What your favorite nation in EB and what is your strategy?

[Megalos Danielos Psychopatos]

1)AS - at glance: first KILL Pahlava, in cities near them build better barracks and start spamming archer-spearmen, then phalanxes and heavy persian archers; don't give them any single city (except this one where they have strong army at the beggining) if dont want to meet big hordes of armored HAS. At same time gather armies near Antiochia and Ipsos and start blitzing Ptolemies, dont give them a breath. If this two tasks U will accomplish succesfully-world will be Yours.

2) Epeiros- at glance: forget about Taras, leave there one cheap unit, raise taxes on max, and when Rome start siege, in second turn destroy all buildings; Rome often after conquering leave there only small garrison, and city rebel to U- with nice stack of troops. In Greece and Macedonia blitzkrieg is the key; gather all troops in two big armies, recruit sth u want in que (dont build anything, u will be in huge debt always), recruit Cretan archers for "Pyrrhos Army Group" and begin the Avalanche: take Pella, and move south-conquer everything U can. Next steps are up to U.

[Lysimachos]

If this two tasks U will accomplish succesfully-world will be Yours.

Yes, and it is exactly the reason why I didn't do that in my AAR

[Megalos Danielos Psychopatos]

I haven't meant to kill Ptolies-I always let them leave and fight with quarthadast and Saba. And "world will be yours" is a metaphor, I dont advice to steamroll everyone; never do that. But I still say, paraphrasing Cato's words: " Pahlava must be destroyed!"

[artaxerxes]

AS.

Then phalanxes and cavalry - hammer & anvil. In the east I use archers, but maybe that's because they can be hired anywhere. cannae remember. strategy= 1) take all Asian holdings of the Ptollies, make Bostra/Jerusalem the southern border & let it stay there for a long time. 2) take Byzantium, to make sure European factions don't spill into Asia Minor a dime a dozen, 3) mop up a few eleutheroi settlements - the one above Ecbatana, Palmyra, the two non-Indian ones east of Prophtasia and Karmania, the two to the south of the Persian Gulf, 4) take rest of Asia Minor, beginning with Pergamum and Halicarnassus so as not to tempt Makedonia & KH. Depending on whether Makedonia or KH are winning in Greece, fortify appropriate cities. 5) Deal with Pontus and take all of Asia Minor. 6) Deal with the east, where either Parthia and/or Baktria are now tearing you to shreds. 7) start excursions into Hayasdan territory to prevent offenses from here. 8) Defeat Pahlva. 9) Defeat Hayasdan, 10) Defeat Baktria. 11) Solidify Central Asian border, 12) Solidify Caucasus, 13) deal with an invasions in Ioudaia, Asia Minor or from Arabia, 14) have a few quiet years with lots of building, 15) take Alexandria and Memphis. 16) Take either Greece, India or Egypt

the weak points of my strategy are numerous, but who cares... usually Baktria and Pahlava get left alone for too long and become a pain to deal with, but well, with AS there's always some of your enemies who get left alone for too long. I just choose badly

[Maion Maroneios]

OK first of all, my favorite nation are the Hellenes. That is, the Makedones to be more specific.

My golden rules are, in a nutshell, as follows:
1) Roleplay your characters and their decisions
2) Be diplomatic. Diplomacy first, then comes war.
3) Divide and conquer.
4) Constantly beat the living hell out of the Romaioi, then retreat from their lands after bringing them to near death. Repeat until pleased enough (which is like, never).

Maion

[satalexton]

OK first of all, my favorite nation are the Hellenes. That is, the Makedones to be more specific.

My golden rules are, in a nutshell, as follows:
1) Roleplay your characters and their decisions
2) Be diplomatic. Diplomacy first, then comes war.
3) Divide and conquer.

Maion

and kill the romaoi, don't finish them off though, so you can always come back for a second helping.

[Maion Maroneios]

Edited previous post. Thanks for reminding, satalextos.

Maion