With fear for Pahlava, AS, Baktria and eventually Saka, Hayasdan with fear is meaningless anyway. Pahlava and Saka work fine even without fear (see for example Lazy as Saka in one of the tournaments), definitely so for Baktria as well. The only ones who would need it are Sauros (who don't get it) and Hayasdan, who as I said are negated by the better ones having it as well.
So, no, your argument doesn't work there.
Oh, and Gaesatae + Uirodusios don't get scare because of gameplay reasons (although taking it away would, indeed, have the gameplay effect Robin describes). They get it because people who do not care about their own safety - which they appear not to do - are ******* scary opponents. It doesn't matter what equipment they've got - if you care about your life and your enemy appears not, he has a huge mental advantage over you. The fear factor for them is definitely warranted IMO.
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BTW, if you allow me to brag, my indian kataphract elephants just had 956 kills. Beat that!![]()
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