New unit profile launched!

[[DnC]]

Just head on to http://www.totalwar.com, click on Rome: Total War banner up on top and click the unit profile link

Looks very nice http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smokin.gif

[CBR]

Velites:

Expert at Hiding in forests
Can hide in Scrub
Sapping capability


Interesting..


CBR

[rasoforos]

nice ...hope to see more soon though.

[[DnC]]

I actually have no idea what a scrub is.

[CBR]

An area with short trees and/or bushes.

CBR

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

Quote[/b] (CBR @ Feb. 06 2004,15:59)]Velites:

Expert at Hiding in forests
Can hide in Scrub
Sapping capability


Interesting..


CBR
So it looks like we have specific terrain types now? By sapping capability, do they mean they can act as sappers?

[[DnC]]

Citaat[/b] (CBR @ Feb. 06 2004,11:18)]An area with short trees and/or bushes.

CBR
Cheers, thanks :)

[Barkhorn1x]

Good stuff. Looks MUCH better than the earlier incarnation.

Barkhorn.

[The Wizard]

That is very interesting... it leads me to believe that there is no special sapping unit, but units just need the ability... that's amazing http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-thumbsup.gif



~Wiz

[Basileus]

lovely, impatient for more http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-jester.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-yes.gif

[Sir Robin]

Ah... it's flash so I can't import.

Very very sneaky... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

Sapping ability will be nice. I assume they are talking about undermining walls. Sounds like a good flanker/ambush unit.

Like the format, good job CA http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/cool.gif

[Revenant69]

Hmmm...I dont know about this sapping ability. The hiding thing makes sense as through history lightly armed skirmish troops were ideal for ambush tactics (ie Thracian peltasts etc). But that sapping thing is a bit worriesome to me, I just cant imagine a Velite trying to sap a wall. I guess I will have to see it in the final game.

On another positive note though, I like the fact that there seems to be a vide variety of terrain types.

Does anyone know with what frequency the unit info will be posted? once a week, once a month, once a day (yeah I wish http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-smile.gif ).

Cheers,
Rev

[MiniKiller]

* feels dumb *

Whats sapping http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-computer.gif

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

Quote[/b] (MiniKiller @ Feb. 07 2004,00:16)]* feels dumb *

Whats sapping http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-computer.gif
Siege enginnering, and some other stuff too-tunnelling under walls, digging trenches to house guns, placing explosives, etc. I believe that private soldiers in the Royal Engineers are still known as sappers, actually.

[chilling]

Looking at a the screen shots I've seen. A lot of the battle shots have included buildings and walls. This leads me to believe that sieges and assaults are going to play a much bigger part in Rome than they have ever done in MTW.

Maybe the Devs are going to actually deliver the game that they've always wanted to. Sapping could become a key skill, as there will be many more battles you'll conduct around a major settlement.

I must admit that castle assaults are the battles I avoid playing unless absolutely necessary.

[RisingSun]

About bloody time. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smokin.gif

However, this raises a few questions- How are they going to "show" sapping? Will you choose to send people on "sapping duty" before the assault, or during a siege even without an assault yet taking place? You can't very well have them magically digging through the ground like some sort of Roman pokemon. And will there be a sort of "see-through" ground thing, so we can monitor them? Will there be fights in the tunnels as counter-sappers make contact? Perhaps it will be not unlike dismounting knights before battle...

More than a few questions, actually...

Rock on, CA http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-2thumbsup.gif

[Aymar de Bois Mauri]

Quote[/b] ]Does anyone know with what frequency the unit info will be posted? once a week, once a month, once a day (yeah I wish ).
Once a week. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-anxious.gif

[Omar Mena]

Quote[/b] (Aymar de Bois Mauri @ Feb. 06 2004,20:33)]
Quote[/b] ]Does anyone know with what frequency the unit info will be posted? once a week, once a month, once a day (yeah I wish ).
Once a week. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-anxious.gif
Supposedly.

[thrashaholic]

Looks pretty cool http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif , as far as I can remember these weren't included in the previous set of unit profiles....so does this mean they've revised the list of troops(ie making barbarians more accurate)?

Thrashaholic

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

Quote[/b] (thrashaholic @ Feb. 07 2004,08:17)]Looks pretty cool http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif , as far as I can remember these weren't included in the previous set of unit profiles....so does this mean they've revised the list of troops(ie making barbarians more accurate)?

Thrashaholic
Yes, I think the reason given for taking down the old units was that 'they no longer accurately reflected the game'.

[The_Emperor]

Hmm Experts at hiding in Forest... Sounds like a great ambush troop.

Run out behind the enemy let fly a few volleys of Javs and then charge in Nice http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif

[Catiline]

THey're not ninja. Charge with them and they'll be very dead very quickly. The trick with such light troops should be to hit and run, and to dominate grreound where formed bodies can't go.

[The_Emperor]

Quote[/b] (Catiline @ Feb. 07 2004,18:11)]THey're not ninja. Charge with them and they'll be very dead very quickly. The trick with such light troops should be to hit and run, and to dominate ground where formed bodies can't go.

Good point, they are like the javs in MTW.
Still you can charge with them, they are the expendable battle fodder of a leigion really.

Let loose with all your Javs and then charge into Combat when your ammo has run out, that sounds good to me http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Wishazu]

The Romans if I remember my history correctly were unequaled at siege warfare in their time. Big King most regular infantry in british army refer to all engineers as sappers, i wouldnt be surprised if it was still a designation within the army though

[Sir Robin]

Stinky pile of poo...

Shows an update to units for the 9th but still just Velites.

CA don't be like my wife, stop teasing me.

[biguth dickuth]

Quote[/b] ]Stinky pile of poo...

Shows an update to units for the 9th but still just Velites.

CA don't be like my wife, stop teasing me.
yes really, why did that happen? what kind of update is this if it has still just velites and no link to the "advance" or retreat" buttons?

[PSYCHO]

Many peeps were complaining that the link wasn’t working when it was just loading.
At the community’s behest, Shogun was good enough to make a loading bar…and this took time which he would no doubt have spent updating something else.
This was the update for Monday.


my2bob

[The Shogun]

Yep I built and added the preloader for Mondays update as I had a few confused peeps on slower connections with an empty window http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif I posted this on the TW forum in updates thread:


Monday (9th Feb) we updated the unit profile with the new preloader, so any one on a slower concetion knows how much longer they have to wait.

You will get new Res Romanae updates every day this week (with the odd snippet about the game in there so make sure you check it every day).

Wednesday we'll update the building profile. So Friday will see a new 3D unit profile.

[Stormer]

cheers for info The shogun also why does it day you joined in 1983 is that right http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

[Kraxis]

Wow, Richie is by far the oldest patron here He had been here longer than the public internet has been around. Damn, what a foresight.

[Aymar de Bois Mauri]

Quote[/b] ]Wow, Richie is by far the oldest patron here He had been here longer than the public internet has been around. Damn, what a foresight.
ROTFL http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-laugh4.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-laugh4.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-laugh4.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-jester.gif

[Nowake]

If I'm not mistaken, '83 or '85 was the year when the Creative Assembly was founded, so it seems pretty logic, doesn't it? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[Kraxis]

It is that old? I thought it was from about 90 or even 94.

[chilling]

21 years of development and all they have to show for it is 2 games and 2 expansion packs. What do they do with the rest of their time? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-jester.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-jester.gif

Beer and girls I expect http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/cheers.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-clown.gif

[The Wizard]

Actually they have several more titles, foremost among these a Rugby game. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif



~Wiz

[Basileus]

yeah they have done other games besides the total war ones but still 83 and even 85 is preety early for a game developer i might say http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

[chilling]

Probably started knocking up stuff on the spectrum or it's ilk. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wacko.gif