I have posted on this before..in passing.. but I never got a real answer. So..i thought id start a topic about it and dig for some more info.
Peltasts..has anyone played around with them? have they found them useful, or are they as useless as Skirmishers in AOK?
I never understood skirmishers.. what was the point..they did terrible damage at terrible range with no hit points to speak of..their only plus was that they were cheap. now..if i could pump out 500 of them i may be able to withstand a small cavalry charge..but i cant because of pop limits. They are essentially useless..the only thing they were good at was taking out archers..but why did they have to suck in every other situation? I mean seriously..Spearmen/pikes took out Cavalry..but that doesnt mean they have 15 hitpoints and do 1 damage to every other unit in the game, they could be used..though not as effectivly, in other situations...same thing with Camels. So why do skirmishers suck? we will never know.
But, there is still hope for the Peltast. So..is it a repeat of the useless skirmisher..or can we look forward to a nice spear chunking unit in a cool lookin cloak...throw me a bone alpha testers..if they suck id like to start whining and moaning now instead of having to wait till release to get it out