Just wanted to have a discussion about foot archers! I really like the scythian ones, I am pretty sure their melee attack is armour piercing and they have managed to kill a few enemy generals for me so they have a special place in my heart. They also come in clutch with their comparatively high charge bonus and melee attack to be useful infantry if necessary.
Even though the sauromatae archers have 7 missile attack instead of 6 i don't find them to get many more kills and their melee stats aren't as good.
I never hire toxotai, almost on principle, even if they are the only archers available to recruit in a given situation.I have a borderline irrational dislike of them, even their unit design annoys me. 4 missile attack down from 7,6 or 5 (for dacian and persian archers etc), their range is 100 vs 170 or 180 for most archers and their morale is only 2! Honestly better of using slingers than toxotai.
just as a side note, how does heavy arrow differ from medium arrow?