Legionaries

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My favorite race to play with is Pythium. They seem to fit my playing style and philosophy best.

As for my main units, I got this choice :

Velite 10G, 09R
Alae Legionnaire 10G, 18R
Hastatus 12G, 19R
Principe 15G, 19R
Triarius 14G, 28R

Velite seem too expensive to make proper cannon fodders. And barely faster than the standard legionaries, they are not fast enough to make good flankers.

Alae, Hastatus and Principe are very close to each others in term of strenght. But it seems to me that the Hastatus and Alae price is so close to the one of the Principe that I fail to see their utility.

Triarius are slow and heavily armored soldiers. They are closer to the arco hoplites than to the other legionaries. I guess they could make good commander bodyguards but for this task, I prefer emerald guards.

So my typical pythium army consist mainly of principe. I wish there could be a use for all units. What about making it so that pythium can recruit alea legionaries in conquered cities only. It would make sense as, by their background, they are recruted from the empire allies...

Since the Velites don't wear mediuim-heavy armor like the other legionaries, they could aim slightly better.

For the Hastatus... I don't know. They are suppose to be the core of the army while the principe are, with the Triarius, the elite. Any suggestion to make them worthwhile? Perhaps the gold cost could be lowered?