Hetairoi

[Fondor_Yards]

In the older versions *.72* baktria had access to Hetairoi, but in the more recent ones it doesn't. Also it's bodyguard unit says 'As a unique characteristic, they carried a palm branch on their back, possibly to distinguish themselves from the rest of the Hetairoi cavalry' suggesting that they did have Hetairoi. Will they be getting them back and/or why did they lose them as a unit?

[abou]

Hmmm... well, if they had Hetairoi they would probably different from the ones used by the primary successors. This might be something to look into.

That or the description needs to be re-written.

[pezhetairoi]

I hope the former and not the latter. But really, wasn't there some better place to put the palm branch, perhaps in replacement of the plume on their helmets? Baktrian bodyguards look like they've been stabbed in the back by a gigantic green goosequill, giving flesh to the proverb 'the pen is mightier than the sword'. It's a bit unnerving every time i zoom in to see a forest of palms growing out the back of my Somatophylakes' necks... o.O

[abou]

Tell it to the coin...

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

I looked around and didn't find any discussion for removing them, but there is a lot of places that discussion could be hidden. I did find a list of Baktrian units from two years ago and Hetairoi were not on it. They might have been on the Baktria unit list as a placeholder for a heavy cavalry. Baktria will get another heavy cavalry unit in the next release.

[hoom]

Wow, thats a really nice coin