[Official Testing] Updated EDU with all the "unofficial" fixes and many others

[Ibrahim]

My common or garden Epirot phalanxes seem to work well and my hippakontistai now get beaten by hellenic light lancers so I think it is much better balanced. I still have problems with foot skirmishers being caught by heavy foot - this seems to be caused by a few laggards not running quickly enough and the formation becoming stretched out as they evade. That is a relatively minor issue however.
Regards
Vermin

all it took was changing cavalry speeds and formations only--the attack, defense, and armor were left as before. This is excellent news!

Anyways, as Quintus said, we're now working on infantry skirmisher speed: we have a base speed for all non-skirmishers, but need one for skirmishers. As to cohesion proper: there's relatively little we can do using the EDU itself, beyond the obvious balancing of speeds.

if all goes to plan, only other skirmishers and light (or at least fast) cavalry will be a serious problem to skirmishers

[QuintusSertorius]

all it took was changing cavalry speeds and formations only--the attack, defense, and armor were left as before. This is excellent news!

Also removing the mount_effect bonus that cavalry skirmishers (javelineers and archers) had against other cavalry. That was why Illyrioi Hippeis were so disproportionately good before I amended that.

[QuintusSertorius]

An update with new infantry speeds should be coming soon. We've got an agreed approach on everything bar the lights, which we're testing now to find some appropriate values. The intent is faster than cataphracts, and thus potentially difficult to catch with anything other than light cavalry or other skirmishers.

[Vermin]

Which battle difficulty setting are the EB2 settings balanced for? I usually play with H battle but my results will not be very meaningful if you are using M or VH.
Regards
Vermin

[QuintusSertorius]

Which battle difficulty setting are the EB2 settings balanced for? I usually play with H battle but my results will not be very meaningful if you are using M or VH.
Regards
Vermin

I always assume M, and that's what I always play on. The AI getting hardcoded bonuses isn't necessarily very helpful, testing-wise.

[QuintusSertorius]

EDIT6 is up - wholesale changes to infantry speeds; phalanxes are untouched; non-phalanx non-skirmish infantry have a uniform speed, skirmishers are faster. Additionally, new values for testing for Akontistai, Sphendonetai and Thanvare Parsig (Persian Archers) - I'd appreciate particular observations on how those three do. Also a new descr_projectiles.txt, make sure you get that too.

Given the testing nature of those three units as stand-ins for their type, I'd recommend not using this one for a campaign.

[Ibrahim]

I would also add to please test them from all angles, and to note the direction of the shot, if the frontage of your missile-men is wider than the enemy formation, etc.