i dont understand...

[TWFanatic]

I have read what you have typed in your first paragraph from other LS threads (which I have throughly read) and I think I am a bit knowledgeable about the subject (although obviously not as much as 99.9% of the people but I do know from what I have read in the threads). And I feel as if you made this post not out out of sharing knowledge but because you were insulted by my choice of the word "fanboy". While that was rude (to which I apologize), honestly I don't see how its any less rude to see the question appear multiple times with the side in favor of LS presenting the same evidence/argument again and again (for example: your first paragraph) and although being turned down each time continue to bring it up again when the question reappears. And I am one who wishes LS was in the game (alot!) and I have checked eagerly to see if someone actually made a mod to include the unit but so far nothing. I have become somewhat annoyed and dissappointed with LS fans now because of this and I think that while I recognize that you may know much more about the topic then I ever will, you really must be full of yourself to think that my above post was meant to be explicitly insulting to you and all LS fans when really it was just bad humor on my part. Once again I apologize for the "fanboy" comment and I will refrain from such attitude in the future, but it really seemed at the end of your post to be a bit harsh and jerk-ish.

Also I don't understand about the "trying to suck up part". Who am I sucking up to? The EB team? Would they let me be one of the first to try the EB2 beta if I sucked up to them or something?

Understood. My point was that there is a difference between having one LS texture within an entire cohort wearing the LH, and having an entire unit equipped solely with the former cuirass. One is not inaccurate and the other is.

The reasoning for not including a LS legionary is actually pretty simple. EB is about historical accuracy. Popular history doesn't count for anything, and nor do fan requests. The majority of Augustean legionaries wore chain mail, not LS, and nor was LS that common when it did become popular, so the standard Augustean legionary should wear chainmail.

Off course, another legionary could be added wearing LS, but there would be no functional differences between both units. The Romans are already overrepresented when it comes to units (engine constraints, alas, do count, as does the need to do all factions justice) and other factions don't get multiple versions of the same unit. I also don't recall any request for squamata-wearing legionaries, either.

Everything you said is true...when spoken in regards to RTW. Not so when spoken in regards to M2:TW, for the reason expressed above. Doing what I suggested for M2:TW certainly does not require sacrificing historicity, in fact it could be argued that it enhances the game's accuracy by representing the introduction of a new form of armor. If it does not take another DMB spot, than it is certainly not over representing anyone to add another texture to a preexisting unit. I'm sure that every nook and cranny will be filled, just as it was with the RTW engine.

Regarding the lorica squamata: I plan on getting an expansion soon, and the first thing I will do is add (the other) LS-equipped legionaries as AOR units for the Romani in the eastern provinces.