alternative Peloponnesian-era Spartan Hoplite(CA release)

I dont know if this has already been mentioned...sorry if it has.

CA have released a new skin...check the official site.

http://www.totalwar.com/community/newunits.htm

alternative Peloponnesian-era Spartan Hoplite. ~:cheers:

I saw it... personally I'd rather have the new helmet from that spartan, on the body of the current one. Anything is better than the current spartan helmet.

I would rather take the old helmet onto this guy to away from the gown-cloak. But shouldn't he have a Lambda on his shield?

Yeah....agreed.

The new helmet would look quite nice on the red cloaked body....but hey,its still good to have for a change.

Maybe the start of bigger things?...the trickle before the flood?
A few more of these skins on the run-up to crimbo....then *whack* maybe a patch?...but thats just wild speculation. :)

Yeah I quite like the new spartan model, don't really understand their excuse for not including a unit card. ~:confused:

Quote: " Please note that due to issues with how the game stores unit card files this download does not replace unit cards within the game."

What issues are these? Are these issues going to affect patches, expansions and future add-ons? They made the game, yet they state it is too difficult to add. Yet community members have created unpacker and packer programs for the pack files so they can be altered and added to, so surely they could have come up with a small .exe file to add them.

If getting at certain game files is too complicated for CA, the authors of the game, that doesn't bode well for expansions or patchs. I'm am absolutely sure they could have included one, I guess they just couldn't be bothered.... ~:confused:

Still, it is a free add-on, and is a good sign, shame it only half complete. ~:confused:

im going to try this, just for fun heh

Gah! Where's the L... someday.

" We will occasionally be adding alternative versions for some of the models within the game. Please note that these addtional models are not supported and you add these at your own risk. Activision or the Creative Assembly take no responsibility for the consequences of adding these additional models. "

He he he

Has anyone employedthis unit in a fight yet? I'm curious if his stats are any different, and how he looks on the field.

Before I bother downloading that is.

None of the files in the .zip have an effect on unit stats.