samnites vs romans...

[ZinedineZidane]

im wondering why the samnites are bettern then augustan LEGIONAIRRES in stats, yes u guys have told us a thousand times legionairres were a mediocre force, but the samnites were not even around at the time to face legionairres, so why are they better? and not to mention the principes defence is only like 1 or 2 lower then the legionairres, not that its a real problem, but i couldve sworn the legionairres were a lot better equipped then principes. maybe its for gameplay, but dont u guys force on historical stuff? and im not ranting about all ur work im just giving an opinion i dont have an attitude or anything just to let u know :] i used to not like eb since it looked so long and epic compared to rtr, but once i started playing it rtr looked like vanilla since there's like a thousand more units :]

-edit- oh yea and i know stats are misleading, but i even tried fighting samnite heavy infantry against preatorians and my praetorians simply got owned[medium difficulty]

[Zaknafien]

whats the difference between a principes and a legionary? both have a lorica hamata, helmet wich cheek guards, and a scutum.


As per samnites, as you said, they wouldnt even be around in the augustan era, so isnt it a moot point?

[Watchman]

Samnite heavies have AP swords. Praetorians don't. The rest of the equation is really fairly simple. :beam:

As for the legionaries and principes, heck, the standard legionary kit was pretty much an exact copy of the "Polybian" principes outfit. Minus one greave...

[BigTex]

im wondering why the samnites are bettern then augustan LEGIONAIRRES in stats, yes u guys have told us a thousand times legionairres were a mediocre force, but the samnites were not even around at the time to face legionairres, so why are they better? and not to mention the principes defence is only like 1 or 2 lower then the legionairres, not that its a real problem, but i couldve sworn the legionairres were a lot better equipped then principes. maybe its for gameplay, but dont u guys force on historical stuff? and im not ranting about all ur work im just giving an opinion i dont have an attitude or anything just to let u know :] i used to not like eb since it looked so long and epic compared to rtr, but once i started playing it rtr looked like vanilla since there's like a thousand more units :]

-edit- oh yea and i know stats are misleading, but i even tried fighting samnite heavy infantry against preatorians and my praetorians simply got owned[medium difficulty]

The heavy samnites are supposedly an elite unit. Not to mention they have AP swords so a fight against heavy infantry will usually lead to the heavy infantry loosing.

Anyways they arent around in the Imperial era. Not to mention by then there's a good amount of a land barier between south italy and your enemies. So you wont be facing the mercenaries in battle either.