a question about the indian reforms in the future

**RedGuard** · August 07, 2016, 05:10 PM

I was reading on the reform page that there are plans for the Takashila in the future. as it is right now they get Lancers later on in the campaign as they move away from the early vedic armies and move towards the Shunga period, and I was wondering if they were also going to get their own type of cataphract as the horsemen of the 2nd and 1st century bc look very similar to the heavily armored horsemen of the Saka and Pahlavi. Im assuming the "Lancers" are a catch all term for these type of units but the one in Eb2 does not appear to be armored and would be mince meat.

Also, I was wondering about the historicity of the Indians running around half-naked. In EB 2 they all seem to look this way while its more likely that in real life only the lowest would look this way (albiet they make up 90% of the army) but the Kshatriya and the ruling class would be well armored and garbed in a traditional fashion such as this:

**Rad** · August 07, 2016, 05:21 PM

The officers pretty much look like that... dunno if there are plans for actual units.

**RedGuard** · August 07, 2016, 05:28 PM

Originally Posted by Rad

The officers pretty much look like that... dunno if there are plans for actual units.

if there are I would be fine with them being super expensive. They would essentially be the Agema of the Indian faction.

**achilles-91** · August 07, 2016, 06:08 PM

I would also love to see some later era indian units. It also bother me that there are too much in my opinion naked troops for 'barbarians' and indians.. especialy for barbarians. Way too much half naked units.