Macedon in RTW

[Sashie VII]

Yeah, why do the axemen in general have bonus against heavily armored units?

Their axes cut through armour more easily.

IIRC

 

[Dreadnought]

You know what militia means? it means they fight in their spare time. Just should be worse.

Militia means that they are like guards (National Guard). They recieve training. Levies do not.

 

[Swiss Bezerker]

Yes but Levies implies they are actually part of the military, while militia implies they stille have another proffesion.

 

[Sashie VII]

Actually, levies do get trained before they are actually sent to battles..albeit a very short one

 

[Takhisis]

The militia are a bit less cowardly... but the pike levies have the longer reach....

 

[Sashie VII]

but the pike levies have the longer reach....

...and a bit more cowardly

 

[Takhisis]

cowardly or not, they´re very useful as cannon fodder, 'cso, unlik other canno fodder, they can resist charges...

 

[Sashie VII]

cowardly or not, they´re very useful as cannon fodder, 'cso, unlik other canno fodder, they can resist charges...

True

And they can do much damage, too.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

or we can just own them all with British Chariots. And yes, i have fought Macedon, The Selucid Empire, and their levys, with great sucess, thank you scythed chariots!

 

[Sashie VII]

Seleucids have chariots too..

 

[diablodelmar]

So does egypt, who are better.

 

[Dark Ascendant]

Anyone who says that levy pikemen suck, chew on thus.

Today as the Seleucids I was beseiged and forced to defend myself. One unit of pikemen, with no upgrades routed one unit of peasants, four units of nubian spearmen, two units of skirmishers, and two units of chariot bodyguards. That one unit ended up losing 63 men and killing 432, including two generals.

Put in the middle of a street, with no gaps between the men and the street, they massacred the Egyptians, who couldn't form phalanxes because they had just turned a corner and were entangled in each other's formations.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

wow dark thats pretty crazy. I can see how they'd be quite formidable in those urban environments, having been pwned by some Militia Hoplites in my storming of Corinth. I won, but how many Hoplites did i lose you ask? many

 

[Dreadnought]

I like the Levy Pikemen because they are cheap and large company sizes

 

[Takhisis]

or we can just own them all with British Chariots. And yes, i have fought Macedon, The Selucid Empire, and their levys, with great sucess, thank you scythed chariots!

The British chariots aren´t scythed.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

all chariots are scythed in RTW, thats why they own

 

[diablodelmar]

all chariots are scythed in RTW, thats why they own

Actually I don't think they are all scythed. That is why some are clearly called "Scythed chariots".

 

[Takhisis]

Why don´t you check the info scroll for the Brit HChariots?

 

[diablodelmar]

I did, and it didn't mention anything about "scythed" anywhere.

 

[Takhisis]

And the one in the picture doesn´t have scythes... I checked yesterday at a netcafé-