Originally Posted by
Jimalim
Issue with Bosporan Kingdom recruitment:
Their highest level of government loses the ability to recruit Eplietikoi Thorakitai (which is available from their 2nd highest level, Paradynastic rule). I'm not sure whether this is a bug or it is intended, so I just wanted to mention it as it seemed weird to me. Why would they lose the ability to hand pick their best thorakitai to form an elite unit as a result of improving their royal bureaucracy?
Loving 2.3, really awesome work guys! Thank you!
Their "highest" isn't actually the "best". The Bosporans don't work like the other Hellenistic factions in this regard, the advantage of the Royal Satrapy is that it can be assigned to a non-royal, a satrap who is potentially more trustworthy/less murderous than someone related to the king. If you've read anything on Bosporan history, you'll understand the relevance of that point.
In 2.3a the areas they're allowed in have been amended, so there's less crossover and it seeming like you should automatically upgrade one to the other. For the Paradynastes, it's now:
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and building_present hinterland_hellenistic_polis and region_religion rel_h 45 and hidden_resource anatolian or hidden_resource pontic or hidden_resource greek1 or hidden_resource greek2
Whereas for the Royal Satrapy, it's:
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and building_present_min_level hinterland_hellenistic_polis polis_two and region_religion rel_h 55 and hidden_resource satrapy or hidden_resource royal_core
The latter does now have Thorakitai Epilektoi. But as I said, the overlaps between the two are much less, there are many places where only one will be available.