Europa Barbarorum 2.08e is released!

[QuintusSertorius]

I remember a while back people were complaining that Carthage had no free upkeep. Turns out it was a twofold problem; almost none of their roster had the attribute, but more fundamentally, they have no buildings which provide the slots. Looking into free upkeep right now, before releasing 2.02d.

Elephants have changed formation, to make use of the special AI that applies to them, but it does mean they're now a blob rather than an ordered square. They still seem to do as they're supposed to, and hopefully that will mean they work in sieges. Not sure how they'll handle pathfinding inside settlements, though.

I've finished the great recosting. Everything is now consistent with each other, based upon the same formula looking at status, equipment and training. Talking of elephants, African elephants have come down a little, so they're cheaper than Indian, since they're smaller and weaker. Elephants in general are still extortionate, though. :)

Armour upgrades have also been implemented, for those units which already had skins for them.

The importance of Makedonian Phalangitai has been reinforced still further - the mercenary phalanx uses weaker stats, though they are a little cheaper to hire than Phalangitai are to recruit.