Regarding Parthians and Phalanxes

[I_damian]

I'm getting the itch to reform the Persian empire with the Pahlava. Are the reforms in for Pahlava like in EB1? As in, if I build the correct order of buildings, will I become settled and settled troops will be recruitable?

Phalanxes - how to correctly use them in this mod? I find that every time I move them, when they stop they don't have their pikes lowered. I have to click the hand to make them stop, disable pike formation then enable pike formation again to get them to lower their pikes. When attacking with them should I select a unit and right-click an enemy unit for them to attack or should I do it like in EB1 where I'd use alt+right click slightly behind the enemy line and the phalanxes would engage properly on their own? Should I leave guard mode off or switch it on? I notice it's off by default here.

[I_damian]

Hmm... I think Pahlava is perhaps not supposed to be played in this beta stage of EBII. Their horse archers are incredibly weak and have incredibly short range, generals seem to die the moment they go in to battle and their infantry have absolutely no staying power, even Euzenoi can hold against them for 10 minutes lol.

[QuintusSertorius]

Hmm... I think Pahlava is perhaps not supposed to be played in this beta stage of EBII. Their horse archers are incredibly weak and have incredibly short range, generals seem to die the moment they go in to battle and their infantry have absolutely no staying power, even Euzenoi can hold against them for 10 minutes lol.

Give it a few more days, and I should have a new EDU for testing where stats for a lot of units have been overhauled.

Phalanxes are next on my list, once that's out for general use.

[tobymoby]

I'm getting the itch to reform the Persian empire with the Pahlava. Are the reforms in for Pahlava like in EB1? As in, if I build the correct order of buildings, will I become settled and settled troops will be recruitable?

You have to control Asaak, Hekatomplyos, Media Rhagiana, and Media as well build farms up large estates in those regions. But they will change in later releases and get even more challenging.