Allies question

[DasSheep]

Hi there,
New field of glory player here, sorry if my question is dumb.

So here it is: I am building a classical Greek army from Immortal Fire. I would like the bulk of my forces to be Aitalions but with allied Thessalian Calvary. My question is this: Can I take normal Calvary with my Aitalions AND take Thessalian Calvary with my allied Thessalians? Also when taking the Thessalians do I need to take the 16 bases of Hoplites minimum with them in addition to the hoplites my army already fields?

Thanks a bunch!

v/r
Das SHeep.

[gozerius]

Since your CinC is Aitolian the minimum # of hoplites in the entire army is 12. At least 6 need to be part of the Thessallian allied contingent. Also the Thessalian allied contingent can have one BG of Thessalian Cavalry. This is in addition to any non-Thessalian cavalry in the main army. An allied contingent is limited to the minima and maxima of the ally's list, so having a Thessalian ally does not give you access to the maxima for Thessalian cavalry on the main list. That would only apply if the CinC were Thessalian.

[ravenflight]

Without looking at the list, I'm sure what Gozerius says is correct... at least it seems correct.

With the Greeks in particular (and indeed anyone who has a whole heap of allied contingents) you have to be careful about what you're trying to do.

You may find that it's better to create a 'Thessalian' army with an Aitolian ally to get the result you want.

Have a bit of a play around with it.

For example, I've often thought I may get the flair I want for my Vikings by taking an OTHER than Viking army and taking a HUGE Viking allied command. I wouldn't do it because I want to run Vikings (even though I often use them as Post-Viking Scandanavians), but if I could overcome my silly notion of running Vikings I may end up with a 'better' army by swapping things around somewhat.