0.8x AI Faction Progression

[Conqueror]

By using the force diplomacy mod (after I gave them a good thrashing and parked an army next to their capital city, of corse).

[NeoSpartan]

By using the force diplomacy mod (after I gave them a good thrashing and parked an army next to their capital city, of corse).

hum... can I use that mod in an ALREADY existing game?????

[Conqueror]

IIRC, yes you can.

[Sakkura]

Romani, 230 BC in 0.81a v2


Lusotannan were expanding into eleutheroi settlements early and at a good pace, while Carthage were stalling after losing Sicily to me early on. Later, Lusotannan took the opportunity to grab a Carthaginian city in Spain while I was beating them in a premature 2nd Punic war. After that, Lusotannan took most of the rest of Spain and started advancing into Gaul fast.
Carthage then started slowly taking eleutheroi cities in Africa.

Aedui lost Mediolanum to me around 260, and then they were slugging it out with Arverni for supremacy in Gaul. I eventually allied with them, but did not assist them in slowly beating the Arverni and making them a protectorate. I did assist them once Lusotannan began conquering Gaul with multiple stacks containing huge amounts of elite troops, especially Dosidataskeli. I went to war with Lusotannan, gave some Gaul cities back to Aedui, raided others and kept a few for myself.

Sweboz have been gobbling up eleutheroi like there's no tomorrow. I decided to take some of their cities in the northern Balkans to make sure they didn't invade Greece. Ever since, they have been sending a steady stream (well, torrent) of stacks at me.

Getai are not moving at all. I have tried to ally with them and give them a city to get started, but they won't accept and I'm not using forced diplomacy (yet).

Epeiros were sending all their forces into Italy early on, but still lost against my legions. Since then they have been quite static, but eventually took Thermon.

KH defeated Makedonia very early on and made them a protectorate. They then expanded into Thrace and crossed into Asia Minor where they made Pontos a protectorate and recently took a city from AS.

Pontos were expanding early on, but were easily crushed by KH.

Hayasdan have taken a few eleutheroi settlements, not been in any major wars.

Sauromatae only expanded very, very slowly.

Pahlava and Saka Rauka both took some eleutheroi cities early, and since then they have been battling back and forth for control of the northeastern corner of the map.

Baktria expanded very well early on, but around 240 the AS started gobbling them up, and their days are certainly numbered now.

Saba expanded at a nice rate, and have been battling back and forth against the Ptolemies.

Ptolemies expanded in Syria, Asia Minor and into the AS heartland early on. But recently, AS have been pushing them back on every front, while they havent been able to subjugate Saba.

AS took some eleutheroi cities early on, and then began a decline, losing many cities to the Ptolemies and others, both in Asia Minor, Syria and towards Babylonia. But recently, they have rebounded strongly and are advancing on almost every front, especially against Baktria and the Ptolemies.

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

OK, here some shots of the Evil Empire, with .81:

In the year 257BC


- I pushed the Epirotes and the Koinon out of Hellas, and the Epirotes were starting an italic Empire instead
- Seleukids are pushing hard the Ptolemaioi


In the year 237BC:

- Hayadan pressing the Sarmatae
- Saka repeatedly Protectorate of Baktria
- Carthage expanding nice, so do Casse, Sweboz, Getai
- Seleukids entering Egypt proper, taking Ptolemaioi holdings in Asia Minor, quarreling with Sabaeans for Arabia
- Koinon Hellenon and Pontos wiped out by me; Pontos allied with the Seleukids and declared war on me - bad mistake...


In the year 224BC:

- Romans reducing italian Epirotes to Campania, making them protectorate
- Lusotannan attacking the Carthies with big success!
- Casse conquering Ireland, Sweboz expand further
- Gauls heading both for northern Spain
- Seleukids beating the hell out of the Ptollies
- Carthage conquering independant Sicilia after a "war-without-much-fighting" with the Romans
- Getai more or less stopped their advance, from time to time attempts to conquer Getia Koile
- Armenians attacked by me in a preemptive strike, they had allied with the Seleukids


In the year 219BC:

- Carthage on the Reconquista trip
- Sweboz advance to the East
- Sakae becoming a baltic power, warring with the Sweboz, then becoming their protectorate
- SPQR starting northern expansion
- Ptollies with my help back in life - Makedonian spies made the Seleukid-controlled towns in egypt rebel


In the year 210BC:

- Seleukids reconquered much of their holdings in Egypt, quarreling with Saba as always, being divided doesn't do them much harm
- Romans slowly expanding into Gaul, attacked the Sweboz, got Vindelicos bribed
- Sweboz further advancing east, again war with the Sakae
- Sarmatae conquering Olbia


In the year 207BC:

- Sabaens were really tough and finally kicked the Seleukids out of southern Arabia
- Carthage besieging both remaining Lusotannan towns
- Sarmatae conquering the western Crimea, Uspe was a gift of mine
- Baktria wiping out Pahlava, going to war with Sakae. Never wanted to gang up with me on the Seleukids

P.S.: I wiped out the treacherous Getai in the meanwhile, conquering Veldideno

[Teleklos Archelaou]

Very cool Sakkura. Like that Lusotannan expansion and Baktria getting shoved into India, but I wish the Nomads were having more luck with the NE Seleukid areas. And wish the Getai were doing a little more.

CN: Awesome stuff too. Love seeing the Sabaeans come back. Liked that Saka empire for a bit. Interesting Iberian activities.

[Sakkura]

Very cool Sakkura. Like that Lusotannan expansion and Baktria getting shoved into India, but I wish the Nomads were having more luck with the NE Seleukid areas. And wish the Getai were doing a little more.

Getai were the only faction doing nothing, and they were really doing absolutely nothing. There was nobody bothering them, nobody even bordering them for ages and ages, but they just sat there with 2 more or less full stack armies watching the grass grow around their capital. Very disappointing.

I loved the way AS were initially beaten back by the Ptolemies but then rebounded, that kind of mirrors history IIRC.

[mlp071]

In couple of tests i tried removing half of the garrison units from Naissos and Singidunum(on The Errant's sugestion).Reason fro that was that i was seeing stacks of Getai trying to take those towns and were getting decimated. It did work , as they did took both towns by 260BC..I still think that is little to fast , but this was just fyi about what is possible cause for Getai's lack of progress.

[Roy1991]

The Getai in my campaign are doing very well

Romani campaign, 189BC, 0.81a.v2, BI.exe



Not so long ago the Pahlava were still doing very well, they owned about 15 provinces. Then Baktria and the Sauromatae attacked them simultaneously, and wiped them out in less than 10 years.

The Averni used to own Gaul, Northern Spain, most of Germania, and even parts of Illyria.
I've now captured most of their provinces in Gaul, and the Sweboz and Lusitanians are slowly driving them out of Germania and Spain.

The Lusitanians captured all the Carthaginian provinces in Spain, while I captured the African provinces.
Carthage only has Bocchoris left, they're losing about 8k per turn due to the 2 full stacks they have on the island

Pontos held out quite long, but eventually the Seleucids captured their last province, 10 years ago or so.

Macedonia and the Koinon Hellenon are still surviving in eastern Anatolia and on the islands.
The KH even captured Pantikapaion, and is still holding it

The Ptolemaioi and the Arche Seleukeia are allies, and constantly besiege my 2 cities in Egypt.