Favorite New Unit

**Strategos Alexandros** · 10-24-2007, 15:06

I really like the Karian warband mercs and lonchophoroi cav. The Pontic Thorakitai are great too. Hell I like all the new units!

**Mister V** · 10-24-2007, 15:53

Ah, yes, the new ptolly guard are probably the reason their empire isn't dead yet (it was usually one of the first to crumble in 0.8 after all...), it's faring well against the sels...
I have to say Sacred Band are cool, but something about the elite Lusotannan spearmen makes them look like walking tanks, thus even cooler...

**paullus** · 10-24-2007, 17:02

great to hear that some of these new units like the lonchophoroi, uazali, rhomphaiaphoroi, thureopherontes toxotai and pontic thorakitai are being put to good use. anyone played around much with the komatai epilektoi or cordinau orca? we've got a new east european celt coming up in the next release, its a very cool unit.

oh, and the ptolemaic elites aren't new units...the only new ptolemaic units are thorakitai, uazali, and lonchophoroi.

**NightStar** · 10-24-2007, 17:07

I love the lusitanian units...they look so badass, no gay paint all over them, they aren't naked exhibitionists either. Just plain barbarian badasses

**Rhipsaspis** · 10-24-2007, 17:08

The Thracian Elite Infantry are bloody brilliant!I also really like the..."Teceitos" is it? The celtic axemen unit and the naked celtic infantry.

**Andronikos** · 10-24-2007, 19:22

Epilektoi hoplitai, indo-helenic noble hoplites, germanic bodyguard, thureophorontes toxotai and all new heavy cavalry units (pontic bodyguards, saka nobles, hetairoi kataphraktoi...) but I cannot say that there is one bad unit.

**dominique** · 10-24-2007, 20:02

I was pretty surprised by the Ioudeioi. They kick ass and they are versatile! In the beginning of the game, they saved my Ptolemaioi from the grey blob. When the king arrived with the Phalanxes, the war was already won.

The Samnites too. All of them. Their stats are lousy but they are so full of hate. GOD! You have to love them! In my Roman game, One of my samnite hastatii won a hazing match with those crazy naked gauls, the Gaesatae. Ok, they were so hammered that they were useless after that (20 guys left on the 80 something in the beginning of the battle), but the spirit! They never broke, they keep fighting with their ugly grin until the naked fools run.

They won no XP though...