The Greatest Men of Europa Barbaorum 0.8x Thread

**Numahr** · 01-04-2007, 11:05

Fondor_Yards,

I like the combination of excellent traits and pretty dark ones... Your Himilcar hates the Greeks, he hates the Gods, he is exterminator, but also we know he loves women... A very "human" hero, and a god basis for Role-playing him.

Maybe for the rest of his life he could try to exterminate Greeks, rape their wives and daughters and burn their temples...

**Cataclysm** · 01-06-2007, 07:21

Hey, cool idea for a thread. Here are my best from my current Ptolemaioi campaign. I present the brothers Thraikikos:

Leontiskos - conqueror of the Oracle at Siwa, Kyrene, Damascos, Seleukeia and Persepolis
https://img484.imageshack.us/img484/7376/leaderqu6.jpg

Alexandros - defender of Syria
https://img484.imageshack.us/img484/2499/heirbf5.jpg

**Obelics** · 01-06-2007, 13:19

I like this thread! anyway i have nothing too good to show...

here's a decent one from my last Cartage savegame. It's not comparable with fondor yard Himilco, but it is nothing bad too, pretty average.
(I had a much better one but he is dead before this last save, so no picture no prove... just words

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but at last this hamilcar have +2 command star when attacking (so count 7 CStar on attack

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incompetent defender...

and there's no possibility to post a better carthaginian one cause im having no more big battles in this campaign... but i could post a very good lusitanian one in some days, if i can get to make him fight for a while...

**MSB** · 01-06-2007, 15:38

My favourite general is not what he used to be. He is now known as: Mithridates the Lame. His old identity is gone and he was just sat doing nothing in Memphis.

**Sarcasm** · 01-06-2007, 20:51

Originally Posted by Rogge

Think you have enough hypaspistai and argyraspidai there?

**Fondor_Yards** · 01-07-2007, 08:13

Originally Posted by Sarcasm

Think you have enough hypaspistai and argyraspidai there?

There's no such thing as too much hypaspistai and argyraspidai!

*Hides his elite africa pikemen, elite african infantry, and sacred band cavalry army*

**Sarcasm** · 01-07-2007, 17:10

Originally Posted by Fondor_Yards

There's no such thing as too much hypaspistai and argyraspidai!

*Hides his elite africa pikemen, elite african infantry, and sacred band cavalry army*

I just think the game is much more fun if you use balanced armies, instead of uber-armies a la vanilla.

**Rogge** · 01-10-2007, 01:39

I'm weak, I can't help it. When non-elite units get experience it feels like it's such a waste.
Anyway, my armies at this point is 5 hetaroi, 4 hypaspistai, 2 1-talent and 8 argyraspidai. I'm feeling like experimenting with horse archers and infantry leaning more to offense though. The old trusty "hammer and anvil" tactic is getting tedious and attacking with phalanx is something I avoid at all costs.
Bah, enough OT.