How to defeat TSE?

[Sa1kan]

ive started a greek campaign and ive conquered all of greece an macedon and ive started invading asia minor ive already got the cities on the coast and ive got rhodes too. now im at war with seleucids who keep sending army after army and they dont stop coming. im using pergamon as my recruitment center. and im at war with pontus too. ive got nicomedia and byzantium near there too.my empire is at the border with thrace too. ive been sending sacred bands and periokoi hoplites frm greece too but when i defeat an army of seleucids theres a new army to take its place. so any tips on how to defeat TSE. theyve defeated TPE too and got all of egypt and they are at war with parthia too. so any tips or advices? ty all

[Apollyon]

There is no easy way to deal with TSE, especially when they've been given the time to capture Egypt. They have a huge population pool to recruit from, and by this point the more advanced barracks.

Try to make peace with all other opposition. Not easy, as it rarely lasts. Then, cripple trade as much as is possible by blockading TSE ports.

Even if you can do both, it will still be a massive struggle. You will just have to break them down bit by bit. Very hard to do an Alexander the Great against TSE, so a blitz is out of the question.

The one positive is that you will be able to replenish your army when you capture TSE cities.

Good luck, it isn't easy.

[Basileos Predator]

Could you post some screens so we see your progress, and give some detailed advice?

[Lobo Solitario]

This advice comes much too late, but just in case... even though the Seleucid empire is huge, most of its production and financial power base will be centred around the Mediterranean - use a stack to pillage their port cities, conquering, exterminating, destroying their production buildings and moving on. It's probably easiest to do this from the sea with the help of a fleet. The money gained from sacking the cities will pay for the army upkeep. Even if they take the cities back, their production capability will be significantly reduced, and they may have unrest issues as well due to city size and a lack of law buildings. The next step is to attack their larger cities inland, following a similar system, although you will be at much greater risk of having your army cut off and annihilated - I recommend using a few spies to provide scouting, and always finishing move on highly defensible locations such as mountainsides or river crossings. A secondary benefit of this will be to pull their armies away from the front line, allowing you to make progress there.