Recruiting elites in EB2.

[Mediolanicus]

If a peltasti fights with elan and grace, in a disciplined matter, does that qualify him as an elite? No it doesnt, but "Armor him up" and he would be in an elite class, or just right below that.

And who is going to "armor him up"?

He himself is going to have to do that. And before he can do that, he must be able to afford to do so.
To be able to afford this, he must be of a certain rich social class which has loads of money and the time to train with the bought equipment; some kind of elite of the society.

Now, as you hopefully know, not everyone swims in the money and has all the time of the world on their hands; not now and not in ancient times. Thus elites were rare, and it is EB's goal to represent this fact in the game.