Originally Posted by
realm56
- When I complied my guide on the AS (On the faction difficulty trend), Hayastan was quite passive and can potentially be funneled north into the steppe if the right alliances are made.
- Other locations that can yield rich mines include Hekatompylos ,Zadrakata, Aspadana, Ipsos and Sardis, but leave those for later as corruption will eat up most of that income until you can impose more bonuses that come from Law (Law reduces corruption).
When I wrote before, I hadn't read yet your guide. That's really awesome! I am agree about build Law infrastructure before the mines. About the expansion into Hayastan, that's for an económical reason (their mines in specific) instead into Pergamon or Baktria.
-Losing provinces is never good...
-Be careful when dealing with Phoenicia, The Ptolemies will send army after army to take it back. The eastern army under the heir can also be used to deal with the Parthians if they decide to try anything (They will head south rather quickly...). Regarding Anatolia, leaving Pergamon alone is a viable option if you manage to gain ground on other fronts. Backstabbing Pergamon will hit your rep pretty hard and make it more likely for neutral factions to go to war with you (Especially Hayastan if you did not ally with them within the first couple of turns for your campaign) so I don't recommend it for quite a while.
My expansion in Anatolia is always in the southern flank, expelling the Ptolemaioi from it. I let the northern side to Pergamon. The Diadokhos is sent to the East to attack rebels armies.
- Always go for Salamis! it will make operations in Syria and Phoenicia more difficult for the Ptolemies and it is also rich.
I am agree. Salamis is a key point for trade and algo for its mines.
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