Somatouphylakes Strategou

**Telémakhos** · September 19, 2014, 08:53 AM

Brief historical/gameplay question for the team:

In EB1, Hellenistic/diadachoi factions had bodyguard cavalry with pretty heavy armor--iron cuirass, mail sleeves, etc. Epeiros, it was noted in the unit card, equipped its heavy cavalry with less armor but they were faster as a result. This concept seems to have been carried over along the hetairoi/xystophoroi line in EB2--some factions get armored bodyguards, and some, like Epeiros, get decidedly light cavalry for a bodyguard. Is this just a 1.0 situation, or is this a newer historical interpretation that will hold for future releases? A secondary/related question is why the hetairoi in general are less heavily armored in EB2--again, whether this is actually more accurate in light of new research or whether it's just the case for the first release. Thanks, as always, for such a magnificent game.

**Rad** · September 19, 2014, 11:27 AM

The Epeiros bodyguard unit looks like a placeholder to me... it has the same stats as other Hellenic bodyguard units. The team may be working on new models. I am not completely sure, because there are other heavy cavalry models who could have represented them...

**Anubis88** · September 22, 2014, 07:28 AM

Yeah i'm also wondering about this... If it's really a placeholder, or were those units just less armoured than the regular Hetairoi

**gustave** · September 22, 2014, 07:37 AM

The epeiros bodyguard is indeed a placeholder.

**Telémakhos** · September 23, 2014, 08:35 AM

Originally Posted by gustave

The epeiros bodyguard is indeed a placeholder.

Good to know. Are the less-armored hetairoi in EB2 going to be the norm? Or maybe there are armor upgrade models in the works?

**malibu.stacey** · September 23, 2014, 09:43 AM

Less armoured? They look pretty much the same way as they did in EBI, don´t they?

By the way, gustave, who is the guy on the right side in your signature pic. Don´t think I´ve seen him in EBII so far. Curious minds want to know

**gustave** · September 23, 2014, 10:38 AM

Originally Posted by malibu.stacey

Less armoured? They look pretty much the same way as they did in EBI, don´t they?

By the way, gustave, who is the guy on the right side in your signature pic. Don´t think I´ve seen him in EBII so far. Curious minds want to know

He's one of the roman generals

**Telémakhos** · September 24, 2014, 10:25 AM

Originally Posted by malibu.stacey

Less armoured? They look pretty much the same way as they did in EBI, don´t they?

By the way, gustave, who is the guy on the right side in your signature pic. Don´t think I´ve seen him in EBII so far. Curious minds want to know

No way! Chain sleeves, iron cuirass in EBI... aside from the armor variation within units in EBII, I get the impression that the new hetairoi are a new interpretation. Or that there will be armor upgrade models tied to reforms. Which would be sweet.