Baktria!

[blackmage62]

Hey all, I'm medium-new at this mod, been playing Romani and having a great deal of fun. I haven't had a good challenge from a Total War title pre-gunpowder in a while and this is providing it. (By challenge, I mean: in the span of a year, Carthage snuck a full stack past two spies and an invading army, and said army was just lost with all hands when a rebel fleet sunk it 2 millimeters from shore...)

Now I want to try out Baktria because the loading screens make them look very interesting. Anyone got tips for playing as them? I checked out the starting strategy guide but it is rather paltry.

[Jive]

Just played Baktria early this year. The Seleucids are tough--even on VH/M--but watch out for Saka Rauka. Try not to go against them early on; leave the steppes for later. Other than that, take a couple cities early on (bear in mind your early alliances) and build up the economy for the challenging campaign ahead. Lotsa fun!

[TWWolfe]

India. I cannot stress enough, you need to take india. ts cities are rich, and its easily defensible should the seleucid juggernaught force you out of your starting location

[Boriak]

Success in Baktria still eludes me. If I turtle up, one city cannot have enough profit to make a propper defence once they come for it (and they do come for Baktra). If I attack and take the nearest three Seleucid cities, then I cannot hold them for long as my resources are stretched between defending those three cities and no money is left for making buildings.

The only viable way I see in defending is hiring horse archers, essentially pretending you are Pahlava or Saka Rauka and just shred incoming armies before they reach your cities. Other than that, I can't see how to play Baktria without using money cheats.

[Stath's]

Search this forum for a thread with the title: Baktra discussion (and some Sweboz)

[Boriak]

Search this forum for a thread with the title: Baktra discussion (and some Sweboz)

There are some useful notions there but it all depends on having more movement points than you have in EB. That's the main issue I have with Baktria, right after lack of funds: it takes forever to get anywhere and if you have a negative income, you are broke before you reach the next city.

I did manage to kick Seleucid's ass and then they accepted peace treaty with me. I didn't expect that. So my Baktrian campaign is back on the menu. LEt's see how far I make it this time...