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Quick question that I haven't been able to figure out over the years (not this-version specific either, but I'm asking it now, and I'm asking it here since I don't feel it warrants its own thread):
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Another thing that's been bugging me for the longest time: The inconsistent spacing of different horse-archer units. For example, the Daha Wazdatæ and Daha Baragatæ have a wider spacing than the...

"... upon completion it was 272 square feet at its base, and ..." -- Description of the Ziggurat of Marduk.

That is, if you excuse my French, utter bollocks. If anything it was 272 feet squared at...

I'd be a bit concerned that such a change would be disproportionately advantageous to the player, since pulling off heroic victories isn't that difficult, depending on the particular unit...

Write a script to change unit names to singular in the rare case that exactly one soldier is left.

160 Toxotai, but 1 Toxotes
160 Hastati, but 1 Hastatus
160 Speudogordoz, but 1 Speudogordaz (I...

Adriatic Pirates attack Ambrakia: "χαιρρρρρε, Πύρρρρρε!"

Shhhh. It's a well-known fact in these parts that every time someone asked for the ETA, the ETA gets pushed back by a week.

Thureos Reform: Our feet keep getting hit by arrows. The Celts don't have that problem. Not fair.

Unschooled: Yes, there was an academy in my home town. You didn't say I actually had to go, did...

Maybe being a Client Ruler should prevent you from doing mercenary service? I just hired a guy to run Areia and before I know it he's off being a mercenary for the next five years. Doesn't make sense...

I -- who is currently something like 60 moves into a Saka campaign for the first time -- will politely disagree. At least somewhat. Ranged they are essentially slightly superior horse archers, but...

Now I don't understand the details of the campaign AI as I haven't looked into the topic enough, but here's something I've noticed that's related to whether or not a faction decides to build up...

One slightly odd feature right now is that it is easier to bring settlements in pastoral regions to city size because of the parallel existence of agriculture and herds. That feels a bit funky.
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Gymnoi Pantodapoi (Hellenistic Naked Levy Spearmen)

Characteristics: Like normal Pantodapoi but zero armour. Frightens nearby enemies. Frightens nearby allies.

"You put on that cloak, young...

You're thinking of the infamous duothureophoroi, later replaced by the even more infamous duokaidekathureophoroi. Zero attack, but can hold a line like nobody ... and have the charge bonus of an...

This thread has moved from parody units to simply very silly units. Inconceivable!!?!

Back to parodies:


Aspisothrophoroi (Rusty old shield bearers):

These men, long past their prime, have...

I recently read somewhere here on this very forum (can't find it now) that there was something about the hit box of cavalry being really small from the front, but a lot larger from the sides, so...

Hmmm ... maybe for family trees that are meant to contain several independent family trees, one could have the single ancestor be some mythic forefather of the culture in question. Is there anything...

Komata Toxotai (Dacian Archers) should have the is_peasant attribute, which they currently don't have (making them have the best garrison-bonus-per-cost out there) -- all comparable units in the game...

I've recently started a Bosporos campagin, and I just can't get over the fact that the family tree tells me that Eumelos "died peacefully" in 304 BC. Since when is dying in a chariot accident...

Maybe make the Stasis penalty in part culture dependent. As in, -10 Law at 0% Hellenistic Culture, -15 at 30%, -20 at 60% and -25% at 90% (values just examples) ... right now it seems odd that...

I have the same situation, the brief flickering of positions when holding down the space bar. Both on my old computer as well as my new one, every time. I guess I've learned to live with it and...

Septentrionalis: Apparently the modern world record is 437 m (according to Wikipedia). That's makes it plausible that in an environment where lots of people have some sling skills a good number of...

You're right -- the projectile doesn't gain anything from spinning it around over and over. It needs a high launch speed (say, 10 rot/sec), but the slinger doesn't need to maintain that speed for...

Concerning rotation speeds, I did a rough calculation a while back to figure out what's needed to reach those legendary 400 m and more of range. The rotation speed needed really just depends on the...

In terms of weird things the AI does, consider this: KH was reduced to just Rhodes. They keep building units for years and years with several partial stacks on Rhodos. However, they completely...

Can mercenary service be more exciting? One of my family members (playing as Pahlava) is currently serving in Mesopotamia and he got "Bored".

Really what I'm asking, is it intentional that...

Fair enough, let's just focus on line infantry of various quality. One thing I think that is relevant here where discipline comes into play is being flanked. And you can get routs on lighter infantry...

Had to check ... the Halithoz have morale 12, and are obviously "disciplined". I think that's the highest there is. The lowest is 2 for infantry (many light skirmishers and e.g. pantodapoi, who will...

This probably only partially answers your question, but note that whether or not a unit will break etc. depends also on their discipline, not just the pure morale value. Elites, for example, have a...

Recently there was a discussion on this forum somewhere about the status of various factions (how finished they are, what changes are due to come in the near future). Having reached the end of a very...

The Nezagdar i Kappodakiya (Anatolian Spearmen) have the same unit spacing for close and loose formation (0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 rather than the 0.9 0.9 1.8 1.8 of comparable units). I assume this is an...

Some observations/questions:

1. Whenever I have a FM in a sieging army, the number of build points for siege equipment goes significantly down compared to having a sieging army without a FM. At...

What you meant to say was, "Nobody has the intention to erect a shieldwall." That would keep hope alive.

On the screen that tells you about raiding near the beginning of a campaign, it says that you can no longer raid once you have over 10 provinces or your culture changes to Eastern Imperial. That may...

Another reason for the prominence of spears is that they're cheap to make. A decent piece of wood and a metal spear head is way cheaper and easier to make than a high-quality sword. The quality of...

I see. Thanks.

That answers that. I had noticed it before in previous games but hadn't thought about it too much, but now I was finally trying to understand the mechanic.

I'm confused about the fact that occasionally, but not always, the eleutheroi seem to be able to recruit while under siege -- and not just recruit via what would be a normal turn's recruitment from a...

As a native German speaker myself I was about to also strongly question the claim that German speakers don't always distinguish between g and k, etc., even with regards to final-obstruent devoicing....

I find the army size of re-emerging factions fairly adequate. While a bigger size would create more of a challenge and a major shift in the course of the game, it seems somewhat unrealistic if a...

If you want to be pedantic you could add that the Dorekim Afriqim are equally strong and also get free upkeep. But they're really just classical hoplites in disguise ...