Just ocurred to me...

[Tristuskhan]

I have a slightly different problem in my Getai campaign, 160BC: Pahlava controls the Iranian plateau, Caucasus, Mesopotamia and a good chunk of steppes, and fields army after army against me. Those armies are, on average: 5 pantodapoi phalangitai, 6 archers of all available kinds, 4 heavy horse-archers (Dahae or Armoured Parthians) and five Cataphracts of different subspecies (FM, Grivpanvar, noble and ordinary).

Believe me that's very, very painful. Scordici heavy inf. with one gold chevron, put on "hold" position, take an average 40% losses to a single Cataphract unit's initial charge. I have to rely on mercenary medium phalanx to hold them, but they die faster than I can hire them.

BTW, it would be nice if high-end herds were built automatically when AI Pahlava conquers a city, you're right.