Quote Originally Posted by germanpeon
I personally think the Hellenistic factions that get Miltia Hoplites are imbalanced for the simple fact that they are phalanxes and have good stats, as if the phalanx wasnt enough for such a low tier unit. I use peasants only to move population to other provinces so I can upgrade them, when I run out of things to build.
I don't think so, since they are rather unreliable and inflexible, I actually once had a troop of Militia Hoplites get beaten by Eastern Infantry in a straight fight. I was not amused. It is just that Romans and Carthaginians have extremely crappy tier one units.