1.x AI Faction Progression Thread

[Dyabedes of Aphrodisias]

153BC



The Arche Seleukeia went ape all over Greece for a while, almost taking all of it, and even declaring war on me once, invading Bastarnolandam. Getai, Aedui, Makedonia and Epeiros were all on the verge of death. Some FD and move_character put them back in their place, and all have bounced back to regional in-fighting, except Makedonia; they can't seem to hold onto anything I gave them in Greece, so I let them be content with their little Italian kingdom while Epeiros strikes back. Meanwhile I took the opportunity to make a little of my own war in the region and take some easy settlements in the area and make the Aedui and Getai my protectorates. The Romani...reached near disaster when I took Liguria and Carthage blitzed Sicily and Rhegion and bribed the city directly northwest of Roma. But they stabilized after a couple rebellions gave them some armies and after I allied with them. Carthage has been getting frisky. They've developed a habit of landing piddly invasions every few years in an attempt at Segesta. So I've been aiding the Lusotannan, even though they too tried to attack me once. As long as they and Carthage tussle in Iberia, I'm fine.

Any ideas where I should lead my armies next? Iberia itself seems like my most likely target.

[Centrius]

153BC



The Arche Seleukeia went ape all over Greece for a while, almost taking all of it, and even declaring war on me once, invading Bastarnolandam. Getai, Aedui, Makedonia and Epeiros were all on the verge of death. Some FD and move_character put them back in their place, and all have bounced back to regional in-fighting, except Makedonia; they can't seem to hold onto anything I gave them in Greece, so I let them be content with their little Italian kingdom while Epeiros strikes back. Meanwhile I took the opportunity to make a little of my own war in the region and take some easy settlements in the area and make the Aedui and Getai my protectorates. The Romani...reached near disaster when I took Liguria and Carthage blitzed Sicily and Rhegion and bribed the city directly northwest of Roma. But they stabilized after a couple rebellions gave them some armies and after I allied with them. Carthage has been getting frisky. They've developed a habit of landing piddly invasions every few years in an attempt at Segesta. So I've been aiding the Lusotannan, even though they too tried to attack me once. As long as they and Carthage tussle in Iberia, I'm fine.

Any ideas where I should lead my armies next? Iberia itself seems like my most likely target.

That's some sick Grey Death right there!


Capture anything you desire, but don't go east! Fighting the Sauromatae with unarmoured Sweboz is agitating up to the point where you wanna throw your monitor down the stairs.






My Hai campaign, 245BC. H/H.




My spy tactic worked out, if not some other way than I expected. The armies the Seleucids sent kept getting smaller and smaller, up to the point where they would attack Armavir with just a FM and 1 phalanx unit. This enabled me to catch them unaware. I took Seleukeia (which I made rebel first) and Babylon, and Susa and the province northwest of Seleukeia within 10 turns. This made them weaker than ever, so they pose absolutely no threat at all right now, apart from the occasional raid on Susa.

Makedonia is still going strong, although they did lose Pella to Epeiros just now. Kinda strange how they're going about their business, going from left to right, literally. They never even got close to either Ipsos, Pergamon or Ankyra. I guess their goal is Antiocheia. (Which I made rebel, gave it to the Sweboz for fun, but it rebelled back to AS after that unfortunately.)

Pontos did something I never saw them do before too, they walked all the way from Nikaia to Chersonesos, which they just captured. And they're moving on Pantikapaion as we speak.

KH is on the brink of destruction; they can't cope with the constant beating the Macs are giving them.

The Getai are currently moving on Tylis which, if they manage to capture it, should make for some fun in that area.

The Romanoi are growing stronger and stronger too, I'm quite worried about that. Averni did manage to capture Segesta and Medilanum, the latter which they just lost to the Romans again. Also, Taras just rebelled to Epeiros, and Arpi is being smacked around a bit by them.

The Aedui are being strangely dormant. God forbid them attacking the Eleutheroi, they're only out to destroy the Averni it seems. Really clever move. Especially since the Sweboz are smacking them upside the head every turn.

Baktria has about 3 full stacks walking around in India, but they're refusing to take any settlement there.

And the Ptolemaioi finally awakened from their slumber! After Makedonia took Side and Tarsos, they finally decided it was time for action. Reclaiming Hierosolyma, Bostra and Palmyra, which were taken by the Saba. (Made possible by Rebel Corp.©)


Going to murder off the last Seleucids now.






Also, this 16 year old kid managed to beat a fullstack army somehow on autosolve. He is now aptly named CheVron James.