Unusual Superpowers

[TinCow]

I am playing as Scipii. I've had my hands full with the Egyptians and was getting so much trade from Spain that I ignored about 3-4 requests by the Senate to blockade them. They recently declared war on me on their own though, so it seems their time as a power has come to an end. At one point they defeated several large Julii stacks and besieged Mediolanum with two full stacks of their own. It looked like they were going to take the city, then they suddenly lifted the siege and marched all their forces to northern Gaul to attack a tiny rebel stack. Spain hasn't done much since then and Julii has recovered enough that they are no longer vulnerable. Silly AI.

Britain has lost several territories in the east and the Brutii are spanking them good. It looks like they're in trouble as well, despite how much territory they still have left. The Senate currently wants me to go after Pontus, but I've still got a large Egyptian stack in my territory and I need to rebuild a couple armies and move some generals to the area before I feel comfortable taking them on.

[Craterus]

Horde effect with Dacia there...

[TB666]

Man poor Scythia, they are boxed in.

[Garvanko]

TinCow, Im also playing the Scipii at the moment, and our maps are similar though I haven't expanded past Alexandria, Memphis and Thebes in the East (Egypt is barely surviving, and they have an Alliance with Pontus), while Ive taken most of the rich Greek and Macedon cities in the Med.

In Spain, Ive just taken Osca and Corduba, so money is pouring in from the west as well. Im building up my forces on the Italien peninsular while fighting on two fronts.

Major powers in my game are the Julii, Thrace and Pontus.



Its 180BC, and Civil war looks a decade away.

PS: Sorry about the size of the pic. :)

[scorillo]

btw...who can tell me how to mod by eliminating Britannia and Egypt chariot bonuses? I want to make them weaker...is hardcoded or is possible ?

[antisocialmunky]

Just mod them a regular general.

[Oaty]

Pontu usually becomes quite pewerful on my campaigns. Also unit size may have an effect on how well they do.

[Monarch]

Its 180BC, and Civil war looks a decade away.

Woh. I'm, in my very first vanilla RTW campaign and I'm in Civil War and it's only 230bc. Which shocked me at how early but it was my first so I didnt think too much of it.

Also in my game Pontus is already eliminated and had no more than two teretories.

[scotchedpommes]

In every campaign I have played but one, Pontus has become the dominant
power in the East. The emergence of Spain as a superpower is something I had
to come to terms with whilst also facing a Roman invasion as the Germans.
In my first two campaigns the Britons also expanded far beyond what I had
imagined possible - deep into Thracian and Greek regions. It seemed for me that
the unusual and unexpected was the norm.

[AntiochusIII]

In every campaign I have played but one, Pontus has become the dominant
power in the East. The emergence of Spain as a superpower is something I had
to come to terms with whilst also facing a Roman invasion as the Germans.
In my first two campaigns the Britons also expanded far beyond what I had
imagined possible - deep into Thracian and Greek regions. It seemed for me that
the unusual and unexpected was the norm.

Pontus and Egypt were naturally dominant as they took the Lion's share of the original Seleucid territories. Most of the games, lest you interfere, go that way until Pontus face Egypt.

Britain always dominate thanks to the bonus given to chariots (a very big WTF) that dominated the autocalc battles. Try hiring an all chariot army and send them on suicide missions. They cleansed the many planes of hell with ease on Normal difficulty autocalculated battles. This also helps Egypt, and, later, Pontus. Though the Seleucids also have it they rarely ever got to use it before being annihilated.

And the Romans have tendency to rule much of the world, at least until their civil war starts.

Other factions, though, are much more random, and an Iberian superpower is interesting. A Roman faction's containment is also interesting, though not that rare.

What I really think is absolutely unusual (save for a human player's intervention) is a superpower Carthage or Seleucids. The funny thing is, they were the real superpowers historically.

[_Aetius_]

I'm more impressed with the progress of the Pontus than the Britons or Spanish, there a fine balance between the barbarians if one is ganged up on, usually the Gauls. Then the stronger neighbouring barbarian faction will supplant it.

The Pontus however have to overcome local rivals the Armenians, plus the major powers of Seleucia and lesser Parthia, not to mention Egypt which it can often come into contact with.

The Brutii seem to have made strange advances northwards, I wouldnt be surpised if the Britons punched through that thin line of territories the Brutii have upto the Baltic which are hard enough to hold at the best of times anyway. Very interesting map indeed