Is it plausible to depict the Segmentata using armor upgrades?

[oudysseos]

How many people actual play up til AD 9? That's 1124 turns into the game: it hardly seems worth it to put work into a feature for something that minor for our time period, since the resources for models and reforms etc. aren't infinite. There are other uses for upgrades that will be much more significant than a few Romans in LS.

Guys, the team has said time and again no LS (and by the way the Romans didn't even call it Segmentata- something the fanboys never seem to know). It's time to get over it already.

[mikil100]

How many people actual play up til AD 9? That's 1124 turns into the game: it hardly seems worth it to put work into a feature for something that minor for our time period, since the resources for models and reforms etc. aren't infinite. There are other uses for upgrades that will be much more significant than a few Romans in LS.

Guys, the team has said time and again no LS (and by the way the Romans didn't even call it Segmentata- something the fanboys never seem to know). It's time to get over it already.

What did they call it? I forget, remember seeing it somewhere.

[Ludens]

What did they call it? I forget, remember seeing it somewhere.

We don't know, actually. It may have been lorica laminata, but that could just as well refer to another type of armour.

I thought that with M2TW, it might be plausible to depict scneario where 1-2 cohorts wore LS, while others simply wore chain mail. It allows you to immerse yourself in battles, where some of your veteran cohorts managed to get the good stuff, while the more junior cohorts gets the normal stuff.

Possible, but prepare for a serious discussion with PVC about the effectiveness of LS. It may not have been an upgrade (in protective terms) over LH at all. The Romans themselves were never that enthusiastic about LS, since it never entirely superceded (or even outnumbered) chainmail.

[Macilrille]

LS is a rennaissance term we still use, just as we call chainmail... chainmail. And since the Roman name for it is unknown, what else would we call it?

I still think it deserves inclusion, but I guess it is all a matter of priorities.