Worst Grey Death ever!

**Fluvius Camillus** · 11-04-2010, 15:47

Originally Posted by Blxz

Yes, except I didn't give them 30%.
It seems I have given them a 250% law bonus on every level of the core structure. In hindsight that appears to have been overkill.
If they take a town it stays taken, even if fully ungarrisoned.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY_oKve-bH0

But really, it surprises me that they didn't conquer even more than this. I mean 250% thats sick! No civil war then, prepare for some hard fighting. Like Andy1984 said, it's good to have a Grey Death for once. Those Kleurochon Agema fullstacks that the Ptolemies send are just a nightmare...

**Andy1984** · 11-04-2010, 23:01

Originally Posted by Fluvius Camillus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY_oKve-bH0

But really, it surprises me that they didn't conquer even more than this. I mean 250% thats sick! No civil war then, prepare for some hard fighting. Like Andy1984 said, it's good to have a Grey Death for once. Those Kleurochon Agema fullstacks that the Ptolemies send are just a nightmare...

In time they will conquer even more than this. Judging from distance-to-capital penalties, I guess they've used about 100 or 150% of the law bonusses they have. (The AS starts of with a happiness of 40% or so in her faraway outposts...) Considering (1) they have a 250% bonus and (2) distance-to-capital is capped at 100%, they will expand even further. It might take a while before the AI finally develops the necessary infrastructure and before it solves the path-finding of lost armies somewhere on the Arabian peninsula, but I don't doubt there'll be more grey expansion. The only way for the Arche not to subdue her AI-neighbours is to have more armies wandering through her core provinces, therebye undercutting her massive income. But even such stupidity could be nothing but partial and temporary.

Anyway: A huge LOL towards the 250% bonus. And a cheer towards this AS. I like it.

**Marcus Darkstar** · 11-13-2010, 04:29

I wonder if hteres a command on the console to give said spies the plague. I found it being very good crippling the Germans in my Roman campaign when i found a natural outbreak of plague in Gual (due to overpopulation) and spread it across the German provinces for a few decades.

**Unintended BM** · 11-13-2010, 05:40

There was a picture in one of either the EB empire thread or the AI progression thread where the AI ptolemies conquered from India to the Atlantic side of Africa. I guess if the AI gets lucky in a few battles, then they pretty much dominate everything. Especially phalanx heavy factions, it would seem.

**Blxz** · 11-15-2010, 13:42

Been in exams so haven't had much of a chance to update this but just finished a session now. A few major developments, some of which i have taken pictures of. But the most recent development is possibly the most important for me at the moment.

Yes, carthage has taken its first step into unfortified petra. This will hopefully catch the AS off guard as they are busy in the east wiping out Baktria, took 2 cities in one go. Also the Saba are nearly gone; also the first chink in the armour. They have a rebel city in Marakanda in the north-east. Really bad playing by the AS here because they must only need 5 units or so to garrison in order to control the city. Seems Baktria is doing their job well.

Other developments: Second punic war started during my extermination of Spain, Carthage managed to retake gader from the Lusitani and then declared on me. Took gader and their islands and left it at that, I need them in fighting shape for AS.
The epirotes are throwing dozens of fullstacks against Patavium but its easily held at the river crossing. Gets boring though.
Finally, the Aedui have almost finished the Sweboz, but they keep holding on against all the odds, sadly there are fullstacks seiging each of their cities, this could be the end of my allies.