The Future of the Republic!

**Sarcasm** · 01-02-2007, 02:03

I sugest taking the Eastern Mediterranean islands, since they're really good at providing naval bases to strike from into Ptolemaic territory, not to mention they bring a lot of trade through their ports and they're relatively undefended. Once you take them there's really not much danger in loosing them either.

The Atalids homelands themselves are what give them their best troops, so consider an expedition into egypt proper. From Nikaia you should be well positioned to keep the relatively harmless troops the Ptolemies recruit there at bay, specially if you build some good fortifications there.

The Makedonians could probably need a help in getting out of Scythia, maybe if you're not interested in a presence on that side of the Danube you should consider giving it to the Getai, to make a decent regional power that can counter the Germans later on. They're reliable allies, from my experience.

Massalia is a natural target for your expansion, and it's extremely defensible not to mention it will serve as an outpost in Gallia Transalpina in future expansion.

On a side note, how did the Lusitani fare against you?

**Zaknafien** · 01-02-2007, 02:15

Lusotannan did well towards the end, Sarcasm. I had to jump start them early on by buying a province or two and giving it to them, but afterwards they put up a good fight against the Carthaginians, and held out against my advancement for another 20 years or so until I decided to send a couple of full-stack legions in to finish them off.

Itd be awesome if we could program the kind of guerilla warfare they really used into the game.. the prolific use of assassins to sabotage Roman "buildings" in Iberia would be ideal.

**Sarcasm** · 01-02-2007, 02:24

Maybe I can figure something out for the next internal version, since I'm planning to overhaul a lot of stuff.

What I'd really like to see them use is agressive ambushing, and hit and run tactics. On a tactical level how are they behaving and what sugestions do you have?

**Zaknafien** · 01-02-2007, 02:32

Can we make them prefer a type of attack over another? aggressive ambushing would be ideal, youre right, if only they could combine it with mutliple armies. Id love to see an Iberian tuetoburg forest scenario :) But I think destroying things like "garrisons" and "governments" in enemy-occupied cities on the penninsula would be great as well, maybe a script can be done to simulate a prolonged guerilla war against foreigners?

The ambarko did well, but didnt really have much of a chance as all of my legions were silver and gold chevroned by that point.

**Markus_Aurelius** · 01-02-2007, 16:02

you should have forced a protecteratship on the lusotans, than the cash would have been flowing..

**Zaknafien** · 01-02-2007, 16:16

Cash flows quite well from the Penninsula with mines, regardless :)

The Aeudi tribes were frightened into a beneficial peace accord the moment two legions marched toward Segestica and Sigidunum. I was shocked at their peace envoy, but they aggreed to hand over administration of both provinces, as well as paying an indemnity to Rome.

Byzantion has fallen, along with Naissos.