1.1 Saka Rauka Gameplay Guide: How to Get Out of Debt Fast and Other Assorted Things

[Atanamir]

Thanks a lot...

[Ibn-Khaldun]

I think this deserves do be stickied?!

[Quirinus Kuhlmann]

Seconded! I once tried the Saka and lost very early in the game. Maybe other made the same bitter expierience as me. This probably will encorage many players to try it again with that faction.

[gamegeek2]

Remember my guide, shown in my "Of Mail and Men" AAR: Baks for Breakfast, Pahlava for Lunch, World for Dinner.

footarchers: carry rams
HAs: butterflies
enobles: bees
catas: sledgehammers

[Irishmafia2020]

Very nice, it is good to see that Saka can be debt free in under 1 year, so in some senses their difficulty is overrated for an experienced player. I may never play Saka as a Campaign, but my most memorable game as Baktria was defined by my 20 year struggle to pacify them, and their strengths were exactly mobility, speed, and ruthlessness. Just try chasing HA's around with phalanxes! I dare You! Oh well, good guide, definately worthy of being Stickied...

[woad&fangs]

Very good guide. I just recently started a Saka campaign on 1.1 and I followed a fairly similar strategy to the one that you used. It is now in the mid 260s and I've got a steady economy and the Pahvlava are on their last breath.

I think that the Saka are much easier in 1.1 than in 1.0 because now you can take 5 settlements in the first year. (Sulek, Gava-Saka, Alexanria-eschate, Chalk, and Mazaka).

One thing I think you forgot to mention is to use foot archers against enemy horse archers.

[The General]

This needs to be stickified.

An excellent guide, inspired me to start a Saka campaign.