Quote Originally Posted by ReluctantSamurai View Post
Agreed about chariots and auto-resolve. It's the single reason why an AI-led Egypt overruns all other AI-led factions in the Middle East.

Also agreed on hoplites, especially militia hoplites. Very under appreciated.
In fighting the battles, chariots are a joke. As far as the MH, there is not basic level unit I would rather have (though Scythia's equivalent barracks unit is their bare-bones cav archer). Really, outside of that, would you rather have Militia Hoplites or: Town Watch, Town Militia, Warband, Nubian Spearmen, Eastern Infantry, or Numidian Javelinmen?

I left off Spear Warband of Germania because they would be better. Higher attack, higher defense, more bonuses, larger unit. However, this is countered by the fact that Germanian units don't really improve too much after this, and because they are phalanx you will always want Spear Warband in your army. I quickly phase MH out of my armies, and Seleucid, Greek, and Macedonian units quickly surpass the abilities of Militia Hoplites. Axemen, Night Raiders (not a bad unit), and Chosen Axemen (good in limited roles) are not vast improvement over SW. However, Hoplites and especially Armoured Hoplites are vast improvements over MH, let alone Silver Shields and Macedon's Royal Pikemen, and even the Phalanx Pike units (more men, longer spears, more armour).