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Djurre
10-24-2006, 13:53
Can someone tell me what the point is of training Basilikon if you can also train Kleruchoi?

i just dont get it, why go back to a smaller size unit, with equal stats.

Ypoknons
10-24-2006, 16:13
The Basilikon Agemata are actually supposed to fight like Hypaspistai - traditional Hoplites. They're supposed to plug in gaps in the battle line, not really form part of it. When the Hypaspistai-types changed from a short phalanx formation to a normal one, the Basilikon Agemata was accidentally left out. IIRC this is what happened; it's best if a team member can confirm it.

The Kleruchoi Agemata are an Alexandrian phalanx. An elite one.

edyzmedieval
10-24-2006, 19:47
The thing is, they have quite equal stats. This has been fixed in 0.8

Tellos Athenaios
10-25-2006, 11:02
They were just sort of Thorakitai Hoplitai, and that makes me wonder: are the Thorakitai Hoplitai stats also 'adjusted'?