Quote Originally Posted by anubis88 View Post
Well the Sarmatians were feared in Rome for their excellent Horsemanship and cavalry.... Also this example of yours isn't that incredible at all. IRL The charge in itself would be devastating; A huge portion of the Hoplites would fall, and since they were levy, they would rout pretty quickly. Perhaps you would loose a few men in the charge... But still my money is that IRL 41 Elite Sarmatian Cataphracts would defeat 160 levy spearmen
If you know anything about Greek Levy Hoplites, you'd know that they are one of the toughest levy units in the game, with high morale. They don't rout easily. They're as tough to kill as Roman Hastati. This particular unit didn't rout until they were down to less than 30 men. Which means the Sauro FM killed about 30 in the initial charge, then killed another 100 in melee, without suffering any casualties at all in return. (Both the Sauros and the Greeks started the fight completely exhausted from running around chasing other units earlier in the battle).

When cavalry kill three times their own number of spearmen, in melee, without losing a single man in return, before the enemy rout, I start worrying that something's not right on the realism front. Just 2 or 3 Sarmatian casualties would have been enough to convince me the game was working right. But no losses at all? That's suspicious IMO.