Hello,

After quite a long time I've decided to reinstall EB. this time I've decided to go with a faction without (too much phalanx) as most of my past games were with the likes of Arche Seleukeia, Pontos or Epeiros.

So I started a campaign with Carthage. Since historically skirmishers (especially numidian cavalry) played quite a big role in Hannibal's victories, I've tried to use them. And failed horribly.

I've used Peltastai with good results in the past as they are fast, decently armored and can hold their own in melee, things which makes them very good flankers.

As far as skirmisher cavalry goes, I've also liked Asiatikoi Hippakontistai and Leuce Epos/Curepos as they harass pretty well and having a lance as secondary means they can also execute decent charges once they run out of ammo.

Carthage however has access mostly to very light skirmishers (Numidians, Iberian Velites, Numidian Cavalry and Equites Caetrati) which are pretty much worthless in melee, so they are useful only as long as their javelins last.

However, they usually don't have that many (6 or so) and it seems that almost everything west of Athens is either super-heavy infantry(which makes javelins pretty much useless) or have javelins of their own. And since most targets are better armored than the skirmishers, if they return fire they usually kill more than they lose.

So I'm interested in other people's opinions: how do you make light, unarmored skirmish infantry and cavalry work?