Indian Units

[Fondor_Yards]

I was wondering if you plan on including any more indian and indo-hellenic units? The Hoplitai Indoi thing mentions Pezhetairoi Indoi*easy to guess* and Hoplitai Indoi Beltistoi*which are what?*.

Edit: Duh I'm stupid.

[Teleklos Archelaou]

Keep your eye on the Unit Development Art thread in the near future. That will answer your question to a degree.

[Fondor_Yards]

Keep your eye on the Unit Development Art thread in the near future. That will answer your question to a degree.

So I can look it at and think to myself "Well TA said there might be some indian units displayed, this must be it!" guess indian unit, and have it in fact be a germanic heavy axeman? I think not! That might have worked the first two times but I've learned my lesson!

[Moros]

Nah, you can believe TA on this one. Watch it closely soon you'll see your awnser over there.

And everybody knows I'm a saint and would never tease fans.

[Vorian]

I was wondering if you plan on including any more indian and indo-hellenic units? The Hoplitai Indoi thing mentions Pezhetairoi Indoi*easy to guess* and Hoplitai Indoi Beltistoi*which are what?*.

Edit: Duh I'm stupid.

Well Hoplitai Indoi Beltistoi means "Best Indian Hoplites"

PS: You are not stupid. Don't be so hard on yourself

[pezhetairoi]

Are the Indian Longbowmen going to have an ethnic name? Right now they're in English, which I think is a bit of an OOC thing at the moment. ^_^

[Fondor_Yards]

Well Hoplitai Indoi Beltistoi means "Best Indian Hoplites"

PS: You are not stupid. Don't be so hard on yourself

The edit was a question about unit with unequal stats, but then I noticed I was looking at the stats for a different unit when I was comparing them. A really blond moment.

[VandalCarthage]

Threads like this warm my heart I'm so glad I nagged for these units.

[keravnos]

Threads like this warm my heart I'm so glad I nagged for these units.

Yep! I agree!

[Teleklos Archelaou]

You two. Gah!

[Brightblade]

So basically, though, as Baktria you can choose to use Pezhetairoi or normal Hoplites... however, aren´t the pezhetairoi going to be enormously better every time? What´s the incentive for recruiting the Indians? Asides from their great curry food that leaves you with quite an intestinal hangover?

Seriously though, as I´m thinking of making Baktria my first campaign for .81 and I´ve been without EB for 2 weeks cause I´m masochist, why should I go for Indian hoplites?

TA you sessy lug, throw me a bone ére m8.

Cheers

[Sdragon]

Hoplites are hard as nails even out of phalanx formation. They are better in every situation with the exception of a phalanx push. When I'm desperate I use them as shock troops, as long as they aren't against elites they are fine.

[Teleklos Archelaou]

Plus, why would anyone want a whole army of the same type of unit? Use a couple of good infantry units on the wings of your core pezhetairoi. Not everyone in a given province has to be trained or fight the exact same way. Anyway, the hoplites we're talking about here are not the basic hoplitai units you find in old greek cities.

[Brightblade]

Year, too many units of the same type is boring. However, I seem to have a recurring tendency to recruit all kinds of units.. some factions have such an ample array of units (like Baktria), life is full of tough decisions.

[Fondor_Yards]

Threads like this warm my heart I'm so glad I nagged for these units.

As a crazy fan who likes to play every faction and use all the crazy exotic units, I thank you, oh nagger.

[Elthore]

and sometimes you cant recruit enough of one 'powerful' unit from only a couple of provinces, especially with the selucids grinding away at your armies, you need the production power of many provinces.

[Gazius]

Will there be naked equality?

[Thaatu]

Will there be naked equality?

Depends on the temperature, I think. I'm not an expert though.

[keravnos]

I can't begin to describe how COOL this unit will be. I simply cannot.

[Fondor_Yards]

I can't begin to describe how COOL this unit will be. I simply cannot.

You can try

[pezhetairoi]

pleh, i'm afraid India isn't doing anything for me atm, I can't yet build indian longbowmen, and don't even know what to build to get them, and anyhow, I have got Thorakitai and am churning out Baktrioi Agemata. Not much of a point getting them Hoplitai Indoi...

[Moros]

You'll change your mind. You will.

[keravnos]

You can try

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[Fondor_Yards]

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Me wants now!

[Brightblade]

That was a mental orgy with multiple mental orgasms. Now I'm having a real life cigarette. Proof that the mind does indeed affect the body. OMG AWESOME

[pezhetairoi]

OH YES but why does the hoplite look like he's 60 years old with no teeth and wrinkled lips? xP

Nah, i'm not complaining, the whole affair rocks as it is!

[Brightblade]

Might be from blowing his warhorn too much. LOLZ!

[Watchman]

What, hoplites had a retirement age ?

[pezhetairoi]

i'm...reasonably sure there was one for most cases, except in most extreme situations... I mean, if you were all hoary and old, you wouldn't be expected to fight, would you? Sure you may be a citizen, but I think if you were already an elder, gerontos, whatever, they wouldn't hold it against you if you said you no longer could march out and stab at an opposing hoplite's neck in some random othismos for good old time's sake...

[Sarcasm]

He's biting his lip in anticipation.