How To Beef Up Rebels?

[QuintusSertorius]

​However I can't force any action (move_character, create_unit) on any named character. "Captain_Mouzafphaerre" works though.​

It's in names.txt, but also (for those at the start) in descr_strat.txt. Named character names are...interesting. Romani are all "[name] Romanvs" (and have a terrible habit of sharing the exact same internal name, even though there are 27 combinations of the same one available, using [name]A to [name]Z). Epirote and Karthadastim are "[name] ofepeiros"/visible name or "[name] ofcarthago". Seleukid, Baktrian and Ptolemaioi are usually the name you can see, if they have three names, it's "[firstname] [secondnamethirdname]". Sometimes you need no quotes at all, their name is just the one you can see.

I have no idea how Eastern and Germanic ones with funny symbols in their names work.

yea that def works , gota slow down that iberia expansion , its like a nuclear bomb going off there , whoever breaks out takes all.

Yes, it's usually the Lusotannan who do that, grabbing Ebora, Tole, Brakara and Lankia in short order and then featuring three or four full stacks to use as they please. I have found that adding to those garrisons slows them down nicely (usually four units to each).

[mogami]

Hi, It is the starting army's size. This is laying siege to Ebora on turn 3 without building any new units



The upkeep is a little more then 3k per turn. They start with 8k. If they siege in turn 3 they can storm on turn 4. Don't know how much you get for sacking town but they can move on to next one. The point is that the size of starting armies is why factions launch early conquests not the size of garrisons. Full stack versus full stack the attacker can sit and starve you.
You'll slow down early attacks more by reducing starting armies. Very few factions can actually afford their starting army. You must decide on turn 1 whether to attack or disband. I don't think the AI considers disbanding as an option. Also I don't think the AI can actually go into hole money wise. They can buy new units every turn and never pay upkeep.

[Mouzafphaerre]

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I applied the changes anonymo (at TWC) proposed, in terms of increasing rebel garrisons, and added up a few of my own at some critical cities. It does slow down the expansion for sure:



Note: Before starting the Saba and Pergamon campaigns I made some different fine tunings to entice SPQR towards SSBQ instead of going north anachronistically and it seems to have worked as well.
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[Mouzafphaerre]

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It's in names.txt, but also (for those at the start) in descr_strat.txt. Named character names are...interesting. Romani are all "[name] Romanvs" (and have a terrible habit of sharing the exact same internal name, even though there are 27 combinations of the same one available, using [name]A to [name]Z). Epirote and Karthadastim are "[name] ofepeiros"/visible name or "[name] ofcarthago". Seleukid, Baktrian and Ptolemaioi are usually the name you can see, if they have three names, it's "[firstname] [secondnamethirdname]". Sometimes you need no quotes at all, their name is just the one you can see.

I have no idea how Eastern and Germanic ones with funny symbols in their names work.

Thanks I knew the "LvcivsM Romanvs" bit back from EB, it just didn't come up when I made the post. Still, it doesn't work 100%. Will try the rest of your tips
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[QuintusSertorius]

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Thanks I knew the "LvcivsM Romanvs" bit back from EB, it just didn't come up when I made the post. Still, it doesn't work 100%. Will try the rest of your tips
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It doesn't work 100% because for some reason Romani characters often use an identical internal name, meaning you can only get at one of them with the console.

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The best way to beef up rebels imo without having to implement lots of money scripts is to give the rebel cities leaders with high command (like 7+ stars). Eventually the generals will be overwhelmed or they will die naturally and the city can then be taken in an easier fashion. I personally don't like a majority of rebel cities falling by turn 60. I should point out that that may not be feasible with steppe regions where most factions need to expand fast or face serious problems.