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    Has any here played it? Is it good?
    I'm thinking about getting it but due too my crap internet it takes me 3 days, so I'd like to hear about it before I spend 3 days getting it.
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    Default Re: Broken Crescent

    have a read of the new thread titled - Mods for MTW2 and Kingdoms

    That should start the craving on your M2TW taste buds
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    I've been playing it for a couple days and so far it's AWESOME

    haven't fought a battle in the open yet as I'm holed up in the mountains, but the AI seemed more competent in the two sieges I've fought...and my spies indicate my AI neighbours have some hefty and well diversified stacks of troops...

    plus it just looks so so pretty...
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    Cool, I think it'll be worth it.
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    I'd recommend getting it, I've just gotten to the point in my campaign where the wars begin, man the AI is aggressive, it will attack you with multiple large stacks, each at a different settlement, the AI stacks are well balanced (none of the 3 unit stacks or full peasant stacks BS from vanilla), and it seems like the passive siege AI bug is dead. its actually a challenge to play...I had to start over on H/H instead of VH/VH which is a first ever since the original MTW.

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    Gents:

    Good afternoon from Canada!!! I hope this finds you and yours well. As for me, I could complain...yadda, yadda, yadda.

    I downloaded Broken Crescent last night, and I find I'm liking it very much! I must admit it's a tad overwhelming, but I'm sure to find my way around soon. I like this mod for it puts the focus on the Middle East and what they were doing whilst the rest of the world was concentrating on Europe. It's nice to see another region for a change.

    On that note, I do have a historical question, though. It is simply this: Was the Eastern Roman Empire the last of the Roman Empire of which we've all heard tell?

    In closing, I'd like to see what other wares the author this mod might have for us!!

    Live long and prosper, take care and thank you kindly!!!!

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    Yes. A very brief and inaccurate history: The Roman Empire was split by Diocletian in about 300 AD. The Western capitol was Rome and the eastern capitol was Constantinople. The western empire soon collapsed under invasions from several 'barbarian' kingdoms (Vandals, Goths etc), while the remnants of the eastern empire survived for much longer as the Byzantine empire (Byzantine is a modern name for it, at the time it was 'the Roman empire'), and was destroyed by Crusaders and finally the Ottomans ~1000 years after its creation.

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    I just downloaded it and I've started a campaign as the Kingdom of Makuria, it took me a while to expand thanks to my prince rebelling, so I had to deal with 2 full stacks without any generals, I'm lucky the Ayyubids didn't attack me or I would've been destroyed.
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    Xehh II in case you didn't read in the BC forum at twcenter - there are a couple of bugs which have been identified and the fixes are not savegame compatible.

    I had to restart my campaign as a result (or i would never see the Mongols!)

    here is the link to patch 1.05:

    http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=142288

    I think we can all join in applauding the (small) BC modding team for supporting their mod with such dedication and putting out a patch so quickly.

    CA could learn a thing or two...
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    Not save game compatible? Damn, I've just started going well in my campiagn, I suppose I better get it though.
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    Is India the only faction to get war elephants?

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    yes, I believe only the Rajput States get tuskers
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    Gents:

    Good morning from Canada!!! I hope this finds you and yours well. As for me, I could complain...yadda, yadda, yadda.

    I'm finding Broken Crescent a very interesting mod. It's nice to concentrate on another part of the world during the Middle Ages instead of just France and England, even though that's what we mainly heard about.

    Again, I find myself asking questions. 1) When did the Ayyuib Empire (Sultanate?) become Egypt? 2) It seems we have two different nations of Raijputs. I'm playing the one now. Is the other also playable?

    I'm sorry I can't remember the name! DAMN!!!

    In closing, to repeat what I said in an earlier posting, it's going to be interesting to see what this author's other wares will be!!!

    Live long and prosper, take care and thank you kindly!!!!

    Sincerely yours always,

    Indy.

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    The Ayyubid dynasty seized control of Egypt, which was then called Misr, around 1169 when Salah ad-Din became Grand Vizier for the Fatimid Khalifat, a Shi'a state, following the death of his uncle. In 1171 the reigning Fatimid Khalifa, al-Adid, died and Salah ad-Din had the name of al-Mustadi, the Sunni Abbasid Khalifa in Baghdad, read in the Friday prayers. However Salah ad-Din was still but a governor for his nominal lord, Nur ad-Din, who ruled Syria. When Nur ad-Din died in 1174 Salah ad-Din seized control of Egypt and made himself Sultan.

    As for your other question. Nope the Chauhan Rajputs are not playable. Which is a shame because it would rock to be able to play as the great Raj Prithviraj III, the last of the Northern Hindu lords. For the moment we are stuck with the Solanki Rajputs. But they are pretty cool too. The Solanki clan was descended from the Chalukya, a great central and southern Indian dynasty.

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    Haven't played it, probably won't play it for a while, to much else to do. However I've watched this mod since it started and I can safely say it is THE mod for M2. The amount of research and pure hard work into this mod is outstanding. It's guaranteed to produce good result. Naturally I don't discount that this mod will have it's issues like everything else in life does, but it's surely worth it.

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    Here are a few screenshots from my current campaign to whet the appetite.

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    Seriously, get involved.
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    I absolutely LOVE the Ghorid flag, it's my favorite. Love the black uniforms too, what's the unit in the second screenshot called ?
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    I'm such an idiot! I never though of taking any sceenshots, so many missed cool moments.
    @Sinan, the cavalry unit or the spearmen?
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    Yep, they're Mounted Ghazis ?
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    I think they're either Emirs Guard or Emirs Elite Ghulam Cavalry.
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    yep, they're my bodyguard unit - can't remember the precise name...

    their shields are so ornate in design, I can't help but occasionally pause the game and just look at them for a few minutes..
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    If anyone's still in any doubt, there's a good review of the mod in the twcenter magazine:

    http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...hp?t=142636#BC
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    Here are some of my screeenshots although they are quite lame compared to Phonicsmonkeys.

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    Hope they're not too bad.
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    I just downloaded it today and played a few turns as ERE and I am incredibly impressed. I spend half the time just reading the VERY detailed unit descriptions (at least for ERE, maybe not for all factions). First of all I enjoy that it makes the game more historical, units and cities have native names, units aren't cloned over and over, uniforms are more faded colors instead of like football uniforms, etc etc. The Map is absolutely huge with small provinces, and units move very far per turn, in many cases an army can cross 3 regions in a single turn. Agent movement is HUGE, they can probably move across the entire map in 6 turns which I like. Haven't had much combat experience but the units have been rebalanced with very high defense compared to attack stat. Elite units have 16 armour!. One of my favorite features is that bodyguards actually fit the name now, only 7 men for generals, 15 for Royalty, but you can also recruit the same unit as a full cavalry unit, except they only have 1 hitpoint (but with 26 defense they don't die easily ). Unit upkeep now accurately reflects the quality of troops and forces you to fight with a balanced army, basic spears = 80, elite axemen = 460(!), elite cav = 650(!) also mercs have MUCH greater upkeep compared to equivalent 'normal' units, very nice. I could go on and on... My only complaint so far is very minor - some screens (faction selection, loading screens etc) are difficult to read due to the bright background images.
    Also there is a lot of variety in the text descriptions of units and factions, obviously written by many different people, I even saw some non-english words, but this is not really a complaint, I actually think it adds to the character of the mod and shows what a tremendous effort it was and how many different people and talents it took to put it all together. Kudos to the whole team if any of them see this

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    Great screenshots Xehh II!

    I love the third one with the guy getting killed on the wall...

    I'll try to get more in-action shots when I next play, and post some here

    what does your campaign map look like so far?
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    This is my map, toggle_fowed because I don't have any other factions maps.

    I'm the green bit at the bottom btw.
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    how many turns in?

    I notice the Ghorids have snapped up a lot of rebel territories around them

    I'm playing them at the moment and I haven't gotten as far yet
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    The year is 1192, I don't know how many turns that is though.
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    how are you finding the economy?

    I'm enjoying the fact that I have to be frugal with my cash..although I hear this is somewhat faction-dependent
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    My economy isn't that bad, the Kingdom of Makurias position has lots of places for mines so I've never been in debt, I've been close though.
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