Pahlava Lovers what is your choice?

[Atraphoenix]

here is my early Field army (that means you use only for field battles not sieges):

All FMs

and the rest are


for sieges I hire infantry mercenaries to siege machines and surround the city with Shivatirs.

late field army that means after I get 20 -30 cities:

at least 1 FMs:

4 shivatirs:

4 Daha Uazdaettae (Dahae Noble Cavalry)

4 Zradha Shivatir (Parthian Armoured Horse-Archers)

4 Pantodapoi Phalangitai (Hellenic Native Phalanx)

1(never more than 1) Elephantes Indikoi (Indian Elephants) I do not use them in field battles just to ram wooden walls.


I do not use Lance cataphracts. I prefer Archer / lance system for them.
I keep 2 units of Grivpanvar (Parthian Late Armored Elite Cataphracts) for the royal Ashkanian Army. I established a law that only an Ashkanig can have Grivpandars.


What you you think?
For example do you use foot archers for field armies?
I leave them for garrison duty.
Metropolis (huge city) 4 foot archers 4 native phalanx.
Large city 3 FA 3 NP
City 2 FA 2 NP
towns 1 FA 1 NP

and of course I will increase the garrisons of frontier towns.