I have noticed that the EB team (certain members, anyways) has discarded the appearance of the lorica segmentata in the mod. But even though this had been discussed before I want to write my 5 reasons why i think its just too important to be left out.
1. The lorica segmentata is an iconic symbol of Roman military at its greatest and was extensively used the time of Emperor Trajan around 100 AD. The mod does not go that far, by it should, because this is when Rome reached its greatest expansion during this time. If we want to be fear to all factions Rome should get the time to reach at least its greatest glory. No only that but the Roman Empire could have been far greater, and the map extending to India gives the player a chance to go beyond the actual empire. If the Empire would have continued to expand I'm positive the Lorica segmentata would have been used more and more.
2. The lorica segmentata was used at least by half the army and there's even archeological evidence that suggests that even auxiliary units used them at one point. Even though the lorica hamata remained standard, if the lorica segmentata was used by at least half the army, that is still a large amount of troops.
3. The Medieval armor upgrade feature is excellent to represent the historic accuracy of the LS. The LS should be put as the highest form of armor and we all know that to put the highest form of armor in M2 takes an extremely long amount of time. Just to reach the highest level armors takes many turns' worth of building construction and then chances are you only have the highest armor producing facilities in like 2 provinces and only a few number of troops get to have the actual upgrade. Well i think this would work perfect to upgrade the armor of the cohorts using the m2 system, and the player would get the LS very late in game, but it would worth it, some might even want to play to the end just to see their cohorts in majestic LS armor. Just because 'fan boys' love the LS so much that doesn't make it historically inaccurate.
4. While historical accuracy is excellent and we all want it, there's still the possibility that the Roman Empire could have used the LS more and sooner, had the empire expanded quicker (with less civil wars, etc...) And the player can change the course of history, so a Roman army with the LS in 50 BC, for example could have been a possibility if things would have gone differently.
5. Forgive me if I'm wrong, but the some EB team members make it seem like the LS is the devil and they hate the idea of including it in the mod when it would be a something that is not only historically accurate, but also would please a lot of fans.
Whether you decided to include LS in EBII, this is still a great mod and thank you for the effort to make it work on Medieval, it will not only be the best mod for Med2 but also will make Med2-EBII the best rome-era game ever. Again, in no way am I trying to criticize your work just adding my two cents.