Ak-Ink

[AntiochusIII]

Exactly: it requires re-doing quite a lot of scripting; because all the scripted coordinates would be off. Not to mention the VC's and Sweboz reforms which IIRC can be triggered by holding Ak-Ink.

Ah, so that explains it.

It's just a minor complaint anyway. Doesn't make my Antigonid Empire any less...beautiful. [megalomaniac mode]

FYI: I never really play by "that's the border on the strat map; therefore that's the border as far as my strategy is concerned". I would simply stick to defending the Danube; and let the Getai wander aimlessly on the plains across it. At least that's what I did in my .8x Aedui campaign.

Wouldn't you lose income from enemy looting though?

[Tellos Athenaios]

Not quite that much that it would be cheaper to maintain the extra force to stare the occasional stack away... as long as they keep moving (which they do) they do not cause much harm (i.e. devastation).

And on top of that: by the time you start to consider such strategical issues (defending the Danube rather than the plain across it) this means you are mid/end game where your economy is powerful enough but your combined enemies are even more so. Then it's not the time to bother about chasing of comparatively harmless wandering stacks; then it's the time to seek out the most advantageous position to hold your ground while conducting some very important/profitable campaigns elsewhere. I think.

[I of the Storm]

Exactly. Since right next to ak-ink there is a lovely bridge, the province itself is easily defensible. With sufficient troops stationed there you might even scare off the Getai from attacking you. The Danube is really a nice frontier to have.

[QwertyMIDX]

It's also worth noting that while to our minds a river seems like a good border, historically it was usually the center of a territory rather than the edge of one.

[bovi]

Why is this? Because that was the most fertile part of the land, so the concentration of people were greatest there?

[ElectricEel]

Why is this? Because that was the most fertile part of the land, so the concentration of people were greatest there?

They were also often significant routes of trade.

[Tellos Athenaios]

And if you controlled both sides of the river; you could extract money from the trade route by taxing it. That's kinda hard if you only control one side.

[brymht]

In version 8.1, I actually changed the Roman recruitment units available in Ak-Ink, to make a type 2 government possible, and opened up the map and gave most of its territory to other neighboring provinces. I didn't change the settlement details any more than that.

Would this break the Germanic reform script, if the city and settlement name didn't change, only its borders? I understand that I would have to delete my saved games in this instance.