They make for more expensive but more effective garrison unit than the peasant. As a result, it's usually rare to see more than a handful of Coastal Levies in Romano-British legions after taking a few settlements. They can hold the line for a while, despite their poor (3!) morale, giving your units a chance to make an important breakthrough or outflank the enemy even if the Coastal Levies don't actually kill many units themselves.Ĭoastal Levies will likely be dropped soon after the early game in a Romano-British campaign, as having access to Foederati the next building after the militia barracks nearly completely supersedes having Coastal Levies in your army (other than for their defence stats). Thanks to their oval Roman shields, Coastal Levies are good for one thing and one thing alone, which is defending the line. While the Coastal Levy has basically no attack ( Bucellarii have better attack stats by far in melee, and they're crossbowmen!) they have very good defence for such as cheap and basic unit. While other faction's basic spearmen have good enough attack, they have small circular shields and no armour giving them poor defence. There is just one saving grace to the Coastal Levy and that is their shields. Even compared to the basic spearmen of other factions, such as the Foederati Infantry also available to the Romano-British or the Pictish Spearmen of the Celts. Coastal Levies were border guards or watchmen and that's sadly all they're really good for. Coastal levies are outclassed in melee by any unit it comes across other than one. They are essentially reskinned Limitanei and as such come with all the same problems as those units. These troops are part of that response.Ĭoastal Levies are hands down one of the worst, if not the worst, unit in the expansion. In 410 AD the then-Emperor Honorius cut off any chance of support for Britannia against the Saxons, leaving the provincials to look after their own affairs. ![]() Historically, these spearmen were originally the garrison troops for the 'Saxon shore', the line of forts protecting the vulnerable south-east coast of Britannia from depredations by Saxon attackers. They are men who have settled and become farmers as much as soldiers, putting down roots in the areas where they are based, again like the limitanei of Rome. They are the descendants of the limitanei frontier troops of the Roman Empire proper.Īlthough a militia of sorts the coastal levies are fairly well equipped and have good chainmail, helmets, spears and large shields when they fight. ![]() ![]() Coastal Levies are recruited to watch the shores of Romano-British lands against the threat of foreign, barbarian invaders.
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