Getting attached to units.

[I of the Storm]

As history taught us, keeping your best veterans and keeping 'em happy is wise...

I don't have such a special unit now, but I remember this one unit of triarii you got at the start in the vanillla Julii campaign - the mere mentioning of them caused fear among my enemies back then...

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i always have a few uber-elite missile units from the start to the end of the campaign
Once they get gold chevrons i can massacre a whole lot of naked barbarians with them

[The Celtic Viking]

Of course I get attached to units! Since I started with EB, I always have. In my Sweboz campaign I have a unit of Skandza-Swaiut that has saved my general more than once, and given a very good account of themselves. As they're not easily retrained, that just further increases their value for me on the battlefield and I would not risk them unless I had to. Damn fine lads they are.

In my Arverni campaign I instead have a unit of well experienced Botroas that I just won't let die. They were the first (melee) unit of mine to get a silver chevron, and were usually the ones to first enter a settlement in a siege before I got access to gaesatae. Currently they're down in Iberia fighting the Lusotannan and Carthage (who has sent several 3/4-full stack naval invasions against me, btw) and honestly, I've become too scared to lose them to use them (on my own initiative) much. I usually put them in the second row to flank or take over when the enemy tires down.

I also have an equally experienced unit of gaeroas in the same army. That one is usually guarding my right flank, doing a darn good job at it too. More than one enemy general has fallen to their spears - they even killed the roman leader before I took Rome and made the Romani my protectorate.

Other than that I can get a real love for my generals. It's a very sad day for me when they die.

[hoom]

This has always been one of the greatest aspects of the Total War series

It was easier to keep tabs on those favourite units back in Shogun, the unit officers were named in the battle summary & as long as he didn't die, would carry across battles.

One of the saddest things is when an Elite army gets split to firm up green armies & you wind up expending the elite to save the rest from obliteration

[keravnos]

This has always been one of the greatest aspects of the Total War series

It was easier to keep tabs on those favourite units back in Shogun, the unit officers were named in the battle summary & as long as he didn't die, would carry across battles.

One of the saddest things is when an Elite army gets split to firm up green armies & you wind up expending the elite to save the rest from obliteration

Yes, I totally agree. It is one of the worst aspects of the game to have a really badass unit "go down" in rank after they have saved you lots and lots of times.

My golden chevs Baktrian hippotoxotai are examples of that. Dunno why, but those buggers never failed me even when slaughtered down to 5 or so. Of course when I re-inforced them, they are 3 bronze chevs, but at least they are alive.

Naming them, while super cool could often lead to "fuzzy wuzzies of Kophen", not a a pretty sight at the battlefield.

[Brightblade]

LOL Fuzzy wuzzies of Kophen! Pure gold.

When I played as Epirus, I would zoom in on my Elite Chaonion Agematas and just stare and watch as they did battle.. neglecting the rest of the army which got trashed... fortunately 3 of these units could tear up anything.. lol its bad

Now that I got Polybian reforms for Rome, I am building a whole lot of Neitos to take up the brunt of the fighting in Gaul while I stare at my Principes.. I am so picky when I have elite units.. I hate, HAATE seeing them die

hehe

[Dan_Grr]

Ehehe, me too, I often have the levies with considerable amounts of experience, since I always think thrice before sending the sexiest to battle. Go figure.