Quote Originally Posted by gamegeek2 View Post
The Saka are a very different steppe experience. You have to fight the AS, but you don't get the awesome economic reforms that Pahlava gets, nor the quick access to mines. However, you do get some nice infantry after taking some Seleukid lands...
Meh I don't see how they are notably THAT different from the Sauro, since both can get decent infantry with allied govs in the right places, and the Sauro VC requires you to eviscerate the AS. If I had to rank the DIFFICULTY of the steppe factions it would go Saka>Sauro>Pahlava.