Sauromatea Economy

[tujo33]

I've been able to beat them and take Marakanda now, what I'm struggling with now is the unrest in my cities. Distance to capital is so huge that it's taking the fun away from the game since I can't govern so many cities without huge garrisons and huge costs.

[Blxz]

I've been able to beat them and take Marakanda now, what I'm struggling with now is the unrest in my cities. Distance to capital is so huge that it's taking the fun away from the game since I can't govern so many cities without huge garrisons and huge costs.

Feel free to edit the buildings file. When I was first learning the game I put in a small law or happiness bonus for my faction into the core buildings to offset the distance to capital penalty (which sucks). Otherwise the important thing to do is make sure you only use the most cost-effective units to garrison. No point having cavalry or high quality ground archers doing garrison duty.

[fomalhaut]

WOW so the complaints about the economy are true, Sauromatae really do have a piss poor economy. Not that I don't mind, nor do I think that it's inconsistent with steppe way of life, and it's also a great challenge.

I find myself using a small amount of units and literally just one (or none) Sarmatian bowmen for garrison duties. I truly do just consider the towns in the game to be simply camps, a place to resupply every now and then. I just have the family members of the Sauromatae confederacy and some of their noble retainers whoop on the true threats to the east and south

You honestly just have to roleplay it, know that the Yavanas of the south are your target and where your riches will come from. You will be feasting on the wealth of the Bosphoran Kingdom soon enough, great king

[SwebozGaztiz]

The thing about adding some extra bonus for law and happines is good, im also doing a sauromatae campaign which is in hold at the moment, but basically a good way to get some extra cash is raiding some towns and leave them to to revolt and do that again. If u conquer any seleukid towns remember to destro all the buildings which are not useful for u that will give some cash fast and if there are towns that dont need a garrison dont leave any units. Remember to effectively use ur family members either as admins or warrios(specially as warrios) u can pretty much conquer a big area of land with a few ha and a couple of family members. keep it up and good luck dude!