Quote Originally Posted by CBR
I tried 50 battles and princepes won 43 against the hastati. Thats done on medium difficulty. Triarii might have lower stats but there is some kind of rank support involved.


CBR
Which mod did you try? Did you try it from both sides (for/against)? I used easymod and manually set things so that they should have been 1 experience, and 1 armour, 0 weapon. Every time I used principes I found them more prone to break early. Sometimes they were killing a bit better, but their morale seemed to fail just before the hastati (they might tire a bit more rapidly, that could cause it.) It was close, but the principes were less reliable. When I tried combo armies with 1 hastati, 1 principe, 1 triarii vs. various other armies, the principe was the "canary." If a unit failed, it was them. Same when I opposed them. It is possible that different armour or experience levels (or weapons) could move this around I suppose. I would rank both units very close in quality, but would pick the hastati.