Fenrhyl
01-05-2006, 01:02
I saw the words "Neitos reform" on the last upgarde of the aedui "barracks."
I built it and had no reform and no Neitos to recruit. So the question is : does it suffice to build the building or are there other requirements to meet ?
Concerning the aedui's early troops.
It is just awesome : highly mobile, devastating showers of javelins and throwing spears, good light infantry and of course the gaesatae play an unique role as the ultra elite unit (one per army, it is more than enough to punch a hole through the enemy's ranks.) The cavalry is really decent as long as you don't expect it to plough through infantry and the sotoroas (bowmen) make a good cavalry killer when they are out of arrows. All in all i felt it very well balanced as well as in terms of upkeep as in terms of overall efficiency.
It is very efficient against the earlier roman troops (way to go, don't let those pesky romans expand ; crush them right after you crush the arverni) and highly efficient against phalanxes (fast troops are very usefull to surround and destroy phalanxes.) I had a hard time against epeirotes troops and fought on par with the sweboz. I never faced heavy cavalry so i can't tell how well those troops perform in font of them.
Now i have a permanent crash to desktop so the aedui fun is over... let's have some casse madness.
I built it and had no reform and no Neitos to recruit. So the question is : does it suffice to build the building or are there other requirements to meet ?
Concerning the aedui's early troops.
It is just awesome : highly mobile, devastating showers of javelins and throwing spears, good light infantry and of course the gaesatae play an unique role as the ultra elite unit (one per army, it is more than enough to punch a hole through the enemy's ranks.) The cavalry is really decent as long as you don't expect it to plough through infantry and the sotoroas (bowmen) make a good cavalry killer when they are out of arrows. All in all i felt it very well balanced as well as in terms of upkeep as in terms of overall efficiency.
It is very efficient against the earlier roman troops (way to go, don't let those pesky romans expand ; crush them right after you crush the arverni) and highly efficient against phalanxes (fast troops are very usefull to surround and destroy phalanxes.) I had a hard time against epeirotes troops and fought on par with the sweboz. I never faced heavy cavalry so i can't tell how well those troops perform in font of them.
Now i have a permanent crash to desktop so the aedui fun is over... let's have some casse madness.