Archer unit sizes

**Imperator Invictus** · 05-26-2010, 18:11

Originally Posted by pikeman

Is it safe to assume that archers with 120 men are crappy, while ones with 160 men are at least somewhat decent? If so, to be specific, how good are the numidian archers? (I'm inching towards Carthage as Roma atm, starting from west to east so I don't get sandwiched by the yellow greeks.)

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there is no such thing... !!!yellow greeks!!!

I remember your previous aberations : "greekish barbarians", "dark green celts", "pontic barbarians"

...they are funny but please stop and read some history or read any book you want, and only then you may post something on this forum...

**Cute Wolf** · 05-26-2010, 18:17

at least you could simply refers the ptolies better as Yellow fever, or sister

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**Duguntz** · 05-26-2010, 20:00

Mostly sissies...

**artavazd** · 05-26-2010, 20:13

it seems to me that javeline units take down the enemy more effectivly than archers. Anybody know why that is?

**Duguntz** · 05-26-2010, 21:24

well... look at the size of an arrow, then look at the size of a javelin! an arrow would more often only wound an ennemy than kill him, while a javelin, well, you don't survive long with a javelin stuck in your chest... :-)

**artavazd** · 05-26-2010, 21:36

Originally Posted by Duguntz

well... look at the size of an arrow, then look at the size of a javelin! an arrow would more often only wound an ennemy than kill him, while a javelin, well, you don't survive long with a javelin stuck in your chest... :-)

I was talking about EB. For some reason it seems that javelines do more damage than arrows in the game.

**Duguntz** · 05-26-2010, 21:41

well, the answer you're looking for lies probably in the stats of the units : damage vs defence. Still, the effect is the same than in reality : Javelin did cause more death than arrows (if we do not consider the clouds of arrows shooted by the millions strong chinese armies of the same period :D)...

**vartan** · 05-27-2010, 02:32

Originally Posted by artavazd

I was talking about EB. For some reason it seems that javelines do more damage than arrows in the game.

I've noticed that javelins have a technical difference in that they have a "thrown missile" weapon attribute, whereas arrows do not have any such attribute. Perhaps it means something in-game that we just don't know. I presume it does because in vanilla, pilum did more damage than arrow.