What are your cheapest core units to defeat Rome?

[QuintusSertorius]

Just looking over the Qarthadastim roster again, and noting more Greek imitations; this time Parasim Libi-Ponnim (Liby-Phoenician Cavalry), who are Lonchophoroi Hippeis.

I wonder if I should just stow my dislike of AI Rome and give a Qart-Hadast game a go, just once...

[Thoras]

I wonder if I should just stow my dislike of AI Rome and give a Qart-Hadast game a go, just once...

Hmm I always though that it was too easy :Lot's of money and really good troops.

[kdrakak]

Hmm I always though that it was too easy :Lot's of money and really good troops.

It is too easy, but it's really fun to play if you role play and take your time.

[QuintusSertorius]

It is too easy, but it's really fun to play if you role play and take your time.

As people should know by now, I only ever take my time. I have no interest whatsoever in blitzing and finishing the game in 50 turns. I spent 50 turns just getting started in my migrated-Epeiros Bosporan Kingdom game.

Mostly what puts me off is being faced with stacks of not even remotely historical Romans (all Triarii, or all Leves), deployed in an ahistorical way too (a double line, no hint of a quincunx). Also the mix of Camillian and Polybian troops later on as they don't disband anything.

[kdrakak]

As people should know by now, I only ever take my time.

Very sorry... I didn't know... by now. But is that historically accurate? Did Quintus Sertorius take his time?

[QuintusSertorius]

Very sorry... I didn't know... by now. But is that historically accurate? Did Quintus Sertorius take his time?

Quintus Sertorius didn't have a lot of time! :)

I think I've talked myself out of a Qart-Hadast game already. I just like the Greek roster, especially in random places that don't have formal factions (Massalia, Pergamon, the Bosporan Kingdom, Kyrene, Syrakousai, etc) in EB1.