Quote Originally Posted by paramedicguyer View Post
...armor upgrades are physically visible on the battlefield for M2TW....
I wonder if the team can/will utilise this feature to rationalise of some of the "levy...regular...elite" versions of standard unit types.

I'm thinking of the hoplitai haploi/hoplitai/epileptikoi hoplite progression, maybe the deutero phalangite/pezoi (or other line)/pezhetairoi (or other elite) progression, as well as peltastai/thereuphoroi/thorakitai.

Would the komatai/epileptikoi komatai (sp? the typical Getic units and their chosen cousins anyway) fall into this category too? I'm sure there are others, like the various grades of skirmishing and melee cavalry in various cultures, or the steps up in spanish inf.

Some units are clearly the product of differing traditions/social groups/military institutions from lesser versions (obviously spartiates cannot be Corinthian hoplitai haploi reskinned).

Is this an opportunity to save some unit slots?

I guess we'd lose the distinguishing nomenclature, and if the only stat that changes is armour then we'd lose a bit of texture there.

Just speculatin'.