1.x AI Faction Progression Thread

[Spotted Pig]

Imperivm Romanvm M/M
87 BC
The invasion of Dacia.



I altered the script to let me have the unconditional Augustan reforms in 169BC.

The Emperors and their campaigns:
Ivnivs I Avgvstvs, 169-161
Ivnivs II Avgvstvs, 161-144, Greece and Germania (Arctaunon renamed Ivnivm in His honour)
Ivnivs III Avgvstvs, 144-129, Germania and Kyrene
Ivnivs IV Avgvstvs, 129-109, Egypt and Ethiopia (Ptolemais-Theron renamed Bvbvlcia in His honour)
Papirivs I Avgvstvs, 104-95, Germania (Gáwjám Silengoz renamed Papirivm in His honour)
Papirivs II Avgvstvs, 95-, Dacia

The Ptollies was crushed by the gray death (that became the green death, don't ask) and only had Rhodos and Salamis for many years, but finally managed to take Halicarnassos from the KH by naval invasion. Since then they've set their eyes on Kydonia, one invasion there so far.

The Baktrians crushed the sakae a long time ago, but lost Chigu (or what it's name...) to the Yuezhi, who have stayed there since. They held the whole Caspian Seas eastern shore for a while (Phalava had a settlement in Sauromatae country) but has been losing those provinces since. Never have they gone to war with the green death, which makes me rather disappointed really, another distraction away from me would've been nice.

The Saba have had their up and downs, now being in the middle. I believed them to be lost when the AS had a few successfull campaigns against them, they even took the Saba capital, but they've returned since. My allies since the dawn of time.

The Getai became a large faction early on but stayed there. After a few skirmishes in Illyria they amazingly accepted peace which held for more than a hundred years, but the Empire never forgets...
Only recently have they taken the two most northern settlements.

I can't even recall a time when Pontus were still alive, but apparantly they were quite "large". There's a historic battle mark just outside of Serdike that marks a battle between Epeiros and Pontus.

The Green Death... They're truly crazy. Before my invasion of eastern Africa they almost managed to create a green corridor across the map. A long time they have been fighting rebels and the Sauromatae up there. They also lost a few cities to revolts in the east, resulting in a Baktrian "peaceful" expansion.

The KH held their ground but was defeated by Emperor Ivnivs II Avgvstvs and have been dormant since.

The Augustan reforms is such a relief compared to the Marians meager supply of different units, and it makes for better RP.

[penguinking]

Imperivm Romanvm M/M
I altered the script to let me have the unconditional Augustan reforms in 169BC.

How do you do this?

Also, that's an awesome empire.

[Spotted Pig]

How do you do this?

Also, that's an awesome empire.

Thank you!

I copied the unconditional from the marians, put them in the right place in the imperial trigger section and edited them to my liking.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; Imperial trigger

declare_counter Romani
declare_counter AugustanReformatorCounter

monitor_event SettlementTurnStart BuildingExists = gov2
and FactionType seleucid
and I_CompareCounter Romanii_Reform = 2

inc_counter Romani 1

end_monitor

monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionType seleucid
and I_CompareCounter Romani > 54
and I_TurnNumber > 499
and I_NumberOfSettlements seleucid > 89
;and BattlesFought > 399
and I_CompareCounter Romanii_Reform = 2
and I_CompareCounter AugustanReformatorCounter = 1

set_counter Romanii_Reform 3

end_monitor

;Unconditional Reforms
monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionType seleucid
and I_CompareCounter Romanii_Reform = 2
and I_TurnNumber > 399

set_counter Romanii_Reform 3
terminate_monitor

end_monitor


monitor_event CharacterTurnStart Trait Augustus > 1

set_counter AugustanReformatorCounter 1

end_monitor

monitor_event FactionTurnEnd FactionType seleucid
set_counter Romani 0
end_monitor

But, be aware that I don't know what actual year that turnnumber is, a miscalculation... I loaded the game, realized I really had the reforms and lived with it

[penguinking]

Thanks!
Now that I can get the Imperial forms when I want, I can start a Romani campaign.

[Maion Maroneios]

Bah, filthy cheaters...

Maion

[Skullheadhq]

You guys don't deserve reforms if you don't work for it!

[Rilder]

Indeed, the imperial reforms are an reward for hard work. :P

Proud to say I have never cheated the reforms.

[Andy1984]

@Spotted Pig:
even with all these legions, you have such an amount of cash.

Congrats to have brought the campaign to 87BC. I don't think too many get there.

[Spotted Pig]

@Spotted Pig:
even with all these legions, you have such an amount of cash.

Congrats to have brought the campaign to 87BC. I don't think too many get there.

Thank you. I have a standing army of 5 Legions, wich costs a total of ~60000 mnai each turn, the others are supporting/garrison armies. It fits quite well with my income. (Imagine if I wouldn't profit, I would be bankrupt in a few years)

I was rather bored with the camp, but then I figured out how to fix the reforms and suddenly everything was so very interesting again, I even started writing down everything that happened (thus, the RP value), calling it "The Imperial Annals". From the birth of a child (It's a pain going through a family tree of 160 members to figure out what the whole name of a child is) to rebellions to the movements of the Legions. But I honestly believe it would be quite a boring AAR, it's mostly to keep me going.

[bobbin]

From my Ptolemaioi campaign


After years of attacks on my levant cities my patience for the Saba has finally run out. Fresh from conquering Axum my Aethiopian expidetionary army sets sail from Ptolemais Theron subdue the Saba. The victories are swift and their main port city is taken.

Now the centre of their realm Maryab is taken.

A few years later the operation is complete, the Saba are reduced to a buffer state in Palmyra and the Ptolemaic Kingdom is stronger than ever!

[Whatever Scortamareva]

Interesting expansion in the Northeast. Did one faction have a larger empire which was cut up by the others? I'd hazard a guess at Saka having expanded to the Caspian, then being split by Baktria, Pahlava and the Arche? Never seen Pahlava that far north without having wiped out any others before. Keep an eye on it
Nice to see Hai so big as well

[bobbin]

Nope it was the Parthians who had the large empire, the Saka just nabbed a city from them and they've been unable to take it back due to pressure from the AS, can't remember but i think Baktria is also involved too.

The interesting expansion for me is the Sauromatae's drive into central europe, there's every chance of them clashing with rome or the celts if the rebel superstacks are defeated.

[athanaric]

Nope it was the Parthians who had the large empire, the Saka just nabbed a city from them and they've been unable to take it back due to pressure from the AS, can't remember but i think Baktria is also involved too.

The interesting expansion for me is the Sauromatae's drive into central europe, there's every chance of them clashing with rome or the celts if the rebel superstacks are defeated.

I wouldn't count on it. I've had this situation in several campaigns (in one campaign the Getai and Swêboz even cooperated (!!!) in harassing Eburonum, with the Sauromatae "watching" close by), and nothing has come of it so far.
I think it is more likely that Noricum will fall to the Romani in your campaign, who will then proceed to attack any faction north and east of it.