Briton Chariots

[Faenaris]

Thanks for the answers guys.

[Turin]

Still doesn't answer the "do the British chariots throw javelins" question... do they? I mean, I don't see why not, just change the projectile type right?

Anyway, can anyone tell me conclusively which factions or which areas are capable of training chariot units? Can the Seleucids do it? They did use them to little effect in battle right? The Pontics must mus be capable IIRC they used them against the Romans to little effect. I don't know about the Ptolemies, something tells me no.

While we're on the exotic weapons topic, who gets elephants?

[Rodion Romanovich]

The Pontics must mus be capable IIRC they used them against the Romans to little effect.

Actually the pontics were among the few who used their chariots to GREAT effect against the romans. Mithradates used them to effectively slaughter a roman army, I don't remember the name of the battle and exact year when it took place though.

[Han]

ehhh i hope briton generals don't use chariots and if they do at least mak it a bit more powerful than vanilla if possible..those enemy general cavalry keep on chasing my generals -.-;; and kicks the chariot's butt too

[Ranika]

The British represent the Cassi, and the Cassi kings and chieftans fought from chariot, so it will be a chariot unit. However, chariots are being reworked; they had several uses to the Celts. A missile platform (javelins), with younger warriors driving and throwing javelins, a transport (we can't represent this), and as a kind of infantry/light cavalry disrupting tool. A British chariot could crush small ponies, and would certainly force them to break in multiple directions, as well as scatter infantry. They have to be used like the Celts intended for them to be effective; Celts supported them with cavalry or infantry who'd rush in and hit the disrupted formation. In that sense, they're very valuable. They are not a stand alone unit by any means, and shouldn't be used as such.