Strangest things you've seen in a campaign

[Dyabedes of Aphrodisias]

My current campaign prodded me to ask this; I want to know about some of the weirdest things you've seen in a campaign, from AI decisions to things that just should not have happened.

We all know the AI is stupid in RTW, but I'm not talking about stupid. I want to talk about AI decisions that just blow your mind because of what just happened.

Here's mine: I'm playing the Getai, it's 260BC. I keep FOW off because I like to see what's going on. The Romani have taken all of southern Italy and are moving large armies into northern Italy, and both Corsica and Sardinia have been annexed. The Greeks are having their feud; Makedonia is struggling to overtake the Koinon Hellenon who are stubborn as all Hell (they never even lost Athens), and all of the cities in the region are just surrounded by black, charred earth. Epeiros is happily slinking its way along the Thracian coast, not bothering with all the hubbub. So here's the fun part...I go down to Greece to take a peek, hoping the KH is still holding on, and here's the situation...A full Mak stack is besieging Athens; a full KH stack is on its way there, and...a Roman half-stack is besieging Korinthos...I really wanted it to win, and it was going to given Korinthos' garrison and the apparently uncaring Mak armies, but they signed a peace treaty and decided to retry it once the full stack was right next to them.

Coolest damned thing ever. I hope to see more of these military oddities (secretly hoping for an early Germanic invasion of Brittania)...

[Megas Methuselah]

In my Baktrian campaign, I decided to finally start my invasion of Hayasdan. So I took a stack, consisting of my middle-aged faction heir, 2 younger FM's starting their military service, 12 thorakitais, and 4 syrian archers. I easily crushed the large Hayasdan armies of mostly militia, along with a few bodyguard kataphrakts. Anyways, the cities I conquered were completely disloyal, requiring a large garrison and such, while small Hayasdan armies were all over the place, pillaging the countryside, waiting in nearby woods to ambush me, and in general trying to make me feel unwelcomed.

I somehow managed to scrape together a small force from the conquered cities, at the same time trying not to let them rebel, and finally sacked the last Hayasdan city. Despite Hayasdan not being in existence as a faction right now, the former-Hayasdan cities are still very disloyal and close to rebellion.

It all sort of felt like the War of Vietnam. I strangely enjoyed it.

[Dyabedes of Aphrodisias]

In my Baktrian campaign, I decided to finally start my invasion of Hayasdan. So I took a stack, consisting of my middle-aged faction heir, 2 younger FM's starting their military service, 12 thorakitais, and 4 syrian archers. I easily crushed the large Hayasdan armies of mostly militia, along with a few bodyguard kataphrakts. Anyways, the cities I conquered were completely disloyal, requiring a large garrison and such, while small Hayasdan armies were all over the place, pillaging the countryside, waiting in nearby woods to ambush me, and in general trying to make me feel unwelcomed.

I somehow managed to scrape together a small force from the conquered cities, at the same time trying not to let them rebel, and finally sacked the last Hayasdan city. Despite Hayasdan not being in existence as a faction right now, the former-Hayasdan cities are still very disloyal and close to rebellion.

It all sort of felt like the War of Vietnam. I strangely enjoyed it.

Hehe, awesome. I love it when the enemy struggles back, but I don't think I've seen such a guerilla effort on the part of the AI. Certainly small armies coming at you in the faction's death throes, but that's different. Very cool.

@hoom
That's definitely the kind of thing I'm talking about. I think that's probably profoundly unheard of.

[hoom]

In my Getai campaign, Carthage has abandoned Sicily to attempt to gain a foothold in Greece -namely Athens!
They even actually took it briefly from Makedon.

[MiniMe]

In my Getai campaign, Carthage has abandoned Sicily to attempt to gain a foothold in Greece -namely Athens!

Xantippos for certain was behind this anti-Athens cunning plot.

[Little Legioner]

I keep FOW off because I like to see what's going on.

Sorry for off-topic question but how can you make that FOW off?

[konny]

Hit ^ (or what ever is left of the 1 on your board) then the console pops up and there you type "toggle_fow". Sometimes it doesn't work at once, just repeat it then. You can toggle it on in the same way.

[beatoangelico]

Sorry for off-topic question but how can you make that FOW off?

you have to use the "toggle_fow" command in the console (to open the console you have to press a key that afaik is different for every nation/keyboard, in Italy is \ that is on the left of the "1" key)

[J.Alco]

In my Romani campaign, I sent a spy wandering across the eastern domains, and found a town in the middle of turkey that had been taken over by the Arverni of all people.

Of course, they were getting in scraps with the Eleuthoroi and AS and Pontos, but they were still holding out.

Although if a Gaul army can march halfway across the continent and take over a city, I guess they're not going to leave without a fight.

[Pharnakes]

That would be the galatians you have found.

Me not like Galatains.

Me hate Galatians.

Me go find Adam's Galatians and bannish them again.

[Malik of Sindh]

That would be the galatians you have found.

Me not like Galatains.

Me hate Galatians.

Me go find Adam's Galatians and bannish them again.

Since the minimod will be official,you will have to work on them too.NO ONE ESCAPES THE GALATIANS(After beta is released)

[Jolt]

In my Romani campaign, I sent a spy wandering across the eastern domains, and found a town in the middle of turkey that had been taken over by the Arverni of all people.

Of course, they were getting in scraps with the Eleuthoroi and AS and Pontos, but they were still holding out.

Although if a Gaul army can march halfway across the continent and take over a city, I guess they're not going to leave without a fight.

That happens when someone tries to play smart by conquering Galatia, then leaving it with a small garisson. Result? Galatians realize they'll never survive alone and surrounded by culturally different people and decide to join the Arveni Union. :P ((The Galatians are Gallic immigrants/invaders))

EDIT: The most wierd thing I ever saw was an Alliance between Rome and Carthage. Funny, no?

[Zarax]

That happens when someone tries to play smart by conquering Galatia, then leaving it with a small garisson. Result? Galatians realize they'll never survive alone and surrounded by culturally different people and decide to join the Arveni Union. :P ((The Galatians are Gallic immigrants/invaders))

EDIT: The most wierd thing I ever saw was an Alliance between Rome and Carthage. Funny, no?

Carthage was actually allied with Rome for a brief period historically.
Pyrrhus managed even that...

[Mithradates VI]

In my Romani campaign, I sent a spy wandering across the eastern domains, and found a town in the middle of turkey that had been taken over by the Arverni of all people.

Of course, they were getting in scraps with the Eleuthoroi and AS and Pontos, but they were still holding out.

Although if a Gaul army can march halfway across the continent and take over a city, I guess they're not going to leave without a fight.

Happened in my AS campaign right now; Pontos took the city, and then it revolted to the Adeui.

But in yours, you say it revolted to the Arverni?

[beatoangelico]

in my baktria campaign they revolted briefly 2 times but never joining a gaul faction, just defecting to eleutheroi

[pseudocaesar]

I got flanked in a battle once, and the worst part is i didnt see it coming. I felt ashamed i was outsmarted by RTW AI.