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    Praobably Thrace/Dacia. They actually have units that portray them as a unique people that are culturally unique instead of just another generic barbarian faction.

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    solduros ftw \o also scotomareva rulle

    what i deslike the most ? the lack of throrokitai for makedonia :\ it´s a big bummer the absence of those beauty´s and althoug the phalanx can secure a batle line better i like flexibility more

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    Easy easy.. The Ptolemaic empire :P
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    Quote Originally Posted by The_Blacksmith View Post
    Easy easy.. The Ptolemaic empire :P
    Oh definately, no more of those silly desert axemen or Middle and Late Kingdom units. The contrast between EB Ptolemies and RTW Egypt is shocking.



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    I miss the bull warrioirs. :(

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brennus View Post
    Oh definately, no more of those silly desert axemen or Middle and Late Kingdom units. The contrast between EB Ptolemies and RTW Egypt is shocking.
    As described at the EB website:
    "No more Mummy Returns Egyptians"


    Anyway, a bit off topic maybe, but I think the most important overall unit improvement is that the stupid rock-scissor-paper system is gone. In vanilla RTW you would for example never use spearmen as line infantry (not counting phalanx units), since they would get slaughtered by practically any non-spear wielding infantry unit. The heaviest of cavalry would get massacred by levy spearmen in a few seconds. The EB unit balancing makes battles so much more interesting and challenging.
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    For me it has to be the Seleucid 'imitation legionary' unit:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur, king of the Britons View Post
    For me it has to be the Seleucid 'imitation legionary' unit:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur, king of the Britons View Post
    For me it has to be the Seleucid 'imitation legionary' unit:

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    IMHO, the true replacement (in terms of price, general role, and relative stats), would be the thorakitai, not this.

    but yeah, either way, a massive improvement.

    actually, all the units are a step up: better balance, more realistic stats (though as I discovered, the phalanxes are too arrowproof), even better horse archers.

    and no more Roman Lin Kuei. those units should have been in a mortal kombat game.
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