Quote Originally Posted by Celtic_Punk View Post
hmmm foot, the point of the Gastrophetes was that it WAS NOT a specialist weapon. it only required a small crash course and you could effectively field it. it was an alternative if skilled bowmen were scarce. im not arguing they were widely used. but you are playing up the complexity of the weapon.
Not to speak for Foot (please correct me if I misinterpreted here, Foot), but I don't think he's saying the item itself was complex, so much as not that many soldiers used them. In which case, it doesn't make much sense to have them in the game.