Parthia

[Caius]

how to play as Parthia?

I started to play, but I dont have a remote idea to do

[Stuperman]

LOTSA horse archers, and think cheap, only peasents for garisons, takes Pharaaspa ASAP, wait till the Seleucids are at war with the eggies, armanians and pontus (or at least till they have a few enemies) before going after Seleucia. Watch for opportunities to attack when there are few armies present on your front. When you have to fight the eggies, pray, and hope you can afford some cataphracts (sp).

note: I have only ever played them once, VH/H, kinda quit after fighting Egypt for 50 years with NO advancement by either side.

[guineawolf]

LOTSA horse archers, and think cheap, only peasents for garisons, takes Pharaaspa ASAP, wait till the Seleucids are at war with the eggies, armanians and pontus (or at least till they have a few enemies) before going after Seleucia. Watch for opportunities to attack when there are few armies present on your front. When you have to fight the eggies, pray, and hope you can afford some cataphracts (sp).

note: I have only ever played them once, VH/H, kinda quit after fighting Egypt for 50 years with NO advancement by either side.

play guruella tactics would help,sending small army(bring only Horse Acher,no infantry,recruit mecernaries if you got the chance to take down that city,and do it quick) entering their heartland to siege their city,egytian cities not at the frontline mostly low garrison...,if you have the chance(you siege and there is no reinforcement come,assault,take that city,exterminate,looting,leave a archer garrison,then attack another city,if there is reinforcement,leave and attack another city,then so on and so on,like mongolian horde)
even you don't take that city,you oredi disrupt their army movement...

[LuckyDog Trojan]

As Stuperman has suggested, it's all about creating armies centered around HA's (with cataphracts as support as soon as you can get them). Also, the Persian Cavalry (HA unit) will give you some measure of melee value.

Hillman and Eastern Infantry are arguably the most worthless infantry in the entire R:TW world. Still, they are effective in their use as "bait". Encircle and then rain down arrow upon arrow on your enemy forces as they approach your main battle line. If all goes as planned, you'll witness multiple enemy units routing prior to engagement with your infantry.

Be forewarned however, Hillmen or Eastern Infantry will run if the sun goes behind a cloud or an enemy combat unit approaches them and says "boo". Hire mercenaries when you get to other regions.

Careful management of finances in the early going is key to success when playing Parthia. Acquire provinces with sea ports as soon as possible - AND - avoid conflict with Egypt and to a lesser degree Selucia for as long as you can.

[paul_kiss]

When I played for Parthia I relied only upon cataphracts, coz nearly all other units definetely suck.

But as for money, after some time I just didn't count the finances, I was bribing Romans and their towns not paying any attention to the ammount of price, and not having any money lack.

It's well known that a bribed town won't tolerate your troops for a long time, so, knowing that a bribed Roman town will soon get back to them, I used to demolish all buildings possible to riun, and when Romans had their settlement back it wasn't a megapolis, they had a hole where everything must have been started from the very beginning.

[guineawolf]

When I played for Parthia I relied only upon cataphracts, coz nearly all other units definetely suck.

But as for money, after some time I just didn't count the finances, I was bribing Romans and their towns not paying any attention to the ammount of price, and not having any money lack.

It's well known that a bribed town won't tolerate your troops for a long time, so, knowing that a bribed Roman town will soon get back to them, I used to demolish all buildings possible to riun, and when Romans had their settlement back it wasn't a megapolis, they had a hole where everything must have been started from the very beginning.

my campaign of Parthia,i do attacked by egypt,but by then i send my diplomat to ask the egyptian for cease fire,they ask me become protectorate,i accept(get 10000 denarii into my coffer).After that,my cities near egytian front become safe,that make me have the spare money to take out Pontus(all balkans) and the Greece(Thracian own it),now i got 50k net income per turn.With these income i start build up my cities and begun to produce cataphract....

[paul_kiss]

Yes, I also was a protectorate of Egypt. This is that after I had a few fights with Egyptian troops my troopes proved themselves totally incapable. That time I uswed to have eastern infantry, hillmen, horse archers etc. So I had to have peace with Egypt, needed some time to develope my cities, build a strong army etc. And I had to abandon a couple of provinces in the far east and give them in to Egypt.

But many years after Egypt weakened greatly and I finished it like a wounded beast it was.



Sometimes it's usefult to make 5 steps back in order to make 20 steps forward in future.

And except cataphracts I used archers, coz something with arrows was certainly needed. But Parthian archers are weak as most of their troops.