Quote Originally Posted by Alsatia View Post
I don't think you want to see a thousand streaking men running towards you. Then again the satisfaction of a barbarian (or hellenic) player sacking Roma may compensate.

I've heard that it is almost impossible to win with Pahlava without cheating.

I also haven't tried saka yet... I'll try one day.
I never cheat with pahlava,
but You have blitz untill you capture antioche, stick to mercenaries, that means you have to sack cities,
It is quite possible
but you have to get used rinse and repeat tactics.
offence is best defence with them. just play VH/M in hard do not expect to expansion.
if you play VH/H or VH/VH with pahlava use 0 recruitment mods. but best is VH/M on alex.
also check this link it may help you a lot.

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=117201