Black Sea Provinces

**oudysseos** · 02-21-2009, 16:42

No, that's not possible, but there is a little surprise coming along those lines...

**/Bean\** · 02-21-2009, 17:14

It was never going to be possible

...though I can't help wondering what the surprise is. Do we have to wait until the game release or will it be in a preview along the way?

**antisocialmunky** · 02-22-2009, 04:12

I dunno, Duke John found a way to mod in the old M/STW Risk board a few years ago but never got around to it. Who knows what's possible on the campaign map with a big enough script.

**Subotan** · 02-22-2009, 12:29

Originally Posted by oudysseos

No, that's not possible, but there is a little surprise coming along those lines...

*Badgers oudysseos incessantly about a possible solution to least favourite aspect of TW engine, than controlling a single village automatically entitles you to thousands of km^2 of land*

**Cyclops** · 02-23-2009, 05:30

Originally Posted by oudysseos

No, that's not possible, but there is a little surprise coming along those lines...

I wonder if there are going to be "Island" provinces in a "sea" of Eremos? Maybe thats a solution to the crazed warmonger AI attacking every neighbour.

It is a drawback that controlling a Black Sea port puts you at odds with someone controlling a village in the Pripet marshes. Some regions borders were less "aggravating" to their neighbours. Obviously densely settled regions like Hellas, Asia minor, Italy, the Levant and Palestine were areas with frequent conflicts so contiguous borders so the AI bellicosity is reasonable.

Maybe by isolating provinces in this somewhat artificial way you could pacify the AI somewhat in less historically "hot" areas. EG a ribbon of Eremos across the alps as a speed hump to AI Roman aggression into central Europe, or between the Ptollies and the Karthis, or throughout the sparsely populated steppe regions.

**Cartaphilus** · 03-14-2009, 17:25

Originally Posted by Cyclops

I wonder if there are going to be "Island" provinces in a "sea" of Eremos? Maybe thats a solution to the crazed warmonger AI attacking every neighbour.

It is a drawback that controlling a Black Sea port puts you at odds with someone controlling a village in the Pripet marshes. Some regions borders were less "aggravating" to their neighbours. Obviously densely settled regions like Hellas, Asia minor, Italy, the Levant and Palestine were areas with frequent conflicts so contiguous borders so the AI bellicosity is reasonable.

Maybe by isolating provinces in this somewhat artificial way you could pacify the AI somewhat in less historically "hot" areas. EG a ribbon of Eremos across the alps as a speed hump to AI Roman aggression into central Europe, or between the Ptollies and the Karthis, or throughout the sparsely populated steppe regions.

That could be a interesting solution.
Is the EB team thinking about using Eremos in a sort like that?

**a completely inoffensive name** · 03-15-2009, 21:37

Originally Posted by Cyclops

I wonder if there are going to be "Island" provinces in a "sea" of Eremos? Maybe thats a solution to the crazed warmonger AI attacking every neighbour.

It is a drawback that controlling a Black Sea port puts you at odds with someone controlling a village in the Pripet marshes. Some regions borders were less "aggravating" to their neighbours. Obviously densely settled regions like Hellas, Asia minor, Italy, the Levant and Palestine were areas with frequent conflicts so contiguous borders so the AI bellicosity is reasonable.

Maybe by isolating provinces in this somewhat artificial way you could pacify the AI somewhat in less historically "hot" areas. EG a ribbon of Eremos across the alps as a speed hump to AI Roman aggression into central Europe, or between the Ptollies and the Karthis, or throughout the sparsely populated steppe regions.

I would totally be down with this.