Originally Posted by
Pooploop
Devs, can the one in charge of unit balancing explain the reasoning behind this unit: Thrakian Mezenai (Thrakian hippeis)? Not the stats but the number of men in the unit. Why are they so few, especially compared to their brothers of the same ethnic background (e.g. Thrakian Fast Horsemen, Thrakian Horse skirmishers, even the Thrakian Noble Horse)? They're of less high birth than the Zibutai, but of a culture with extensive horse expertise (which means in eb2 terms they have a few more troops within a unit - extreme example would be steppe cultures having 100 or so horsemen a troop, even heavily armored ones), so I was expecting them to be at 80 at most, or maybe 71 like the Illyrian horse. Why 61?
P.S. The reason why is that I'm doing a bit of personal modding. I feel that this unit and the triari are a bit underpowered. Going to make this one 71 and the triari 120 at most? I'm aware of the historical reason of why the triari are at half strength (they really WERE half strength compared to normal maniples), but why are the mezenai relegated to the same numbers as a roman cavalry unit? It's a bit insulting to the thracians.