Hey everyone.
My favourite country in previous patches was Atropatene in north-western Iran, however due to the Marius update they seem impossibly difficult now. In previous patches, you could get a sizeable army that could even defeat Armenia if you were careful in the very beginning, but now with the levy-system you have about 15-16 cohorts while Armenia has 60+.
In the past you could also wait for the Seleukids to be at war with the Antigonids then you just declare war on them and occupy Media. I could usually peace them out and take the two provinces you needed to form Media really easily, but now your army is so small it is hard to hold on to any land you occupy. Also you just get crushed by Bactria when they eventually show up and they have over 25k troops. If I try to peace out the Seleukids after occupying a lot of land before any Bactrian or Seleukid armies can show up, I just can't due to a "-50 War Balance" reasons penalty for peace. This may have been there before, but I don't remember ever having trouble peacing out the Seleukids.
I also tried enticing the Seleukid governor of Media too, but they seem to make the provinces loyal before they reach below 50 provincial loyalty, so I am really stuck as how to play them now and succeed.
So I am wondering what the current strategy for success is for Atropatene, in case any of you out there have managed to succeed as them in the Marius update? I would appreciate the help since I really loved playing as Atropatene in the past, but now I am just stuck.
My favourite country in previous patches was Atropatene in north-western Iran, however due to the Marius update they seem impossibly difficult now. In previous patches, you could get a sizeable army that could even defeat Armenia if you were careful in the very beginning, but now with the levy-system you have about 15-16 cohorts while Armenia has 60+.
In the past you could also wait for the Seleukids to be at war with the Antigonids then you just declare war on them and occupy Media. I could usually peace them out and take the two provinces you needed to form Media really easily, but now your army is so small it is hard to hold on to any land you occupy. Also you just get crushed by Bactria when they eventually show up and they have over 25k troops. If I try to peace out the Seleukids after occupying a lot of land before any Bactrian or Seleukid armies can show up, I just can't due to a "-50 War Balance" reasons penalty for peace. This may have been there before, but I don't remember ever having trouble peacing out the Seleukids.
I also tried enticing the Seleukid governor of Media too, but they seem to make the provinces loyal before they reach below 50 provincial loyalty, so I am really stuck as how to play them now and succeed.
So I am wondering what the current strategy for success is for Atropatene, in case any of you out there have managed to succeed as them in the Marius update? I would appreciate the help since I really loved playing as Atropatene in the past, but now I am just stuck.
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