Hello everyone! As we all know, Turks have been one of those civs who are least preferred in 1 v 1 arabia. Many players find them awkward and weird to play, because of the lack of the "hard-counters" elite skirms and pikemen, and even Onagers. That being said, turks do pretty well against knight civs, as they have tanky CAs, FU camels, janisarries and monks all aided by the faster gold collecting bonus. But against archers, turks are pretty badly countered. They have no answer to early xbows, and fast imp arbs.
Only saving grace is going full feudal with scouts and catching the first wave of xbow offguard, but it is too risky and puts turks too behind in eco. So I have been thinking of ways to help them in this scenario.
What about giving turks free scale barding (+1 armor)? It helps their early scout rush a bit, and saves some food helping them up faster. I was even considering discussing giving them chain barding (+2 armor) but it will be a bit too strong as FC kts will hard counter FC xbows then.
Another thing which came to my mind was if their unique tech Sipahi gave some sort of bonus to light cav and hussars (like +1, +1 armor or attack or HP). The only way they deal with arbs is by either going cavaliers or hussars. Heavy CAs in straight up fights do not perform well against arbs. Turks can only go full castle +2 kts and hope it is enough against fast imp arbs.
These are my thoughts on this! I have been trying to find solutions for Turks to deal with these two situations as they lack elite skirms and onagers : 1) Early Castle Xbow 2) Fast Imp Arbs
This thread is open for discussion! Let me know your opinions on this )
Only saving grace is going full feudal with scouts and catching the first wave of xbow offguard, but it is too risky and puts turks too behind in eco. So I have been thinking of ways to help them in this scenario.
What about giving turks free scale barding (+1 armor)? It helps their early scout rush a bit, and saves some food helping them up faster. I was even considering discussing giving them chain barding (+2 armor) but it will be a bit too strong as FC kts will hard counter FC xbows then.
Another thing which came to my mind was if their unique tech Sipahi gave some sort of bonus to light cav and hussars (like +1, +1 armor or attack or HP). The only way they deal with arbs is by either going cavaliers or hussars. Heavy CAs in straight up fights do not perform well against arbs. Turks can only go full castle +2 kts and hope it is enough against fast imp arbs.
These are my thoughts on this! I have been trying to find solutions for Turks to deal with these two situations as they lack elite skirms and onagers : 1) Early Castle Xbow 2) Fast Imp Arbs
This thread is open for discussion! Let me know your opinions on this )