EB 2.X AI Faction Progression Thread

[Petite Wolf]

Wow, the Getai really are letting loose.

[Anubis88]

Update... I know they are quite common, but what's happenening is blowing me away. Around 230BC, VH/H, 1s CAI

First of all. Seems Rhodos really does have nice beaches. Everyone wants it



Greece is in mayhem. Everyone is trying to fight the Ptolemies, but the Romans, yes, ROMANS, have decided to not care and basically are attacking all the hellenistic kingdoms in the area. I'm really wondering how this will end.

Pergamon has finally decided to push all out vs Pontos. They crushed the worldwide acclaimed richest kingdom very shortly. Ofc at the same time Hayasdan attacked Pontos as well, and i said to myself "eh, why not" and attacked them myself as well They are down to the last city.

Elswhere we are getting some of the dreaded African wars that would remind someone of WWII more than antiquity. The Baktrians and Taksashila had a short war, and i'll probably invade india myself while waiting for the Romans to come close to Asia, then attack Greece to bring it back under greek control

[Demon Soul]

My Pergamon campaign, H/M, with CAI v.2
Turn 25.
Takashilia is out of the game.

Also, anyone saw this before?

[Anubis88]

Where is Taksashila?

[mr mojo risin]

My Pergamon campaign, H/M, with CAI v.2
Turn 25.
Takashilia is out of the game.

Also, anyone saw this before?

yes ..noted on both accounts.

[mr mojo risin]

Where is Taksashila?

it seems they rebel against themselves 50/50 chance.

[Poppis]

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Pritanoi
VH/M
Using latest AI update
Turn 200

Same campaign
Turn 250
Notes: Aruernoi destroyed at turn 210, Lougiones at turn 247.

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Lougiones horde managed to hang on a lot longer than I had suspected. They only had like 2 half stacks at turn 200. First they were driven out of Getai land and went to besiege Massilia. Aedui repulsed them and they went to Spain where Carthage finally wiped them out.
The Romans war against Epiros, which had took a sudden turn for the worse when Getai came to Epirotes rescue was not going too well for the Romans. Back in turn 200 they had already lost 2 province and getai were ready to invade Italy, but only 9 turns in to this playthrough and the Romans hand found a way out:



Not exactly a glorious end to the war, but at least they got to keep 9 provinces.

[Funeh]

what is the faction west of ptolemaoi? KH?

[Ferdiad]

Yes.

[Poppis]

Yeah, KH is Ptolemies vassal and that province works as a nice buffer between them and Carthage.

[anonimo272]

aedui and aruernoi really look like a civil war is taking place

[QuintusSertorius]

Ha! Having just about having to save Pergamon, here's 251BC/turn 86:



Note how they've started to rebuild Lysimachos' Thraikian Kingdom, from the European side?

I helped Makedonia taken Krete, transported two armies there, the second one eventually did the job. The Bosporans finally got moving. The Lugiones have exploded (again). The Massylians have suddenly collapsed.

[LinusLinothorax]

Thats one mighty Taksashila, Poppis. Damn, its even at war with Saba...

[ExtremeBG]

Here is my progress as Parthia, sadly on M/M because i didn't know it was meant for at least Hard campaign setting.

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Also, is it intended to not be able to build watchtowers in the desert areas of Arabia ?

[QuintusSertorius]

Turn 100, no one destroyed:

[Ferdiad]

Here is turn 100 of my Makedon campaign. Ask if your curious about anything
The map. Some notes:
~grinding war between me and AS. Ptolemies allied with AS but very ineffective. I've invaded them at alexandria and Kyrene. Standard procedure, exterminate all the towns and destroy all the buildings then I'll sail away. Should cripple them for the foreseeable future.
~Bosphoros got rekt by Lugione.
~The Lugione are on a mission to the black sea. They are seemingly the last line between the steppe and europe. They're at war with the sweboz but haven't done much there.
~Boii are vassals of Sweboz.
~Casse expanding well.
~Areuvoni are monstrous, wonder where they're going to expand next. The sweboz or iberians are the only directions.
~Romans are very strong as well. They''re roughly as strong as me militarily and slightly ahead of me population wise. So about the 3rd strongest power.
~Carthage getting destroyed.
~Lusotann dead quiet since turn 40...
~Getai very stronk as well, they're at war with most of the factions bordering the black sea. Apart from me of course.
~Pontos at war with Getai, wish they'd attack the AS while they're at war with me.
~Saba are allied to AS.
~Hayasdan are expanding well and are at war with the steppe factions.
~Naba are quiet.
~Taxa are at war with Baktria
~Baktria seem to be power of the far east.
~Saka reformed from horde.

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The remains of a 2 stack that killed my faction leader, A god Incarnate. They were pretty wrecked and need of retraining due to taking Antioch but i could have taken them but my leader died in combat early on and it was impossible to stop the cav from routing and then the rest fought on until they were surround. Lose a a gold xp stack.... I'm on my way to retake Tarsos again and then I'm going to exterminate to as far as Sousa and let it all rebel as a reprisal.

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Pity my faction leader has terrible traits. He's like -10 command, he's a sot, a hesitant attacker and kills with kindness which is . He must have massacred 100k people due to exterminations at this point. Here's his stack as well, ran out of cavalry after merging them too much so he's much better at siege battle where the phalangilites are monstrous.

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[Sint]

Casse expanding well.

Pritanoi

Carthage getting destroyed.

Really ?They look quite healthy.

[Ferdiad]

Romans are pouring stacks into northern iberia. They have a settlement under siege as well. I don't see them surviving tbh despite them having similar rankings in the rankings.

[Berg-i-dum]

Turn 161. Rome H/M, allied with Arevaci, at war with Arverni, Carthage and Boii. V2 patch.



Interesting Epirus empire, also look at that Suevi expansion. Seleucid and Ptolemeii are impressive as always. Celts in general quite slower.

[Poppis]

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Pritanoi campaign
VH/M
Turn 250

Same campaign
Turn 300
Notes: Areuakoi destroyed at turn 259, Boii at turn 287



This is the last update for this campaign. Some further notes on this last playthrough plus a campaign summary in spoilers:

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Areuakoi was a 1 province vassal of Carthage, but it seems that rebels finally took them out. When they died there were like 3 rebel full stacks in the province.
After vassalizing Rome, the Getai turned against Boii, couple of turns later the Boii(2 provinces) became their vassals too. Unfortunatelly Boii were still at war with Aedui and since Getai didn't come to help, Aedui didn't have much trouble finishing the Boii.
The Seleucids, who back at turn 250 were already winning against the Ptolemaioi, further strenghtened their position by vassalizing first Sabau(turn 252) then HalMalkot HaNabati(turn 294) and finally Hayasdan(turn 300).
Special mention must go to Nemetokena, a rebel city who for 300 turns have managed to repulse every invading army that has tried to conquer them:


Next up faction ranking top fives.

Overall Ranking:

1. Getai/Seleucids
2. Aedui
3. Carthage
4. Rome(being a vassal of Getai, I was quite suprised at this)

Military Ranking:

1. Getai
2. Aedui
3. Seleucids
4. Carthage
5. Sweboz

Territorial Ranking:

1. Seleucids
2. Getai
3. Carthage
4. Aedui
5. Kimmerios Bosboros