Poll: Should the Augustan Reforms be removed?

[Mulceber]

What about a partial reform? There's no real point in replacing the cohors reformata with cohors imperatoria because they're extremely similar. Ditto to the Ala Imperatoria - they're basically just like the regional light cavalry of the Marian era.

But what about changing the reforms so that when the player reaches the Augustan era, they get 1 type of cohors validium auxiliarium, the cohors sagitariorum levantinorum and the cohors praetoriana? That way the Augustan reforms could still be represented (and as someone who HAS reached the Augustan reforms, I can tell you they are worth it), but some unit slots could be freed up for other factions. By my calculations, if we do what I suggested, we would save five slots - by getting rid of the cohors imperatoria, prima cohors imperatoria, equites praetoriani, the ala imperatoria and one of the two cohors validium auxiliarium.

I know a lot of people think the Praetorians are useless, since by the time you get them you control about half the known world, but they're very nice from a roll-playing perspective, allowing you to create the Emperor's personal bodyguard. -M