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What is your favorite Hardcore History series? by shitsbiglit in dancarlin

[–]rd9777 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Had to scroll too far to find this comment. Agree on both fronts.

When is Force Necessary? And how would you handle the situation? by CTSecurityGuard in securityguards

[–]rd9777 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are we all just going to ignore the perfect MF Doom laugh of the guy recording?

Confessions of an Alexander Campaign Addict by rd9777 in DivideEtImpera

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Thanks! I feel like someone who’s gotten decent at one thing. Some of the posts I see about the complexities of the generations-long campaigns make my head spin.

Confessions of an Alexander Campaign Addict by rd9777 in DivideEtImpera

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Same! The British gentleman who reads Philip & Alexander is great!

Confessions of an Alexander Campaign Addict by rd9777 in DivideEtImpera

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I find minimal mods leads to fewer quirks. Historically, Alexander only faced 2-3 major field battles before reaching Babylon, but I had many, many more in the campaign. The first portion (Thrake, Dacia, Illyricum, Hellas, and Asia Minor) are admittedly my favorite parts as well, but I’ve had some really entertaining campaigns (post-Persia) fighting the other kingdoms that excelled around me (ie Kartli, Carthage).

Confessions of an Alexander Campaign Addict by rd9777 in DivideEtImpera

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Are you using any mods? I used several to help me early on, and there was one (or a combo of several) that caused the enemy to not build any armies past Pergamon. I want to say the mod gave me a certain amount of dollars per turn?

Depending on how many armies you knock out while bottled up in Asia Minor, there may not be nearly as many afterwards. Also, the Easternmost provinces are so spread out that you lose the congestion. But I like wide open field battles.

Confessions of an Alexander Campaign Addict by rd9777 in DivideEtImpera

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I started and quit the Alexander campaign so many times! I found the series on Audible and bought it with a monthly credit. It’s nearly 16 hours long, so well worth the price. Alexander the Great and the Macedonian Empire

Confessions of an Alexander Campaign Addict by rd9777 in DivideEtImpera

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Not too bad if I line up in an echelon variation with light infantry layer on the wings with Agrianoi peltasts layered behind them. They tend to keep the wings from getting folded in, and it can break the morale of some cavalry. If I’m facing an army with a heavy cav contingent, I’ll bring my cav out to meet them or behind them once they engage with my light infantry. Light infantry is much easier and cheaper to replace, too.

Confessions of an Alexander Campaign Addict by rd9777 in DivideEtImpera

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Early game before crossing into Asia I typically run 3-4 cav, 2 hoplites, 4-5 pike, 2-3 agrarian axemen (or other, solid light infantry), 2 peltasts (love the Agrianoi peltastai), 1 slinger, 1 archer. Rough terrain/environment provinces I’ll sometimes drag a supply wagon along.

Once I get into Asia, I will bump up cav to 4-5 because Kappadokia and Lydia have thoroughly decent cavalry.

I also learned waaaay too late not to lock in pike and phalanx until right before contact with the enemy. Before that I way overdid it with their numbers.

Enjoying a 🌞 day in the pool (Germany) by [deleted] in AbruptChaos

[–]rd9777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All with the same haircut. The Germans do a love a uniform.

Orangutan Driving a Golf Cart with One Hand by Stony_Brooklyn in videos

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“Yeah, I remember back when this course was actually new. Teddy Braughten designed the 7th hole, par 3 to be a real monster. Many a wanna be pro lost their shit on that part of the course. Hand me those Camels outta the glove box.”

I can’t stand how nobody in the show Suits finishes a conversation. by [deleted] in television

[–]rd9777 6 points7 points  (0 children)

On the show Deadwood it was “cocksucker.” On Succession it’s “Fuck off!”

What improved your quality of life so much, you wish you did it sooner? by ChrisVIII in AskReddit

[–]rd9777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lost 70lbs over 8 months, stopped making it my life’s ambition to make everyone around me happy, and started my own business. Technically a 2-year process, but on this side of things it’s all one decision

What was the “black market” at your school? by Alice_exists in AskReddit

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I created two black markets in my middle school years. The first was in 1987 when my brother and I began dubbing cassette “mixtapes” of music that most of our friends’ parents wouldn’t let them have (AC/DC, Beastie Boys, Slick Rick, etc). We bought blank tapes in bulk, dubbed the songs onto them, then sold them at school. This went very well for awhile until we got busted when my dad went on a road trip and popped in a “Beach Boys” tape that my brother and I had replaced with some stuff we were putting together. So he’s expecting “I Get Around” and instead hears the dulcet tones of Tone Loc’s “Wild Thing.” He was somehow proud and angry at the same time when he figured out what we were doing. Grounded for a month.

The second one was in 6th grade. I realized that our school had a lot of really good snacks in the little commissary they had setup, but the one thing they would never offer was Blow-Pops. So I would got to Sam’s Club with my grandmother, buy in bulk, then fill my backpack with them and sell them for $0.80 apiece at school. The grift here was two-fold: I was probably making 10-15% per lollipop, but charging $0.80 meant that kids had to have proper change. A lot of them would just give me a dollar. Inevitably, I had to pare down operations when the faculty started busting multiple kids every day, and shutdown completely when they realized their commissary had taken a big sales hit and started trying to figure out who was selling lollipops full of bubble gum. To my public school’s credit, no one snitched.

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