Quote Originally Posted by paullus View Post
...I have to leave in a minute actually, but it boils down to this: the gap between full thorakitai and euzonoi was too large, and we didn't feel comfortable lumping every type of armor ever shown worn by a soldier carrying a thureos into a single unit, so the thureophoroi are meant to bridge that gap. As I've said, they'll not, at release, wear as much armor. 30-60% (debated) will wear some form of lighter armor, and all will have helmets.

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That sounds reasonable enough for me. It's still a game and we don't know enough to be too dogmatic about the question wether not single soldiers in a mostly unarmoured unit wore light forms of armour.

Will the thoureophoroi have the "prec" stat or will they be true javelineers? If not the latter, why should I take thoureophoroi instead of thorakitai? They will surely be cheaper and faster moving I presume.