Quote Originally Posted by Teleklos Archelaou
We're talking about trying to make the Sakae into more of a thorn in the side of Baktria and Parthia too. Having them in a corner (fewer trade partners), and in a place where there are fewer factions in general (the east) and with the engine bias against HA armies, plus in a place where cities are much much much more distant from each other than any other part of the map, it really makes it difficult to get them going. But we are still thinking about the problem, so I hope that gives some hope.
Had any luck with this suggestion?

Whatever goes for the Saka also goes for the Parthians in my opinion; they are the faction I've most hoped to see expanding into Seleucid territory, but they tend to end up in a three way war with Baktria and Saka instead.