I challenge people to make an AAR!

**RedFox** · June 18, 2008, 11:35 AM

With the new beta being somewhat playable, I challenge someone to write an AAR on Diadochi. Any faction can be chosen, while still preferring a campaign full of action and glorious battles. (Gauls, Epirus, Seleucids, Pergamum..)

So, if anyone is up for this 'promotional' AAR, go ahead and start one in the XGM AAR subforum. Good luck

**RPK** · June 22, 2008, 06:31 PM

A really deep one, a comedic, a more basic, or anything goes?

Have been wanting to do an AAR with Epirus, since I got beaten by the Romans after the independent greeks turned on me, and Macedonia chose to invade me first when I was focused in on Italy.
Also remember I got whooped by the Illyrian rebels after totally underestimating them.

**RedFox** · June 23, 2008, 05:22 AM

RPK: I guess everything that could happen wrong in history, really did with you

Same mistakes, same failures as Pyrrhos experienced.
Epirus is an excellent idea to make a campaign with. I recommend using a combination of comedic - deep AAR.
Macedonians shouldn't invade you if you are playing with the ALEX exe, but with BI, those greedy bastards just can't resist. So my advice is to deal with the Romans, ask for a quick truce between you and them - then return to Thessaly by 272 BC~ and attack Macedon before they attack you.

Just don't die attacking Sparta - LOL!

What difficulty settings do you play on? VH / VH usually gives more realistic outcomes in battles and gives the AI some slack. It would be a bit wise to have Battle VH and Campaign M - so that everyone wont hate you

**RPK** · June 23, 2008, 12:47 PM

I usually play on M/M because I mostly don't like losing. Decided to jump straight up to the VH/VH train on the Epirus campaign and got crushed as a result.

Anyways, your plan seems good, as I'm still angry at those macedonians for stabbing my unwatched back. And I can't stand everyone attacking me because of the difficulty.

If I get some time over to do it, I will start one.

**HeroSK** · June 23, 2008, 01:44 PM

I recommend medium campaign since AI diplomacy is more stable and Hard battle difficulty. At VH game becomes unbalanced.

**Agisilaos** · June 23, 2008, 03:14 PM

Originally Posted by HeroSK

I recommend medium campaign since AI diplomacy is more stable and Hard battle difficulty. At VH game becomes unbalanced.

i just started with Thrace VH/VH. why would it become unbalanced? i use the B.I instead of alex.

**RedFox** · June 24, 2008, 07:14 AM

agisilaos: In my opinion, VH/VH is the only balanced difficulty setting, so I only ever play with that and at times it seems like it needs an Ultra Hard difficulty setting..

**Agisilaos** · June 24, 2008, 11:48 AM

i agree with you friend Redfox, even though many times i have read in the past, that there is something wrong in the programming of VH/Vh and the player gets some bonuses that he shouldn't. most guys suggested H/H, but from my experience in the mods i played, Vh/Vh is the real hard and as u said sometimes it would even need Ultra hard because it is not that tough in some occasions. the A.I. is more aggressive towards the player, the diplomacy is not really helpful and also the A.I. gets more income in this level.

**RPK** · June 24, 2008, 05:08 PM

Yeah, but everybody don't like the steamrolling kind of game. I never desire to capture to whole of Europe, it doesn't interest me. Things like waging war with long time allies against powerful nations interests me. Having a medium-sized nation, interfering in other peoples wars, taking peoples sides, betraying them, and so on and so forth. Don't know why, but world domination doesn't interest me.