Quote Originally Posted by MarcusAureliusAntoninus
The slingers don't do a whole lot. (Many of my armies had eastern slingers which lacked the AP in 080.) And the archers, I got used to having four groups of 120 or 160 and when I got groups of 242 archers, I kept the same number of units.

There is a real anti-slinger ideal going around, but I use them. (Never more than 4 in an army though.)

Plus, now I'm fighting mostly Parthia. And they have archers, horse archers, and cataphracts (and randomly an army made entirely out of pantodapoi phalanxes). Their archers and horse archers always target my archers once in range and their cataphracts are impervious to any damage. (I had all 968 archers shoot all at once at a group of cataphracts and one horseman died.)
Well to be honest I like the ass kicking that the Slingers do. BUT since I am playing VH/M with the Aedui, I have too limit myslef in thier usage. As well as in the usage of terrian advantage. (Also, the AI really can't manage fatige and these Celtic slinger with thier long range make the AI run around too much. Eventhough I changed that, I don't feel like re-starting another campain with the Aedui). I should have played VH/H or H/H to dely the Roman advance for a few years. M is just too easy.

I am defetily with you on the usage of many Archers against Parthia and the like. U know what, u should bring in Celtic slinger from Gaul and have them shoot the Catapharcts.