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    Default Re: Gaesatae overpowered?

    It's because slingers have the AP attribute, which effectively makes it impossible to just stand there and take it, unless you're in some crazy phalanx mood. And no unit is in such a mood today that I know of.

    Also it's vitaly important for your slingers to hit the guys at the right angle: from their right or from their back otherwise the hughe shields will block nearly everything coming their way. Of course you get the best effect by making them run by hitting them once with a single missile volley (preferably slingers with the AP attribute such as the eastern and greek ones) and when they're running (thus when they can't use their shields properly) unleash a rain of arrows/ slingshots. Given the AI this works out especially well if you deploy your missile units behind a single line of phalanx units, or use your slingers to soften a garrison during assault. A bit of an exploit but hey, this one isn't even that ahistorical: slinger were notorious for breaking whole armies by simply provoking a couple of units too much.
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    Default Re: Gaesatae overpowered?

    Celtic slingers are also AP. The only slinger unit that doesn't per 0.81 is from the Getai, wich I figured is an oversight.

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    Actually the team said that the reason Getai slingers don't have AP is because historically the Getai were more fond of archers and the team wanted to encourage the player to use getic archers over the slingers.

    As for the Gaesatae. There is a very nice picture on the last page of the screenshots for 0.81 thread concerning them. You might want to check it out Little Legioner. It's hilarious.

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    And... what about the "typical EB humor comic"?
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Errant
    Actually the team said that the reason Getai slingers don't have AP is because historically the Getai were more fond of archers and the team wanted to encourage the player to use getic archers over the slingers.

    As for the Gaesatae. There is a very nice picture on the last page of the screenshots for 0.81 thread concerning them. You might want to check it out Little Legioner. It's hilarious.
    Yes, how would the player know that Getai slingers don't have AP when every single othe slinger in the game have AP...


    grrr, I hate unit inconsistencies...
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    Weren't Getai slingers supposed to use clay bullets, instead of the rocks/ lead bullets that other slingers used?
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    Default Re: Gaesatae overpowered?

    Quote Originally Posted by Tellos Athenaios
    Weren't Getai slingers supposed to use clay bullets, instead of the rocks/ lead bullets that other slingers used?
    fired clay ceramics or crappy soft sun dried clay?
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