funniest units

[DemonArchangel]

ok, the funniest unit i made by myself is this unit.

Naptha martyr (aka: the suicide bomber unit)

throws naptha grenades (actually, i modded in suicide bombs that have a range of about 1 foot and blow up with about 6-7 times the force of a naptha grenade.)

12 man unit

Excellent attack

very poor defense

vunerable to missles

availiable to muslim factions only

get +1 valour bonus when made in palestine

building requirements are siege engineer,ribat and grand mosque.

Fast

Can hide in open ground

Well, that's what i got, i'm hoping kataphraktoi, lord krazy and some other unit modders might take the time to post in here.

[Kongamato]

How about a volley-firing unit of Galaga enemies?

[Kraxis]

Demon, those guys sound absolutely scary. You can't really stop them with ranged as they will run under the arrows and you can't fight them in melee...

Can only hope you have enough Peasants to soak them up... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smokin.gif

[DemonArchangel]

well it's just like real life palestinian suicide bombers, they move swiftly, dodge bullets and the israel never find them in time.

[kataphraktoi]

WHOA DEMONARCHANGEL THAT IS ONE UNIT I GOTTA MAKE FOR MYSELF, IT IS SOOO COOL I AM WRITING IN BIG TEXT, i WILL PROMOTE YOUR UNIT RIGHT NOW

Anyone know how to make a flaming naptha armoured horse?

This naptha thing is interesting, u have aroused my interest in naphta again. thank you.

[Kongamato]

You should mod the English Longbowmen to be as powerful as they truly were in history, as on their worst days they were capable of firing a bodkin arrow from the shores of Britain, straight over the English Channel, into the French mainland, and killing French knights. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/rolleyes.gif

[DemonArchangel]

There's WAY too much hype surrounding longbows, but they definitely were more powerful than they were in the game.

I modded japanese shogun units into Medieval, for the GH at least. Nothing like seeing Naginata Cavalry get run into a rut by gothic knights...

[ErikJansen]

Well I've an idea for a great unit.

Eunuchs http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif

Kinda like Fanatics, only angrier (out of obvious reasons) and armed with napthas/clubs http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Kongamato]

Battlefield Geisha.

[Lord Of Storms]

http://www.jeffpylenz.com/INCREDIMAIL%20VOL.3/NEW%20SMILIES/pirat005.gifhow about these guys

[DemonArchangel]

Actually arab ennuchs get a loyalty BONUS upon becoming a ennuch. well anyway, since Byzantine ennuchs were great generals...

Kastrated Kataphraktoi

Like Kataphraktoi, except with more (pardon the pun) balls (morale). And also, since they spend less time making sweet love to women, they have higher attack ratings because they spend more time training for warfare.

[kataphraktoi]

Yo DEMONARCH

I got no AOL
so ya better get me on MSNMESSENGER OR icq

[DemonArchangel]

well, what's your msn?

[kataphraktoi]

my e-mail fuzzwuzznuzz@hotmail.com

[Demon of Light]

I'm not actually aware of anyone doing this but I was thinking the other day about how hilarious it would be to have Klingon Infantry. You'd see them in their battle armor, holding a bat'leth and, for extra bonus points, they shout out their commands in Klingon. Their morale would be through the roof and other units would fear them (for obvious reasons). They could come out with high valor and have excellent attacks. Just imagine Klingons fighting Urban Militia and tell me if that doesn't make you laugh.

[DemonArchangel]

well, hmmm....
in my private alternate history mod, there's a unit called the terrorist, which is availiable only to the French (I'll explain why later) that has an AK-47 and can blow himself up like the naptha martyr and the suicide bomber. He also has turban and an osama style beard.

[rory_20_uk]

I would have thought that Eunuchs would make good strateigists, as they are not hormone driven, but on the battlefield, I would imagine that they would be rather weak leaders, both physically and spiritually, as they would not have the anger and drive that the ball carrying memebers of society have (and come to think of it, women as well, for at least a few days a month).
And with the suicide palestinian nutters, Wouldn't crossbows take them out, as they fire more or less straight, as opposed to archers? Of course the other option is to charge peasants into them on loose formation...

[DemonArchangel]

well actually, guns and crossbows don't do much to take naptha martyrs out, because A) they hide in open terrain

B) They're fast
C) Try hitting 12 men in loose formation....

[Kongamato]

You will then need Human Shield Protester units to stop the Naptha Martyrs. 100 strong, they have no weapons, have high morale, and are disorganized. They carry custom shields that look like posterboards with No War written on them.

[DemonArchangel]

DAMN, what a good idea..... yea, they're availiable for americans only though. or you can still use the good old peasant (civilian in my *private mod), actually modern american civilians pack m4 assault rifles (to reflect reality) and byzantine civilians are armed with swords and ultra plexiglas anti bullet riot shields. European union civilians are armed with pistols and british civlians are armed with clubs (mainly because there are no guns in britain) Arab civlians are armed with ak-47's and molotovs, And russian civilians are armed with ak-47's though they don;t have the molotov cocktails.

Also 1 naptha martyr/suicide bomber can take out a tank, or an entire group of human shield protesters/infantry, i'll model in a human shield and they'll be quite cheap to, and they attack with clubs if threatened, well clubs won't do much to protect them from tomahawk cruise missles....

[Kongamato]

A question:

Lets say I were to make a silly weapon, specifically a whip. If I wanted this to be murderous against unarmored foes, but relatively useless against heavy armor, could I give the unit an armor bonus that is a negative number?

I forgot how the armor bonus works. Also, can an armor bonus be given a number other than 1?

[DemonArchangel]

i never thought of that, why don't you give it a try and see?

[Kongamato]

I dont know how, but I could try someday.

[DemonArchangel]

i don't think you can have a negative armor piercing effect because in medieval: Total War, it's impossible to do negative damage.

[Baron von Beer]

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[Div Hunter]

Send those guys to Iraq the RG don't stand a chance http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/joker.gif

[MK_HenryV]

Not a funny unit, but in all seriousness a damn fine addition to any army:- The Marching Band. Piss poor attack (well unless you can visualise a load of drummers attempting to batter the enemy with drumsticks, or trying to insert Bagpipes where bagpipes shouldn't be inserted) but would improve the morale of any unit around them.

You could even have tunes being played out on the battlefield and as more of em got killed, the worse the music got.

If, on the other hand, u want a funny unit, how about the lepers. Cause fear in any unit that comes near em ( including their own side) but are slow to cause damage.
I can see em now, hobbling round the battlefield leaving limbs wherever they go.

[DemonArchangel]

in my alternate history mod, there's a unit called the pornkeeper, it improves the morale of your soldiers while decreasing the morale of some of the more pious soldiers, especially female islamic soldiers such as the female suicide bomber and militant saracen republican guard/.

[lonewolf371]

You will find your Longbowmen much more effective as they increase in valour, and they can be even more effective if they have weapons upgrades. What you get out of a unit is what you put into it.

[rob s]

How about a mod for the English, night vision. All battles to be fought at night, so the landscape is all black but with green figures moving about. Playing as a non English faction will make the battleground a blackscreen until your army is wiped out, unless you can capture Syria, where non English units can gain a night vision upgrade.

[DemonArchangel]

that would be impossible to mod in.