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Lysandros
10-30-2007, 12:26
In Vanilla RTW they exist, if I remember correctly. I suddenly realized they were never integrated into EB... now I'd like to know why?
Beefy187
10-30-2007, 12:39
I wonder why there are no llahmas in EB...

Theres been couple similer topics which all pretty much said the same thing

Camels werent really used in military battles. There were used to supply the army.

Corect me if im wrong
Malik of Sindh
10-30-2007, 12:48
Yes,you are right.they were only used for trading,raiding caravans and supply.
Thaatu
10-30-2007, 13:45
And for comic relief.
antiochus epiphanes
10-30-2007, 16:45
midianite raiders used camels, but that was before our timeframe.
Lusitani
10-30-2007, 17:55
I wonder why there are no llahmas in EB...

Theres been couple similer topics which all pretty much said the same thing

Camels werent really used in military battles. There were used to supply the army.

Corect me if im wrong

There are llamas on the movie Troy ... i was almost expelled from the room for laughing so much...
Sarkiss
10-30-2007, 18:01
there were no camels in Western Africa (not sure of Egypt) in EB's timeframe.
Maeran
10-30-2007, 20:04
There are llamas on the movie Troy ... i was almost expelled from the room for laughing so much...

Have you never heard the story of how Heracles went past the pillars to the land of the feathered cloaks and brought back many small camels as a gift to Laomedon of Troas? He was helped by traders from Bartix.
cmacq
10-30-2007, 21:42
Have you never heard the story of how Heracles went past the pillars to the land of the feathered cloaks and brought back many small camels as a gift to Laomedon of Troas? He was helped by traders from Bartix.

Never ever hear this one before? Didn't Herk kill Lao and carry off his gates?
hoom
10-30-2007, 21:56
Tee hee at the expense of cmacq, you missed it.

Dromedaries are camels.

Polybius account of I think its Magnesia (Rome vs Seleucids) quotes camels in front of the phalanx next to the scythe chariots.
Like the chariots, they were broken up by archery.

EB guys said in an earlier thread that they left them out due to scant mention of use in war & also because of the game engine model limit.
A model of a soldier can be used for many ingame units but a model of a camel can only be used for a camel unit of which there would only be one or two.
cmacq
10-30-2007, 22:45
Tee hee

I know what Dromedaries are, did you read the post above mine?
hoom
10-30-2007, 23:04
Yes, thats what I was tee hee ing about.
This thread (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=47080) is legendary around these parts :balloon2:
Lusitani
10-31-2007, 04:19
Have you never heard the story of how Heracles went past the pillars to the land of the feathered cloaks and brought back many small camels as a gift to Laomedon of Troas? He was helped by traders from Bartix.


:inquisitive: ...suuuree...that and and how that giant walrus helped Alexander to track Darius across Persia.....right... :juggle2:
bovi
10-31-2007, 09:07
Any post including the word Bartix is a joke. Crap, that means this must be a joke too.
Spendios
10-31-2007, 11:06
i wanted bactrian camels cataphracts ~:mecry:
I of the Storm
10-31-2007, 12:15
Yes, thats what I was tee hee ing about.
This thread (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=47080) is legendary around these parts :balloon2:

Is that the actual origin of Bartix?
Amazing! Living .org history. Thanks for the link.

I have to quit reading every 5 posts, or I'll die laughing. It's probably the second deadliest joke in the world...
QwertyMIDX
10-31-2007, 13:36
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=77793&highlight=camels
Pharnakes
10-31-2007, 14:33
Any post including the word Bartix is a joke. Crap, that means this must be a joke too.


Everything I say is a lie.
Treverer
10-31-2007, 15:04
Everything I say is a lie.
Nix, it's a "lix".

Sorrix, couldn't restistix ...

BTW, that old thread should be read by all and every first semester student of Sociology, as it is wonderful example of human interaction with all the pros & cons, the good & bad, the beautiful & ugly ...

Yours, Treverer

Now: :focus:
bovi
10-31-2007, 17:38
Everything I say is a lie.
Not quite a paradox.
Pharnakes
10-31-2007, 20:24
In what way? Cause I wasn't actualy saying it?
bovi
10-31-2007, 21:08
"Everything I say is a lie. One and one is two."
The first is a lie because the other is true. The first is not a paradox because it does not limit outside influence.

A paradox would be "This statement is false" because it does not reference anything outside of itself.
Pharnakes
10-31-2007, 21:47
Hmm, posibly, though I'm not convinced. I could argue further but this probably isn't the right place...