Worst EB Unit?

[konny]

WOW this is so wrong. This is like complaining Cataphracts are bad units when in fact you use them to charge elite phanlax from the front. Drapanai obviously needs to avoid archers like a plague but they kill EVERYthing else.

Now, that's the big question: I can avoid elite phalanx with my cavalry but how do I avoid arrows, stones and javelins on an EB battlefield with infantry and still attack the enemy?


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For the Lugoae: It's the same as with the Hoplitai Haploi. They are well in the role they are intended to fullfill but have no business in a real fight. Ever played the Sweboz? The Gaulls' AI will throw stack after stack of those poor guys at you and the majority of them will be butchered on the run. To be fair: before the first reform the Gauls have serious problems in raising much better units.


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Another unit of which I don't realy know what it is good for are the Polybian Triarii: They are weaker in defense than the Camillan version. They have the same armour than the Polybian Principes but don't throw Pila. And they cost more than both units. Their spears make them a good unit against cavalry, but that can be done by Classical Hoplites as well for a much better price (the Romans will be able to raise them in Polybian times).

[bovi]

Now, that's the big question: I can avoid elite phalanx with my cavalry but how do I avoid arrows, stones and javelins on an EB battlefield with infantry and still attack the enemy?

By withholding them until the main lines are joined? Wheel some cavalry around along with the drapanai to keep the archers busy while the falxmen crash into the rear.

[Parkev]

For the Lugoae: It's the same as with the Hoplitai Haploi. They are well in the role they are intended to fullfill but have no business in a real fight. Ever played the Sweboz? The Gaulls' AI will throw stack after stack of those poor guys at you and the majority of them will be butchered on the run. To be fair: before the first reform the Gauls have serious problems in raising much better units.

I'd just like them to have a few javelins, that's all. Other than that they are fine.

Another unit of which I don't realy know what it is good for are the Polybian Triarii: They are weaker in defense than the Camillan version. They have the same armour than the Polybian Principes but don't throw Pila. And they cost more than both units. Their spears make them a good unit against cavalry, but that can be done by Classical Hoplites as well for a much better price (the Romans will be able to raise them in Polybian times).

Anyone playing as the Romans can afford to forgo weighing up unit stats in order to have a correct legion. Its your duty as a player of EB.

[konny]

Anyone playing as the Romans can afford to forgo weighing up unit stats in order to have a correct legion. Its your duty as a player of EB.

You mean by playing around with the EDU

By withholding them until the main lines are joined? Wheel some cavalry around along with the drapanai to keep the archers busy while the falxmen crash into the rear.

...and crossing fingers that I don't have overseen any missle units. Yes, they may be fine under the correct circumstances, but - either with or against them - I have never been under such circumstances.

[Watchman]

I usually just shoot up the enemy missile guys first. Or have mean people on horses do something dreadful to them. Getai armies are something you don't want let opponents shoot at too much anyway.