themiskyra

[sjoa]

Can this northernmost city on the map be taken? It seems surrounded by forests...and the senate just issued a mission for me to take it. It's the last city still up of grabs (I'm really milking my first game I know)....so I'm thinking it's just their way to start a civil war....

[Basileus]

sure you can, have to fight the amazons though heh..theres a way through the forrest to get there

[nameless]

Argh that place is hard to get to, you can't build roads or anything, I believe it takes like half a dozen turns to even get there.

[Deus ret.]

You have to take the Western route, along one of the big rivers, and change sides several times. Take either a diplomat and a heap of cash or an able army with you.
From Campus Sarmatae, expect a ~8-12 turn journey, it really takes a while to get there. The amazons' chariots are really nasty and apart from their army the region has not much to offer, so I would well consider whether it's worth the effort... just start the civil war and leave these amazons alone.

[Dutch_guy]

take an all cavalry army, moves faster.
And since the Amazon's chariots have no scythes it makes the battle easier too.

[The Stranger]

yeah DG advice is good, i'd said the same

[Silver Rusher]

I would recommend sending a Spy in ahead of your army to find the pesky ambush waiting for you which is almost impossible to defeat (when you are ambushed I mean)

[Craterus]

I defeated the ambush, not very difficult, but I took a few casualties.

[gardibolt]

You also need to be prepared for plenty of unrest; they're a rebellious lot up there.

[L'Impresario]

Ermm, strangely enough in my first greek campaign I got the city without any effort, that is I found myself in control of the city after the end of a turn, even though I hadn't a diplomat or any other unit within hundreds of miles. Struck me as odd (but understandable since my rule was so benign:p) so I took a screenshot as well. Too bored to upload it tho heh

[antisocialmunky]

Perhaps they had a loyalist rebellion since they are techinally greek.

[Celt Centurion]

The place can be taken all right, but to me it was at high cost. Revolts happen almost every turn until the the town is several turns past minimum population. That means, your army shrinks, and you cannot retrain because there are not enough people in the town, and they are STILL killing your soldiers. Unless you have the most "basic" of units, it's impossible to retrain, and therefore, the forces you have in there go down almost every turn, and most cannot be retrained. As the Egyptians, I took it with one full stack of my own troops, and another full stack of Mercenaries. One of my Generals built a fort just outside of the town, and I kept the Mercenaries there, mainly as an auxillary force to take the town back. Had to do it several times. They have bad tempers there I reckon. Anyway, after several generations, I had it built up to a rather large city and not too many riots. By the time that the town was finally under control though, there were very few mercenaries left.

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Celt Centurion

[Craterus]

As the Egyptians, I took the town with a half stack, built some peasants, then left. Never had problems with it again.

[Celt Centurion]

As the Egyptians, I took the town with a half stack, built some peasants, then left. Never had problems with it again.

You lucky fellow!

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Celt Centurion

[Nik00117]

My plan was to train 3 full armies and march up there and take it.

Figure 3 full armies will be able to take it and hold it, especially since they will be good decent units.

[Sonicdahedgie]

In otherwords, the above posts are saying....




"GET SOME ****ING PUBLIC ORDERS RIGHT AWAY. THAT AND 25 FULL STACKS."