First of all, I love this mod.
Love it!
But I am kinda bummed out by the fact that every faction sort of gets their own "Hastati"-type unit.
This makes the Roman faction a lot harder to play, because they lose this unique type of troop selection.
And the factions you have to fight (e.g. Carthage + Greek/Mac) have Hastatii (Thoreophoroi/Thorakitai) + phalanx-pike-type units + shieldwall-hoplites..
Was this intentional?
Because after playing a lot of different factions, I feel like it was more or less a lack of inspiration and "filling the gaps" than anything else.
The Thoreophoroi you can recruit as GCS for example seem to be even stronger than the normal Hastati in a head on fight.
Apart from that, what I love most about XGM is the Aux.Barracks where you can retrain "merc-units" !!