Cataphracts??

[edyzmedieval]

I'm a little puzzled.... Who can train cataphracts and where??? I have never seen the cataphracts.... Please help..

[Dutch_guy]

Parthia , Seleucid Empire , cna train the Cataphracts with an elite cav. stable
( the 3rd in line of the cav. buildings )

Also the Armenians can train Cataphract archers ( 2nd level stables ) and normal cats ( third level stable )

Also Pontus can build Cappadocian Cav, who are just like cataphracts, don't know much about those though.

[Es Arkajae]

I prefer Cappadocian cavalry to normal Cataphracts, they don't look so stupid

[NihilisticCow]

Cataphracts are very much superior to Cappadocians, as Cataphracts have an armour piercing mace as their secondary attack... so they'll easily beat practically any other heavily armoured cavalry.

[Es Arkajae]

Cataphracts are very much superior to Cappadocians,

No they're not for me as I think they look stupid.

as Cataphracts have an armour piercing mace as their secondary attack... so they'll easily beat practically any other heavily armoured cavalry.

Well good for you.

I seem to remember commenting on aesthetic appeal, not statistical comparisons.

[InsaneApache]

Also Parthia can build Cataphract camels.....man they rock against cavalry

[NihilisticCow]

I seem to remember commenting on aesthetic appeal, not statistical comparisons.

Oh sorry - I don't spend a lot of time considering comparitive aesthetics; maybe, it is something I should do more.... Yes maybe catas don't look that good, but the sight of all the dead Cappadocians afterwards more than makes up for it

And yes Camel Cataphracts are great against cavalry but they're so slow (so you need a combination of both).... but of course they don't match up to the pretty boy Cappadocians aesthetically... So quite obviously Cappadocians are the superior unit here... In everything that counts anyhow