Carthage Question: Sacred Band vs. Elite Liby-Phoenician Infantry

[Mediolanicus]

Oh I see. This must be the 1.1 change then. (I still have EB v1.0 lol)

Nope, you are talking about the elite phalanx.



We're talking about these guys :

[pirates_say_arrgg]

If you want your game to be historically correct, I suggest not using either one.

[Zarax]

On basis of what?

[Moros]

The Sacred Band wasn't used in the 2nd Punic war and afterwards. So you might only want to use them in the early game. Unless you RP them still being used, reused,... or if you don't care.

Have you checked their morale (and other possible differences) ? Is it the same too?

[Intranetusa]

Nope, you are talking about the elite phalanx.

We're talking about these guys :

No, I'm not referring to the Elite African Pikemen - I know my EB units :D

I'm saying that the Sacred Band is suppose to be a classical hoplite unit, but the game mechanics portray it as almost a sarissa style phalanx (similar to the hoplite units in RTW vanilla)

[Megas Methuselah]

I extended TWFanatic's phalanx mod and made it a unit of tight, classical hoplites as seen in his mini-mod.

[Intranetusa]

I extended TWFanatic's phalanx mod and made it a unit of tight, classical hoplites as seen in his mini-mod.

Ah I see. It all makes sense now. thanks :D