What is your favorite unit?

**IliaDN** · 05-15-2005, 17:01

I just wonder if you have any.
For example I like deceres , spartans ( because they helped me out greatly in my Greek campaign) and amazons.

**Somebody Else** · 05-15-2005, 17:12

Scorpions... They always amuse me, and they're pretty useful too.

*Note, I play RTR, so my scorpion units have 4 machines each... Makes them far more effective in field battles*

**IliaDN** · 05-15-2005, 17:16

SCORPIONS????????
Excuse me if I offend you but I thougth them to be useless , but as for siege machines I ussualy use onagers and heavy onagers ( ussually normal ones ).

**Es Arkajae** · 05-15-2005, 17:25

Scorpions are longer ranged than ballistas and also more accurate which mean sthey're very good at picking defenders off of stone walls which somewhat makes up for their inability to knock out gates. Other than that they're just as useless as other ballista type weapons everywhere else. Unless you've modded the game of course to give each unit more engines.

I like using them just for the hijinks of skewering people and flinging them backwards screaming

**Wishazu** · 05-15-2005, 17:28

its allways funny when you snipe an enemy gen with a scorpion. especially when the camera closes in to see him whooshed away lmao. btw my current fave unit is the Armenian Cataphract archers.

**IliaDN** · 05-15-2005, 17:33

Just wanted to add that it would be cool if you explain why do you like unit you mentioned.

**amazon77** · 05-15-2005, 17:43

I've played Julii, Gaul, Macedons and now Pontus. The Foresters are my favorite unit, as they have a starting 15 missile attack which can become 21 after building them in epona and retraining them in abnoba. They have a long range and are also good melee fighters if need be. In every case 4-5 units of these can kick seven shades of hell of a 20 unit army. I've yet to try the pontic chariot archers (just bult 2-3) and i look forward to play as the Brits to test the Head Hurlers. In a custom battle i destroyed an Urban Cohort with a unit of Hurlers, loosing just a man.

**Productivity** · 05-16-2005, 04:26

Originally Posted by Es Arkajae

Other than that they're just as useless as other ballista type weapons everywhere else.

Even with normal numbers of machines I found them to be quite useful. You just have to fire them at a elite unit. Same with MTW, ballista crews were the best king killers ever.

**runes** · 05-16-2005, 05:34

ballearic slingers.

pretty powerful, good range (equal to some archers), and an immense amount of ammo. i've never seen them run out, so they're with you for a while. they rack up those chevrons quick.

but that's about it, i wish they were available in custom battles. (same for cilician pirates, pretty damn good units, javs + axes-deadly. wish i could use them in custom battles)

but that's about it, it's not so much a favourite unit, as all units (except the "fantasy" and uber units -urbans and such) have their pros in cons in every situation, so it's mostly what is best for a situation.

but berserkers. i dunno, i ALWAYS make my general unit zerks in custom battles, but they're a little cheap, and more of a fantasy unit... so i don't use them very often. so i won't count them. but i love having them as my general, everybody following behind a frenzied bunch of fanatics, charging unceasingly at the enemy...

so, in short, i really really dig ballearic slingers

**Es Arkajae** · 05-16-2005, 05:51

Originally Posted by dgb

Even with normal numbers of machines I found them to be quite useful. You just have to fire them at a elite unit. Same with MTW, ballista crews were the best king killers ever.

Maybe if you're on drugs or possibly had a stroke and lost all perception of reality.

The things are so inaccurate and so short ranged and slow loading that you would be far better off investing in a unit of archers whch would kill far more of the enemy than a pair of ballistas or scorpions would on a battlefield even on a good day.