Post Empires!

**Limbs** · 10-21-2007, 10:05

I haven't played very much as of late, mainly due to the game crashing when I took Ekbatana the first time with almost no losses, and when something like that happens you kind of lose the will to play further, but now it's been done none the less even though the price was high. My plan here is to keep Ekbatana as a distant outpost and direct the Selucid attacks on it to avoid having to erect a larger defensive barrier inland (more troops=more money lost). I have also begun to annex the bordering homeland provinces in the north, sulek was a very worthwhile undertaking since I now have yet another recruiting station. The army I got from there will now head south to India. The Yueshi horse archers are also superior to my own, perhaps not so much in pure stats, but more so in their upkeep, and that's what I have to consider atm. On the picture you can see the temple I've just captured, it's worth quite alot and I haven't yet decided on what I should do with it, it gives me no bonuses so it's worthless in that sense, but I think one allways should keep as many unique buildings standing as possible. The first one to write may choose the fate of it.

**Jurdagat** · 10-21-2007, 15:52

Great to see that you are still going strong.
Now get back on it, hope you'll keep on to the point when you might see the Yuezhi popping out! :)

**Sir-S-Of-TURBO** · 10-21-2007, 16:34

If it will keep the nomads going, smash it up and sell it.

**kambiz** · 10-21-2007, 16:35

Wow ,Nice Blitz man

Originally Posted by Limbs

by creating an easily defensible border between the caspian sea and the arabian gulf

It's "Persian Gulf" mate !

Good luck with invasion due west/south

**Admetos** · 10-23-2007, 00:36

Now THAT is blitzing!

**Limbs** · 10-30-2007, 16:09

So, I've picked up the campaign where I left off the last time. I came to the conclusion that the best way for me to secure my new empire was to seize the rich provinces of Mesopotamia from the Selucids, apart from a welcome addition to my treasury it also provides me with a relatively secure border, I intend to conquer Arbela too of course. Another campaign has also been launched in the east, a great stack filled with horse archers and minor units have departed for the fertile areas by the Indus. This expedition has proven very expensive though, every city is filled with units and so far I haven't been able to take a single one, the stone walls make the enterprise even more difficult. Interestingly enough, the generals there seem to have elephants as bodyguards, so I can only hope that arrows will stop them in the end. It's only a matter of time though, even if the first army should break I have enough resources now to send out another. Stay tuned for more.