Worst EB Unit?

[antisocialmunky]

So what do do you guys think is the most pathetic unit in EB?

I would have to say that Greek Archers suck the most. I'm impressed if they can kill more than 3 men of a group of decent heavy infantry.

[Xehh II]

You mean Toxotes? They're not useless, I use them heaps.

As for my most useless unit it's obviously celtic chariots, they suck, I cannot say that enough, I know they are supposed to be used against heavy inf. or something like that but they suck at that as well, they suck, they suck, they suck, they make Casse generals useless!

[Long lost Caesar]

totally agree with you monkey. toxotai are AWFUL! i thought that a lot of them would do some good in a siege, they ended up taking up too much space on the walls and blocking infantry fighting siege towers. what a shambles that was...

[Teleklos Archelaou]

I only use them to defend cities (to set fire to rams or towers then only) - and then only one or two at max. They shouldn't be that common (numberswise in the armies) and thankfully we don't see tons of them anywhere usually.

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toxotai are good... they won some nasty battles for me when i was defending Taras against the scummy Roman hordes and i tend to keep at least 2 archer units in my armies

As for the most useless unit, i'd say Pantodapoi

[Olaf The Great]

Pantodapoi, atleast toxotoi are cheap and have flaming arrows.

Seriously, Pantodapoi are expensive, look stupid, and have skirmisher stats.

[Tellos Athenaios]

Huh? Pantodapoi are excellent units.

You just got to know how to use them, besides being fodder....

What are you guys staring at me for?

[antisocialmunky]

totally agree with you monkey. toxotai are AWFUL! i thought that a lot of them would do some good in a siege, they ended up taking up too much space on the walls and blocking infantry fighting siege towers. what a shambles that was...

Hehehe, well if you want a tip, use slingers instead. Comparing toxotai and slingers is like comparing a paintball and a .50 cal FMJ.

[Andronikos]

I don't like militias, but I understand they have to be in game. Toxotai are good - I managed to root an army of militias with fire arrows. And Casse chariots - I like them, it's the same like other special units - if you can use them, they are really valuable.

[Kampfkrebs]

Two words: Equites Ambakaro.

[Mediolanicus]

I finally got EB to work!!!!
I don't know how, but it suddenly works.
It sometimes still CTD's while loading the menu the first time, but once I'm playing a campain it works like a charm (actually a lot more fluently than other mods)

But on the topic :
My vote goes to the Pantodapoi. Sure they have other uses than fodder, but with those stats, they are just too expensive to train once you've got anything marginally better at your disposal.

I'm currently playing a Casse campain (somewhere around 255BC at the moment) and I must say that the chariots are not at all useless! They have been decisive in every battle I've fought until now.