Quote Originally Posted by Tellos Athenaios
1) Classical Hoplites, slightly lower defense, but same size as Thureophoroi and considerably cheaper. Thus, balancement would be messed up. To raise the Thureophoroi unit size would be a good thing, perhaps both can be set to 90?
2) I asked about it once, and an EB member told me that the hypaspistai use both swords & spears, and because of that the game insists on displaying the sword when the unit is iddle, of if a man stands up again after being hit.
When I tried the Hypaspistai against some of the upper tier hoplite units, they got shredded horrifically despite their Royal Infantry counterparts doing fairly well. That's the only reason I ask.