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    Default Favorite troop type

    Another thread extolls the virtues of the Pedites Extra(somethingsomething), so I thought this would be a cool time to dust off one of those old threads where everybody puts in their plug for the baddest, bestest, coolest. . .

    My personal favorite is the Drapanai. Yes, they're vulnerable to missiles, have no shield, but there's nothing in the game they can't kill and they're cheap to build and maintain.
    My favorite elite is the Rhom... Thracian Elite falxmen dudes. Just as prolific on offense as the Draps, but with armor. BOOYA!

    Fire away, folks!

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    I've gotta be the first to say it: Nizagan-i Eranshahr (Persian Archer-Spearmen)

    A very flexible unit, especially for garrison duty and life-savers in many early campaigns.

    I love using them against HA armies because I can kill many with arrows, and if they charge I'm semi-protected with spears.

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    Hetairoi. Nothing like seeing the elite array of 600 men strong cutting through those damned Pahlav steppe barbarians.

    No offense, Persian Cataphract! =D
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    Cataphract horse archers. The best equivalent to a tank in the ancient world, complete with missiles and ability to run down infantry of all types.

    No missiles short of siege weapons can harm this unit. Infantry do only mediocre against these. In a charge, these things can destroy everything they touch.

    Also, they tend to be very nice looking!
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    Korlon.

    Guess what?

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    Argyraspidai! Yeah!
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    Yes, but against the computer, that hardly matters. Just smash them in the back of one unit with all your might. Repeat for every other unit in the stack.
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    I have to go with the Gallic&Galtian Naked Fanatic Infantry, I use 2 groups of this regular as flank protection and usally play as KH and it out peforms the Generals and Spartans in real hard core battles

    Nothing like Intimidated By Nearby Enemy Infantry

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    Ayce, is that recruitable in Getai starting province? I can't seem to find it in the recruitment viewer. . .

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    i think so- all u need to get it is to beat one measly army of rebels. then you can recruit it to become the supremem ruler of the world!
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    meanwhile, Ibrahim and his bunch do thus:

    look, all the factions rock, one way or the other..why fight over whose when you can just cammpaign in EB 1.1...besides mp tourney is coming soon (hopefully). we'll settle our differences there.
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    To get this thread back on topic. . .Massilian hoplites are my favorite troops in my current Aedui campaign. They saved my butt against the Romani, standing off the hordes of Triarii the Romans spammed. Put simply, I owe them big-time. They look pretty cool too.
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