Lusotana Campaign

[The Stranger]

ok thanks

and i dont want them to use the secondary weapon actually, they have swords principal, spears secundairy (the gods know why... i guess to defend vs cav) but they switch to the spears in close quarter combat which is ofcourse idiotic. so now ive taken the spears out entirely.



based on my tests id say that elites are cost-equivalent to slightly more cost efficient to normal levy units but they would be more effective in special situations because of their better stamina, discipline and morale.

in chokepoints the elite units win hands down and are easily 2x as cost efficient as the normal levy units.

good example of my last test

the Dubosaverlacica (Ebherni Armoured Shock Infantry) vs 5 hoplitai haploi
that is 121 men vs 811 men
3639 recruitment cost and 910 upkeep vs 4045 recruitment cost and 1008 upkeep

the Dubosaverlacica won the battle with 664 kills vs 67 losses and even lost their general in the middle of the fight. They were actively engaging 4 haploi at all time and 5 after they lost their general yet they didnt rout and ultimately broke the 4 haploi to finish off the generals unit which didnt join the fight until the middle part like i said. i didnt use the javelin ability of the unit.

the hypaspistai had similar results vs 4 haploi but in that case the general unit did more fighting earlier on. i am sure the hypaspistai will have a better result if they only use swords and dont switch to the secundairy spear weapon.

the spartans lost in the open field but won in the chokepoint, very hard.


i have been testing vs haploi atm cuz they have a very round upkeep and cost number and i read somehwere that they were one of the most cost efficient levy infantry in the game. i might run some tests later vs sword units or vs medium to heavy units

also perhaps i should run it vs a human player (without any tactical manouevers) because i cannot try as the haploi because the ai for some reason hit and runs hypaspistai in certain cases...