Quote Originally Posted by PenguinLobster
I can understand not getting cataphracts and royal guards but marching back to bactria just to get some new medium phalanxes and hellenic spearmen is incredibly annoying. And the local troops are completely useless unless their using a bow.
This is why an army which marched far from its home had to rely heavily on local troops and mercenaries. My advice is an army with a Baktrian core and muchos locals. Also you should bring troops from Baktra to reinforce the battered units, not order them back to Baktra to retrain. It's much easier and faster that way.