Sweboz (Germans) slightly underpowered

[Frostwulf]

LOL ... Frosty still propagating the same line huh!? I commend you on your labours but I'm sorry mate, this and much of the other material you cite in defence of your argument is just so contextually wrong. Suffice to say, if you took the time to actually read all the material / consider all the data and see the bigger picture, you wouldn't keep making all these ridiculous statements. Trying to take select points out of any semblance of context and extrapolate that to support some hypothesis is just bolox!

First of all your throwing quotes together and Im not sure which one(s) your having problems with. The ones on this thread answer here but the others you must be talking about lets discuss this on this thread https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=83475

To disagree and say so is one thing, but making judgements that you have no authority on (like what someone would think if they read something) is inappropriate.

Agreed and thank you.

Also the Germans seem to lack berserker elites wearing wolf hoods or bear hoods which were actually pretty common believe it or not.

Sorry, as much as I would like to see a beserker style unit I have a hard time believing there were enough around to produce even one unit. I have to agree with Lowenklee and would like to see the source. I hope your not referring to speidels "Ancient Germanic Warriors".

All this aside the documented evidence suggests that Germanic light cavalry, for whatever reason, were able to consistently defeat larger bodies of Celtic cavalry in direct combat. Presently the Ridoharjoz are handily beaten by the Leuce Epos in direct conflict.

I completely agree with Lowenklee's above statement

To all the EB guys please answer these questions.
First of all what is the arms and armor of the Luece Epos?
Second Where are all the chieftains during these battles? Were they all on foot? Did they simply not engage in fighting therefore losing prestige in the eyes of their followers? If they did fight woundnt they be Brihentin and therefore engage the German units?
Third what cavalry units use these arms and armor - Mail shirts, shields, various styles of spears and long-bladed swords?

Lastly as far as Germans and armor it seems the majority went without armor.

Malcolm Todd "The Early Germans"-"Body armor was virtually unknown among the German people in their early contests with Rome and indeed for centuries after that." pg.39

John Warry "Warfare in the Classical World"-"Nor were the Germans ill-armed. Their cavalry wore lofty plumes on helmets grotesquely shaped like animal heads. Their breastplates were of iron and they carried two javelins each and heavy swords for hand to hand fighting." pg.132

John warry is speaking of the Teutons,Cimbri and Ambrones here. With this I think that the reform of 190bc seems fair. But again Im weak on this subject.