Recruiting Thorakitai Agematos Basilikou

[Marcus Ulpius]

The question is quite simple and straightforward. I play as Seleucids, I've built lvl 5 barracks in Seleucia. The barrack description says that I should be able to recruit those guys, but I can't. Is there some event that triggers them? Btw, "March of Time" already happened, so it can't be that. Were they removed from this version of EB, because I'm absolutely sure I've seen them in action in my Macedonian campaign, when I was fighting the AS; I'm not sure what version of EB it was.

[Zarax]

They might be linked to the kataphract reforms, hopefully a more knowledgeable member will be able to give better info.
Try loosing a few battles with some sharp generals against parthia, saka or baktria, that should hopefully trigger them if you have enough cavalry in your armies.

[king of thracia]

They are linked to the Seleukid cataphract reforms. Search for that on the forums, there is a console command to help you trigger the reforms instead of having to lose battles in such and such a way.

[athanaric]

Originally posted by FAQ:
-At least year 253BC
-Two different generals must lose a large battle (including a loss to the general's bodyguard) against a faction that uses cataphracts (Pahlav, Armenia, Baktria).

Move the generals affected by this into a nearby city and let them stay there for some turns. AFAIK this should help with getting those two units.

[XSamatan]

you can give traits with the console (if you want to represent the experience that generals recieved as they were fighting against cataphracts), the trait is "ImpressedByCats"

XSsamatan

[Marcus Ulpius]

Thanks for the info, that's what I suspected. I just didn't think that cata reforms could give another unit except Hellenistic catas. I hate to use a console, but I'll probably do just that. I think it's better than losing a battle on purpose to half dead Pahlava, who has just one province now, or start a war with Saka, when I have a war with Carthage and I should prepare the invasion of Macedonia. In any case, after a long war with Pahlava (like 50 years), it's logical that Seleucids would see that catas are useful on the battlefield. Personally, I'd change the trait condition from "losing a large battle to catas" to fighting 20 or something large/medium battles against catas. After all, it's not necessary lose the battle against the enemy to understand that you can learn something from him.