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Barkhorn1x
09-23-2004, 14:51
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/rometotalwar/screens_6108207.html?page=5

They look like some kind of super Armored Tower. ~:eek:

I've never seen these before.

Barkhorn.
Degtyarev14.5
09-23-2004, 14:57
That, sir, is a city on the move.

A.
The_Emperor
09-23-2004, 15:10
Carthage is Bankrupt, The bailiffs have moved in and are confiscating buildings...

"Come along Carthage, I got Egypt to do today, bloody shift it!" ~:joker:
Scipio
09-23-2004, 15:12
Rofl yeah I noticed these b4, almost looks like they should be from old screens but the other things in the pic suggest otherwise ~:confused:
Bob the Insane
09-23-2004, 15:27
Armoured Seige Towers???

Did such a thing every exist???
Nobody You'd Know
09-23-2004, 15:35
I don't know if they existed, or if they're better than normal siege towers, but I suspect they are what you would use to assault an epic stone wall - since it's so much higher than a normal stone wall.
Nelson
09-23-2004, 15:39
They look like buildings sailed by accountants.

It's fun to charter an accountant
And sail the wide accountan-cy,
To find, explore the funds offshore
And skirt the shoals of bankruptcy.

It can be manly in insurance:
We'll up your premium semiannually.
It's all tax-deductible,
We're fairly incorruptible,
We're sailing on the wide accountan-cy!

Monty Python
Bob the Insane
09-23-2004, 15:45
They look like buildings sailed by accountants.

It's fun to charter an accountant
And sail the wide accountan-cy,
To find, explore the funds offshore
And skirt the shoals of bankruptcy.

It can be manly in insurance:
We'll up your premium semiannually.
It's all tax-deductible,
We're fairly incorruptible,
We're sailing on the wide accountan-cy!

Monty Python

You mean Corporate Raiders?? :duel:
Tamur
09-23-2004, 16:47
They're called a helepolis. These are slightly post-Alexander monstrosities, loaded with catapults on the lower floors and oxybeles on the upper floors. The largest recorded was something like 30 meters tall (100 feet)! I can't believe they actually got these in the game...

Maybe they're just normal armoured seige towers (i.e. no armaments, just hide covering and a stairway for troops to climb up to the top). That would be VERY cool if they are helepolises.