Favorite New Unit

[fj62]

What your favorite new unit in EB1.0?

Mine's got to be Clona Tekonac (Asturian Axeman). They're pretty hardcore and really add to my Lusotana army.

[hoom]

Rhomphiaphori if I can work out how to recruit them in my Getai game.

I think I'm finally on the right track now though :D

Longchophori seem to be very cool cavalry too

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Epilektoi Hoplitai since i'm playing KH, this is soon to change

[glouch]

LONCHOPHOROI HIPPEIS, CELTO-HELLENIC INFANTRY and RHOMPHAIAPHOROI are the best!!!

lonchophoroi have staying power that the prodromoi don't have, celto-hellenic infantry are cost-efficient, and rhomphaiaphoroi are just plain cool. XD

well, currently.=D maybe i'll change my mind...

[kambiz]

I'm playing a Pahlava campaign right now. So ParthoHellenikoi Thureophoroi and Kardaka Arteshtar are the coolest additions to this faction. This is my opinion so far !

[Kromulan]

I just found this mod Sunday, so I'm really new, but. . .
So far, my favorite unit is the Ptol Royal Guard phalanx unit. My Saba royal army encountered one unit of them and one Ptol general @ Memphis. I could only see the general before I assaulted the town. He was easy enough to kill, but those royal guards took all of my missile attacks (slingers, archers, javelins), then melee with 2 of my generals and 2 units of bribed galatian swordsmen. They stayed in phalanx formation, surrounded, until they got down to ~20 men left, then they switched to swords and fought on for another 10~15 minutes! They almost won the battle by timing it out!
Very much looking forward to "meeting" the rest of the factions in this INCREDIBLE mod

[Pharnakes]

I take it from this that the ptolie elites arn't the ridiculous weaklings they developed into in the late 0.8 patches anymore?

[Fearless Samnite]

Favorite v1.0 units
lets see


Goidilic units

Massaliotai Hoplitai (Massilian Medium Hoplites)

Gaemile Liguriae (Ligurian Infantry)

Syrakosioi Hoplitai (Syracusan Hoplites)

I usually roleplay an empire built around a specific unit or units

A Massilian (As Arverni), Ligurian (As Roman), Syracusan (As Koinon Hellenon) or Goidilic Empire (As Aedui or Lusotannan)

Im playing a Massilian Empire right now and its a lot of fun
after that i will play the Goidilic next or maybe Syracusan

[shlin28]

Massilan hoplites were in the mod in 0.8...

[Fearless Samnite]

i didn't know they were in .8 thats why i started my post with favorite v1.0 units instead of new

[Mad Hoplite]

Talking only about aesthethics, not performance:

I like the Kluddargos, the Elite Thracian, but I specially like the Syracusan Hoplite. I felt almost in love with that unit.

EDIT: Damn, I forgot the Epilektoi Hoplitai. Real badass!

[hoom]

anyone played around much with the komatai epilektoi or cordinau orca?

Kamatai epilektoi are really pretty & good fighters :)
But they don't really compare on the favourite scale to the mighty rhomphaiaphoroi.
I'm also rather confused by them, they cost more than twice the price of komatai but have a fair bit cheaper upkeep, making it rather tempting to just train the epilektoi variety instead of keeping them as only a small elite of that type.

[fj62]

Saka bodyguards are up there too

on a somewhat related note, the new Saka generals are badass

[Intranetusa]

What your favorite new unit in EB1.0?

Mine's got to be Clona Tekonac (Asturian Axeman). They're pretty hardcore and really add to my Lusotana army.

But I think those guys are pretty weak (morale wise)...they fought for 10 seconds against a unit of Celtic Spearmen, maybe lost 10% of their soldiers and started running away... >.<