Pahlav

[Mujalumbo]

I am 12 years into my pahlav campaign. I basically disbanded everything in the beginning, then built my economy from the ground up, and then attacked the north eastern selucid pronvinces and cut them off from the rest of their empire. Now i'm going to retake iran, and then turn east onto bactria and yeuhzi.

I'm at ~250 B.C.
As above, I disbanded my starting army, and concentrated on economy buildings. Sent spies out to help Seleucid cities rebel, and, of course, I would go in and liberate them from the tyranny of the local despot...

My lineup is currently very un-Parthian; pantodapoi phalantigies and archers with the spear. I dunno what I need to recruit Dehbed Asavara (armoured horse archers); I conquer a city with a high enough MIC, put in a type 1 guv't, and no go...

I know I should be using horse archers to kick the stuffing out of Baktria and the Seleucids, but I just can't afford them. (Mind you, I always like to have a bit of profit each turn. I suppose if I just recruit until I have 0 profit or even some loss, I could field a decent army...)

edit: I know it's somewhat of an exploit, but I can't be bothered manually fighting the rebels that crop up. I usually have a family member governing a city, so I just send him out alone and auto-resolve. If he wins, great. If not, send 'em out again next turn. If he dies, he dies.

[Arman616]

yea, the upkeep for the horse archers is way too high. And the buy cost should be lowered too, considering that they were nomads and called upon for defense of their country.

[Steppe Merc]

It will be fixed. Also you will have the ability to recruit Pahlava Shivatir from two buildings: one in certaint steppe areas around where they evantually took control of (Daha Dahyu, as well as Sogdiane, Margiane etc). You can get them from the Nomad Camps level one there. But in places that aren't nomadic, like Parthava, you need to get them from a MIC2. This will hopefully be in the next patch.