samnites vs romans...

[ZinedineZidane]

im wondering why the samnites are bettern then augustan LEGIONAIRRES in stats, yes u guys have told us a thousand times legionairres were a mediocre force, but the samnites were not even around at the time to face legionairres, so why are they better? and not to mention the principes defence is only like 1 or 2 lower then the legionairres, not that its a real problem, but i couldve sworn the legionairres were a lot better equipped then principes. maybe its for gameplay, but dont u guys force on historical stuff? and im not ranting about all ur work im just giving an opinion i dont have an attitude or anything just to let u know :] i used to not like eb since it looked so long and epic compared to rtr, but once i started playing it rtr looked like vanilla since there's like a thousand more units :]

-edit- oh yea and i know stats are misleading, but i even tried fighting samnite heavy infantry against preatorians and my praetorians simply got owned[medium difficulty]

[Zaknafien]

whats the difference between a principes and a legionary? both have a lorica hamata, helmet wich cheek guards, and a scutum.


As per samnites, as you said, they wouldnt even be around in the augustan era, so isnt it a moot point?

[Watchman]

Samnite heavies have AP swords. Praetorians don't. The rest of the equation is really fairly simple.

As for the legionaries and principes, heck, the standard legionary kit was pretty much an exact copy of the "Polybian" principes outfit. Minus one greave...

[BigTex]

im wondering why the samnites are bettern then augustan LEGIONAIRRES in stats, yes u guys have told us a thousand times legionairres were a mediocre force, but the samnites were not even around at the time to face legionairres, so why are they better? and not to mention the principes defence is only like 1 or 2 lower then the legionairres, not that its a real problem, but i couldve sworn the legionairres were a lot better equipped then principes. maybe its for gameplay, but dont u guys force on historical stuff? and im not ranting about all ur work im just giving an opinion i dont have an attitude or anything just to let u know :] i used to not like eb since it looked so long and epic compared to rtr, but once i started playing it rtr looked like vanilla since there's like a thousand more units :]

-edit- oh yea and i know stats are misleading, but i even tried fighting samnite heavy infantry against preatorians and my praetorians simply got owned[medium difficulty]

The heavy samnites are supposedly an elite unit. Not to mention they have AP swords so a fight against heavy infantry will usually lead to the heavy infantry loosing.

Anyways they arent around in the Imperial era. Not to mention by then there's a good amount of a land barier between south italy and your enemies. So you wont be facing the mercenaries in battle either.