The demonic appearance of the Baktrian Hetairoi Kataphractoi....

[Slim_Ghost]

The Baktrians got a nice reform, much to my suprise, and I could only say....HOLY CRAP! Their generals look so damn badass in that gruesomely frightening armor!

If I were on the battlefield at that time, I would shit in my pants at the sight of Bactrian elite hetairoi-cataphracts charging to me with their demonic facemasks on.

[Maion Maroneios]

I think I will agree with you, they are terrifying! Unfortunately, there are few numbers of them...

[pezhetairoi]

Which makes them all the more terrifying, I guess. It's a pity about their availability. On the bright side,if your family members are fertile, in something like 25 years you will see a LOT of them...

[V.T. Marvin]

I think I will agree with you, they are terrifying! Unfortunately, there are few numbers of them...

Well, try to tell that to anybody who met Bactria as a blue giant who already crushed Saka, Pahlava, most od Sauromatae and all of former Arche Seleukeia, especially if that unfortunate player plays as Sa´aba and meets them in Assyria ...

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If you know no such person try to PM Kari on her personal opinion about Bactria in general and Bactrian Kataphracts in particular

[mAIOR]

My big AS pikes kill them anyway! :p

They're cool they can really imbalance things in a battle. Playing as Baktria I had in my right flank one of these and one of regular Katas. Needles to say where the enemy army started to rout (vs Pontus)...


Cheers...

[Hax]

Kari who?

[Hooahguy]

shes a female member of these forums who apparently likes horses......

[Tellos Athenaios]

Or doesn't. Maybe you're confused with Karielle, who's quoted as having said "cute" in combination with "horsies".

[Hooahguy]

oh, ya......
oops.....

[Megas Methuselah]

[pezhetairoi]

Ah yes, my dear Karielle. She's run away from the forums now, being more drawn by things like Lusternia, a MUD, and hasn't returned to EB in a long time. o.O

Though she does lurk on the forums when I direct her to silly or interesting threads like the Tavern...

But yes, she was a Baktria lover because Baktria had nice horsies... at least, IIRC... o.O

[Intranetusa]

I've been too busy fighting in the western front to confront the Baktrians...can someone post a screenshot/picture?

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

from
https://www.europabarbarorum.com/fac...ria_units.html

[V.T. Marvin]

Kari who?

My dear Kari is another female member of this forum who carved a nice Sa´abyn empire while being spammed by endless flood of Bactrian cataphracts. Saaba however is not know neither for her phalanxes nor for her heavy cavalry.

BTW - Once in her game a funny story occured when the AI has apparently trained a recruitable general who afterwards has lead a full stack army at her last outpost in India. So she sent an assassin to kill him. The assassination succeeded.

The followers of the murdered general, however, had not dispersed in grief as expected, but elected another one among themselves to lead the army onwards.
This one was murdered too by Saabyn cutthroat.
They elected another...
Than another...
Than another...

[pezhetairoi]

Different Kari, then. This Kari is definitely not my other half, who would definitely never play Sabyn.

[V.T. Marvin]

Different Kari, then. This Kari is definitely not my other half, who would definitely never play Sabyn.

Oh yes, let me introduce our better halves:

Kari, is Pezhetairoi´s Karielle


Karielle, this is my Kari


I wonder if there is another EB member whose girlfriend´s nickname is just "Ka"...

[Kari]

Hi, I am V.T.Marvin's Kari. I play Saba and I preffer Gaesatae then cute horsies.

[TWFanatic]

There are females on this forum????

Guess I'd better start behaving.

[Magister Militum Titus Pullo]

I have just begun playing as the Bactrian Kingdom, so at what point does the Early Bactrian Bodyguard evolve into the Hetairoi Kataphractoi? Does it occur at some pre-arranged date, or must I eliminate both the Pahlava and Saka Rauka before I get them?

[Hax]

There is an event called the March of Time, which will allow you to train Hetairoi Kataphraktoi

[CirdanDharix]

It's the vanilla Marians. If you're in a panic hurry, you could always try fighting your way into Italy in order to take over a city and make it into a huge city.

[Hax]

That was once my plan, migrate to the shores of India, build a fleet, sail to Italia, March of Time, THERE WE GO!

[pezhetairoi]

...She prefers Gaesatae to cute horsies. XD

Interesting choice of preference there. Any comments on that, Marvin? *wink*

[Karielle]

Pfft, the 'cute horsies' was mainly directed towards the Pahlavan skirmisher cavalry.. Baktrian hetairoi are just plain awesome.

Don't think I'll ever live down said comment, though, so I'll go crawl back under my rock now.

[Hax]

Hippeis Xystophoroi > Pahlava Skirmisher Cavalry.

[Tellos Athenaios]

That was once my plan, migrate to the shores of India, build a fleet, sail to Italia, March of Time, THERE WE GO!

And avoid the pirates?

[Hax]

Bah! Pirates are no match for me!

[Pezlu]

Bah! Pirates are no match for me!

Said by the famous general Hax the day before the sinking of his whole fleet, with the nation's best army, by pirates

[Hax]

I can -totally- imagine me in such a situation.

[pezhetairoi]

Pfft, the 'cute horsies' was mainly directed towards the Pahlavan skirmisher cavalry.. Baktrian hetairoi are just plain awesome.

Don't think I'll ever live down said comment, though, so I'll go crawl back under my rock now.

Well aaaaaactually, I am starting to find them horsies rather beautiful. And adorable. Come on out of your rock, dear! But yes, you'll be famous for that comment. :D Think of it, you occupy a page in EB history! How I want that. How jealous I am! ;-)