Hoplite question

[Cyrus]

Imagine vanilla RTW as a strawberry. You can make it better by adding sugar and stuff. EB is the sugared, chocolate-vanilla-sauced, peach-icecream cultivated version of the strawberry , but you still cannot make a banana out of it.

EB works with the tools V-RTW to give us and make the best they can out of it. I'm sure the know pretty well about phalanxes.

Mmmmm straberry............ "drools"
Anyway yeah their representation is ok i'm saying however there is much room to improve so maybe in eb 2 we might see something different?
And oudysseos sorry, i guess io missed the part where you said you wrote it anyway thanks.
I have a few more questions regarding the matter,the early triarii, roman hoplites why were they abandoned?they seem even stronger than the late ones.....
And were there any at cannae?
Since i only got as far as the polibian reforms once would anyone explain when,why and how they happened? and why have i never heard of them before? from what i studied polibius was just a writer.....

[Celtic_Punk]

My hoplites perform soundly thankyou.

Put em on Guard mode, and they'll kick ass if they are not flanked. If they are flanked, or the lines change a bit so that they are not straight, and part of your unit is isolated, switch off guard mode, and you'll continue to kick ass.

Hoplites are bomb... Dont let anyone tell you otherwise.

[Ludens]

I have a few more questions regarding the matter,the early triarii, roman hoplites why were they abandoned?they seem even stronger than the late ones.....
And were there any at cannae?
Since i only got as far as the polibian reforms once would anyone explain when,why and how they happened? and why have i never heard of them before? from what i studied polibius was just a writer.....

You are right that Polybius was a writer. The game uses the term Polybian military era to indicate the Roman army as described by Polybius during the second Punic war. This army was significantly better equipped than the armies of the Phyric and first Punic war (in-game called the Camillian military era).

The term "Polybian reform" is used, for want of better alternative, to describe this transformation. It probably wasn't a real reform, but a gradual adaptation of new techniques (Celtic chainmail, Iberian swords) coupled with an increase in wealth that allowed individual Romans to better equip themselves.

[IrishHitman]

In guard mode, they're close enough to replicate that anyway.....

[Cyrus]

Yes of course celticpunk they are fine,just saying i thought they didn't form the interlocking.....
But yeah i agree they kick ass!!! what do you mean "your" hoplites?
Also just off topic question how do i change my signature?
And how did the romans get in touch with the celtic chainmail? before giulius cesar they never went further than gallia transalipina.

[oudysseos]

Look at the second-to-last word in your post and you've answered your own question.

[Ludens]

Also just off topic question how do i change my signature?

At the top left of the screen is a button "User CP", click it and select "edit signature" from the left column.