Sword unit for KH

**Kampfkrebs** · 09-24-2007, 14:23

Originally Posted by madmatg

Kamp- or anyone else that know this
how do the KH get agrinian assaul infantry? i thought i could only try my regions units? like in Epiros i took over their 2 largest starting cities and had their level 4 MIC but was only able to build my own factional units. Is it possible to get some of the enemies units or is the Agrinian a normal regional unit?

According to those full-of-pwnage tradecards, the agrinians are Epirus/Macedon only (yes, my bad, thought they were also availible for the KH).

But you can still take the Taxeis Triballoi, cause they are regionals.

**hoom** · 09-24-2007, 15:55

they were considered among the backbone of an army

Yeah, I found out they are pretty good when I tried using a couple of units spread thin as a missile soak/buffer first line & found that instead of just taking the edge off of enemy armies before hitting my main lines, most of the time they took out the bulk of the enemy by themselves

In my Epiros campaign, Tarentum has been almost entirely defended by Peltasts who not only fought off lots of Camillian legions but managed to push them back by a couple of towns.
Only in the last few turns I've been able to afford to send across enough heavier units to become the main force but the Peltasts turned the tide in my favour already.

**mAIOR** · 09-24-2007, 16:08

If I'm not mistaken, if you wanted to become a Hypaspist, you'd be enlisted in the Peltastai for starters...

Cheers...

**abou** · 09-24-2007, 17:17

Originally Posted by mAIOR

If I'm not mistaken, if you wanted to become a Hypaspist, you'd be enlisted in the Peltastai for starters...

Cheers...

Maybe... depends on what Peltastai. Do you mean the elite phalangites or skirmishers?

**mAIOR** · 09-24-2007, 18:40

Skirmishers I guess... They fight in a more similar way to the Hypaspists...

Cheers...

**abou** · 09-24-2007, 19:01

Nope, most likely not unless they could somehow distinguish themselves.

**Ludens** · 09-25-2007, 19:27

Originally Posted by mAIOR

Skirmishers I guess... They fight in a more similar way to the Hypaspists...

The term peltast meant different things over the centuries. During the Persian wars, peltasts were the equivalent of akantistoi: farmers with a few javelins and a small shield. During the Pelleponesian war, the term started to be used for well-equiped, professional skirmishers, like those in EB. During the Hellenistic age, however, the term is also used to refer to an elite bodyguard or assault corps of the Hellenic kings.

What Abou is trying to say is that the Peltastai-requirement for joining the hystapistoi might not refer to what EB calls peltasts.