Quick unit loss question - Germanic 2H Axeman
Why was the Sweboz 2H axeman dropped? He seemed like a fitting unit for the faction and the Sweboz don't have any other axe units. However it seems the 2H axeman was replaced with yet another spear unit.
I was just wondering what was the point behind that unit being dropped?
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Eldgrim
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Re: Quick unit loss question - Germanic 2H Axeman
As far as I know the unit was dropped because it was ahistorical. Someone mentioned that axes like these were used much later than EBs timeframe, like in the early middle ages. A team member can probably explain this better...
Re: Quick unit loss question - Germanic 2H Axeman
Spear/javelin and Oval shield seems to be the most common type of troops in those days.
Especially with Aedui, theres like 10 units of them(kinda annoying after a while)
And History Channel people think only the Romans had that type of Soldier :P
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Re: Quick unit loss question - Germanic 2H Axeman
IIC the big two-handed "Danish" axe was a fairly late Viking Age developement - and so cumbersome at least the Anglo-Saxon huscarles apparently preferred to tag-team the axe-man with a regular trooper who covered him with his shield.
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Re: Quick unit loss question - Germanic 2H Axeman
It's true danish style 2h axes were used more in the migration period onward, 2h axes weren't un-used before that period. A different axehead and a shortened staff would of been a good representation of what may of been used.
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Re: Quick unit loss question - Germanic 2H Axeman
Sweboz will get a new unit with an axe, although a one-handed axe. There
Re: Quick unit loss question - Germanic 2H Axeman
Um... you know the "Danish" axe had only about a meter or so of shaft, right...?
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