Advice on campaign

[Dragunija]

So,from Entrance Hall i was sent here.So,let's get to point.

I'm playing Parthia M/M,i have all from some cities in steppes throught all Asia Minor,Egypt till Thapsus.I also have Athene and Corinth,besieging Sparta right now,plus Rhodes and Crete i have.

Now,i need to make a decision:Conquer all Balkans and march on the Italy,OR conquer all leftover Africa and then hop to Sicily,conquer it and hop down to Italy. Factions i am at war with:All Romans,Scythians,Numidians,Greek City-States.
Factions that i have destroyed:Pontus,Armenia,Seulucid Empire,Egypt.
Factions that are destroyed by others:Carthage,Gauls.

Thanks in advance.

Dragunija

[Poulp']

both,
be greedy

Form a 1st army and unify Greece under your rule, take everything south of the Danub and hold the fords.
From Greece, you can board a fleet and attack Italy from the south, combine your strike with another force attacking from Illyria.

With a 2nd army, finish the job in Africa, unite everything so that you can have a safe border, then send them to Sicily/wherever they're needed.

[Dragunija]

Okay,thanks.Just want to ask:Should i put defensive stance againist Brutii in Greece while i mop up Greek and Macedon settlements,or should i first get Brutii and then mop up Greeks with Macedon?

[Poulp']

secure mainland Greece first, take it from whoever it belongs to ATM.
Do like Napoleon said; begin from the south and slowly work your way up north.
Once you've reached the Danub banks, turn west and expand through Illyria.

You should have encountered the Brutii by now (hostile waves of green troops)
Settle your defence around Salona; the city is close enough from the rest of your greek settlements so that reinforcements can get there quickly.
ATST, every time you repel an offensive, the Brutii will have a long way to march between Segestica and Salona.

It should buy you time to prepare a campaign in southern Italy or Sicily.

[Dragunija]

Problem is,Brutii haves some land in Greece,and throws stacks at me like cakes.Well,that means i gonna be defensive.

Thanks.

Dragunija

[Lt. Pinard]

I dont now if you have already made your decision in game but I just put my input in here.

If you march on Africa you'll run into the Numidians which are basically like u in their units. So your should be able to beat them. Now if scipii are in Africa you'll run into the same problem u have greece. Waves of roman troops. They rule you in infantry either way. But if it were me I would rather fight roman infantry in the desert then in the forests of the Balkans.

Now I'll give blows to my own suggest. By going through africa you still have to defend against brutii romans. So you might as well attack them and not open up the second front in africa.


The hardest problem you'll have with romans is siege warfare. Because u dont have the infantry they do. But as it seems you have beaten the greeks which are the other great siege defender you might not have a problem with it.

[Dragunija]

It's not really that hard.I either starve them out and make them sally,or just rush in huge numbers of HAs with General and some merc. inf. support.Well,i already have Sparta,but Greek haves Salona and now are sieging one of Macedons settlements.On my Africa front,my used-to-be stack is destroyed,but now i am creating ultra-duper-super (:D) stack with plenty of Cats and Persian cav.Also,Scipii only haves Thapsus,so,then i get ships near,their endless stacks will be put to end.As for Brutii,yeah,it's bit tough to fight them in so hilly and foresty area,but i am aswell sieging one of their cities in Greece,so i think it wont be so hard now.