Saba recruitment

**Urg** · 07-02-2009, 00:24

Does anyone know what regional troops Saba can recruit (if any) in Saba, Qataban, Hadramaut, Zufar and Maketa?

I have downloaded two different versions of the Recruitment Viewer, and they each give different answers.

**athanaric** · 07-02-2009, 00:30

AFAIK Pantodapoi Phalangitai from regional barracks lvl 3. By the way, level 5 factional barracks are obsolete for Saba. Saves you some money...

**Irishmafia2020** · 07-02-2009, 19:12

Those pikemen will save your ass in the Saba campaign... also use Red Sea infantry (the ones with axes) as they are regionally recruitable.

**MarcusAureliusAntoninus** · 07-02-2009, 21:55

I believe the Recruitment Viewer v1.1 (which comes with the EB v1.1 download) is still accurate for v1.2 of Saba.

**Urg** · 07-02-2009, 23:24

Thanks for the info.

It seems the recruitment viewer which is currently available for download on the EB website is inaccurate. It shows East Coast Levies as the only regional units available in southern arabia (only in sufar and maketa), but thats incorrect as they can be recruited in native barracks. It doesn't show the Pantodapoi Phalangitai at all.

Is there any way I can download the correct RV (just the rv, not the entire game)?

Thanks for the tip about Pantodapoi Phalangitai. A phalanx unit will become really important when I eventually attack my ptolemaic friends in egypt (not for another 15 or 20 turns I think). Currently using spearmen units which will no doubt have some difficulty against any tough phalanx units.

**Irishmafia2020** · 07-03-2009, 00:00

the Pantodapoi Phalangitai are available at level 3 regional barracks in three of the four towns in southern Arabia (the first four you are likely to control), but not the northernmost one that controls "Mecca" as a resource. According to the RV I use that is the only unit that is available for regional recruitment by Saba in the area, however I highly recommend that you build the government and barracks to enable the phalanx, as every tool at Saba's disposal must be utilized... Also in my experience, Ethiopia and India are useful acquisitions that allow for recruitment opportunities.

**Ludens** · 07-04-2009, 11:38

Originally Posted by Urg

Is there any way I can download the correct RV (just the rv, not the entire game)?

No: there is no up-to-date RV. The one that comes with current version of the mod is the most up-to-date (EB1.1): the install file should be somewhere in your EB folder even if you did not install it.