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vpapako
11-25-2008, 21:31
How about adding a short Alexander Campaign?:idea2:
Spendios
11-25-2008, 22:09
Nope
Majd il-Romani
11-25-2008, 22:21
How about adding a short Alexander Campaign?:idea2:

you mean like a campaign for ALEX.exe or a campaign for Alexander the Great in EB2? Either way, you haven't been here long, have you? EB is set several years after Alex's death.
Megas Methuselah
11-26-2008, 04:25
A large amount of completely unneccessary work. Spendios worded my opinion quite well.
Cute Wolf
11-26-2008, 10:22
No, the Alexander battle should be the prologue campaign... As the Normans in M2TW... How about let get Alexandros himself teach every new players the basic game guide... (He dies in the end of campaign though...)

Should be an interesting opening...:idea2::yes:
Gleemonex
11-26-2008, 11:07
No, the Alexander battle should be the prologue campaign... As the Normans in M2TW...

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=108025


How about let get Alexandros himself teach every new players the basic game guide... (He dies in the end of campaign though...)

Should be an interesting opening...:idea2::yes:

a) RTW already had an Alexander campaign
b) As a tutorial, an Alexander campaign would be too simple [1] and too poignant[2].

An appealing idea for some, perhaps, but our Gaza campaign will leave little to be desired.

-Glee

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[1] All you would really learn is the hammer & anvil.
[2] Tutorials should be as transparent, direct and broadly pertinent as possible, not rich with the personal mystique of one of the world's greatest generals.
vpapako
11-27-2008, 22:39
No, I Havent been here long, I' m fresh new, but I know history. Alexander died in 323 B.C. Rome total war and most mods begin at 271 B.C. I meant a short tutorial-like campaign like the original M2TW tutorial campaign with army movement, battle and siege training with Alexander, so RTW players could experience how the world was shaped into what they see in 271 B.C. And I don't think it's such a lame idea anyway.
vpapako
11-27-2008, 22:46
And yes, RTW already had an alexander campaign, I'm not saying to reproduce that campaign, I'm proposing a small tutorial campaign. And I have faith that the EB2 team, with the M2TW engine can give us an Alexander we would really love.
desert
11-28-2008, 04:01
An Alexander tutorial would require new units specific to the tutorial. And then you really have to ask yoursef - what's the point?
Gatalos de Sauromatae
11-28-2008, 04:12
:charge: That would be really cool to meet Alexander made by EB team. :rtwyes:
Cute Wolf
11-28-2008, 06:37
We can take the viewpoint of Alexander, having lectured on how to wage a great campaign, by Aristoteles, or his Father, Philip...

Anyway, this should be an easy version of the backbreaking RTW: Alexander... coz this is proloque:laugh4:
desert
11-28-2008, 21:04
How about this, then. They've already made a tutorial campaign for EBII.
eddy_purpus
12-02-2008, 08:33
waiting for foot yelling....



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a completely inoffensive name
12-02-2008, 08:45
I don't get it, why would Foot be chanting his own name?
Megas Methuselah
12-02-2008, 09:02
He probably has an alter dedicated to Foot in his room or something... :inquisitive:


How about this, then. They've already made a tutorial campaign for EBII.

This should be repeated, as people don't want to hear this or something. There already is an awesome tutorial campaign for EB!!! Forget Alexander.
MarcusAureliusAntoninus
12-02-2008, 09:18
I believe that Foot has taken a break from the public forums for a while...

As for the idea of an Alexandros campaign, see the official EB team answer in the second post. :egypt:

Not only would it be a ton of work and require huge amounts of scripting to keep the AI from wandering off, but it would require the complete creation of a whole new faction. A complete roster of Achaemenid Persian units would have to be completely created.
Cute Wolf
12-02-2008, 18:04
That was only a tutorial-purpose units... let me purpose a silly answer:

You can pretend the Khuveshavangan, Dahae Baexdantae, Chidainh (although they're celtic), and some Arab / Persian archer - spearmen to be a persian units... and even you can use Phalava as Persians.... (although it seems badly ahistorical... it does nice to see a Phalavan general named Darius CondoCodomannus:laugh4:

BTW soory for this posts...
Pontius Pilate
12-03-2008, 04:38
That was only a tutorial-purpose units... let me purpose a silly answer:

You can pretend the Khuveshavangan, Dahae Baexdantae, Chidainh (although they're celtic), and some Arab / Persian archer - spearmen to be a persian units... and even you can use Phalava as Persians.... (although it seems badly ahistorical... it does nice to see a Phalavan general named Darius CondoCodomannus:laugh4:

BTW soory for this posts...


Incredibly pointless, you don't have to post everything that pops into your mind. Phalava is not the same thing as the Achaemenid Persian Empire and to interchange units between them would not be historically accurate.
a completely inoffensive name
12-03-2008, 08:03
Rule of thumb to all visitors:

If you find yourself typing a "silly" idea or thought or answer, just hit the "x" button in the upper right corner of the screen before hitting that post button. If you follow this rule constantly then you can be 100% protected from scrutiny from other posters.
MarcusAureliusAntoninus
12-03-2008, 08:13
Though we all should be more lenient with "silly" questions. :shame:
Pontius Pilate
12-03-2008, 08:51
Though we all should be more lenient with "silly" questions. :shame:

or we could decide to not post "silly" questions. I really don't think this is the best enviroment to post "silly" questions and answers.
Ludens
12-03-2008, 18:56
Though we all should be more lenient with "silly" questions. :shame:

Seconded :yes: .


or we could decide to not post "silly" questions. I really don't think this is the best enviroment to post "silly" questions and answers.

Is there a good environment for asking silly questions?

I suspect that very few of these suggestions are intended to be silly. It's just that people don't understand the complexity of modding or history, or don't realize how much thought went into designing and making EB.
Pontius Pilate
12-03-2008, 21:54
Is there a good environment for asking silly questions?

I suspect that very few of these suggestions are intended to be silly. It's just that people don't understand the complexity of modding or history, or don't realize how much thought went into designing and making EB.


I just thought spamming was looked down upon in this forum. But I guess we could go easy on the new members.
lobf
12-04-2008, 12:45
Though we all should be more lenient with "silly" questions. :shame:

Honestly. The point of asking a question is because you don't know the answer. If you don't ask question you choose to be ignorant.
MarcusAureliusAntoninus
12-04-2008, 19:26
There is a difference between asking a "silly" question or a "stupid" question and being a troll. Trolls will not be tolerated. Newbies who don't know something that may happen to be common knowledge around these parts isn't the same thing.
lobf
12-04-2008, 21:30
There is a difference between asking a "silly" question or a "stupid" question and being a troll. Trolls will not be tolerated. Newbies who don't know something that may happen to be common knowledge around these parts isn't the same thing.

Right. I wasn't even considering trolls. Usually it's pretty obvious if their question is only antagonistic. See: Rastapopolous...
Majd il-Romani
12-07-2008, 04:23
even though I think an Alexander tutorial would be cool, I've been here long enough to know it wont happen

PS Pontius Pilate I love your Title!
bovi
12-08-2008, 08:17
Clearly this thread has run its course.