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  • Armored war elephants

    24 13.87%
  • War epelphants

    0 0%
  • Eastern cataphracts

    20 11.56%
  • Hellenistic cataphracts

    7 4.05%
  • Scythed chariots

    4 2.31%
  • Syrian archers

    0 0%
  • Cretan archers

    1 0.58%
  • Balearic slingers

    1 0.58%
  • Nabatean archers

    1 0.58%
  • Jewish infantry

    5 2.89%
  • Thessalian cavalry

    3 1.73%
  • Tarantine cavalry

    1 0.58%
  • Tarentine Leukaspides

    0 0%
  • Silver Shield phalangites

    5 2.89%
  • Romanized-Hellenic infantry

    7 4.05%
  • Cilician pirates

    4 2.31%
  • Thracian bastarnae

    7 4.05%
  • Samnite infantry

    1 0.58%
  • Etruscan hoplites

    0 0%
  • Spartan hoplites

    29 16.76%
  • Numidian cavalry

    3 1.73%
  • Libyan light infantry

    0 0%
  • Camel riders

    1 0.58%
  • Celtic chariots

    3 1.73%
  • Sacred Band

    6 3.47%
  • Specific Greek cities hoplite (Syracusian, Athenian etc.)

    1 0.58%
  • Bear cavalry

    31 17.92%
  • other... (which? please post)

    8 4.62%
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    Default Which of unique units will be the best?

    Armored war elephants
    War elephants
    Eastern cataphracts
    Hellenistic cataphracts
    Scythed chariots
    Syrian archers
    Cretan archers
    Balearic slingers
    Nabatean archers
    Jewish infantry
    Thessalian cavalry
    Tarantine cavalry
    Tarentine Leukaspides
    Silver Shield phalangites
    Romanized-Hellenic infantry
    Cilician pirates
    Thracian bastarnae
    Samnite infantry
    Etruscan hoplites
    Spartan hoplites
    Numidian cavalry
    Libyan light infantry
    Camel riders
    Celtic chariots
    Sacred Band
    Specific Greek cities hoplites (Syracusian, Athenian etc.)
    Bear cavalry
    other... (which? please post)
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    Greve Af Göteborg's Avatar Protector Domesticus
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    I've always liked the Thessalian Cavalry, they can really turn the tide of a battle.

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    Pink Pajama Dinosaurs

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    Default Re: Which of unique units will be the best?

    Best all around: Post Marian Legionaries (technically, a unique unit)

    Most versatile: Tarentine cavalry

    Best ranged: Cretan archers



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    the Germanic combination of Berserkers and war dogs.


    Quote Originally Posted by Hibernicus II View Post
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    "I Eddard of the house Stark, Lord of Winterfell and Warden of the North, sentence you to die."
    "Per Ballista ad astra!" - motto of the Roman Legionary Artillery.
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    Parthian light noble Horsearchers.
    Germanic skirmish Cavallery (Caesar ones) and later Batavian Elite Auxillary Units.

    Still the best and succesfull people would be the nameless Hill and Wood Tribes all over the world which resisted Roman, Parthian and Hellenistic rule

    Proud to be a real Prussian.

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    Default Re: Which of unique units will be the best?

    Definitely these things:


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    Judean People's Front

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pinarius View Post
    Judean People's Front
    ******* off, Judean People's front... It's the People's Front of Judea!
    Look not above, there is no answer there; Pray not, for no one listens to your prayer; Near is as near to God as any Far, And Here is just the same deceit as There.

    And do you think that unto such as you; A maggot-minded, starved, fanatic crew: God gave the secret, and denied it me?-- Well, well, what matters it! Believe that, too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Biggieboy View Post
    ******* off, Judean People's front... It's the People's Front of Judea!
    Splitters!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Biggieboy View Post
    ******* off, Judean People's front... It's the People's Front of Judea!
    Piss off ,PFJ, damn fakers.

    It is the Judean Liberation Army and can become the "Global" Liberation Army by event requirment.

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    NO!

    The Peoples Front of Judea!

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    Default Re: Which of unique units will be the best?

    Spartan hoplites of course. Best trained soldiers of their time. Nope, not biased by that movie, they already had that reputation before that movie was released.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Inhuman One View Post
    Spartan hoplites of course. Best trained soldiers of their time. Nope, not biased by that movie, they already had that reputation before that movie was released.
    not of the Rome 2 timeframe. In fact all the tirans that succeed to power begin to raise mostly mercenaries since they couldnt trust on loyalty of their peoples.

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    Default Re: Which of unique units will be the best?

    Probably Spartans or Praetorians.

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    Parthian horse archers... I am going to have a lot of fun with those guys.

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    Clearly bear warriors. KISLEV MASTAH RACE!

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    Other - Steep horse archers

    Run rings around light/heavy inf. all the while filling them with arrows. Wonderful ambushing possibilities for the new line of sight mechanic.


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    For those of you who want the spartan hoplites, these were for all intents and purposes gone. By 270 BCE Sparta was long past its glory and the Spartiates were mostly officers. In fact IIRC one spartan king decided to adopt the macedonian phalanx, because practically everyone else had already done so.
    Quote Originally Posted by Hibernicus II View Post
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    "I Eddard of the house Stark, Lord of Winterfell and Warden of the North, sentence you to die."
    "Per Ballista ad astra!" - motto of the Roman Legionary Artillery.
    Republicans in all their glory...

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    I'm well aware the Spartans of this era are not the ones of the past. That said 99 percent of people do not know this and Spartans are the super soldiers of the past to them.

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