1.0x AI Faction Progression Thread

[johhny-turbo]

Looks like the Ptolmies have become the spiritual ancestors to the Ottoman Empire sort of.

[Aranor]

Update on my Getai campaign. Now we are in 206 bc.

The Getai now battle on 2 fronts with the Makedonians breaking their alliance with the Getai, and allying with their Southern neighbors. The Getai have responed with a swift assault on Tylis, capturing the city in 208 BC. The KH front of the battle with the Getai has divulged into a stalemate.

The Sweboz continue to make gains against the Aedui.

The Epiros have forced the Romans out of Italy and into Cistalipe Gaul fully.

The Ptolies continue to make gains in Baktria.

All other factions seem to be stagnated right now.

[hoom]

Here's my Getai campaign.
H/M, using BI.exe, 231BC


Notes:
*Lusotanan doing sod all.
*Carthage is also doing sod all in Iberia. It has landed a two stack army over by Tolosa but its been standing around not doing much.
*Arverni are getting trashed by Aedui.
*Aedui armies are everywhere, including heading into both Iberia and Germany.
*Sweboz are expanding gradually, fortunately there are some nice big stacks of Eleutheroi between myself & them :)
*Rome is slowly expanding both North & South, with Sicily likely to fall soon.
*Epirus has taken control of Illyria, Macedon & Thrace but has since stalled.
*Macedon just about died out but was able to take Pergamon & Athens, is in a much healthier way now.
*KH was doing very well but got smacked back & seems on the brink of full collapse.
*Ptolomies & AS swap cities in Asia Minor & the Levant.
*Sabyn have the whole West coast of Arabia & even the inland parts of the Levant, presume this was a lot to do with rebellions?
*Sakae seem to have been whalloped by Bactria.
*Hai seem to be strongly heading North.
*Successor AI seems to have gotten the hots for Rhodos, its changed hands twice in last several turns. AS will have to do better than that to make it three though.


Myself, I've just taken control of the Bosphoran Kingdom & have otherwise only been expanding at the expense of the Eleutheroi with the exception of two provinces who rebelled from Epeiros to myself.
I'm happy to leave the big stacks of Eleutheroi as buffers between myself & Sweboz until I'm more secure.
Its hard making money as Getai.
I'm about to make a push into Southern Thrace & Macedon.
Have been frustrated by my inability to work out how to recruit Rhomphaiaphori & Triballoi, I thought I had all the requirements but can't
Stratiotai are great though :)

[Meothar]

My Parthian campaign VH/M:



Seleucids and Ptolemies are allied since 270 BC, Baktria was allied to me but they betrayed me and had to fall. Saka are constantly attacking my towns to the north with small armies but are easily defeated by my experienced garrisons. However, I won't expand further north because there is a lot of unrest due to distance to capital (which is Hekatompylos). Seleucids let me conquer Persia with little resistance (native spearmen were no challenge for horse archers) but now, Assyria sees a lot of hard battles because the Seleucids started recruiting elite forces (in Antiochia I think). I have 2 provinces in which I could build Parthian reformed government, Hekatompylos and Persepolis.
I don't know why I can't build the settled aristocracy e.g. in Seleukeia, Ekbatana or Babylon, I have build the same buildings as in Hekatompylos there. In Seleukeia I have built every building available but without effect.

Sweboz have 5 full stacks standing near their cities but are now moving against rome. Armenia is conquering Sarmatia with very small armies, although they have 3 stacks in their homeland not doing anything. Carthage seems to wake up and attack Iberia. The Getians got active after a settlement in Asia Minor rebelled to them and was conquered again by the Seleucids.

[Numahr]

Follow-up of my EB 1.0 BI Pontos campaign

History

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World Situation in 245

Political Map



Overall, once more, little changes during the last 5 years with positions quite similar to starting ones.

Current hot wars

Punic Wars



During the last 5 years, like always since I remember, every turn Carthage and Rome have been declaring war / immediately signing a ceasefire. All their conflict and negociation game revolves around Corsica, which sees increasingly big armies concentrating but no real battle. Very strange...

Armenian steppe war



Armenians are fighting a war far away from their main bases to defend their domination of the steppes North of the Caucasus range.

Battle for Rhodos



Koinon Hellenon is attempting to reconquer the rich harbour of Rhodos, occupied by the Ptolemeans.

Gallic Civil War



It has been furiously fought during a whole generation now without any concrete gains for one side or the other.

Seleucid Eastern Campaign



The Seleucid King has signed peace with his Ptolemean rival and is attempting to expand Eastwards. The newly starting war in Anatolia with Pontos does not distract him from his interest in things Eastern - yet.

Sleepy factions

In the meanwhile, a lot of factions seem to be quite happy with their lot and are very passive...

Baktria



Parthians



Lusotanians



The worst of all... Casse have not built a single unit since the start!!!




Financial Analysis

General situation



Most minor factions and some important ones are more or less constantly broke



This graph includes :
- Epeiros
- Lusotana
- Sauromatae
- Getai
- Hayasdan
- Sweboz
- Aedui
- Arche Seleukia
- As Sabyn
- Arverni
- Saka Rauka