You know, the irony is that the Caucasus are very, very productive and is very lucrative when developped. Its better than being a dirt poor Nomad up North. Even mighty Parthia starts with some really dumpy lands.
Re: So... Has anybody succeeded as Hayasdan yet?
You know, the irony is that the Caucasus are very, very productive and is very lucrative when developped. Its better than being a dirt poor Nomad up North. Even mighty Parthia starts with some really dumpy lands.
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Re: So... Has anybody succeeded as Hayasdan yet?
In kotai you can train Horse archers get a few and defend your lands with them and one general. There's nothing that the Grey dead can trow at you that you can't handle with your horse archers. And you can go with your second army in tio offensife
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Re: So... Has anybody succeeded as Hayasdan yet?
Make sure to use the horse archers who have a spear for a second weapon, and not a little dagger. The ones with spears can mount a pretty good charge. Charge with one of them in the rear of a phalanx, and when that unit turns around charge about 3-4 units from the side the phalanx just turned its back to. In some cases you wont even need heavy cav. The steppe riders, and other horse archers which use the spear are plenty.
Re: So... Has anybody succeeded as Hayasdan yet?
I always make a point of, as soon as finances allow, sending a spare FM (there always being at least one idiot around that couldn't manage a settlement to save his life) to set up a watchtower at the end of each and every one of those long north-south valleys, as well as the end of Pontos Paralios that pretty much borders the Pontic heartlands; that way I'll be well forewarned if and when the neighbours start getting funny ideas. (Watchtowers are 500 a pop to build and thereafter free and eternal, amen; recruiting a spy costs 200 if you don't have any traits or ancilliaries affecting it and they pull a 100 mnai in wages each per turn, so you do the math regarding which is better for such long-term "radar station duty"...)
Personally I only ever go after Phraaspa once I've gotten decently well established around the western end of the Caucasus (around which time the Seleukids have also tended to weaken the garrison some - I tend to send a spy to hover around there to keep an eye on their progress), where the cities are clumped closely enough together that with a semi-decent road network they're easy to guard with some infantry in the cities themselves and a mobile reserve stationed in Armavir and/or Kotais. Kabalaka, that dinky little town up by the Caspian, and Phraaspa are isolated enough to require decent garrisons of their own (although in my game the Sauromatae were never interested in even trying at the former); indeed, as the latter is in every respect in the enthralling positions of staring down into the maw of the Grey Giant, it basically requires the permanent presence of a full army and an upgrade to stone walls ASAP. On the plus side it'll also be your forward-base jumping-off point for starting to gnaw your way down towards Persis, and the only approach paths with roads both cross the river at some point...
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Re: So... Has anybody succeeded as Hayasdan yet?
As for my campaing I ook the north f capital city withoutdisbanding, then went to Kotais, money was ok by then, then I went in Pontos direction which proved to be a mistake, those pigs betrayed me and defeated my only army!!! back to the blue prints
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Re: So... Has anybody succeeded as Hayasdan yet?
Technically, if you marched against them and they attacked you, they weren't betraying you, they were defending themselves...Originally Posted by Leão magno
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Re: So... Has anybody succeeded as Hayasdan yet?
I was going in that direction but I was just taking Trapezous, I did not invaded Ponic territory, that is why I said they betraid me!
Anyway, I avoided Trapezous and ended my agreements with Seleucia since they sent 2 armies to my border, the Seleucids are not attacking even though I have just one full stack to defend the trritory. Is working fine, I am having some time o build up my army from a Ptolemais regular tribute for which I gave them my alligiance!
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Re: So... Has anybody succeeded as Hayasdan yet?
I slapped down a fort with a tiny depleted remnant spearman unit inside a bit south of Trapezous to block the approach and politely told the Pontics they no longer had military access rights to my domains. And that town being chronically restless, it needs a decent-sized garrison anyway which further discourages the AI.
Then again, I keep campaign difficulty on Hard. The VH AI is too obsessive-compulsive for my tastes.
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