So this thread is old and most have probably moved on, but I have to comment...

Quote Originally Posted by LordCurlyton View Post
@ Dayve: I wish I had that sort of AI armies at times (not really). Apparently you don't get the Roman full stack of PE + EE + Triarii or full stacks consisting of 8 phalanxes of which 6 are elite and two are standard + Galatians + Heavy cav. Or (as AS against Pahlava) an army which had 10 Dahae Nobles + 6 Parhian Catas + 4 FMs (early variety). That army hurt. A LOT! Especially since all 4 FMs were 8-10 command + triple silver and above experience. I just spammed and auto calc-ed my way to victory. Lost something on the order of 4-5 full stacks of phalanxes + archers to do it but when you have a whole empire to spawn from it can be done.
But if you've been getting the sort of stacks thrown your way that you say you have I don't blame you on restricting yourself. I'd want a challenge as well.
Maybe its BI, but it seems my computer loves to throw elite stacks at me, and since I like to economize my armies, it tends to provide a challenge.
You guys know that you CAN use cheats for the AI, right? : )

I do it all of the time, for allies, enemies, and even the factions on the other side of the map. I'm such a realist, and a masochist, that I insist on ramming the Seleucid, Saka, and other relevant reforms through ASAP when I play as Pahlava (I always try to help Hayasdan, but about halfway through their reform, I get bored/impatient and wipe them out...), and I give those armies that make you go "oh, what the hell..." corrections and plenty of elites, and, OH YES, sometimes I definitely regret it. But I don't the epic struggles between the Seleucids and Parthians to consist of battles with a late parthian general, two grivpanvar cataphracts (the late elite), 2-3 armored horse archers (either zradha type or the dehbeds), 1 Dahae noble, 1 Dahae Rider, and 4-6 Pahlava and Saka Horse Archers fighting a Seleucid FM, 1 merc Hippeis, 1 Prodomoi, maybe 1 other weak, odd type of cavalry, a few odd archers and slingers, and a stack of FRIGGIN' PANTODAPOI NATIVE SPEARMEN!!! I don't want the First Punic War to mostly equal mish-mash stacks of Rorarii, Hastati, and samnites, with maybe 1 or 2 cavalry units, taking on another odd stack of Poeni Citizens, Iberian mercenaries (BLASHPEMY!!!), barely any cavalry units, and more mercenaries that just don't make sense. I can't take it. I'm human, ya know? I mean really, I CAN'T TAKE IT! ARGHGHGHHGHGHHG!!!

You know what I mean?