100years by marking the map with crossed swords.

A factor in this campaign is our cultivation of Carthage. We are deliberately aiding Carthage. The remnants of a once mighty Scipii army here besiege Tinji.

We want to capture and gift it to Carthage like so many cities before. Hope for some mighty battles against Carthage later in the game. Sacred bands and elephants with swarms of cavalry...will make a change from the stacks of town watch Carthage normally put up.

[guineawolf]

how do i get my screenshot?and how do i upload it?

i know i can start civil war oredi,with such resources i got.It just matter of time to overwhelm those fellow romans with my Wolve Legions.They dun attack me,I just feel not right to attack them,hah.. .

Since i am playing at VH/VH,i think i am gonna play as Campaign VH/Battle Medium next time,coz my Wolve Legion get defeated very easily if they don't have a general,i try play it normally right then...

[Guron]

Hi! First, what i do - i sent my spy to Sirakuzi (sorry for my English). He open the gate and i get the city at the same turn. I masakre citizens and build bireme. Then i load one general and 2 gastat to my ships and sent them to Lilibaum. My spy go there too. At the secon turn my ships find the only one carphage bireme with great army with elephant aboard. I attak them and win. After this I have no problem to get all Sicilia to my hand and some time later to get Carphagen and Phaps, becouse bigest army of my anemy was destroied in the sea I train a lot of ships and get the sea domination. It is very easy.

[doombringer]

a little help:

i have taken n africa, most of spain and expanding east through mespotomonia from byzantium and coastal cities

pontus are eastern superpower, any tips for deafeating them?

[Seamus Fermanagh]

a little help:

i have taken n africa, most of spain and expanding east through mespotomonia from byzantium and coastal cities

pontus are eastern superpower, any tips for deafeating them?

Do not worry about their infantry. They have a decent force, and their legios give them some of your same skills, but they don't have the morale base to go toe-to-toe with your legions and win.

Their missile troops are pretty generic, and your archer aux out range them.

Their cavalry is good, and all of it shoots missiles (mostly javelins). It is not particularly faster than you are, though, so your cavalry can close and will do better in the hand-to-hand.

Their chariot archers are a pain in the posterior. However, your AA outranges them and, if they get stalled, an infantry swarm attack will cripple them quickly. Just don't charge them with cavalry if you can avoid it -- scythes cut up horsies too quickly. Pila tear them up if he's dumb enough to close.

[doombringer]

cheers for tips, generally they keep sieging me with full stacks, im defending pretty well with auxilia and legionary walls.
taking an opportunistic approach to taking their cities, smash n grab basically

thanks

doom