Attack- In my opinion this is what makes them so terrible. What would you rather have to counter a hoplite? A long ranged, high peirce damage toxotes, or a horribly ranged, low hack damage TA? And both these units are almost the same cost. The problem is they dont pack enough punch. Having them stand up to a hypaspist, or even an axeman is a joke.
Armor- Their armor is also terrible. Archers tear them to shreds within seconds. Ad when you DO upgrade their armor, its hardly worth the hundreds of resources.
Hitpoints- When you put 65 hitpoints with 30 hack and 10 perce armor on the battlefield, its like throwing glass china at a brick wall. They cant do jack vs. myth units because of this, a cyclops kills one in 4 hits.
Basically TAs are theoretically a versatile unit. IF they actually had decent stats, theyd slaughter infantry, and stand up well to cavalry, and even archers because they do hack damage.
But right now, even taking down a tower with a group of them is impossibel- their attack is so low it takes forever, and they picked off quickly.
I geuss the only good thging about them is that they dont cost food, allowing you to make military while still saving food for advancement, making them good for a Thor FH.
I told you I'd be back.
[This message has been edited by SilverOsirisAOM (edited 08-10-2004 @ 04:52 PM).]