Preview: Arabia

[Moros]

Excellent as always.
About the description: the HAs are described as wielding swords, yet are depicted with a spear. They aren't going to use those as ammo, are they (Caucasian archers step aside, here come the Nabataian mobile ballistae...)? Same with the Sabaean Noble Archers.
BTW, for everyone who's been complaining about Saba's roster in EB I, these two new units will make Saba and Nabataia much more powerful than in EB I. Noble Archer-Spearmen should be the perfect counter to enemy HAs, bar gunships of course.

About the desert and stuff read this thread at TWC I just answered: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=532594

On the noble militia. Historically (at least that's my opinion of course) they would have wielded bows, long swords, spears and daggers. In game they will wield bows and spears in one form (in the model previewed here you can see the longsword scabard and the dagger), bows and longswords in another form. Indeed their infantry should be somewhat heavier and be more missile rich than in the previous game. They will have less options when it comes to cavalry though, as they will have to rely on mercenaries and regionals for that. But the province north of them already provides them exactly that.

On the HA's. They could wielded both as well. I think I might actually have made a mistake here. They probably wield spears in game. I didn't care one way or the other anyway as both solutions were historically okay, so I just followed gg2, Tanit and Paullus choice. Add some heavier cavalry and camelry and indeed these guys should be better than they were.