Lament of a Sarmatian Player

[gamegeek2]

Would serve you right for making Leuce Epos and Taramonnos useless

I do not understand how such units are useless now. They received the equivalent of +6 attack in exchange for losing the armor-piercing attribute. You've broken even against units with up to 12 armor. What more do you want?

Three words: Kimmerios Bosporos Roster...

I have thought about this, how many votes in favor?

And how would new players react to such a perversion?

(honest questions, both)

Another, much better solution: we already have 2 steppe factions that gets their settled infantry (Pahlava with Persian Hoplites/Panda Phalanx/Babylonians and Saka with Heavy Hoplites/Indo Greek Nobles/Indian Spears and Guilds/etc.) why not just make the Greek infantry units factional for Sarmatians as a way to play the Bosporan Kingdom and expand their Greek roster? Looking through the mercenary lists can be a boon to Sarmatians as they don't have their ownership in game for many of these units. Merc Thureophoroi, Hippakontistai, Iphikratean Hoplitai, and Peltastai all have mercenary/slave equivalents recruitable as mercs in game. Mercenary Cretans as well perhaps, though those might be redundant with Bosporans, Cretans perform similarly well in melee and have higher morale. Mercenary Thracian Peltastai and Thracian Prodromoi could also be mercenary with the Cretans. Last but not least, Georgian Swordsmen are mercenaries in game, and in close enough proximity to both the Bosporus and more sedentary Sarmatians tribes near the Caucasus that their inclusion on the roster wouldn't be too troublesome as mercenaries either.

Still, the 6-merc limit...

In exchange for these we could knock any remaining Western Baltic units off the roster (such as the Lonkinikos, which are never used)