Nah, I was playing VH/H as the Greeks and two things...

one, Spartans should have at least a standard hoplite inferior to the current one in game, even if it's equivalent statistically to the classical hops or the haploi... I mean, it adds so much to having Sparta anyway.

And second, on VH/H the AI bonuses are ridiculous... takes me 2-3 haplois to kill 1 of theirs and then heavy losses...

so now I can go broke recruiting the spartates (I just did) and have them defend Sparta:)

by the way, we should have Athenian and Corinthian hoplites too!
=)

Maybe we can work on a city-specific hoplite mod together..