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And to you :-D

Can only the First Legionary Cohort be equipped with the Lorica Segmentata thus staying close to reality (quite late in the game not of large use because of the expenses of making such Armour) or can it be present only to the Praetorian Cohort (being an elite unit) I know the Praetorian Cohort saw little front line battle but (for me at least as a huge fan of this unit) it can still be used
In EB's timeframe what we refer to as LS was not at all widespread, it would be a bit like having German late war units in a WWII game suddenly have H & K G3s.


and finally to rest my case we can safely say the Lorica Segmentata is a symbol of Rome in one way ore the other and personally I think it deserves its place in the game just for that
In popular perception of history yes, but EB is exactly not that. EB is for those with real historical knowledge besides what you can get from watching THC and films like 300. LS belongs in RTW Vanilla IMO, let us nerds have things realistic.

All the Best
To you as well, happy new year again.