Are the Romans too Powerful?

[guineawolf]

Fine, you can have your Gaesatae if I can have my Camillan triarii.

We would be in for a long night.

OK, after such a feeble offering of mine, I feel I must redeem it by providing some data:


If kill chances depend on the attack-defence differential, as in STW/MTW (and further assuming one point =10% change in kill chances), I make that:

RTW
hastati attack Gaul at -3; Gaul replies at -7 and 37% less lethality
=> Gaul disadvantaged by 80%
early cohort attacks Gaul at -1; Gaul replies at -10 and 37% lethality
=> Gaul disadvantaged by 130%

RTR
hastati attack Gaul at -11; Gaul replies at -17 and 33% higher lethality/slower swing
=> Gaul disadvantaged by 30%, but have not quantified swing
early cohort attacks Gaul at -9; Gaul replies at -26 and with 33% higher lethality/slower swing
=> Gaul disadvantaged by 140%, but have not quantified swing

EB
hastati attack Gaul at -2; Gaul replies at -12 and 4% more lethality
=> Gaul disadvantaged by -100%
early cohort attacks Gaul at -1; Gaul replies at -14 and 4% lethality
=> Gaul disadvantaged by -130%

The maths is ropey (particularly the "=>"), but I think my hunch was right: relative to the "realism" mods, Roman infantry in RTW do not seem overpowered when matched up against low grade Gauls.

Where do i gonna check out the lethality of RTW units???
many thanks if you would kind enough to tell me....

i want to find out which unit most cheapest to recruit as my main light infantry,i oredi use militia hoplites as my regulars in my Thrace campaign,just wanna see if egyptian Nubian spearman would be second choice?town watch ?town militia?eastern infantry?