Quote Originally Posted by TancredTheNorman View Post
The best part about slingers is they are also almost all virtually the same, but they don't all come with the same price tag.
Um, no. There are significant differences in range, attack, ammo, and protection. Even knife lethality (Balearics 0.11 > Gauls/Dacians 0.1 > all others 0.04) The Gallic dudes are very efficient, though - their mediocre range notwithstanding.
If you want to truly devastate the enemy, you can hire some Balearic slingers. They have slightly better range and the highest attack of all slingers, as well as the best melee weapon (AP!). Only their protection (1/9/1) and ammo (20) are inferior to those of the Iaosatae (who have 35 pebbles, which is the biggest amount of ammo for any slinger unit).