RS 2.6 - Post Your New Empire

[Primo]

It looks good as it is. Everyone has its own preferences, though.

[24Gamer]

Just fought two nice battles against the carthagians in Iberia and nearly pushed them back to africa right now.

All in all it was something about 9.000 Romans against over 14.000 carthagians with over 12.000 carthagians dead afterwards:

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[Quintillius]

Have been expanding my Empire since last time:

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I have almost defeated the Gallaeci, token the rich lands of Illyria and captured a small settlement of the Pharoah.

[Ferdiad]

You're a bit all over the place, you should concentrate on 1 front at a time.

[Primo]

You're a bit all over the place, you should concentrate on 1 front at a time.

He is systematically taking the rich cities, I can´t see anything wrong with it.

@Quintillius: Nice empire you got there. Have a +rep for it.

[Quintillius]

Thanks =P! And it's because evereyone keeps declaring war on me, otherwise Iberia was already mine.
But I have to organise punitive expeditions.

[Ferdiad]

He is systematically taking the rich cities, I can´t see anything wrong with it.

@Quintillius: Nice empire you got there. Have a +rep for it.

It's less efficient.

[Primo]

It's less efficient.

Depends. In his case, it's not.

[Grimbold]

Finally managed to actually do smth on my Massilian campaign. Turning north Italy into a Boii sort of vassal state to keep Rome in check, but those bastards keep spawning legionary stacks.

[TheRomanRuler]

You're a bit all over the place, you should concentrate on 1 front at a time.

I concentrate at 1 CITY at a time. But when i gather huge armies (over 4 legions, many times as many as 2 named legions, 4 Evocati legions, 1 auxilia legion (all of them have auxilia nevertheless) i tend to invade entire nation. Once i had 11 legions, but that was in 0-turn campaign. Then I leave evocati there as garrison, and with named legions i go to a another invasion- right after I have made neighbours of my newly conguered areas my allies (or if they are at war with my ally/ies) secure my front.
Also i have plenty of forts with 3-4 evocati, 2 antesigani in them to secure borders. And in towns i have 2 evocati 1 antesigani, even in Rome.
Also i keep 2 of my Prae cav with my faction leader, rest of praetorians are with him in campaigns only.

[Ferdiad]

How do you find money? Easy, hard?

[Grimbold]

How do you find money? Easy, hard?

It's moderately hard. In the start with the capital alone, you can start by making 12-20.000 a turn, but as you expand a bit, your expenses grow and that turns to 10.000.

It's not so much the money you make per turn, but the cost of buildings. You can build one thing only in one city and be at 1000, specially the palace upgrades and the military/economic region buildings. Those are very important to build because if you delay their construction, public order goes down instantly.

This screenshot isn't updated anyway. I control almost all of Italy and the Gaulish capital, but i'm not playing it anymore due to a end turn ctd.

[dibbles]

Here is my Pergamon empire (M/M, 1 Turn). I've recreated a Greek colonial empire with Pergamon as the leader. I'm allied with Egypt, The Averni and Dacia. Macedon is my protectorate. I'm at war with Carthage and Seleucia.

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My land borders are all stable at the moment. With my help Egypt has brought Seleucia to a stalemate. Pontus has been fighting a war of attrition with Armenia since the beginning and is only now gaining the upper hand. Dacia, Scythia and Sarmatia kick lumps out of each other and all are weak. The Cimbri and Belgae are also endlessly contesting the north west.

The Averni were very powerful. They had pushed Rome to the southern tip of Italy but when Carthage finished with the Gallaeci and Free Greeks it focused its huge resources north, allowing Rome to fight back and retake their cities (I may have helped out Rome and Carthage finanically just to make things a bit more interesting )

Ive decided to take a break from it. I feel like doing an Averni campaign instead of fighting in Gaul as Pergamon.

I am proud of my legions though. Here they are.

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Named for the order and the city in which they were recruited.

1ST Pergamon. This is the Royal Guard, the most powerful and experienced force we can field. It is, and has always been, led by the king.


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2ND Byzantion. Another elite force which has seen action in every war we have fought, notably in Dacia, northern Greece, Gaul and throughout the middle east.


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3RD Gordium. Made up of eastern troops well suited to desert warfare. Defends our eastern borders.


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4TH Thessalonike. An elite defence force which is stationed at the bridge between Thessalonike and Macedonia. Was crucial in the victory over Macedon.


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5TH Chersonessos. A mix of Bosporan, Scythian and Greek troops. Never seen action.


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6TH Syraceuse. A relatively weak legion of some hoplites from Pergamon and troops levied in Syraceuse. Never seen action.


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7TH Gordium. A largely celtic force created to bolster the eastern defences. Never seen action.


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8TH Corinth. A strong defence force if ever Greece is invaded. Never seen action.


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9TH Thermos. Intended as an elite strike force. Used in the invasion of Massalia to some success.


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10TH Syraceuse. A vital part of the invasion of Massalia. Is now based there, probably permanently.


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11TH Athens. Athenian hoplites and marines. First mission is to help secure Massalia. They have just landed.


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[Grimbold]

You forgot Cyrene and the other town.

[Simon_Bar-Kochba]

Here is my Pergamon empire (M/M, 1 Turn). I've recreated a Greek colonial empire with Pergamon as the leader. I'm allied with Egypt, The Averni and Dacia. Macedon is my protectorate. I'm at war with Carthage and Seleucia.

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My land borders are all stable at the moment. With my help Egypt has brought Seleucia to a stalemate. Pontus has been fighting a war of attrition with Armenia since the beginning and is only now gaining the upper hand. Dacia, Scythia and Sarmatia kick lumps out of each other and all are weak. The Cimbri and Belgae are also endlessly contesting the north west.

The Averni were very powerful. They had pushed Rome to the southern tip of Italy but when Carthage finished with the Gallaeci and Free Greeks it focused its huge resources north, allowing Rome to fight back and retake their cities (I may have helped out Rome and Carthage finanically just to make things a bit more interesting )

Ive decided to take a break from it. I feel like doing an Averni campaign instead of fighting in Gaul as Pergamon.

I am proud of my legions though. Here they are.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Named for the order and the city in which they were recruited.

1ST Pergamon. This is the Royal Guard, the most powerful and experienced force we can field. It is, and has always been, led by the king.


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2ND Byzantion. Another elite force which has seen action in every war we have fought, notably in Dacia, northern Greece, Gaul and throughout the middle east.


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3RD Gordium. Made up of eastern troops well suited to desert warfare. Defends our eastern borders.


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4TH Thessalonike. An elite defence force which is stationed at the bridge between Thessalonike and Macedonia. Was crucial in the victory over Macedon.


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5TH Chersonessos. A mix of Bosporan, Scythian and Greek troops. Never seen action.


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6TH Syraceuse. A relatively weak legion of some hoplites from Pergamon and troops levied in Syraceuse. Never seen action.


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7TH Gordium. A largely celtic force created to bolster the eastern defences. Never seen action.


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8TH Corinth. A strong defence force if ever Greece is invaded. Never seen action.


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9TH Thermos. Intended as an elite strike force. Used in the invasion of Massalia to some success.


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10TH Syraceuse. A vital part of the invasion of Massalia. Is now based there, probably permanently.


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11TH Athens. Athenian hoplites and marines. First mission is to help secure Massalia. They have just landed.


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Ally yourself with rome against carthage

[Ferdiad]

You have a fairly big army for such a small Empire. Probably due to how rich Anatolia and Greece are though. And Carthage are on a Roll there.

[jawakopoko]

My Boii campaign. I'm playing 0 turn M/M. I am currently at war with the Cimbri, the Gallaeci,the Belgae and possibly the Greeks. I can't remember right now. My allies are Sparta, the Seleucids, Pontus and I think Scythia. I plan on finishing off the Cimbri before I go into Iberia. I don't really feel like wiping out the Belgae so I may send an army over to Asia Minor to take them a city then I'll conquer Britain. I make around 120k/turn.

[dibbles]

@Ferdiad yeah its way more than I need. I was preparing for some kind of uber-invasion from Sarmatia or Rome or someone but strangely everyone is ridiculously weak in this campaign. Maybe its because i'm playing M/M? Don't think I've done that before.

@Grimbold you're right! If I take it up again i'll send a legion there. It would be a good way to divide the Carthaginian forces.

[Grimbold]

What's up with the M/M campaigns? Has RS got a bunch of new players? Last time i was here, one saw mostly from hard and up.

[Ferdiad]

Has RS got a bunch of new players

Obviously. Lot's of the fellas from a few months ago are inactive or have moved onto different mods.