I'm a short way into my first Parthian campaign, which also happens to be my first campaign on hard/hard, and it's, well... hard!
The Parthians have some interesting problems. First, their starting provinces and those around them are really large, which makes the cities rather isolated from each other. That makes it difficult to defend them, and it also makes it difficult to create, say, one city to crank out infantry and another to crank out cavalry.
The economy seems to not want to get in gear. I'm struggling along, having built all the trade buildings first, and having captured the Hanging Gardens early. I'm making about 2K a turn, which doesn't cover construction in all my provinces.
So far, I haven't been able to form any alliances. I was hoping to get Scythia allied with me so that I wouldn't have to worry about my northern border, but so far, no luck. I beat the Seleucids back and took two or three of their provinces, but the army that they have left is much larger and stronger than mine, so I decided to arrange a cease fire. And the Egyptians are steamrolling across the territories to the south of me, and I have a strong suspicion that they are going to be casting hungry gazes at my cities pretty soon. Judging by their armies that I have seen, they can field a lot more troops, and a lot more better troops, than I can at the moment.
Looking at the tech tree, things should get better for me once I can build Cataphracts and War Elephants, but I'm wondering how hard it's going to be to make it that far. It's a fun game so far, and quite a challenge. I'm actually finding myself playing cautiously and going for many turns without attacking anything, trying to build up infrastructure and grab the occasional target of opportunity when I can.
Just wondering if anyone has played this faction and learned any useful tips.
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