Pedites extraordinarii are champions!

[Hax]

Heh.

Sreni Pattya Yoddaha. They will mince your beloved Belgians and Pedites Extraordinarii.

[hoom]

Look scary! Never been in that part of the map myself, perhaps its about time I tried my hand at a Baktria campaign...

My experience in the field is that yes Milnaht are significantly better than Bataroas.
Looking at the stats its not so clear except for the skill which has a pretty big effect on survivability in a sword fight.
Milnaht also have advantage in & mental/discipline/training.

[Tellos Athenaios]

Heh.

Sreni Pattya Yoddaha. They will mince your beloved Belgians and Pedites Extraordinarii.

Well they might; but there are some issues with Sreni vs. Milaht:
1) The use of their AP sword-axe is somewhat limited by the lack of armour on the Milnaht;
2) Where are you going to get Sreni from in Milnaht country (and vice versa) ?
3) AOR is roughly equal; but the Sreni cost a heck of a lot more than Milnaht do AFAIK;
4) While both troops don't have great armour; the Milnaht at least get a very trustworthy shield somewhat lacking on the Sreni there;
5) The Milnaht get javelins which makes them slightly more useful when deployed as alternative Gaesatae (i.e.: shock troops in reserve to deliver the crushing final blow).
6) On the upside however the Sreni do get that AP attribute and higher attack (dunno actually never payed much notice) ...

However I would prefer the lighter bow-armed Indian infantry: same sword; but *with* a large fair-range bow as well as bigger numbers AFAIK. Considering both won't last too long under heavy missile fire; at least the lighter ones can return the favour a bit...

[Hax]

2) Where are you going to get Sreni from in Milnaht country (and vice versa) ?

Hey, I've shipped them to Demetrias, Gallia isn't that much further!

[Maion Maroneios]

Hey, I've shipped them to Demetrias, Gallia isn't that much further!

Wow, must have been a hell of a long journey... I wonder how an Indian would react in such cold climats as the heavily forested lands of Gallia

[Hax]

It wasn't actually that hard. I just built a ship at Patala, ported them to Charax Aspinou, then a march past Seleukeia and Syria until I reached Antiocheia, took another ship from there to Sardis, where they meeted up with the rest of my elite army.

[Tellos Athenaios]

Yeah I've done similar: once or twice, when my armies were done conquering the Indos valley (or what little thereof lies on the EB map) I found myself thinking 'nice, but what am I to do with them now?'. To which I answered myself 'well, I was planning on that invasion of Greece anyway; and I can do with some seriously mean archers and elephants... off you go lads; the pirate hunters will take you to Charax...'.

[alatar]

I like doing that aswell, marching a kickass unit across the world for a battle