Poll - How frequent do disasters occurr in your campaigns

**Tellos Athenaios** · 06-13-2007, 18:51

Back to poll: I've seen all of it, plagues I can barely avoid them and the AI can't. Happens mostly when I'm ready and want to take the town, then they make a mistake with their biochemical weapons. Or some such thing. >> Cyrene.

Earthquakes, Sahara province, the area around Karmana. Though quite a while ago. Does nice things to the campaign map.

Floods: happens when I conquer a settlement, apparently the Gods don't like me >> Taras, Gawjam~Habukoz. Happens with the AI governing a settlement too >> Arretium.

Storms: happens when my occasional naval transport is underway. Especially at the shores of enemy AI settlements, I'd like to raid.

Volcanoes: once seen the Etna flooding poor Sicily with lava.

Anything else? Well, plenty of it mostly piracy & AI & pathfinding & traits related, but I guess that's entirely off topic too.

**Underhand** · 06-14-2007, 12:42

I finally got a plague the other day in Garama. Frankly, it serves those bastards right. They, along with Siga, have been a thorn in my side ever since I took them from the Carthaginians, getting angry at the drop of a helmet and forcing me to relocate my capital to an inconvenient place. Seeing that a few hundred more have died at the start of each turn pleases me a little.

**d'Arthez** · 06-14-2007, 14:02

Originally Posted by Underhand

I finally got a plague the other day in Garama. Frankly, it serves those bastards right. They, along with Siga, have been a thorn in my side ever since I took them from the Carthaginians, getting angry at the drop of a helmet and forcing me to relocate my capital to an inconvenient place. Seeing that a few hundred more have died at the start of each turn pleases me a little.

Playing as the Romans? Now you could send a spy to Garama and hope he will be able to travel to Siga, WITH the plague. Perfect population control.

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**cezarip** · 06-14-2007, 15:16

Playing as the Romans I have seen the eruptions of both Vesuvius and Etna. Both times when my legions were near almost halving the units.

**Underhand** · 06-14-2007, 15:51

Originally Posted by d'Arthez

Playing as the Romans? Now you could send a spy to Garama and hope he will be able to travel to Siga, WITH the plague. Perfect population control.

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Perhaps, although the citizens of Siga have lately been suspiciously well-behaved. Maybe they guessed what might happen if they weren't.

Speaking of spies and plagues, I'm having an ethical dilemma. Garama is right next to Egypt, which is right next to the giant Seleucid Empire. I'm tempted to make use of these backwater desert-dwellers' lack of personal hygiene.

**d'Arthez** · 06-14-2007, 16:40

Biological warfare? Just convince yourself to do it. The weaker both these empires are, the less resistance they can put up to the rightful rule of Rome. And when the inevitable happens (the occupation of Alexandreia, Antioch et cetera), you will not be forced to put the population to the sword - partly due to decimated population, partly due to the bigger garrison bonus, when you capture the cities.

Really, it is a win-win situation.

**Underhand** · 06-14-2007, 16:51

Actually, it's more over whether I want to exploit the engine and take advantage of the AI than whether biological warfare is wrong (it's a game, and as such to me 'right' and 'wrong' are irrelevant). I have no qualms about exterminating cities if to not do so would cause me headaches. I'd also like to experience slaughtering swarms of Seleucids with my swarms of Romans - maybe I'll finally get a triumph

**Elminster12** · 06-14-2007, 19:30

Originally Posted by Underhand

Actually, it's more over whether I want to exploit the engine and take advantage of the AI than whether biological warfare is wrong (it's a game, and as such to me 'right' and 'wrong' are irrelevant). I have no qualms about exterminating cities if to not do so would cause me headaches. I'd also like to experience slaughtering swarms of Seleucids with my swarms of Romans - maybe I'll finally get a triumph

I always send the spies against my enemies. Considering I play Pontos alot, that's usually the Seleukids(whether or not we're officially enemies is beside the point, I'm just grinning and acting nice in hopes the Ptolies wallop them so I can backstab them

) and, naturally, a spy would be out spying, wouldn't he? If he has the plague, maybe he doesn't know it until he falls ill...on his mission in Antioch