Quote Originally Posted by geala View Post
In my opinion they should definitely get rid of the Augustean reforms, as far as new units are concerned. It's too late and too short. It should however be possible to become princeps. So a kind of political reform should be kept. The military reforms would be very nice to have but in a fair balance I would give the slots to the new factions before I would cancel even one unit of another faction.

A growing problem is also the notorious "lorica segmentata". I find it a bit problematic to have an Augustean military reform for just a few years and not the new armour for the reformed troops. The finds for "lorica segmentata" at Kalkriese-Niewedder show that the armour was used by the Augustean legionaries with a certain degree. It is reasonable not to implement an armour that was only used in the last years of the EB timeframe. But then why have a military reform for only the last years of the timeframe?
LS was used by SOME of the Augustan legionaries. That implies somewhere around maybe a quarter? If that's the case, do you think that it's really worth representing in EB1 where all the members of a unit have the same armor? I don't. In EB2, now that they have the features of the M2 system, I'd say sure, have one of the armor types be LS, so I don't really see what you're complaining about.

I agree that perhaps the Augustan reforms should be made a little earlier, but I still think they should continue to exist. It was very fun to create the new units and Role-Play the changes undergoing the state as it converted to an Empire. The new troops were a visible manifestation of those changes, and to that end they were imho, extremely worthwhile. You're saying that they should be removed to make room for new troops, but according to the modders, they probably won't need the room as they've got enough as it is.

Thus, I think not only should the Augustan era troops stay, but we should try to find new ways of representing the transition from Republic to Empire as well - not new troops, but some scripted things to represent the changes. I noticed in my game that the number of Family Members greatly increased after the Augustan reforms, so I could see that as a manifestation of Augustus' marriage legislation, but it would be nice to get more things scripted in to help people Role-Play the transformation. -M