Where exactly do you move your capital when playing Pontos? Eastwards or westwards? Just of curiousity from a regular player of Pontos ...Originally Posted by konny
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Where exactly do you move your capital when playing Pontos? Eastwards or westwards? Just of curiousity from a regular player of Pontos ...
Last edited by Treverer; 11-08-2007 at 17:39.
Towards the end of the book, the Moties quote an old story from Herodotus:
"Once there was a thief who was to be executed. As he was taken away he made a bargain with the king: In one year he would teach the king's favorite horse to sing hymns."
"The other prisoners watched the thief singing to the horse and laughed. 'You will not succeed,' they told him. 'No one can.' To which the thief replied, 'I have a year, and who knows what will happen in that time. The king might die. The horse might die. I might die. And perhaps the horse will learn to sing.'"
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I usually expand west in the beginning and place it in Nikomedia. That helps me a little to keep the Thracians and Pergamons from rebelling as long as I don't even have the money for pacification. Since it is still homelands, I would say it is ok from the roleplaying point of view.
Disclaimer: my posts are to be considered my private opinion and not offical statements by the EB Team
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I always keep it in Amaseia. Can't leave the tombs of our glorious ancestors!
I have moved it with the Sauromatae, but it hardly matters for them...
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I usualy move to Sinope as the Pontics, then Babylon once I have "liberated" the old achemnid noblity.
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I nearly always keep my capital the same. The few acceptions are one time with Epirus I moved it to Pella to show I was the true heir of Alexander; and one time when I rebuilt the Persian Empire with Hayasdan I move it to Babylon, which I rebuilt as a huge capital.
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When playing as Sauromatae I moved it around quite a bit, try to achieve their VCs without it... wonderful campaign. I shipped 6 units of Indian archers and went with them and some Steppe nobles, HAs and Drapanai all lead by my Steppe "Hannibal" (a promising young general I raised in Seleukeia where an academy existed and gave him the best ancillaries). With them I raided Patavium, Bononia, Viennos and Swebotraustamnoz hiring a few mercenary Gauls when my armies were low... ahh what a campaign... It all ended in 170 I believe.
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As KH I Always move my Capitol to whoever the Faction leaders city is, which after the first generic spartan guy dies, is usually an Athenian(I like'em better)
As Pontos, Ancrya ends up being my capitol once I complete the conquest of Anatolia, mainly because its a central city.
As Casse its almost always Camulnosadae(the start city) because its basically London.
As Sweboz, I always choose Scandinavia, heh for obvious reasons.
As Arverni/Aedui its a central position, mainly because of the Generic Tribal structure, and because I have no idea where their capitol is.
Lustotanna-Whoever's the faction leader's city.
Seluekia-Antioch or Seleukia
Armenia-The oringinal capitol or whatever keeps peace.
Getai-Whatever keeps peace
Baktria-Alexandros(the city a lil' south of baktra) once I get it and build it up
Sakae/Sarmatians-Eh, I dunno
Carthage/Rome-Carthage/rome
Ptolemy-Alexandria, all the time.
Saba-Harder choice, Petra after I get it.
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