I'm curious which nation people think is the most difficult. Right now I am constantly struggling to survive with parthia on vh/vh. If a unit of egyptian desert cavalry or chariots even looks at me funny all of my horse archers explode in a shower of blood and gore. Eastern infantry are perhaps the most stupid human beings on earth. Somehow despite having poor morale and my repeated orders to fall back they always rush to impale themselves on an enemy phalanx.