Scythia & Parthia Provincial Campaigns?

**Subrosa Florens** · May 31, 2009, 07:16 PM

So what is the difference between playing Scythia or Parthia in the provincial campaign and just moving them to the playable section in Descr_Strat and playing them in the regular campaign?

They seem to have the same unit rosters and cities. Are there diplomatic settings that change between the campaigns, like the use of ai_do_not_attack (I am playing with the Alexander executable), and other scripted things?

**Scutarii** · May 31, 2009, 07:35 PM

The AI has 70 men in its cavalry units, the human gets 50. So they had to be separated into a provincial campaign for that to work...

**Subrosa Florens** · May 31, 2009, 07:55 PM

So it is much better to play them in the regular campaign than to do the provincial campaign.

**DimeBagHo** · May 31, 2009, 09:44 PM

The AI versions of Parthia and Scythia get larger units but they can't recruit their own units outside the steppes. So playing the main campaign versions would be very easy at the start and very boring later. If you want to play with larger units it would be better to just increase the unit size for the player units in EDU.

**LucretiusTC** · June 01, 2009, 09:07 AM

Originally Posted by Subrosa Florens

So what is the difference between playing Scythia or Parthia in the provincial campaign and just moving them to the playable section in Descr_Strat and playing them in the regular campaign?

They seem to have the same unit rosters and cities. Are there diplomatic settings that change between the campaigns, like the use of ai_do_not_attack (I am playing with the Alexander executable), and other scripted things?

One thing that hasn´t mentioned yet is a slightly different campaign map in the provincial campaigns. In the imperial campaign Scythia and Parthia don´t usually go war against each other because there is only one point in the map where those AI Factions can move from Tribus Aorsi to Tribus Massagetae and vice versa. But in the provincial campaign e.g. the Scythians can attack more easily east from northside of the Caspian Sea because there are 4 points to cross the river. Besides the Scythians have to prepare to defend Campus Aorsi against the possible Parthian invasions because it is not a "safe corner".

Luc.

**Subrosa Florens** · June 01, 2009, 10:53 AM

I see. The regular campaign is basically set to try to contain the Scythians and Parthians, but still make them a threat when you invade them. While the Provincial Campaign is made to make it tougher for you, but possible to expand. Thanks folks.

**aznflea** · June 24, 2009, 04:13 AM

what? i still dont get it.

what do you mean byu the ai version?

**Zarax** · June 24, 2009, 05:20 AM

It means that there are small map changes to make it tougher for other factions to conquer scythia and parthia in the main campaign, while the provincial one leaves you more exposed to attacks when you play as steppe faction.

**aznflea** · June 25, 2009, 06:22 AM

oh ok,,,so in the main campaign scythia and parthia get more horsemen but dont move out of the steppes and in hte provs they get less men per unit but can get out of the steppes.