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    πολέμαρχος Member Apázlinemjó's Avatar
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    Welcome here.

    Hayasdan and Pontos are probably the hardest campaigns in the game, so don't start with those.
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    Hello and welcome! you should DEFINITLY try Sweboz! they're insanly fun to play! I mean, it's in my opinion, the most ''brutal'' faction... a lot of fun when you scream WAAAAARRRRRGGGHHH in front of your screen while your Clubmen charge roman legions (or any other who dare to oppose your right to plunder!)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Apázlinemjó View Post
    Hayasdan and Pontos are probably the hardest campaigns in the game, so don't start with those.
    Caveat: If you're Armenian / Pontic Greek and/or have some sort of emotional or inherent attachment to these nations feel free to engage. It will be hard, but you'll be more motivated than your average player for obvious reasons. Case in point...
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    Baktria is fun too (cool units, interesting area and political situation), but you have to expand quickly, or the Seleukids will come knocking and you won't know what hit you.

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    For those that play with Hard Campaign difficulty, do you still find the game challenging? I've played on VH I worry the game will be too easy if I lower the difficulty, but some of the things I've heard about H campaign difficulty sound promising.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zim View Post
    For those that play with Hard Campaign difficulty, do you still find the game challenging? I've played on VH I worry the game will be too easy if I lower the difficulty, but some of the things I've heard about H campaign difficulty sound promising.
    I play on medium and it is hard at times. Just give the AI time, don't blitz and don't exploit their stupidness.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mediolanicus View Post
    I play on medium and it is hard at times. Just give the AI time, don't blitz and don't exploit their stupidness.
    How do we define "blitz"?

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    Quote Originally Posted by zcb888 View Post
    How do we define "blitz"?
    like in blitzkrieg... Fast as lighting to conquer everything that may oppose you. Like having half the Roman Empire by the time you get to the Polybian reforms. I only take Sicily by the 240-30 BC. That way the other faction can get their act together and I get a real challenge mid-game.

    Playing on medium also means I won't be attacked from all sides, only on two or three front and not with suicide attacks from 1 region factions.
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