AI faction expansion in your campaigns?

[LorDBulA]

I for one will not complain on Rome expansion.
Playing as Gatai i had my as* kicked big time by Romans.
They declared war on me about 245-240 BC.
By 220BC i was seeking refuge in Halikarnassos and Sidone (? city north of Halikarnassos) after loosing all my homeland territories.
My kingdom was thorn apart by Romans and Pontos.
But true cause of my demise where Romans, Pontos was just a helper.
By 220BC Rome was greatest power in known world.

[mattholomew]

I for one will not complain on Rome expansion.
Playing as Gatai i had my as* kicked big time by Romans.
They declared war on me about 245-240 BC.
By 220BC i was seeking refuge in Halikarnassos and Sidone (? city north of Halikarnassos) after loosing all my homeland territories.
My kingdom was thorn apart by Romans and Pontos.
But true cause of my demise where Romans, Pontos was just a helper.
By 220BC Rome was greatest power in known world.

that's true, but historically the romans never expanded into the upper balkans, eventually they did get dacia i suppose but that was very difficult and occured only after they ruled the majority of the mediteranean coastline. I think that the overwhelming power of messana and syracuse plays into this, as it keeps carthage and rome from ever coming into contact with each other. The romans can expand well, i've seen them explode in north-westward expansion, i'd just like to see that redirected in a more historical direction. Then again, i'm sure that the EB members will get to that so there is no reason for me to nag.

by the way, isn't it fun to lose campaigns? I always thought RTW would be fun to lose in, making last stands and all, maybe even rebuilding an empire from scratch more than once per campaign. Long wars in EB are the best.

[LorDBulA]

Yea it would be good to direct Romans to conquere Sycily first. But i dont think there is a way to do it.

by the way, isn't it fun to lose campaigns?

Yea it was my best game ever. I think i never had so much fun playing computer game.
But practically i wasnt defeated. When i knew i cant win i send 3 generals to Asia minor. One manage to get there and with mercenaries help he proclaimed himself tyrant of Halicarnassos. Then i captured Sidone. So when i lost my dacian holdings few years later (with all others faction members) i still had 2 cities in Asia Minor.
Those greek cities where very wealthy. I was making a bit more then half of what i used to in my best times. The future was full of danger but also full of opportunities. If i didnt encounter possibly fatal CTD and didnt have to move to other mod testings i still might pull it off.

[Zero1]

Well, in my current campaign as the Aedui VH/M reccomended settings, I've finally managed to unite all of ancient Gaul and have two experienced and well armed full stack armies, I am in alliance with Carthage, both of us are on Rome's borders which are largely contained to the Italian peninsular, and I'm about to move in.

I can say, its really satisfying to take a nation suffering in decline and in the middle of a civil war, on the brink of collapse, and turn it into a major super power.

I love you EB!