Hints 4 destroying Ptolemaic Empire/Egypt

[Dutch_guy]

wow you managed to get to the year 26 BC ? you really have been playing that game a long time

my advice would be attacking from different directions , order a couple of army's to invade from the pontus direction , and let other armys land from the western side, ( from carthage / siwa ) also land a couple of army's were they least expect it., like in front of Alexandria.

If you then continue to take their 3 most important citys ( thebes , alexandria en memphis ) you are well on your way in destroying those stinking egyptians !

[Lancome]

My advice is the Usual If you make alot of $ then just bribe the Non-General armies.

[drone]

I assume at this point you have more or less unlimited money, so begin the strategic bombing:

1. Blockade all ports.
2. Invade with spies/assassins and sabotage the troop and economic infrastructure. Pretty much every city you have that is not making troops should be making assassins and spies (and the boats to transport them) and pumping them towards the Nile.
3. If you don't think you can hold a city, take it, exterminate it, retrain (if you have time), loot it, and leave it. Repeat on another front. Gift cities back to them to prevent rebel uber-peasants, and they will have to spend money to rebuild.
4. Find less defended cities in the backfield to attack or bribe. Burn these as stated in #3.
5. Bribe their generals and use them to create merc armies behind the lines. Definitely buy all mercs to keep the Egyptians from getting them, even if they are just cannon(chariot) fodder.
6. Siege cities whenever possible, even if you can't take them over. Disrupts build queues and econ.

Against Egypt, no tactic is too cheesy or underhanded. Use wardogs, elephants, onagers, whatever you have to do. They deserve it!

[magnum]

I've said it before in other threads, but don't make Hannibals mistake. Its the cities that count.

You can win all the battles you want in the field but if you don't take the cities you're gonna lose in the end. Add Onagers to a few armies and land them next to cities. You can avoid a siege that way and immediatly attack the city before Egypt can react. As you take cities you can also whittle down their armies if you want. But if you don't take the cities, they'll simply rebuild whatever you destroy in the field on their next turn.

[Lancome]

I've said it before in other threads, but don't make Hannibals mistake. Its the cities that count.

You can win all the battles you want in the field but if you don't take the cities you're gonna lose in the end. Add Onagers to a few armies and land them next to cities. You can avoid a siege that way and immediatly attack the city before Egypt can react. As you take cities you can also whittle down their armies if you want. But if you don't take the cities, they'll simply rebuild whatever you destroy in the field on their next turn.

But u gotta know what was said about Hannibal " Hannibal Knew how to gain Victory but didnt know how to use it."

[ChaosLord]

I suggest you make a beeline for their core cities. Alexandria, Mephis, and whatever the others are. Split their empire in half and then weather whatever they throw at the newly conquered cities. Once thats done, you should be able to begin taking the rest of their cities. Those cities are the major production/trade/etc.. centers for Egypt. It also has the pyramids, which will help greatly in your conquest. Thats how I did it when I played Scipii, I landed three armies on the shores(2 assault armies, 1 balanced defense army). Took citys with my assault armies while using the balanced army to defend while they advanced, worked pretty well.

[Elmar Bijlsma]

Tactically, use ranged combat. As much Cretan archers as you can get. Six per army is about all you need. Get a number of your most powerful melee troops. Behind these you place 6 onagers. put those on flame and watch approaching or defnding Egypians melt away. Deal with the remnants that get close with the Cretans placed just in front off the onagers (take skirmish off). If you feel you can't stop them before they reach your onagers place your melee troops infront of the onagers instead and place Cretans behind the Onages. Yes, gamey as Hades and I didn't use this tactic since the first campaign but darn it's effective.

[scorillo]

well....i hold the Asia Minor...and some ex-Parthians cities near the Caspic Sea,....i also hold Damascus,Sidon here i`m stuck,....like i was said..large egyptians armies are coming from south....i have 2 full banner armies...one is out fighting in east near India and Ural Mountains...and with the second (wich includes 10 urban cohorts) i try to make my way in south....i always train them after battles to have 20 full units per army.Both are balanced with good XP and armour.With this army i can beat 2-3 full egyptian armies...after that i must train them....and so on
You guys are right, i must have more armies,and i should send one army in africa to,but i think it won`t last long because i don`t hold any cities there to train them....even so...i must make a direct hit in a huge city, so that can have urban or army barracks at least....I`ve counted,Ptolemaic`s hold over 20 settlements...including all the Arabia Peninsula.They are streching from Lupcis Magnus in Africa to India.My weastern africans settlements are attacked in every turn , so i allways train the soldiers...this way, the cities cannot grow up until i can build an advanced barracks type.So eastern way is the only chance,in east i`ved build everything that it could be build from the building browser.I`ve tried....i brought armies from Greece, from Spain,even "eagles" from Rome...but no use
My financial situation is good,but not that good....i have about 1,2 milion dinari but is getting lower with 4000-5000 every turn because of my large armies.anyway...i will begin bribing cities to finish this campaign in a way or another

I HOPE ! i will manage to destroy the ptolemaic`s on the battlefield so i can be ruler of the world...despite is a very hard job...i never got this far...but i want to finish the campaign until 14 AD ..so far so good


thanks 2 everybody

[katank]

Make a beeline for Memphis.

Not holding the Pyramid makes them very screwed public order wise.

Abuse your Post-Marian troops.

Pour full stacks of Urban Cohorts and Praetorian Cav down their throat.

Sack their cities ASAP with many onagers etc.

Don't focus too much on missile troops. The bowmen would likely outnumber you significantly to make this not worthwhile.

Build hordes of heavily armored melee troops and storm away.

With unlimited money, play dirty with diplomats. Have their lands swarming with them, picking off errant stacks.

[Siris]

I remember the one time those Egypitans attacked & I got the enslaved message of my citizens.... after that I raised three Spartan armies, shipped them down there, & sacqued three cities, around six armies, multiple family members, their Pharoh as well, along with over (if I remember correctly, my newest campaign in just six hours I've slaughtered over 40,000 enemies at least), but well over 50,000 of their citizens, in response to them.

Also, I sacqued over 4 of their cities, all over 30K, one previously before the main strike, was a quick response while I was building my Spartan armies, so I'd say the number was a lot higher than what I'm thinking at the moment.

So, slaugher them all my friend, you will get ride of their sorry skins, & you will gain much more money to finish your conquest!