Originally Posted by
gamegeek2
The Lusitani light infantry die to missile fire, as has been mentioned already. Shoot them with some Cretans. And as vartan mentioned, nobody plays in the woods online.
Look, the Lusotanaan got better than before because previously they were one of the worst factions. Now they're better, as they got "barbarian" bonuses (which they didn't have before - I don't understand that, are western Iberians less "barbarous" than Gauls?).
I have had the opposite complaint about Hastati - that they died too slowly. So I cut their morale to 11. They're still 11 attack/0.15 leth/20 defense, with a good shield and armour piercing javelins, and have 100 men. They also get paired with Principes and Triarii, very cost-effective heavy infantry as well. What's the problem?
You do remember that pre-Marians were so overpowered before this EDU that they had to have a monetary penalty imposed upon them, right?
Soliferra are only a bit better than pila and are more expensive. Besides, a soliferrum is called a "soli-ferrum" meaning "only iron" - you can see why that would be both more expensive and more damaging than a pilum. Also many Lusitanian units have boosts to their javelin skill, making them more expensive but better with javelins.
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