Tips on playing as the Chauhans?

[Spartan_Hoplite]

I was wondering if anyone has any tips on playing as the Chauhans especially at the beginning. They usually end up in massive debt after the first few turns even after capturing a few rebel towns. Considering that the rebel cities are alot stronger now, you usually end up losing alot of your units, but with the debt, you can't even expand further because you can't recruit more units.

[cenkiss]

Elephants cost lots of maintenance.Disband them after you conquered the first rebels if you want to rise above zero money

[Dumanthis]

BTW Selecting the chauhauns cause somekind of weird effect on the custom battle screen and the icon doesn't flash like ordinary in the campaign selection screen. Little details but just caught my eyes on

[Marcion]

Elephants cost lots of maintenance.Disband them after you conquered the first rebels if you want to rise above zero money

That's the right idea, but the fundamental problem is that your bodyguard units are heavy war elephants, probably the single most expensive unit in the game. And you'll keep getting more of them as your family increases, so you end up never having any hope of breaking even financially. You'll always sink into the hole no matter how much you conquer. This was a problem with the rajputs in the last version too. I played as them and expanded through the whole subcontinent, even invading Oman to loot its riches, but it didn't matter. The bodyguard elephants will eat all your income no matter what.

The only real way to make the rajputs actually playable is to edit one of the files to lower the upkeep prices.

[Spartan_Hoplite]

That's the right idea, but the fundamental problem is that your bodyguard units are heavy war elephants, probably the single most expensive unit in the game. And you'll keep getting more of them as your family increases, so you end up never having any hope of breaking even financially. You'll always sink into the hole no matter how much you conquer. This was a problem with the rajputs in the last version too. I played as them and expanded through the whole subcontinent, even invading Oman to loot its riches, but it didn't matter. The bodyguard elephants will eat all your income no matter what.

The only real way to make the rajputs actually playable is to edit one of the files to lower the upkeep prices.

Do you know how to edit the files? Would it also affect the AI's ability to recruit elephants? I definitely don't want to battle an army stacked with war elephants. I have tried sacking rebel towns with large populations in order to break even but I still end up in debt. Also, for some reason whenever I complete a mission, I am awarded with 4 units of ELEPHANTS when I would much prefer some infantry (ie spearmen and swordsmen). I usually disband the units but still my upkeep costs are generally 2000-4000 dollars more than my revenue for each turn. Thanks for your help

[wudang_clown]

Thank you, but could you please post your observation in the Tech Help subforum? It's not a tip, but problem report, which is important, but it's easy to be missed if it's not in proper thread.

[Dumanthis]

Thank you, but could you please post your observation in the Tech Help subforum? It's not a tip, but problem report, which is important, but it's easy to be missed if it's not in proper thread.

Ah of course sorry for this little head ache I will pay attention to this next time. Absolutely right you are sorry my bad

[iPoon]

conquer down instead of up? go straight for wiping out the solankis? I dunno what other advice to give you but to attack them and ceasefire ghazni