Iberian Archers

[Tristuskhan]

I think he meant Rhodian perhaps?

Obviously he did but the image of an antique Rhodesian slinger just made me laugh, since at that time what was to become rhodesia must have been populated with Boshiman's ancestors: Boshiman slingers in my Epirote army would be just awesome.

[Ibrahim]

Obviously he did but the image of an antique Rhodesian slinger just made me laugh, since at that time what was to become rhodesia must have been populated with Boshiman's ancestors: Boshiman slingers in my Epirote army would be just awesome.

actually, the khoisan, or ǃKung (or bushman), do not, and did not use slings(as far as i can tell atleast). instead, expect bowmen armed with poisonous arrows. they might also have darts for throwing. I might need a picture though to give you an idea..
EDIT: here: http://www.south-africa-tours-and-tr...outhafrica.jpg
at least that was the image provided by the term "Rhodesian"(Isn't that place Zimbabwe now?)

[bobbin]

Had a quick peruse through the EDU, heres a list of all the slingers and archers in the game by range, number of arrows per man and missle attack value.

Archers:
Saka Foot Archers 209m, 25 arrows, 5 attack <---AFAIK they have the longest range in the game.
Toxotai Kretikoi 201.6m, 35 arrows, 6 attack
Subeshi Fistaegfataexsdzhytae 198m, 35 arrows, 5 attack
Mardian Foot Archers 198m, 35 arrows, 5 attack
Levantine Saggitarius Auxilia 198m 35 arrows, 5 attack
Sarmatian Foot Archers 198m, 35 arrows, 5 attack
Skuda Fistaeg Fat Aexsdzhytae 198m, 35 arrows, 5 attack
Hallatamti Thanvare (Elamite Archers) 198m, 35 arrows, 5 attack
Giusim Aravim Tsfonim 196m, 25 arrow, 5 attack
Syrian Archers 192.5m, 25 arrows, 4 attack
Thanvare Payahdag, 192.5m, 25 arrows, 4 attack
Medininkas 187m, 25 arrows, 4 attack
Thureopheromenoi Toxotai 180m, 35 arrows. 5 attack <---still the best in my opinion
Caucasian Archers, 180m, 28 arrows, 6 attack
Komatai Agrianai 179.5m, 25 arrows, 5 attack
Ethiopian Archers 179.2m, 25 arrows, 5 attack
Eransahr Arshtbara 175m, 25 arrows, 4 attack
Numidian Archers 170m, 20 arrows, 5 attack
Indian Longbowmen 170m, 16 arrows, 5 attack
Sabean Archers 170m, 25 arrows, 4 attack
Komatai Toxotai 160.2m, 15 arrows, 4 attack
Lankininkas 160m, 15 arrows, 4 attack
Nuraghi 157.3m, 15 arrows, 3 attack
Skutjanz 143m, 15 arrows, 4 attack
Sotaroas 143m, 15 arrows, 3 attack
Toxotai 143m, 15 arrows, 3 attack

Slingers:
Rhodian Slingers 195m, 30 bullets, 2 attack
Shuban Fradakshana, 185m, 30 bullets, 2 attack
Sphendonetai 185m, 30 bullets, 2 attack
Balearic Slinger 175m, 20 bullets, 3 attack
African Slingers 162.8m, 25 bullets, 1 attack
Arab Slingers 162.8m, 25 bullets, 1 attack
Iaosatae, 162m, 35 bullets, 1 attack
Komatai Sphendonitai 148m, 25 bullets, 1 attack
Iberian Slingers 148m, 25 bullets, 1 attack
Accensi 133.2m, 25 bullets, 1 attack

[antisocialmunky]

Does anyone else think it ironic that the Greeks have both the best and worst archers in the game?

[Apgad]

I'm a big fan of Indian Longbowmen, because of that giant two-handed sword they have as a secondary weapon. Unfortunately, they're proving a little hard to recruit in my current Casse campaign...

[bobbin]

God yeah, those guys are EVIL.

[Jacke]

I think two of the reasons I like playing KH are the Sphendonetai Rhodioi (available with a MIC3!) and Toxotai Kretikoi (ugh! MIC4). Regular Sphendonetai and Toxotai make due, especially the slingers. Have to restrain myself from having too many of them. :)

Kind of off-topic, but having just started playing EB 1.2, I've discovered the Recruitment viewer is missing Sphendonetai Rhodioi.

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

Kind of off-topic, but having just started playing EB 1.2, I've discovered the Recruitment viewer is missing Sphendonetai Rhodioi.

I don't think the recruitment viewer was updated for v1.1...

[Jacke]

I don't think the recruitment viewer was updated for v1.1...

As far as I can figure, the Recruitment viewer looks at its own files, and you're right, they're from EB 1.1.

I just did a reinstall and I see now that even with native language names, they show as "Rhodian Slingers" and not Sphendonetai Rhodioi. They are still missing from the EB (1.1?) documentation (Unit Compare, Unit List). I've tested and they're still in the game: KH can recruit them with a MIC3 in Rhodos.

[JNR]

I have another questions about archers:
Why are there no nubian archers? I think they were famous in Egypt for their bows and Nubia was sometimes called the land of bow?
Maybe this isn't up-to-date in 272 BC anymore but I guess that they had good archers...