Quote Originally Posted by oaty
Does Scythia have archer warbands?
Yes, they have chosen archer warbands - very much like Dacian's. It requirese the pop. 6000 town level practice range. For the same level of town you get the stable producing Scythian noble horse archers That both give you a better chance against their 2nd level HA. For foot archers they come with longer range, but you need to protect them well on the open field, which can be impossible with larger unit size (every thing turns and runs slowly except fast horse archers).

I don't know whether difficulty setting affects missle attack - I know they affect melee for sure. In my Vh experiences I just try to avoid all melee and missle exchange. If you have no other choice but melee, send at least 3 vs. 1. It is not even safe for 2 vs. 1. I do notice that AI seems to be able to shoot my men very, very fast even if they only have 10 soldiers firing vs. my 100.

A few weeks ago I mod the game so my patheic Carthagian slingers have 100 attack strength, just for fun. They have a horrible kill rate! So I would assume difficulty settings also affect missle fire (?)

In my Scythian game I took the Parthia town on the corner as one of my first priority. A hard fight, and that's it. Parthia was out of business.