The Egyptian Army

[thebestant]

I wanna see some ideas for the ptolemaic army, what are their strengths and weaknesses, who and what is the army made out of, and just put out any ideas you see fit for this interesting faction.

I think the army should have a good amount of mercenaries, nubia would be a great place to get their archers from since their famed for their archery, being called "the land of the bow" and everything, possibly even some libyan units would be pretty interesting. I would like to know if their chariots will be the hellenized seleucid version or what ever else they might have. also what would their cavalry be compromised of? The egyptians had to have an army before alex came and i suppose they along with their style didnt go completely away.

Just to put out there i wouldnt mind some historical inaccuracies in exchange for some good variety and gameplay, it gets a little bit annoying when some people get all over the smallest problem, i just dont want some other bland homogeneous hellenistic faction, and of course neither do i want the extinct atrocities that walked the earth in RTW1.

[alex man142]

I fully agree with you.

I want Egypt to be a Hellenistic faction don't get me wrong, but I also want some "exotic" flavor as well.

[Sharpe]

Mummies, Anubites, Camelry and Ramses as a hero unit.

[-=PHX=-Hades]

Mummies, Anubites, Camelry and Ramses as a hero unit.

Do we get the Scorpion King too?

[♠ Thomas Cochrane ♠]

The Great Ramses

[familyguy1]

I definitely agree. There needs to be good balance between realism and non- realism. I they took it to where some people seem to want it - quite heavily Hellenistic- then the faction would be bland and boring. While having Hellenic units is good, there needs to be more AoR in terms of local units to divy up the roster. With mercenaries back in, this will be addressed somewhat, but there still needs to be recruiting based on the region instead of just what the buildings offer.

[Kinjo]

I hope the elephant crews are more then just puss archers, hopefully they look more like this with long spears and javelins as well.

[familyguy1]

Ah! I love it! The Seige Tower Bune in Shogun 2 worked like this with a box up high, so why not elephants. I really hope they make the elephants feel good. I did not like them in ETW...

I hope the elephant crews are more then just puss archers, hopefully they look more like this with long spears and javelins as well.

[SirFork]

I hope the elephant crews are more then just puss archers, hopefully they look more like this with long spears and javelins as well.

I never understood the physics of those turrets.

[Border Patrol]

[♘Top Hat Zebra]

Mod a unit of Egyptians, give them wardog skins, and barbarian axes...

[kikokyle]

You win the internet.

[King_Porus]

Oh God, why...

[Greatonesh]

i just wish they dont make a copy paste Seleucid and Egypt army

[♠ Thomas Cochrane ♠]

^ They're made of real castle

[Kraut and Tea]

This will certainly sound far fetched, and maybe even absurd.
But hat I would really like to see for the egyptian faction, is something like the roman dog unit only with another animal.
Maybe a leopard:



Other than that, I am really looking forward to seeing what the egyptian navy will look like and hope that CA will finaly create some diversity amongst the various different faction navy vessels.

[♘Top Hat Zebra]

This will certainly sound far fetched, and maybe even absurd.
But hat I would really like to see for the egyptian faction, is something like the roman dog unit only with another animal.
Maybe a leopard:



Other than that, I am really looking forward to seeing what the egyptian navy will look like and hope that CA will finaly create some diversity amongst the various different faction navy vessels.

Well, we have seen the lion models. If we can fit those skins over the war dog models, then we could have Egyptian War Lions.

Or Egyptian War Lion Chariots.

[bojieh]

They would have a limited amount of Hellenic, tons of local units, trained in Hellenic manner, some elite shock cavalry, a special picked elite phalanx and mercenaries, lots of them- from the tribes of Africa and Arabia, Thrace and Hellas, and lots of Galatians

[Sar1n]

I expect their elite to be mostly hellenistic units-kleruch phalangites, maybe thorakitai and hetairoi-style heavy cavalry that will make up small portion of army, while supported by local troops fighting in a mixture of their native and hellenistic style. That's nothing new, I just wonder if they'll also have some elite units recruited from native population. I have honestly no idea if anything like that actually existed.

[Seleucidfan]

phalanx-peltast-thureoporoi-hetairoi core, nubian/cretan archers, galatians as heavy and shock infantry, african elephants and native auxiliaries.