please tell me there will be a hannibal event

[Callahan9119]

i need something to assuage my despair that after all my years of waiting for a good hannibal movie treatment, mr. vin diesel decided not only to direct it, but to star in it as well.

i cant wait to see how he tries to shoehorn some sexy leading lady in there

but anyways, i'm really hoping that with the use of kingdoms this and many other awsome things will be possible...waiting for this mod to come out may kill me

[eggthief]

it is possible with rtw as well, could've gone the same way as xanthippos (sp?) point is that hannibals father could have had sex at a different moment with hannibals mother causing a different son (or a daughter) to be born and eb is pretty much about changing history i guess. Kinda see it like this: if your parents would have had their sexual intercours (sp?) one day later than they in reality did, then u would have probably not been born.

[Callahan9119]

ummm yeah


good thing that wolf didnt eat romulus and remus or there wouldnt have been a rome

i was thinking something more along the lines of the william wallace event....

[Parallel Pain]

We don't really need Hannibal if we win the First Punic War as Carthage (or loose as the Romani, but what are the likelyhoods) now do we?

[abou]

Historical railroading = teh suxors

Well, at least too much. There are some things we go with because there is enough of an historical basis behind certain developments. People, however, is a no.

[Hax]

Exactly, Abou makes a very valid point.

Hannibal Barkas was born in 247 BC, and between 272 and 247 a lot could've happened. Roma could have crushed the Kart-Hadastim, Hamilcar Barkas could've been killed, Kart-Hadast could have conquered Roma, etc, etc. It's just too late in the timeframe to do something like that.

[Callahan9119]

by that reasoning why should you have any of the various reforms and events that are in the eb script?

there were a series of situations, chance events etc that all added up to the creation of reforms

hannibal in eb2 shouldnt be dismissed out of hand, especially when you consider how long the man was in italy, although i do understand the argument that in the end it didnt change the outcome of romes destiny (or maybe it was the catalyst, who can know?)...but IF we are to agree with theodore dodge, hannibal was the crucible that helped make the romans what they eventually became

all i'm suggesting is possibly a trigger that would allow him to appear in spain..how feasible that is to code or whatever i dont know

edit:: just to make it clear, i'm not trying to start an exhausting argument over the merits of having certain great figures from history added to eb2. i know how hard it is to choose what goes in or out of such a huge and sweeping mod, and by all rights i should just shut up and enjoy the finished product, which i'm quite certain will be nothing less than fantastic. all i am asking is that it is considered

[Cartaphilus]

by that reasoning why should you have any of the various reforms and events that are in the eb script?

Touché.

You got the point.

[General Appo]

Well, many of the reforms that occured during EB´s timeframe were close to inevitable, less something truly extraordinarly happened, such as Carthage conquering Roma by 250 BC, and that just doesn´t seem likely.
For example, the Polybian reforms are a direct result of Roma´s increased contact with mainly Gallic and Iberian warriors, something that would likely have happened even if some famous Romans hadn´t been born.
Same goes for the Marian reforms, the creation of such a large empire required some sort of reforms as the Roman system was unable to accomidate such a large empire.
The Augustan reforms are also quite likely to occur with the creation of an even larger and not so expansive empire, and especially so with someone like Augustus taking power and centralising it upon a single figure.
As for the Carthaginian reforms, they too were likely to happen, wether Xanthippus had arrived or not. It was pretty much the natural next step.
Same goes for pretty much all the other reforms.

[Ludens]

by that reasoning why should you have any of the various reforms and events that are in the eb script?

there were a series of situations, chance events etc that all added up to the creation of reforms

Those were broad social and military changes, not the actions of one man. So much of Hannibal's march depend on Hannibal being born, and being born the same person in the same world. It's not inevitable and not necessarily likely that it would have occurred.

It's true that EB's reforms mostly follow history, but that is simply due to limitations of the engine. There are only so much reforms and reformed units one can include. With the exception of Epiros, all factions in EB were around for enough time to have at least a chance to reform. One can therefore argue that the reforms included in EB are historically the most likely option, even if they need not have happened at the time that they did.

Including Hannibal's march, on the other hand, seems an attempt to shoehorn a famous character in.

[Callahan9119]

appo, i agree with that, but if we are to run with it we need to suppose all these things would eventually happen from the first turn you play. the argument of "historical railroading" is easily applied to any argument and quite arbitrary in my opinion.

to argue there would have to be marian reforms due to romes ever increasing empire is to first guess there was an ever increasing empire, and at the start of the game that has yet to be decided. when these things are added to the script you are presupposing something will happen to allow an event to occur

i just think it would be cool to have an event that if the certain triggers are met, he appears.

i wont deny i have hero worship, and my request is quite selfish

ludens, to distill hannibal down to the march through the alps is to forget this man was the terror of rome for over a decade, basically creating a state within a state for quite a long while, but i agree that if you step outside of the whole vast timeframe of this period, those 15 years can appear superficial

like i said i understand and empathise with all your guys' points

heres to civility

[Hax]

Hey, nobody's stopping you to ship a Hannibal of your own to Spain, recruit an army there, march through the Alps to terrorize Rome!

This is EB, you can -change- history!

[Cartaphilus]

Hey, nobody's stopping you to ship a Hannibal of your own to Spain, recruit an army there, march through the Alps to terrorize Rome!

This is EB, you can -change- history!

I've done it and it's great, but with no elephants at all.

[abou]

hannibal in eb2 shouldnt be dismissed out of hand, especially when you consider how long the man was in italy...

Not to be a dick about it, so that isn't my intention when I say this, but we have and we will.

It isn't justifiable to include him. Reforms are mainly due to changes in military schema and influence by other technologies. Including Hannibal is a whole other bag.

[Callahan9119]

it would probably be better to say "we have considered it, yet we dont feel we can represent all the minutia of history to try and please everyone" or at least something a little more diplomatic in nature

no offense, but your posts are antagonistic and a bit coarse

but i get it, and i'll let it drop

thanks for your replies

[General Appo]

When you´ve done what Abou has done, you have the right to be as big a dick as you like.

[Parallel Pain]

You know if anything, if they put in Hannibal I don't know how many people would be screaming for Julius Caesar and Pompey and Spartacus and Scipio Africanus and Vercingeterix and Surena and such.

The problem being by their time all their enemies have probably been wiped.
I mean by 60 BC the player would probably have already taken out Gaul, or if the player is some other faction then Carthage already taken out Rome, etc.

So really, it's only logical for you wanting Hannibal is to play Carthage and do it yourself. I mean it really wouldn't make sense if Rome decide to expand into Gaul while Carthage into Spain and the two remain faithful allies to have a Hannibal pop up in Italy ravaging the countryside now would it?

[Callahan9119]

i just think it would be cool to have an event that if the certain triggers are met, he appears.

i thought it would be cool to have some various great people appear if CERTAIN CONDITIONS merit it, possibly using the special abilities available in kingdoms... and as i said , it is very subjective about who people think was more relevant. i understand it could cause too many arguments about who was more important.

they stated its not an option, so thats that

[Parallel Pain]

But you know, that would be giving Carthage a huge army at Carthago Nova (or whatever its actual name is) which is already unfair. And then if AI controls Carthage, then we have to force the AI to march that stack by land into Italy through the alps, and we have to force BOTH Gallic tribes to declare war on Carthage but only attack Hannibal with small 1~3 unit stacks, and then he goes into Italy and if the AI also control the Romans, then the AI has to send army after army after it, but only two or three direct confrontation, and Carthage have to win all of them, and then we have to give Southern Italy + Campania to Carthage, and after that we still have to make sure Hannibal stays in Italy and not march back to Spain or go to Scicily.

Not to mention if the player is either Gaul or Roman then Hannibal would be stopped dead before he gets anywhere, and if the player is Carthage that just give the player unfair extra troops.

[abou]

it would probably be better to say "we have considered it, yet we dont feel we can represent all the minutia of history to try and please everyone" or at least something a little more diplomatic in nature

no offense, but your posts are antagonistic and a bit coarse

but i get it, and i'll let it drop

thanks for your replies

Well, you're right, I am coming across as antagonistic. This topic has come up several times on the boards. In fact, several of us in the team kind of squirm when we see threads that act as guides for Rome that state what to conquer and when to do it by. That isn't role-playing, which is what the team intends; that is forcing a square peg into a triangular hole.

That being said, I hope you don't feel entirely disheartened by the team's decision.

[blacksnail]

Hi Shabby_Ronin - as a general rule the EB team tries to start the game with an accurate snapshot of the year in which it begin. Beyond that it's anybody's guess, as we take a "hands-off" approach to specific events or wars that come later. Generally we leave this up to modders to do such things. There is nothing wrong with recreating specific histories, we just don't do so as a team.

[Cartaphilus]

Are you considering more reforms for EB2? I mean not only militar reforms, but cultural, religious or economical ones.

[Callahan9119]

its cool abou, i dont keep up with eb forums and information, so i was unaware this has been addressed ad nauseam. frankly i never got to play eb1 that much due to the fact that i discovered it about the same time i got mtw2 so i kinda left rome behind...so besides being very deep and wishing to portray history correctly i didnt know much about it...i just know it was quite popular

i wasnt trying to demand you guys to shoehorn someone in, i was merely enthusiastic about the possibility of something similar to william wallace emerging in brittania and ss 6.0 and didnt know this went against your mods objectives...frankly i just think he was the greatest general of the classical era, given his bad luck and lack of recources, i'm sure everyone has a "favorite" they always wanna see given some representation...but i said, its a selfish request and i completely understand your position

i am unaware if this emerging individuals mechanic was available in rome...although i do remember something with the romano british in bi, so i thought that since your using kingdoms you might explore this feature....again i am very unsure if this is exclusive to kingdoms or could always be done

being quite ignorant of your guys' philosophy i didnt know hannibal was a square peg and EB2 was a round hole

good luck with your mods development

[blacksnail]

Are you considering more reforms for EB2? I mean not only militar reforms, but cultural, religious or economical ones.

I'm not entirely certain what the historians are cooking up, but I will say that we are no longer as limited by technical issues if we do need to add reforms.

[Cartaphilus]

Good news!!!

[Irishmafia2020]

@Shabby-Ronin
You should really give EB 1.1 a try. I am a big MTW2 fan, and I never thought that I would go back to playing any kind of RTW (modded or otherwise) because MTW2 is simply a better overall game that has fantastic possibilities and is highly moddable in its own right. Never-the-less, I haven't popped that medieval disc in my computer in almost 4 months... EB is that good! To be fair, I have some performance issues with my computer (big battles just drag on MTW2) but even so, I was truly addicted, and now I am hooked on EB even given the limitations of the RTW engine. Oh yeah, their are some EB 1.1 modders who seem to be scripting in a Hannibal event, so if you try it, you might get your Hannibal fix sooner rather than later!

[Hax]

For reference, the guy working on a Hannibal script is QuintusSertorius. He lurks around at the org and the twcenter.

[polluxlm]

I don't know if this is a time exhausting, game engine limits etc. problem, or just a historical one.

But if it's just a historical one, what's wrong with only including it if necessary conditions are met? Say you play historically to the bone and use force diplomacy so that the map in 240 BC looks like the real world map of 240 BC (approx, of course), something like this could happen?

Wouldn't that be kinda like the Augustan reform? An 'only if' reform/event?

I totally understand if it involves a lot of extra work, but if not, what's the problem?

[Foot]

It is nothing like the Augustan Event at all. That was a socio-political movement that had specific causes based in large, population-wide criteria, the individual component was not based on a specific name but a combination of factors mostly covered by our trait and ancillary system.

The Hannibal Event is a singular campaign by a historical individual. The specific causes are beyond the remit of a game like total war - it would require something as indepth as The Sims, not a political, military game - and as such is something that we will not ever include.

Some people may not see a problem with this, but we feel that it is at odds with our vision of EB and clashes with our view of what a historical game such as EB should represent.

Foot

[Dumbass]

Basically if we want it, we'll have to mod it in ourselves. Which I hope someone does.