What is the point of Cohors/Legio/etc?

[DumbHodor]

They're tank units but why not just get the other counterpart like the Palatina? Better stats and better at tanking. The only thing that these units have are missiles which are useless if your tanking with a shield wall.

[Fanest]

why are u complaining about unit divisibility - does it confuses u so much?

[Kassandros]

why are u complaining about unit divisibility - does it confuses u so much?

He wasn't complaining, he was asking a question, and it's not a bad one. If you have enough money for both, why would you buy the Legio tree units?

Does English confuses u so much?

[Ashu-Siralis]

Cause you get legios to start without having to build or research very much. Early unit, kind of like the old Hastati that turn into legions.

[Huberto]

They're tank units but why not just get the other counterpart like the Palatina? Better stats and better at tanking. The only thing that these units have are missiles which are useless if your tanking with a shield wall.

What does "tanking" mean? Is this a term from Starcraft or some other esport game?

[Ulfgard the Unmaker]

What does "tanking" mean? Is this a term from Starcraft or some other esport game?

It's fairly common parlance in gaming, nowadays. It works out to soaking up a lot of damage so that your high-attack/low-defense units can get stuff done rather than getting shattered right out of the gate.

[Renown]

I actually find the missiles to be extraordinarily useful.

I use Legio for the flanks, set to OFF for autofire, and then Palatina, etc... to hold the middle.

If you can get a unit of Legio/etc on the flank and behind the enemy units, set autofire back on... and boom you can kill anywhere from 40-120 units before your units even engage forces from behind, making your charge even more effective.

[Sharpe]

You can recruit Palatina?

I'm at about 406 AD and haven't seen them yet? Legio C are available in about every province and look wicked. Tandem with some of those Lancearii Spearmen and Cav mercs and you're golden.

[crowe15]

Cohors/Legio/Legio Comitatensis are line infantry, they can form defensive testudo that can protect them from enemy cavalry charges.

Palatina/Protectores Domestici/Armigeri Defensores/Elite Palatina

They're shock infantry, much more effective against other infantry. Their attacking testudo gives them a +15 against infantry, and their charge bonus (whilest meager compared to other infantry units) is better then the more defensive legionnaires. However they're most susceptible to cavalry charges.

[arcaoon]

Unite diversity is a good thing, even though they may overlap a little sometimes.