Out of the Steppe, Into the Fire

**Musopticon?** · 07-07-2007, 16:36

I'm thinking of starting a Saka-Rauka campaign. This AAR gives me good pointers.

So....please continue.

**Tristuskhan** · 07-07-2007, 22:47

Good AAr! In my royal laziness I play a Saka campaign on M/M: hard times but after 50 turns I hold six provinces, got the reforms and got out of debt. I'm weak but I have to seize Antiochea Margiane before cleaning the Parthian homelands.
I can just dream of a second army, but my familly is flourishing, my single stack has three familly members, one experienced saka nobles, four basic horse archers and four archers. Saka bodyguards are fantastic.
Bactria has gone! I expanded right out of the mountains, made Bactra my capital city and took Kophen in order to prevent any Seleucid expansion northeast. I keep three rebel settlements east for later. It's going to be a long time before I can field a third army strong enough to overwhelm those nasty rebel horse archers stacks.

Going straight to India or out to the steppe is a challenge, good luck to this who will dare daring!

**Chirurgeon** · 07-07-2007, 23:03

I like this AAR...are you playing with huge units? seems your numbers are small. also your valley of death is appropriately named :) Keep it up

**theycallmetighty** · 07-09-2007, 04:03

Thanks for the comments and the compliments.

@ thaatu- yes, soon the combination of elephants and horse archers will rule the world,

@ Musopticon?- If you want some pointers for initial moves for the saka, you might consider Vonsch's aar on them https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=82784, that helped me out a lot, also I think theres a guide floating around somewhere...

@Tristushkan- It looks like you've done pretty well for yourself considering how far I got last time

Those saka cataphracts are good in fact there so good I went and attacked Gava Haomavarga with just four units of them and two horse archer units (see last update), I havent played the battle yet, only loaded the start of it so I could get that shot of Sapalbizes. So well both see exactly how good those cataphracts are tomorrow

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@Chirurgeon- Im playing with the default size units, which I'm pretty sure is normal, correct me if I'm wrong.

Oh yeah and update tommorow, Whooooooooooo!!!!

**Tristuskhan** · 07-11-2007, 17:51

Originally Posted by theycallmetighty

@Chirurgeon- Im playing with the default size units, which I'm pretty sure is normal, correct me if I'm wrong.

Seems like EB's default size is "large" (50 horsemen, 80 archers, 120 spearmen)

**MarcusAureliusAntoninus** · 07-11-2007, 23:38

There really isn't a default unit size for EB. Many EB members play on small because they don't want to overtax their systems, but they would prefer to play on larger sizes. I play on Huge. Huge always seems to balance things out right.

**Musopticon?** · 07-11-2007, 23:55

It's generally better to play on Large. It doesn't tax cities and battles remain reasonably epic. Not to mention most of the unit sizes seem to be fixed on Large. Like Legionnaires for example.

**theycallmetighty** · 07-12-2007, 03:13

Well there it is. Sorry its alot later than I said it would be. I think instead of giving specific dates for posts i''m just gonna go with my good friends the politicians and limit the predictions to either "soon" or "I did not have sexual relations with that woman."

Originally Posted by MarcusAureliusAntoninus

There really isn't a default unit size for EB. Many EB members play on small because they don't want to overtax their systems, but they would prefer to play on larger sizes. I play on Huge. Huge always seems to balance things out right.

by default I meant the option that is already selected without changing anything. tristuskhans probably right and it is in fact large. At any rate, The setting that im using now (whatever that is) is o.k. for me, I might try a size larger next time, but I don't think my old warhorse of a computer could handle it