i was rewatching some nice scenes from troy and thought it'd be a cool idea if hellenic factions that ruled thessaly (larisa as capital in Rome II) could recruit myrmidon units.
they would wear black armour, dark shields and helmets and fight with straight short swords like the linothorax swordsmen.
the unit is extremely expensive (2000 with 500 upkeep) and counts 160 men, able to form a strong testudo and have excellent close combat skills.
plus they can throw javelins like roman infantry and linothorax swordsmen.
they are be a nice little unit to storm walls or crack an enemy flank as a shock troop and are great in simple close combat. but one should also take care of them, as they are (like all infantry) extremely vulnerable to artillery and light missile bombardement.
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Installation:
simply extract it into your data folder and activate it with Mitchs Rome II ModManager
path:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Total War Rome II\data
Special Thanks to Zaskar70, who gave me the new texture files in the right compression.
without him we would still have just a bronce cuirass
basic stats:
swordplay: best, noticeable better than the best vanilly unit
armour: slightly above average
defense: highest. equal to praetorians
shield defense bonus: highest vanilla
speed: highest vanilla speed for medium heavy units
stamina: slightly better than the best vanilla unit
morale: fight to death. period
ammo: 3-4 javelins
special ability: testudo
bonus: buff comrade morale, scare enemies
unit limit: ?
equipment:
shield: hoplon (are there ones with notches at the sides like in troy?) best would be black or dark grey/brown
armour: dark leather armour or the dark grey linothorax; shine protectors
helmet: bronce; type is irrelevant, as long as its hellenic with a black crest; dark shade would be nice
sword: straight short sword; the one linothorax swordsmen use in rome II
secondary: a bunch of simple javelins, no pila
EDIT: i'm already experimenting with PackFileManager