Easter Unit Preview

[Caveira]

many pictures not working

[Moros]

All seem to be working for me. You might want to wait a lil' longer. They might take a little while to load.

[PSYCHO V]

Im loving the trilby on the casse axeman!

Things that make you go Hmmm...

[-Praetor-]

Things that make you go Hmmm...

Like Marge Simpson`s "hmmm", or like a nice "hmmm"?

[MiniMe]

Koinon Hellenon - Epilektoi Hoplitai by rob

Are you going to totally replace Epilektoi Hoplitai with these ones or they are for KH bodyguards only?

[Brightblade]

There's a difference between Thorakitai Hoplitai and Epilektoi Hoplitai... I will say no more.

[MiniMe]

There's a difference between Thorakitai Hoplitai and Epilektoi Hoplitai... I will say no more.

manythanx, you've said more than enough =)

[KuKulzA]

Can the faction icon be changed halfway through a campagin?

Because I think that the Bactria would get the elephant icon once it conquered India becoming the Indo-Greek, and the Saka would get the weird horsey thing once it conquers India, becoming the Indo-Saka.


Couild be a load of junk but thats my idea

I coul dbe very wrong...
But I think they are just that... I think if Bactria conquers the three Indian provinces they get to be the Indo-greeks and if the Saka Rauka conquer those three regions they get to have the hippocampus....

I think this because the Indo-greeks had coinage with the elephant on it like that
and the Indo-Sakas had coinage with the hippocampus (i think) as their kingdom was along some river in India and I guess the king wanted to show his recognition of the need for proper river defense/etc.

but I could be very wrong...

[keravnos]

No.

[Olaf The Great]

Wow, I completely missed this preview

Well, if I may ask.

What is the reatic phalanx?

And what are Persian Hoplites?

[Tellos Athenaios]

Raetic Phalanx to begin with.
1) Result of the Cross-over of Roman/Celtic/Greek influences in some Alpine region...
2) Similar to the Mori Gaesum: "Greek" formation with less discipline but better swordsman skills.
3) Lineothorax, Celtic Thureos, not noble. (As opposed to the Mori Gaesum; who are nobles.)

[Tellos Athenaios]

Persian Hoplites: are the result of Achaemenid attempts at incorporating various aspects of Greek warfare in their own military.
Due to various reasons the Persian Hoplites ended up as:
1) A light version of the post-Peloponesian War hoplites.
2) Lacking the spirit and superior discipline of their Greek counterparts.
3) A mix of Persian and Greek influences.

They were very disciplined compared to most other Persian/Armenian infantry; but were still no match for properly organized Western infantry. They are reliable infantry, nonetheless, and can provide your army with a key element in siege/assaults; and are always good for added punch. You should however not try to rely on them as a substitute for heavy infantry when you play as Armenia or Parthia - your best bet remains the archery with a core of heavy cavalry.

[Andronikos]

Elephant icon - could be Numidia
Ichtyocentaur - as on the shield of indo-greek noble hoplit from unit arts development thread, so i guess Indo-greeks
Units - awesome

[Barbarossa82]

No.

Is that no to his theory, or no to his saying that he might be very wrong?

[KuKulzA]

Is that no to his theory, or no to his saying that he might be very wrong?

your guess is as good as mine

we'll see, hopefully keravnos will respond just to clarify it for us

[Tellos Athenaios]

In the meanwhile; you could enlighten yourself by flipping back a few pages of this thread...

[Redmeth]

I think faction symbols can't be changed during a campaign.

[Xehh II]

Awesome review guys! Very cool indeed, but about that Epilektoi Hoplitai, in the current version of EB it is a pike phalanx unit, you say that it's the new KH BG unit? What use is a pike phalanx general? Or are you changing them to overhand phalanx?

I love those new units BTW. Especially those axemen, their hat looks so cool.

[Tellos Athenaios]

Erm, well... these Easter Epikletoi are sort of completely separate from the 0.8-ish Epikletoi. Those will continue to exist, albeit under a different name.

[Xehh II]

So, are the BG Epikletoi pike or overhand?

[Tellos Athenaios]

Hoplites old school.

[Xehh II]

Hoplites old school.

Awesome

[Bootsiuv]

That first faction symbol with the elephant, the bearded god, and the flying thing looks EXACTLY like the indo-hellenic coin also on the first page. I would think that would be a symbol for Baktria, although I don't see why they would replace that beautiful leapord symbol....that's always been one of my favorites.

[abou]

Well, who said it was for EB itself?

[Bootsiuv]

Well, who said it was for EB itself?

I thought the preview was for EB factions....I assume you mean those symbols will be in EB2, which leads me to believe that the indo-hellenic kingdom (not Baktria....if I'm not mistaken there was one based more in India) is one of the chosen factions for EB2. I know you won't answer that, but that's my best guess.

[abou]

Getting warmer, but the Indo-Greeks won't be in EB2 since they show up about a century after our start date.

[Bootsiuv]

"The kingdom was founded when the Greco-Bactrian king Demetrius invaded India in 180 BCE, ultimately creating an entity which seceded from the powerful Greco-Bactrian Kingdom centered in Bactria (today's northern Afghanistan). " From Wikipedia

Yeah I just read that on Wikipedia, and realized that I was wrong. Maybe Bactria in EB2. Regardless, both faction symbols are pretty sweet. :)

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

I think the answer to what they are and what they are for are already said in this thread somewhere. I remember the questions being answered at some point.

[Geoffrey S]

Something with the late-period project, I guess.

[helenos aiakides]

Ive discovered it!
Why the eb team are never straight with us.

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