Unit Rooster

[antropolis]

It would be cool if someone would post a unit rooster with all their capabilities from wichever nation. hehehe

[movemove]

oh sure.





if you are looking for unit rosters though, you should check out this link

[Prince_of_Macedon]

Meet the Julii (Romans):



Starting from left to right...

PEASANTS
Capabilities: getting slaughtered in melee fights; routing at the first sight of danger; getting put in the front lines for the purpose of absorbing the enemy's missile fire

TOWNWATCH
Capabilities: as their names imply, they're capable of watching their towns burn while being unable to do anything about it

AUXILIA
Capabilities: warming the bench for the more useful Triarii units

HASTATI
Capabilities: not a whole lot online

TRIARII
Capabilities: killing the enemy's cavalry (just in case the Praetorian Cavalry needs a break)

PRINCIPES
Capabilities: N/A

EARLY LEGIONARY COHORT
Capabilities: looking cool when you zoom the camera in

SAMNITE GLADIATORS
Capabilities: allows you to re-enact some battles from Spartacus (starring Kirk Douglas)(not the mini-series starring Goran Visnjic)

LEGIONARY COHORT
Capabilities: looking cool in that armor

PRAETORIAN COHORT
Capabilities: warming the bench for the useful Urban Cohorts; still capable of winning the game for you though

URBAN COHORT
Capabilities: being an overpowered unit; winning the game single-handedly (usually in conjunction with Praetorian Cavalry); pissing historians off at the complete disregard for history

ARCANI
Capabilities: satisfying Shogun: Total War fans who miss their ninjas; pretending they're Persian Immortals from the movie, "300"; also capable of pissing historians off at the complete utter disregard for history

EARLY LEGIONARY FIRST COHORT
Capabilities: excellent at wasting your denarii when you can purchase the game-winning Urban Cohorts

LEGIONARY FIRST COHORT
Capabilities: same as "Early Legionary First Cohort"

ROMAN ARCHERS
Capabilities: shooting arrows at a discount cost; great for spamming in No Rules games

VELITES
Capabilities: helping Rome overcome its weakness against Elephants

LIGHT AUXILIA
Capabilities: see "Velites"

ARCHER AUXILIA
Capabilities: kind of like Roman Archers, but better (albeit more expensive); a nice way of reminding you that Rome will beat you in almost every department

INCENDIARY PIGS
Capabilities: giving online gamers something to chuckle about

WARDOGS
Capabilities: being man's best friend; useful in recreating that most important hypothetical question, "Who would win between Spartacus and Cujo?"

EQUITES
Capabilities: running away from the enemy

ROMAN CAVALRY
Capabilities: see "Equites"

LEGIONARY CAVALRY
Capabilities: warming the bench (or stalls) for the more useful Praetorian Cavalry; still better than non-Roman cavalry

ROMAN GENERAL
Capabilities: not sure really, but they can run really fast

PRAETORIAN CAVALRY
Capabilities: winning games single-handedly (usually in conjunction with Urban Cohorts); being an overpowered unit; pissing historians off at the complete disregard for history; getting banned from online games; laughing hysterically at Sacred Band Cavalry and Companion Cavalry; making the game completely imbalanced

ROMAN ARMORED GENERAL
Capabilities: same as "Roman General," but more expensive

CAVALRY AUXILIA
Capabilities: can run in circles really fast (very useful if you're making a Western)

BALLISTAS
Capabilities: getting killed at close-range; looking semi-cool when the camera is zoomed-in

SCORPIONS
Capabilities: same as "Ballistas"

REPEATING BALLISTAS
Capabilities: same as "Ballistas," but more expensive

ONAGERS
Capabilities: killing Dumbo; getting banned from online games; not really capable of much though

HEAVY ONAGERS
Capabilities: same as "Onagers"

[movemove]

TOWNWATCH
Capabilities: as their names imply, they're capable of watching their towns burn while being unable to do anything about it

LOL thats very true, they dont even get cav bonus even tho they have spears

but I had 2 units of these defeat a spanish full stack in a city assualt though..

[Vault Dweller]

Have you ever considered a career as a cynic?

[antropolis]

haha not exactly what i had in mind, but i guess thanks are in order hahah

[Scutarii]

Nice post Prince.

[JamesG]

Thanks Barbarian_Prince! Your post made my morning

Great Work, considered the same for another faction?

[Prince_of_Macedon]

LOL glad ya'll enjoyed it.

Thanks Barbarian_Prince! Your post made my morning

Great Work, considered the same for another faction?

Sure, I suppose - I'll make another one after I finish watching some of my dvds.

[Prince_of_Macedon]

Meet the Seleucids:


PEASANTS
Capabilities: human shields; running away

MILITIA HOPLITES
Capabilities: unknown

LEVY PIKEMEN
Capabilities: see "Militia Hoplites"

PHALANX PIKEMEN
Capabilities: giving the enemy easy kills (aka "Heroic Victories"); looking deadly from a far-distance

SILVER SHIELD PIKEMEN
Capabilities: tricking players into substituting Silver Shield Pikemen for Silver Shield Legionaries (thinking their higher cost correlates to a qualitative superiority)

SILVER SHIELD LEGIONARIES
Capabilities: looking like Roman Cohort units; getting owned by Roman Cohort units

PELTASTS
Capabilities: none actually

ARCHERS
Capabilities: spamming

GREEK CAVALRY
Capabilities: looking like cowboys close-up; running away like cowgirls

GENERAL'S BODYGUARD
Capabilities: despite what the name says, they can't even guard themselves against heavy cavalry; nice way to throw your denarii away

COMPANION CAVALRY
Capabilities: excellent charge bonus (offset by less-than-excellent unit stats); getting owned by Praetorian Cavalry

CATAPHRACTS
Capabilities: slaying heavy cavalry and infantry in 1-on-1 fights; getting exhausted before the battle begins; getting outflanked by Praetorian Cavalry

SCYTHED CHARIOTS
Capabilities: very photogenic (great for screenshots); can slaughter any cavalry unit; running amok; killing friendly units; giving generals a reason to pull their hair out

GENERAL'S ARMOURED BODYGUARD
Capabilities: wasting your denarii; getting owned by heavy cavalry; the extra HP is very useful when you're running away from the enemy's arrows

ELEPHANTS
Capabilities: running your own troops over; getting banned online; the only unit that can actually be beaten by Incendiary Pigs *chuckle*

WAR ELEPHANTS
Capabilities: see "Elephants"

ARMOURED ELEPHANTS
Capabilities: see "Elephants"

MILITIA CAVALRY
Capabilities: scaring off chariots; running out of ammunition before the battle even starts; running in circles (reminding you of your early childhood)

ONAGERS
Capabilities: getting banned online; hitting your own troops in the back

[Vault Dweller]

You'd go rather well.

[Domitius]

Nice posting prince! Didn't know that you disliked the romans and the selucids that much. You should write one of these descriptions to a team that gets owned all the time (for example Gaul, Greece etc). I like your way of saying that other phalanxes than Macedon's are so completely useless, and then say that the Macedonian phalanxes rules. Silver shield pikemen are as good as Royal pikemen, or maybe better. But I agree with you, Macedon will crush anything in the way!

[Ephialtes The Dog]

you're hilarious barbarian prince.