So this is my first aar so it probably sucks but i thought it was abit sad how few aars there were about imperator so i decided to do my part even if i hopefully get better about writing these in the future.
At the start of the game this brillant 17 year old decided to rule our nation. As far as i can tell its rng so you could restart until you get a ruler with 7+ in everything but you are a republic anyway so you change rulers after 5 years.
I decided to throw money at inventors to create new stuff for me while praying to hades to replace my money.
Then I chose national ideas that would give me economic strength and chose the best commanders available to me. Might be preference but i dont really like vassals since the ai is stupid in moving units in war most of the time and founder cult is better on monarchies where you can make more use of the popularity gain since you are "stuck" with the same ruler for longer so i took the civilization boost.
Then i waited while building trade routes and waiting for the economy to get going before doing anything else. Kinda boring but necessary sometimes.
Then i build up to 20000 men half archers half light infantry and waited for a claim to finnish on the barbaric hordes to the west.
Two laws got changed and i hired a 14 military merc general for a future war against the barbarous hordes of hispania. It made me go into the negatives when i increased the pay again after initially decreasing it and hoarding money after setting up trade routes.
The war was on. Greeks vs barbarians (as usual)
The 14 military general mightve been abit op. stackwiped them before their allies could reinforce i'd have reinforced myself and probably won but nice anyway.
We voted in a new leader in these troubbling times.
I got lucky with a money event so i decided to Throw all of it at inventors to make better stuff again.
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The barbarians did a last offensive to try and win the war.
Unfortulety i was 1 tech ahead by now and had ares himself leading my armies. 3 Decisive battles followed. 1 in iberia and 2 in gaul which lead to the annexsation of all the barbarians into our glorious republic.
I decide to spare all enemy families by sending them to other nations as i dont want them causing troubble in my own country.
Theres some loyalty problems with the newly subjugated provinces but i expect it to go down in time. once they realise just how much prosperity ill drown them in.
So i pay the tyranny cost as invoke twice to speed up the process and leave with a view of the eastern mediterranean.
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At the start of the game this brillant 17 year old decided to rule our nation. As far as i can tell its rng so you could restart until you get a ruler with 7+ in everything but you are a republic anyway so you change rulers after 5 years.
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I decided to throw money at inventors to create new stuff for me while praying to hades to replace my money.
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Then I chose national ideas that would give me economic strength and chose the best commanders available to me. Might be preference but i dont really like vassals since the ai is stupid in moving units in war most of the time and founder cult is better on monarchies where you can make more use of the popularity gain since you are "stuck" with the same ruler for longer so i took the civilization boost.
Then i waited while building trade routes and waiting for the economy to get going before doing anything else. Kinda boring but necessary sometimes.
Then i build up to 20000 men half archers half light infantry and waited for a claim to finnish on the barbaric hordes to the west.
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Two laws got changed and i hired a 14 military merc general for a future war against the barbarous hordes of hispania. It made me go into the negatives when i increased the pay again after initially decreasing it and hoarding money after setting up trade routes.
.png)
The war was on. Greeks vs barbarians (as usual)
.png)
The 14 military general mightve been abit op. stackwiped them before their allies could reinforce i'd have reinforced myself and probably won but nice anyway.
.png)
We voted in a new leader in these troubbling times.
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I got lucky with a money event so i decided to Throw all of it at inventors to make better stuff again.
.png)
The barbarians did a last offensive to try and win the war.
.png)
.png)
.png)
Unfortulety i was 1 tech ahead by now and had ares himself leading my armies. 3 Decisive battles followed. 1 in iberia and 2 in gaul which lead to the annexsation of all the barbarians into our glorious republic.
.png)
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I decide to spare all enemy families by sending them to other nations as i dont want them causing troubble in my own country.
.png)
Theres some loyalty problems with the newly subjugated provinces but i expect it to go down in time. once they realise just how much prosperity ill drown them in.
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So i pay the tyranny cost as invoke twice to speed up the process and leave with a view of the eastern mediterranean.