1.0x AI Faction Progression Thread

[Dooz]

Well, here are the first 20 years of my Casse campaign (Hard, BI.exe). Good things happening, I'm liking the progressions so far.

One problem has been Getai, who have their stack and a half parked next to the capital and haven't moved.

Maks have gotten steamrolled by the Epirotes and Greeks, their situation isn't looking too good with only two cities left (one's in Asia Minor, heavily fortified).

Germans are moving well, sending stacks around and conquering tribes. They're sieging another town at this moment.

The Arverni have a slight edge in the Gallic wars, Auedi don't seem to be doing much at all.

As you can see, the Lusotannan have been doing well, beating their plowshares into weapons and farming some enemies.

Carthage expanding in Africa, now they're trying to take the city on the north tip of that part of Africa, directly south of Greece, I forget the name.

The Romans haven't gone too far but have expanded nicely within their boundaries.

Epirus and the Koinon of course doing well, taking apart the Maks and expanding their own territories nicely.

Ptollies have done all right for themselves so far, holding their own against the Seleukids.

AS of course having a bit of trouble against Baktria and Parthia, who have moved in on their eastern borders and continue to pose a threat to the silver giant.

Saka is doing pretty well for itself, which is nice to see, instead of bitching up to Baktria early on.

Sarmations are having a tough time of it against my Armos, who always seem to like that northward expansion into the steppes. Those hills can get daunting after a while I suppose.

Pontus hasn't done too much, not exactly sure if they're even trying at this point. I'll check back on them soon.

[CountArach]

It's a pity to not see the Romans moving too much there.

[LordCurlyton]

Just out of curiosity, if you run on BI, can you still get the intro video(s) for Pahlava and the others when the others are finally made and released? Cuz I'm all for intro vids. I'll have a Romani screenie in a few days, max.

[CountArach]

I'll check tomorrow. I know it doesn't play the game intro video.

[Dooz]

I think it should play the video, and I'm pretty sure it shows the game intro one too. At least it did the first time I ran it, then I included the -nm. CA will check and say for sure I suppose.


Here are the next 10 years of my Casse campaign. (Hard, BI.exe) Not terribly much has happened, but there are a few interesting things to note.

The Lusotannan are doing pretty good, in a constant state of warfare as one would hope. They took one or two more settlement since we last saw them and though their numbers are weaker from all the fighting, they're still going at it with neighboring tribes.

Carthage is duking it out with Rome and expanding in Sicily. They have Capua but I'm not sure if they took it from Rome directly or if it was from Epirus. I'm guessing Rome because last I checked, they were sieging Epirote occupied Capua so they probably eventually had taken it... Also there is a minor on-again off-again sand war going on with the Ptollies it seems. Not a major focus for either faction.


Nice little army all the way from Africa, Garamantines and all... or at least what's left of it. Looks like they won't hang on for much longer though, unless reinforcements come quick.

Speaking of Rome, they've taken north-east Sicily so the fighting there against Carthage is heating up, as is the fighting in Italy itself where they are currently sieging Capua to reclaim it. Other than that however, they haven't had much luck expanding northward against very heavily defended barbarians. I'm not even sure if they've been trying or if all their attention has been on Carthage.

The Sweboz are still doing well and are currently sieging the northern most settlement, but I doubt they'll get it this time with their small Chauci party. But they're trying and will no doubt get it sometime soon. An interesting thing to note here is that a disloyal general of theirs took a southern town, but apparently rebelled and claimed it for his own, freeing slaves and recruiting them for his own cause. Very cool.


Awesome. Rauzwihaz the Rebel as he's known now.

Epirus and Koinon Hellenon have continued their expansion and completely eradicated the Maks from the mainland. Now they're relegated to their one stronghold in Asia Minor, which won't fall anytime soon but it's not looking good. They have however sent a couple of armies against Rhodes and look like they might actually take it, something the Ptollies couldn't do years ago, who had also sent a force to take the famed city.


The Maks are trying to extend their lifetime in this crazy world. They have a good chance.

The Ptolemies have been doing really well against the Seleukids and have expanded nicely into Asia Minor, while the Seleuks themselves have continued to get torn up from all sides. Baktria is just driving a wedge right into the heart of the empire.

Saka and Sarms haven't changed too much, except that the Armos have moved in a little more into Sarmatian lands. And Pahlava lost a little strip of land back to AS, but is otherwise doing fine. Oh and the Saba are having a bit of trouble getting out of the southern deserts, but have a nice army and another half, they look like they're trying to make a move.


For a moment there I thought the Saba were being lead by a bluesman.... Who would'a thunk?

Getai....... content.......

[The Errant]

Thanks. Keep them coming.

[CountArach]

lol at Muddy Waters!

[quackingduck]

how do you get the whole map revealed???

[Dooz]

You press the ~ button, then a window comes up. Type toggle_fow and press enter. Voila, you can see it all. Press ~ again to get rid of the window.