A case for the removal of the Augustan Reforms!

**Remco** · 08-11-2008, 17:46

Originally Posted by brymht

Disagree. I'm a big fan of playing Romani; and have been able to get the Augustan reform once. Playing the new (admittedly big headed) units was a blast, and give a reward for continuing a long campaign.

You are right but Rome is not the only faction. To much resources are used up by Rome.

**Flying Pig** · 08-11-2008, 18:18

Hmmm... I'm all for re-skinning the imperial cohort, but no roman empire... seems almost sacreligious to me! A classical mod with no Imperator...

**Bellum** · 08-11-2008, 20:25

I'd rather they stay, but if there is no other alternative when factoring in the added factions...

**The Celtic Viking** · 08-11-2008, 22:06

I must agree with the OP. Considering that only a very few human players ever get them, and you might as well look for the sky to drop down if you think the AI ever could, it hardly seems economical (or fair) to keep them.

**Lysandros** · 08-12-2008, 10:18

I completely agree with Remco's position.

**Pinkkiller** · 08-12-2008, 11:32

remove praetorian cohort?! no way.....don't remove the praetorians..the others idc about

**Quilts** · 08-12-2008, 11:46

I too agree.

It's one thing I've always wondered about. For so much of the campaign your 'playing' the Romani as a Republic. The Republics goal was to maintain the Republic, not become an Empire.....anything but one man in total control (a King!)

Perhaps the threat of becoming an Empire could be worked into the Romani victory conditions as an ever present and increasing leap to defeat for the player, rather than a goal? How? I can't imagine.....

Cheers,

Quilts

**Connacht** · 08-12-2008, 15:16

Although I like the Romans and playing custom battles with Imperial units, I agree with the opinions showed here.
Anyway, before removing a unit I would always think "have I completely filled any slot?", then if I need to add some units and I have no more space I will remove unnecessary ones.

However, the nasty thing in this is that I know some Italian fanboys who would get mad even by only hearing of this idea (for instance I did read also opinions of a modder who "dislikes" EB that would cast the worst deadly curses in the world to EB authors if he would notice that the holy-sacred-untouchable-mighty-superior-ubermenschlich-omg-i'm cumming-onlyreasonforallowingagameinthishistoricaltimetoexist-dreamy-ahweehmahweh Imperial legions have been removed), so I'm already imaging the flame wars...