Best 'small Successor'?

[option]

.....except you get mostly phalanx units rather than hoplites.......

Hence 'better'.

[Irishmafia2020]

one other option... one guy decided to play the AS and he disbanded all of his troops and let every city rebel except Antioch... that would be another option, create your own small successor kingdom.

[Prussian to the Iron]

Hence 'better'.

not neccessarily. if you are the kind of player i am-line infantry vs line infnatry til 1 side wins- then yes, they are better.

however, if you are a player who likes using geurilla attacks and constantly out-flanks your enemy, then hoplites are a more flexible, faster force you can easily maneuver out of a battle and right back in.

thats 1 reason i like epieros: they get both.

[A Very Super Market]

not neccessarily. if you are the kind of player i am-line infantry vs line infnatry til 1 side wins- then yes, they are better.

however, if you are a player who likes using geurilla attacks and constantly out-flanks your enemy, then hoplites are a more flexible, faster force you can easily maneuver out of a battle and right back in.

thats 1 reason i like epieros: they get both.

I think you fail to understand "Hammer and Anvil" tactics.

The Maks get hoplites too, just limited to Haploi and Classicals. At the end of the day, that's all you need.

[antisocialmunky]

Thorakitai Hoplitae are very powerful with their AP swords though. Other than that the high end hoplites aren't cost effective at all except as some sort of reserve.