KLAssurbanipal
09-12-2013, 18:51
I recently seen units. I am full of admiration for the work that they have done.
It is very good.
Dacians, Thracians, Greeks, Romans, Parthians, Scythians, Iberians, Gauls, Britons, Germans - all between them are different.
Each of these cultures have different clothing, helmets and armor. The game has up to 7 different Phrygian helmets (2 bearded classical Hellenistic, 1 mixed Phrygian-Boeotian, 1 mixed Prygian-chalcidian used by Thracians, 2 Dacian helmets and 1 used in Italy). There are many cuirasses and perhaps as many as 11 different linothorax (7 Greek, 2 Carthaginian, 2 Persian). I admire their work.
But there is one problem. Some of the units aren't various. So they look like "clones".
For example - Roman Socii until three units: Hastati, Extraordinari, Equites - they have the same helmet, armor, and differ only shields.
It's a little weird because the game is several Italian helmets and armors. Samnites have different armors and helmets, but Socii have one helmet and armor on the unit.
Examples,
Socii Hastati:
http://images.tinypic.pl/i/00444/81sfmcn40dhu.jpg
Socii Equites (different shields, but the same helmets and armors):
http://files.tinypic.pl/i/00444/l91xrnz3v1oz.jpg
Socii Extraordinari:
http://pics.tinypic.pl/i/00444/p06ulilgotdj.bmp
In other fractions can see a similar problem. Britons use until 7 helmets, but this unit has only one helmet:
http://pics.tinypic.pl/i/00444/q5c5zzsjofid.bmp
For comparison - other Briton unit has different helmets:
http://files.tinypic.pl/i/00444/sa5gm4y76jse.bmp
I'm surprised the lack of variety of units for the period of the Imperial Romans. This is the main fraction and should be more diverse. In Rome 2 - Republican Romans have a wide variety of helmets. But the Imperial Romans have only two infantry helmets (Italic A and Gallic A; there is one Coolus but used in Republic, too). Units such as the Praetorians and armored legionaries have only one helmet. Here is an example:
Pretorians:
http://pics.tinypic.pl/i/00444/mbcxampu25g1.jpg
Armored legionaries:
http://pics.tinypic.pl/i/00444/1se3cwv8e356.jpg
http://images.tinypic.pl/i/00444/xy0we067hxuu.jpg
For comparison, one unit Iberian has up to 6 types of caps and three types of helmets. That's up 9 headgear. They look amazing. So CA should give more Imperial Roman helmets for legionaries + as the main faction.
http://pics.tinypic.pl/i/00444/gfxqggutj095.bmp
It is very good.
Dacians, Thracians, Greeks, Romans, Parthians, Scythians, Iberians, Gauls, Britons, Germans - all between them are different.
Each of these cultures have different clothing, helmets and armor. The game has up to 7 different Phrygian helmets (2 bearded classical Hellenistic, 1 mixed Phrygian-Boeotian, 1 mixed Prygian-chalcidian used by Thracians, 2 Dacian helmets and 1 used in Italy). There are many cuirasses and perhaps as many as 11 different linothorax (7 Greek, 2 Carthaginian, 2 Persian). I admire their work.
But there is one problem. Some of the units aren't various. So they look like "clones".
For example - Roman Socii until three units: Hastati, Extraordinari, Equites - they have the same helmet, armor, and differ only shields.
It's a little weird because the game is several Italian helmets and armors. Samnites have different armors and helmets, but Socii have one helmet and armor on the unit.
Examples,
Socii Hastati:
http://images.tinypic.pl/i/00444/81sfmcn40dhu.jpg
Socii Equites (different shields, but the same helmets and armors):
http://files.tinypic.pl/i/00444/l91xrnz3v1oz.jpg
Socii Extraordinari:
http://pics.tinypic.pl/i/00444/p06ulilgotdj.bmp
In other fractions can see a similar problem. Britons use until 7 helmets, but this unit has only one helmet:
http://pics.tinypic.pl/i/00444/q5c5zzsjofid.bmp
For comparison - other Briton unit has different helmets:
http://files.tinypic.pl/i/00444/sa5gm4y76jse.bmp
I'm surprised the lack of variety of units for the period of the Imperial Romans. This is the main fraction and should be more diverse. In Rome 2 - Republican Romans have a wide variety of helmets. But the Imperial Romans have only two infantry helmets (Italic A and Gallic A; there is one Coolus but used in Republic, too). Units such as the Praetorians and armored legionaries have only one helmet. Here is an example:
Pretorians:
http://pics.tinypic.pl/i/00444/mbcxampu25g1.jpg
Armored legionaries:
http://pics.tinypic.pl/i/00444/1se3cwv8e356.jpg
http://images.tinypic.pl/i/00444/xy0we067hxuu.jpg
For comparison, one unit Iberian has up to 6 types of caps and three types of helmets. That's up 9 headgear. They look amazing. So CA should give more Imperial Roman helmets for legionaries + as the main faction.
http://pics.tinypic.pl/i/00444/gfxqggutj095.bmp