First Cohorts?

**fastspawn** · 10-14-2004, 17:01

why was the prime pilus put in the first line? To die early"?

**metatron** · 10-14-2004, 19:01

No, I don't think you can train them. Which sucks, because mine's been whittled down to nine men and it needs retraining.

**discovery1** · 10-14-2004, 19:26

Has anyone ever seen them in battle when playing as non-romans? I've destryoed the brutii and senate but never saw one. Is it true that you get some kind of bonus for destroying one?

**troymclure** · 10-14-2004, 19:34

i've won two imperial and two short campaigns with the romans and a similar amount of campaigns with non - roman factions (it's uni holidays and yes i've done nothing but play this game) and i haven't even seen a firt cohort yet. Currently the amazon's are more common in my games. :(

**TinCow** · 10-14-2004, 20:52

This is from the .com screenshots thread. After being questioned, the poster responded with:

"you get a roman eagle, when you are given a 'first cohort' by the senate, these cohorts are bigger harder and faster than the usual, they give morale boosters to all nearby units. all in all, they're pretty hardcore.

when you KILL a first cohort to a man, you can get the eagle. i'm not entirely sure what it does for you, but my general now has the trait 'eagle taker' which gives +1 to command. the city the eagle is in however, doesnt appear to get much. i could be wrong on that however. "

Later discussion indicated that the city the eagle in becomes a major target for Roman attacks.

**lars573** · 10-15-2004, 05:50

Originally Posted by fastspawn

why was the prime pilus put in the first line? To die early"?

Think of it this way the prime pilus was the best most experienced soldier in the whole legion. He led the best legionaries in the whole legion. His was the unit with the legionary eagle standard. A standard that the grunts were trained to follow anywhere, no matter the cost.

**rolin** · 10-15-2004, 09:26

by the way. Are there more unique units in the game?

**Sinner** · 10-15-2004, 10:57

Assuming that there isn't hardcoding that gives you access to the First Cohorts once you have Rome - and presumably the Marius Reforms - why not simply mod them in?

As an idea, copy the hidden resource feature used for Sparta & the Spartan Hoplites and have the First Cohorts only buildable in Rome itself, which would make sense in a way since each Legion was presented with their Eagle by the Emperor. Now that I've thought of that, I'm thinking of doing the same with the Praetorians and Urbans to make them a little more special.

**Lord Ovaat** · 10-15-2004, 20:44

If I could ride on yer thread for a sec, Lord O - how do I make regular Urban Cohorts?

If you actually want them, Red Knight, you need to build the Urban Barracks or whatever it's called. I really don't use anything more "expensive" than regular old legionaires. No need. Get 'em the best armour you can, and they're almost unstoppable, easy to replace, cheaper, and build in one turn. I really only want the First Cohort units for the Eagles. I WANT EAGLES!!!!