Huns

[KiwiWarlord]

Is there a Hunnic List buried in the game somewhere ?

[nikgaukroger]

Coming in Legions Triumphant DLC I would think.

[julianbarker]

During the period the game currently covers the Huns may have been the same people as the Xiongnu who have several lists in the Silk Road Community Content download.

[nikgaukroger]

I am pretty sure the idea that the Huns = Xiongnu was discarded a long time ago

[julianbarker]

That's why I said 'may'. Either way, the Silk Road lists will provide a contemporary Hun like army for period the game currently covers.

[Barrold713]

The Legions Triumphant preview yesterday on Twitch and YouTube featured a Hun army that looked quite imposing.

[w_michael]

I was surprised how much I liked playing the Huns. Superior horse bows/swordsmen is much better than your average Persian horse archers.

[Ludendorf]

They seem to be glass cannons. They're ferociously effective in the early stages of a battle, but they seem to lose momentum. Other heavy cavalry civilisations seem to be surprisingly effective against them too.

[Witan]

Other heavy cavalry civilisations seem to be surprisingly effective against them too.

Isn't this a bit historical inaccurate? I mean they showed themselves very dominant against other steppe people.

[rbodleyscott]

Other heavy cavalry civilisations seem to be surprisingly effective against them too.

Isn't this a bit historical inaccurate? I mean they showed themselves very dominant against other steppe people.

The other steppe people are not armoured heavy cavalry in this period. (Apart from Alan lancers).

[Witan]

The other steppe people are not armoured heavy cavalry in this period. (Apart from Alan lancers).

Ok thats good to know. But should huns really have problems fighting lancers and heavy cavalry?

[rbodleyscott]

The other steppe people are not armoured heavy cavalry in this period. (Apart from Alan lancers).

Ok thats good to know. But should huns really have problems fighting lancers and heavy cavalry?

Well they don't have much problem fighting the lancers of the Ostrogoths, Gepids etc. that they historically conquered. They did not historically conquer the Sassanids, so we have no reason to believe they would have an easy time against them.
(The Hepthalites did sometimes defeat the Sassanids, but current historical thinking is that they weren't actually Huns).

The Huns do not need to be made OP in order to achieve their historical successes in the game.