Kingdom of Makuria VS ERE

[Jac]

I'm playing the kingdom of makuria on m/m because i don't play often and don't want to fight waves of enemies. But i have a problem when i fight the Romans. They attacked me and i don't like that.
But now i find my self with long supply lines and at it's best medium warriors.
How do i fight these kataphrakts and axeman?

[DevrimJan]

Those kataphractoi aren't that tough to be honest, I once had some horse archers beat them in melee. For the axemen, I suggest you occupy them from the front with inf., then charge them in their back with cav.

[Menelik_I]

I'm playing the kingdom of makuria on m/m because i don't play often and don't want to fight waves of enemies. But i have a problem when i fight the Romans. They attacked me and i don't like that.
But now i find my self with long supply lines and at it's best medium warriors.
How do i fight these kataphrakts and axeman?

Makuria don't have much heavy infantry or good armour.

The best thing is to have is a mass of spearmen to absorb the initial charge from the ERE heavy troops, then have your tribal troops rain javelins upon the enemy. Then use your few heavy infantry and Generals to charge the enemy on the rear, if they don't break use your tribal troops too when they finish their javelins.

[Dago Red]

The pelekypohoroi are susceptible to arrows, wither them down a bit and then just charge them from the front, they will be destroyed. I found the Makurian spearmen to perform very poorly, so you'll need lost of them + what others said to counter ERE horse.

[DevrimJan]

Hmmm, aren't the Roman axemen well armoured?

[Dago Red]

They are but they should take some casualties from professional archers, what's more they have no shield in most cases (I recall reading that since it's on their back it does not really factor, perhaps gamegeek can clarify that).

[Jac]

Thanks for the advice an quick response. But i have a different problem. Im not advanced enough to make my heavy infrantry. And the romans create theirs fully upgraded and with max experience. For cavalary the same. I love a challenging fight but it bugs my i have only spearmen and light infrantry from my AOR regions.
Is there a way i can get to some medium infrantry or should i stick t mercenairies like Varangian infrantry. I'm thinking of expanding their unit roster but in a way that it is historical accurrat

[Shasqua]

Make the Beja Tribal Infantry or whatever they're called available earlier. They're not bad. But on the whole, the Makurian roster sucks.

[Fewrfreyut]

The Makurian roster definitely needs some balance. I feel that increasing their unit sizes would be a great boost.

[Shasqua]

The Makurian roster definitely needs some balance. I feel that increasing their unit sizes would be a great boost.

Their fundamental problem is that they lack armor, affordable and effective heavy cavalry, horse archers... the Makurians lack just about everything, really.

[Harith]

Their fundamental problem is that they lack armor, affordable and effective heavy cavalry, horse archers... the Makurians lack just about everything, really.

I'm guessing it is due to the fact that they were weak maybe? i am not sure but I trust the BC team and I think that if Makuria was weak in the game, it is probably weak in reality. Also guyz keep in mind that a balanced game can always be played with easy or medium mode.

[Shasqua]

I'm guessing it is due to the fact that they were weak maybe? i am not sure but I trust the BC team and I think that if Makuria was weak in the game, it is probably weak in reality. Also guyz keep in mind that a balanced game can always be played with easy or medium mode.

Historically, it was indeed weak. But it's no fun to play as a terribly poor and weak faction. I think that if Makuria could just recruit some of its better units earlier, it would do a lot better.