Yes but that's the point - an imbalance in the game list. Are we looking at historical accuracy or play balance/playability? Trade-offs are sometimes required, which is understandable. Anyway, I feel the phalanx is the main troop type in the list that would qualify for upgrading. But we would still face the same problem if we did - it would distort the army composition.🤷‍♂️

Quote from: SteveO on February 01, 2022, 09:46:05 PM
Yes but that's the point - an imbalance in the game list. Are we looking at historical accuracy or play balance/playability? Trade-offs are sometimes required, which is understandable. Anyway, I feel the phalanx is the main troop type in the list that would qualify for upgrading. But we would still face the same problem if we did - it would distort the army composition.🤷‍♂️

Why would an exceptionnalphalanx, one tug of 8, distort the army composition ( speaking of the successors ) and be unbalanced when we already have :

Eceptionnal  chariotry here and there, some exceptionnal assyrian infantry, the Xth legion, Blqack guards, varangians, Khan's guard, Timurid, etc guard some superior fanatic knights who can be very hard to kill ( not exceptionnal but hard to kill ) ..

So there are lots of super TUGs ..why would an exceptionnal phalanx TUG be such a problem ? No one answered it and I woumld really like a motivated answer ?

So I officially ask for an exceptionnal TUG as to represent the sivler shields of the successors wars and that based on their battle record, they crushed what was sent against them ..

What I mean by imbalanced is at 10,000pts if you upgrade troop types you could not afford to have high quality generals (including a Legendary general), a wing of Companions, a wing of Thessalians, the light cavalry, the Agrianians, the Cretans, the phalanx, the Hypaspists, the Greeks and so on.

I agree that upgrading the army is historically justified but if you did, your army would not look like Alexander's balanced battlefield force. Even with the current troop gradings it is pretty hard to do.

Quote from: SteveO on February 02, 2022, 10:43:37 PM
What I mean by imbalanced is at 10,000pts if you upgrade troop types you could not afford to have high quality generals (including a Legendary general), a wing of Companions, a wing of Thessalians, the light cavalry, the Agrianians, the Cretans, the phalanx, the Hypaspists, the Greeks and so on.

I agree that upgrading the army is historically justified but if you did, your army would not look like Alexander's balanced battlefield force. Even with the current troop gradings it is pretty hard to do.

I am sure it would not look like Alexmac forces as I am stressing the point for the Successors   
They do not have exceptionnal companions so the foot hypaspist and silver shields could be upgraded ..one of the phalanxes could still be exceptionnal limited to some generals as already stated and it would reflect reality .

Now if one of our dear lists guardians could react it would be appreciated

I have no plans to change the lists.

Richard

May I ask why ?

I think we may have an answer and an explanation .

Because I don't think anything needs changing.

Richard