1.x AI Faction Progression Thread

[Varam]

Props for not bailing, unless its deliberate lol

I deliberately abandoned a couple of my eastern provinces at the start but after that it's just been me sucking.

What difficulty level are you playing?

It looks the AI had blitzed you after the frontline collapsed.

VH/VH. I usually play on M/M but I thought this would be a nice change of pace. I was doing OK until I blew two field battles against the Pahlava which cost me both my eastern armies, after which I sent one of my western armies to go save Persia. The Ptolemies then bribed my remaining western army and left me with 1 army with which to defend some 20 odd provinces. And then the KH and Hayasdan attacked. I fought (and lost) five city sieges in a single turn at one point.

I've been holding the Pahlava and Ptolemies off for a while now by abusing the rivers at Seleukeia, but my economy's collapsed and I can't afford to retrain any of my soldiers so I am thinking of destroying all my buildings in order to finance a boat with which I can try to escape to India.

[Tolg]

I've been holding the Pahlava and Ptolemies off for a while now by abusing the rivers at Seleukeia, but my economy's collapsed and I can't afford to retrain any of my soldiers so I am thinking of destroying all my buildings in order to finance a boat with which I can try to escape to India.

You just made my day. The king (or whatever he is called) of the mighty Arche selling the ruins of his palace to buy a sea passage to India. rofl


(Not that I'm one to talk, I usually play on M/M or H/M as well.)

[Mister V]

Carthage beating up the Roamns happens sometimes, Epeiros expanding northwards is rare though. Would you mind posting a screenshot?

Will do, but I have to remember where I backed up the default EDU&EDB because I've changed them for my current Baktrian campaign.

Arverni-AAR-Campaign - southeast



This is the most northerly expansion of the Saba I've ever seen (it's 239 BC). I didn't help them in any possible way, I didn't even have contact with them so far. They managed it on their own.

Same here, although with me they've also managed to take the southern settlements and make progress against the Ptollies there. But, seeing as I was the AS, the Ptollies might've been too focused on me.

You just made my day. The king (or whatever he is called) of the mighty Arche selling the ruins of his palace to buy a sea passage to India. rofl

I just imagined that, rofl

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My current campaign, Baktria 241BC (it's been more or less tough).

Everything seems to be going in completely random ways, but as a general rule, as this is the third campaign, I'm almost sure that the AI actualy handles diplomacy pretty well if it doesn't involve the player-controlled faction. It does not have any random moves like before, but instead tries immediately to ally itself with its enemy's enemy, etc.
I'm being defensive and chasing enemies away from cities with my MG42 teamsPersian archers.
The AS won Antiocheia back and captured Sidon, but hasn't made any further progress, instead preferring to concentrate on Pahlava (and me). The Ptolemaioi, as you see, have noticed that Carthage was currently in a state of suck (seriously, it's the second campaign where they can't even take rebel cities in Sicily) and have begun a major offensive there.
Romans seem to be crushing the gauls, but things are quite mixed up around there.
The best thing ever happened in Greece though. KH, through wars and persuasion, managed to get Makedonia, Epeiros AND Pontos as Protectorates!

[Tyrfingr]

I've been holding the Pahlava and Ptolemies off for a while now by abusing the rivers at Seleukeia, but my economy's collapsed and I can't afford to retrain any of my soldiers so I am thinking of destroying all my buildings in order to finance a boat with which I can try to escape to India.

Go for India!