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    Default Seleucid reforms

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

    Iv been so busy fighting off ptolemaio, parthia and troubles in the west that iv not even upgraded my barracks to the gain hellenic cataphracts. My question is what happends in the seleucid reforms? Im guessing they get better cataphracts?
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    Default Re: Seleucid reforms

    AFAIK, you can't recruit any kind of Catass before that Reform. after the Reform happened, you can recruit Hellenic Catass, but the best things comes to you is Catass on foot (TAB), they pwn everything!

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    Default Re: Seleucid reforms

    Catass on foot (TAB), what is this you mention?

    Edit: is it another reform? in my next MIC upgrade i get hell catas so i must have already triggered the reform
    Last edited by lionhard; 05-15-2010 at 13:47.
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    Default Re: Seleucid reforms

    Quote Originally Posted by lionhard View Post
    Catass on foot (TAB), what is this you mention?
    Yeah, hey are called, iirc, Thorakitai Agyraspidai and are destroyers of worlds.

    Quote Originally Posted by lionhard View Post
    Edit: is it another reform? in my next MIC upgrade i get hell catas so i must have already triggered the reform
    No, it's the same reform, Lion. Though I dunnoe if both cataphracts and thorakitai agyraspidai are available on the same level MiC :/


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    Default Re: Seleucid reforms

    He means Thorakitai Agematos Basilikou. An extremely heavily armoured elite infantry unit.

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    Default Re: Seleucid reforms

    thx guys, i look forward to them :)
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    Quote Originally Posted by zcb888 View Post
    Thorakitai Agematos Basilikou.

    Even their name has a terrifying effect


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    Default Re: Seleucid reforms

    Quote Originally Posted by Jebivjetar View Post
    Even their name has a terrifying effect
    It only means "armoured royal contingent".
    Personaly, I 've never come up against them but I assume that unless the A.I. includes several of those in the same army stack they will be dispatched with acceptable losses if ganged up and charged from behind after being tired by a good unit in "hold ground" defence mode.
    Of course, if a human player uses them against the A.I. it is a whole different preposition, no more than two will ever be needed in the same army stack.
    Last edited by paleologos; 05-15-2010 at 23:24.

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    Quote Originally Posted by zcb888 View Post
    It only means "armoured royal contingent".
    Oh the horror!

    I remember fighting those guys in one of my MP battles: they were tough as a stone.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Jebivjetar View Post
    Oh the horror!

    I remember fighting those guys in one of my MP battles: they were tough as a stone.
    Our Sacred Bands will crush them!
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