Talk:Parthian Tactics/@comment-74.113.55.36-20191121064632

From a purely historical standpoint, if one gives the "Parthian tactics" to Khmer and Japan, why not to the Byzantines, Slavs, or Koreans? Byzantine and Russian armies, due to their close contact with the Steppe, fielded horse archers too. The Cossacks were known for having thoroughly adopted the steppe style of warfare, the term "Cossack" is even adopted from Turkic. Korean horse archery dates back to the classical era and I believe horse archers from Koguryeo (which included substantial parts of North Asia) had actually practiced the 'Parthian Shot'. Again, maybe Korea's in-game focus makes them less suitable for this tech, but the same may be said for Japan and Khmer. Auxiliary troops for all three nations would have been drawn primarily from Steppe peoples and therefore all three would have armies capable of performing steppe-like maneuvers -- the same cannot be said of Japan or the Khmer, whose terrain itself (mountainous, hilly, densely forested) was prohibitive to large cavalry armies.

The Persians lacking bracers is another issue. I see no historical reason to deprive Persia of bracer technology, especially when it stops them from completing the upgraded cav archer. The Parthians were quite literally a Persian dynasty.