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I think same attack and bonuse as swordsman,
And double hp and more armour.

Patroid

maybe a small bonus on horse units too. because they had spears.

Cost:4
Hp:25
Attackpower:10
Range:1
Armor:3
Pierce Armor:04
Speed:3
Sight:4
Action/turn:1
Spell resistance:0
Bonuses:
Buildings: 100% swordsman 50%
units that have a bonus against him:Axe Thrower 100% Siege units 200%

I hope i summarized it goodly and now we can implement
(If therevare now suggestions.
Patroid

Good. I like it. I was fixing to put together some 'compromise' stats from above, but you beat me to it.

Strong infantry unit
excelent to destroy enemy infantry, archers make only 1 damage to it

cost 10, hp 50, power 20, range 1, armor 8, pierce armor 8, speed 4, sight 5, spell resistance 100%
speciall attack: throw pilum, power 7, range 4, pierce armor 3, can be used only every third turn

isnt it a duplicate of this?
http://www.ageofstrategy.net/viewtopic.php?f=76&t=694

NOT if they have a special, here I go again

Roman legionaries were the pinnacle of military strength and training. Like navy seals of the ancient world. They had large shields which could in a sense, lock together, forming a near impenatrable and VERY formiddable shield wall.

How about these guys are crappy units BY THEMSELVES but they gain +1 armour for every adjacent legionaire? This would make them a very strategic unit, and although you would need to put many turns into creating 5+ legionaires, an army of them would be a VERY dangerous force. Anybody like?

Dude, yes it is.

1) Roman legionnaire just got voted in
2) a special ability just like that was suggested for him

But it is a good idea

Daniel, this is a duplicate.

I see no such thing in that topic that is anything like my special though....

They just made a spartan/swordsmen hybrid in that topic, no special abilities.

You did not read the whole thread, then. Additionally, balint mentioned that very same idea in another thread.

Well, they mentioned a turn based ability, like the berserk rage. A special activated for a turn or two that made the unit op for a short time and than a cooldown.

I am instead suggesting that the unit be pathetically weak by itself (like swordsman or weaker weak) but when in formation with 4 or 5 of them they are ALWAYS very strong, until the formation is broken or until they are picked off.

Ah, ok. I guess that is slightly different.

It doesn't really matter anymore anyways though, seeing the unit just got voted in. Can't wait to play with it however it turns out

Dan, you should change the sprite of the unit in the dev version
You should place there the one with the gladius and the shield team color based

ok! it will be that in 10 minutes up on server.

thank you! ^^

How do I use this in a map?

I mean making one

use some other unit until i put it into the tileset.
after with one step we can replace them to new.

Maybe legionary should be upgrade unit from hoplite

The legionary is already in game right now

Legates could provide the boosters

I dont know if this is in game already.

Skill: change
Can change from a legionair with a hasta (spear) to a legionair with a gladius (sword)
He can also throw a pilum (throwing spear) every 2-3 turns
Great defending power due to his scutum (shield)
Can also move faster than defenders (marching)

First even basic swordman has beeter speed than defender.
Second i disagree with changing basic unit. As hero/map editor unit maybe.
Third - throwing your weapon (sword) to enemy? there wasn't anything like that in that time. Also you just can't throw precisely your sword to make a good hit. They haven't good aerodynamics.
Forth there is in game already Regular Roman Legionare.

Lawrence wrote:He can also throw a pilum (throwing spear) every 2-3 turns

I think u read wrong makazuwr, but I believe there is a map editor roman unit that throws spears but has stats of melee infantry, principies?

That one is different. He is more like skirmisher unit.
But i'm not wrong - each warrior in Roman Legionaries had only long sword or spear. Not both and no throwing swords/spears/something else.
Also for them we can vote already to make them trainable.
Just think - the unit Lawrence suggest is:
both anti-cavalry AND anti-buildings. Has great armor (at least same as current legionare) = hard to kill by archers. Can throw something for additional damage. I think for one unit it is a bit WAAAAAAAAAY to much.
Or his cost for that must be something like 10-15 turns. For each this superhero legionare.

Hi,
Nearly every sinle Legionare had a multiple pilum (spear to throw).
His idea is ingame as campaign/mapEditor unit called hastati.
Hastati was Eary Roman Unit that basically developed into the so called legionare.

patroid

I think there is already a roman legionnaire and hastati in the game so - ANSWERED