Why doesn't Arco have Phalangites (Pikemen) ?

[PDF]

Debate on the "lance", cont.
Companions Cav were indeed armed with a lance called "Xyton" or stg approaching , that was 12 ft long.
But the length of the spear is not relevant to the weapons'effect : as long as the cavalryman wasn't firmly stabilized with stirrups, he was effectively wielding a "spear".
OTOH however, the speed of the horse DID add to damage.
And the Companions lance was a "one shot" item, as it broke on impact or was dropped to avoid unhorsing, then the warrior drew its sword.
But Lastly the length of the lance itself gave a first strike advantage on "standard" 6-8 feet spears...

What would be needed to simulate it is a "downgraded" lance (dam 18-19 instead of 22 for example), not possible for the moment, we need weapon modding for that.

Either I have to equip them with "Long spears", Lance/sword, or even sword only. I don't think I can have them use a spear then a sword...

If IW have hindsight on this ...

Edited : finally I agree with Keir , it's more rationale to give them Lance+Sword currently.
The added "undeserved" bonus ain't that great, and it'll help Arco field a useful cavalry...

The standard Arco HC will also get "Long spears" to represent Thessalian HC - I'll also boost somewhat their crappy morale

[ January 21, 2004, 11:59: Message edited by: PDF ]

[Pocus]

you can perhaps raise the str of the cavalryman by 2 points, and use a spear (which has the str added I think), to represent the fact that the horse give some more shock to the whole attack?

[Nagot Gick Fel]

Originally posted by PDF:
Debate on the "lance", cont.

Pour piocher quelques bonnes idées, tu pourrais jeter un coup d'oeil à "De l'Art Equestre", par Xénophon (éd. Gallimard, en poche - mais mon exemplaire a ~20 ans, je ne sais pas si cette édition est toujours disponible).

[Pocus]

huhu, Nagot speak to us in english in our all-french games, and do the reverse in the forum. Time to stop playing 4 days in a row, Jacques

[PDF]

Nagot try to confuse us, in game or on the forums
Thx for the advice anyway

Back to my mod,
Pocus,
If I give them higher strength they will be advantaged in all rounds of battles - giving them a lance only give them a 1-round advantage, I prefer that - before being able to mod the Lance.

Another thing hit me : the Arco Mtd Cmdr is pure crap (Prot 6 !!), needs a good breastplate and a shield !
But I suppose it's the same unit that the "Indy" Mtd Cmdr, so I'd need to create another unit and scrap the old one from recruit list.

... but I realized I don't know how to "delete" a unit from recruitment list : how to do that ? Do I need to "clear" stg and list the whole set of units all over again ?