EB 2.X AI Faction Progression Thread

**Ferdiad** · August 31, 2014, 11:51 AM

Originally Posted by Funeh

I dont know, I thought Rome was one of the biggest empire in world, they had best infantry and technology...

No.

**Arokfridr** · August 31, 2014, 01:30 PM

My campaign so far. I'm using version 2 of the new campaign AI. I'm playing as Pergamon.

Currently at war with Makedonia and Sauromatae.

**anonimo272** · August 31, 2014, 02:46 PM

playtesting not playing, i am not that weak lol

**Wulfburk** · August 31, 2014, 02:50 PM

LOL nice sweboz invasion of britain.

**Funeh** · August 31, 2014, 02:51 PM

wow nice! swueboz in england, ... Boii still surviving hehe..

**anonimo272** · August 31, 2014, 03:01 PM

boii are not surviving
they rule with 5-6 stacks
but they are still vassals of rome

**Dom Pedro II** · August 31, 2014, 03:08 PM

That Seleukid lol

**Sint** · August 31, 2014, 03:08 PM

Wow rome expanding that much?

**anonimo272** · August 31, 2014, 03:13 PM

i increased the movement points
so it's not a typical EB game
the seleukids and the romans got 30 stacks (according to the factions summary)

**Funeh** · August 31, 2014, 03:29 PM

Id like to see rome to take over north africa

**mr mojo risin** · August 31, 2014, 05:00 PM

Originally Posted by anonimo272

i increased the movement points
so it's not a typical EB game
the seleukids and the romans got 30 stacks (according to the factions summary)

what number did you increase unit points to ? ta

**Simpelicity** · August 31, 2014, 10:04 PM

Originally Posted by mr mojo risin

please keep going , that 'party' by pergamon could be an invasion force gathering i have seen them start like that.

My apologies, I was away for the weekend.

The second version of AI has been installed. The effect seemed instantaneous on diplomacy. Within 5 turns, the romans were attacking Carthage, The prophesized attack from/to Pergamon happened (with Seleukia, did not end well for Pergamon), and ptolemies were at war with Seleukia again.
It did not end there either, conflicts continued to erupt. Hot spots are Crimea, Greece and Southwest Gaul. The Sauromatae lost Olbia and later Chersonesos to KH by rebellion, and the getai want a peace of that, so there's a 3-way war going on there (while Bospo is staring with 3 full-stacks.
The 3 greek factions and Rome (!) are now at war with one another, presumably over Greece. Rome's invasion was a failure, and it seems to now focus elsewhere (Arvernoi, to be precise), and Epirus seems distracted as it's picking a fight with the ptolemies.
In Gaul, the Arevakoi woke up and pushed the Lusotannan back, then repelled a roman invasion, And will probably repel an arvernoi invasion considering the romans are invading those.
For those wondering, yes the romans are going a little berserk. They successively launched invasions against Carthage, Greece (mostly Makedonia), Arevakoi, Arvernoi, and never bothered to go to peace before engaging the next foe, so they're still at war with all these.
Here's how the world looks on turn 100 :

And in the oddities section :

Is it somehow possible that some Eleutheroi settlements are actually producing troops? Because Bogidunon and Ubioidunon sure look like they did.

**mr mojo risin** · August 31, 2014, 10:23 PM

Originally Posted by Simpelicity

My apologies, I was away for the weekend.

The second version of AI has been installed. The effect seemed instantaneous on diplomacy. Within 5 turns, the romans were attacking Carthage, The prophesized attack from/to Pergamon happened (with Seleukia, did not end well for Pergamon), and ptolemies were at war with Seleukia again.
It did not end there either, conflicts continued to erupt. Hot spots are Crimea, Greece and Southwest Gaul. The Sauromatae lost Olbia and later Chersonesos to KH by rebellion, and the getai want a peace of that, so there's a 3-way war going on there (while Bospo is staring with 3 full-stacks.
The 3 greek factions and Rome (!) are now at war with one another, presumably over Greece. Rome's invasion was a failure, and it seems to now focus elsewhere (Arvernoi, to be precise), and Epirus seems distracted as it's picking a fight with the ptolemies.
In Gaul, the Arevakoi woke up and pushed the Lusotannan back, then repelled a roman invasion, And will probably repel an arvernoi invasion considering the romans are invading those.
For those wondering, yes the romans are going a little berserk. They successively launched invasions against Carthage, Greece (mostly Makedonia), Arevakoi, Arvernoi, and never bothered to go to peace before engaging the next foe, so they're still at war with all these.
Here's how the world looks on turn 100 :

And in the oddities section :

Is it somehow possible that some Eleutheroi settlements are actually producing troops? Because Bogidunon and Ubioidunon sure look like they did.

yes they are producing troops.

**Simpelicity** · August 31, 2014, 11:51 PM

Originally Posted by mr mojo risin

yes they are producing troops.

And is that a wanted feature, or an accident? It feels weird to me, but that might partially be because they never did in the first mod. It's not like it's inconceivable that those tribes could be growing.

**Dooz** · September 01, 2014, 12:01 AM

Makes sense to me. They're meant to represent individual regional factions in their own right, why not act like it?

**QuintusSertorius** · September 01, 2014, 03:10 AM

I gave the Eleutheroi a load of money earlier in my game, and they recruited in certain places. There's full stacks where there didn't used to be because of that. Anything that slows the game down by making them more of a challenge for the other AI factions is a good thing, as far as I'm concerned, and a definite improvement on EB1 where they didn't tend to do anything but spawn pirates if deluged with cash.