EBOT June 2011 - MP EDU - Feedback needed.

[LusitanianWolf]

I will be testing your EDU this afternoon but until then:

-Phalanxes had their ridiculous shield stats lowered to 2, which makes sense given the small size of their shields; now mass arrows may have some effect on them. They had a corresponding increase in defense skill. Pike attack was also slightly reduced.

Of course there were other important changes but I won't discuss them all.

Wont that make them even more über in non phalanx melee? its a bit ankward to see klerunchoi phalangitai being surrounded by melee specialists including clubmans, retainers and werewolves and still winning the fight....


I propose that Iosatae (? celtic slingers) should be added to Sweboz EDU, they are very abundant and usefull in the campain and would give a bit more flexibility to the Sweboz armies since they dont have any on their own in EB1 and the only have one usefull ranged unit (Medininkas).

Germanic "retainer" units seem to have been styled as large-size troops, in reality they were more of a small cadre of highly loyal soldiers. Thus they lost numbers, got higher costs, and got much better stats overall.

The Thegnoz Drugule (heavy infantry) or only the bodyguards? That would make the Sweboz even more vulnerable to missiles and with only Speutagardaz to rely as armoured line infantary (wich arent so usefull in most situations, at least in my experience)...