timariot
04-09-2007, 22:45
Hi,
First of all, congratulations on a stellar job! The amount of work, the diligent research and the painstaking attention to realism and detail in EB put many full feature games to shame. In my personal opinion, EB as a mod is far superior especially in campaign immersion, in sheer enjoyment, re-playability, and uniquely in educational basis than any other released game or fan generated modification. Many thanks to EB Team and all community members striving to produce such a remarkable game!
Last night, in my latest campaign (v.0.81a) as Koinon Hellenon, while besieging Sardis, I encountered two units of Thorakitai Argyraspidai when an Arche Seleukeia stack arrived to relieve the siege. I had two Spartiatai Hoplitai units with silver chevrons in addition to my Commander’s unit. I maneuvered my units to set up my battle-line on a steep mountainous terrain and with two units of Epilektoi Hoplitai in the center and the Spartan’s in the wings (two on the left wing and the commander’s unit in the right wing.) The Seleucid host engaged my phalanxes with his phalanxes and his Thorakitai Argyraspidai engaged the Spartans. I was surprised that the Thorakitai Argyraspidai was able to push the Spartans backwards (uphill!!) despite fighting on a steep incline. Soon enough the Spartans were reduced to 20s with only 4-5 casualties to the Thorakitai Argyraspidai. Furthermore, the Commander’s unit was down to 13 while having only inflicted 3 casualties to the attacker. Looking at the trading style unit card most excellently created by Arkatreides, there doesn’t seem to be enough of a distinction to account for the such drastic battlefield performance. The lethality of the Thorakitai Argyraspidai Spear is 0.125 versus 0.13 of the Spartiatai Hoplitai, and the Mass is 1.3 to 1.35 of Spartans with respective Defense values of 31 to 28. Was my experience a fluke or I am misreading the unit stats? Also, note that the Spartans were defending on high ground with a steep incline in their favor. Thank you in advance.
First of all, congratulations on a stellar job! The amount of work, the diligent research and the painstaking attention to realism and detail in EB put many full feature games to shame. In my personal opinion, EB as a mod is far superior especially in campaign immersion, in sheer enjoyment, re-playability, and uniquely in educational basis than any other released game or fan generated modification. Many thanks to EB Team and all community members striving to produce such a remarkable game!
Last night, in my latest campaign (v.0.81a) as Koinon Hellenon, while besieging Sardis, I encountered two units of Thorakitai Argyraspidai when an Arche Seleukeia stack arrived to relieve the siege. I had two Spartiatai Hoplitai units with silver chevrons in addition to my Commander’s unit. I maneuvered my units to set up my battle-line on a steep mountainous terrain and with two units of Epilektoi Hoplitai in the center and the Spartan’s in the wings (two on the left wing and the commander’s unit in the right wing.) The Seleucid host engaged my phalanxes with his phalanxes and his Thorakitai Argyraspidai engaged the Spartans. I was surprised that the Thorakitai Argyraspidai was able to push the Spartans backwards (uphill!!) despite fighting on a steep incline. Soon enough the Spartans were reduced to 20s with only 4-5 casualties to the Thorakitai Argyraspidai. Furthermore, the Commander’s unit was down to 13 while having only inflicted 3 casualties to the attacker. Looking at the trading style unit card most excellently created by Arkatreides, there doesn’t seem to be enough of a distinction to account for the such drastic battlefield performance. The lethality of the Thorakitai Argyraspidai Spear is 0.125 versus 0.13 of the Spartiatai Hoplitai, and the Mass is 1.3 to 1.35 of Spartans with respective Defense values of 31 to 28. Was my experience a fluke or I am misreading the unit stats? Also, note that the Spartans were defending on high ground with a steep incline in their favor. Thank you in advance.