Caledoni's Macedon Let's Play
Hi All, I'm new to this sub and want to get involved so I am starting a let's play for Macedon on legendary difficulty in the Vanilla Grand Campaign.
I'll aim for one update per week although I'll likely miss next week as I am not at home. The episodes will be around 90mins long and I am planning on playing until achieving one of the ultimate objectives in the Grand Campaign. I am also going to try and play most of the battles rather than auto resolving so we could be here for some time!
I'm choosing Macedon as aside from Carthage, they are my favourite faction yet despite playing quite a few campaigns that have generally went well, I've never actually seen one through to the end. I like Macedon for a few reasons not least because of Alexander and also their strong unit roster and interesting starting position.
I also want to use this campaign to get used to naval battles. I've played Rome 2 on and off since release but have totally neglected these and after a recent chance encounter, I realised they are actually quite fun.
My objectives for the early campaign will be as follows:
Control all of Thracia
Maintain peace with the Greek States until I am ready for the inevitable war
Establish naval dominance of the Black sea, Hellespont and Aegean
Establish good relations with the tribes in Ilyrilia and Dacia
Gain access to Macedon's level 3 units
Build up a strong base economy
Establish trade links
With each episode starting with No. 2 I'll add a summary of what happened in the previous one to remind you and so people can jump in without having to catch up.
Any thoughts, feedback or suggestions welcome.
Cheers!