Quote Originally Posted by ReluctantSamurai View Post
Oh the heresy! If you've browsed around here a bit, it isn't too hard to see who my favorite faction is...

...and you should look a bit deeper into unit rosters....Armenia and Scythia both have a uniqueness that goes beyond the infantry, and either have some of the most devastating units in the game.
I only meant that after having played the Parthians, that the challenge of these armies would be quite similar. In fact, when I looked at their units many moons ago, I would have prefered to have played one of these over the Parthians. Sort of like the Macedonians over the Greeks...but you play the Greeks for the challenge of having to deal with slow infantry/crappy cavalry/basic archers.


Thanks for the other info as well.

I will consider removing the rebels almost altogether. I think they do a lot more damage to the AI than to me. Early in the game I ignore them most of the time and late in the game they are just an annoyance and easily dealt with - only costing time (I never use auto-calc). Late game I might have 5-6 pointless battles with rebels in a turn just to get to the one real battle against a real foe. The only time they are nasty is when you are moving a general solo into an ambush...but again, I suspect that happens to the AI much more often than to me (since this almost never happens to me, and I see the AI runnign solo generals around everywhere.).

I will eventually look into the temple thing...I have seen guides on this around, I just never studied them.

Thanks again for the info.