Wow jerjes78, you better hope that the Getai can hold back that Lusotanian storm! I would not want to go up against that.
Wow jerjes78, you better hope that the Getai can hold back that Lusotanian storm! I would not want to go up against that.
from Megas Methuselah, for some information on Greek colonies in Iberia.
206 Casse (different campaign from my post previous page).
As promised I checked:
Yes, the Ptolemaioi are allied with the Saka. And when I said, that I think that I killed all their silver and gold chevron units in battle, well.... that may be true, but since the ptolies own Baktria and all the eastern provinces, they now come up with Cataphract Elefants and such insane stuff ^^
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At least they have to pay through the nose to get those things across Asia...it's several thousand dollars to keep those things every turn...
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"To robbery, slaughter, plunder, they give the lying name of empire; they make a desert and call it peace." -CalgacusOriginally Posted by skullheadhq
from Megas Methuselah, for some information on Greek colonies in Iberia.
Well. glad to see that you people enjoy my campaign. Before updating I must mention that for conquering cities and destructing enemy armies I'm using just one army.
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The remaining stack you can see in the pictures are what I call "Festung Truppe", they only served to defend specifically that city and not taking part in any offensive operation. Also those troops "belong" to my clients rulers. It's a sort of role playing
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Finally "The clash of civilizations" (so to speak), 147BC
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The Mother of All Battles began (Luso-Make war), 145BC
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Typically Roman way (=backstabbing), 138BC
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Breaking Hay's neck, 128BC
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Now it's time to deal with those Lusos scum. Intelligence reports confirms that because they're so far away from they bases, the only troops they can recruits are untrained Lugoes and some other cheap unit. Not a big deal for my veteran phalangites
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Nice campaign jerjes!
My campaign with Makedonia:
H/M 241 BC
[yeah, I sort off overextended]
And: the battle for Rome (backstabbers)
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The Koinon (my protectorate) betrayed me after 20 years of peace.
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@jerjes78:
I like your slow expansion very much. Isn't it tedious to fight the Ptolemaioi four times every turn?
P.S. Festungstruppe or Garnisonstruppe.
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Rome 83 BC
Watch the KH forming a Baltic Empire ;-) Not even the Saka can stop them. I'm loving it, nothing can kill the little bastards *g*
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Not anymore, they're gone ;-) Victims of the war for Micra Asia
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The Ptolies can actually recruit Armoured War Elepahants? :S
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Yep. In fact, they're the only faction that can recruit every type of elephant unit on the map. The Saba are the only other faction that can recruit both Indian and African elephants, but they can't recruit the elephant cataphracts.
Both the Saba and the Ptolemaioi have their own unique elephant skins. As I recall, the Ptolemaic elephant cataphracts wear bronze armor with dark red trim, with the Ptolemaic eagle displayed on a shield on the side of the mounted platform. Their regular Indian ones are decorated with dark red cloth as well, emblazoned with the visage of Zeus-Ammon. The Saba Indian elephants are rather drab looking in comparison, having only light decoration and brown cloth.
Lusotannan (205 BC)
Lusotannan (185 BC)
Have you ever seen Carthage creating such an Empire without any help from the player? (I even fought them once, in Spain)
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I don't think I've ever seen Carthage AI take Alexandria, nevermind up the Levant.
From Frontline for fixing siege towers of death
x30 From mikepettytw for showing how to edit in game text.
From Brennus for wit.
Wow, it looks like they're trying to reclaim the old Phoenician homelands.
Perhaps it's because you're persistance against them in Iberia has urged them to go East? Although that's a little unusual because usually the AI seems to put all its efforts into fighting the player.
Epeiros is looking quite powerful as well, which is not something you see often. That split up Romani and Aedui expansion is quite strange however, is it due to revolts?
The Sweboz are also surprisingly stagnant, I don't think I've ever seen them expand so little in almost 90 years.
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from Megas Methuselah, for some information on Greek colonies in Iberia.
Well, it's not trying anymore, have a look:
Let me repeat: They had no help from me. No regular tributes or money gifts, no weakening their enemies, only trade rights.
I have a theory: The Carthaginians gain a lot of money through the trade with me (I know that, because also I make a lot of money through the trade with them). I think it's like a huge province in spain they have, giving them money from the west for sending armies to the east.
Epeiros is very powerful, I like that, because - as you say - it's rare. They really had a hard fight and actually lost their only holding in italy, but the romans had attacked me, so I unfortunately was forced to plunder all cities in italy, conquer rome, giving it back to the romans and force them to become my protectorate. When I had sacked Taras, and left it, it revolted back to Epeiros and from there, they conquered of Italy what is now theirs. Massalia and Tolosa - former Roman possessions - I gave to the Aedui (Massalia I took back, when they betrayed me). How the Aedui got their holdings in the east, I don't know.
What's up with the Sweboz I don't know too. I haven't even discovered them in gameplay (when fog of war is covering them).
Last edited by SwissBarbar; 03-09-2010 at 21:19.
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Hi guys
No, it is not that much as hell as expected. Actually it's quite fun. As the Romans I am extremely rich and therefore can support a good army. As you can see, I already have taken Egypt from them and several fullstacks defend the river-crossings between Africa and Near East ... which is necessary, because the Ptolemaioi armies are great and strong. Thanks to the Marian reforms I can recruit new legions almost everywhere. ATM I am invading Mikra Asia with 2 fullstacks and 3 more fullstacks are in their ships, heading for Ioudaia. I am curious if this will suffice to conquer the eastern shores of the Mediterranean. I never reload a lost battle, and I have suffered some real devastating defeats against the endless Phalangitai-armies of the Ptolemaioi. The conquest of the Ptolemaic holdings in Egypt has cost me 30'000 men ! (yes 1:1). But now the Ptolies seem to run out of their silver and gold chevron (!) elite-units which they had bred in their wars against the Seleukids, Pahlava and Baktria.
The Saka are at war with the Sauromatae and the Sweboz, but not yet with the Ptolies. Not sure if they are even allies, I'll check, when I am home.
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