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[Tiberius Aurelius Cotta]

anyone got any ideas as to how CA got so off when it comes to historical accuracy?

[Ludens]

Well, for one thing they didn't have EB's researchers. For another, the people who have a decent knowledge about ancient history, much less care about it, are only a small part of the gaming community. If CA had taken EB's stance on lorica segmentata, their forums would have been turned into a warzone by Rome fanboys. The people who care about historical accuracy generally don't expect to see it in computer games. The few games that are accurate tend to be niche products. Amongst mainstream games, R:TW is one of the more accurate ones. Few games include chainmail-wearing legionary cohorts.

[machinor]

And even less include Polybian legions.

[Intranetusa]

or the British headhunter units who supposedly threw enemy heads that did more damage than artillery units.

or how the Egyptian faction was 1000 years off in historical accuracy

[pezhetairoi]

Or how the barbarian factions were so generic.

[Rilder]

I don't even remember Vanilla RTW...

I started playing EB back when it was first released to the public (0.7ish?) and I've never played vanilla since.

[Rodrico Stak]

I don't even remember Vanilla RTW...

Agreed, although for a different reason - I haven't payed vanilla RTW in years because I played many other games in-between before discovering EB.

[satalexton]

same here, what is RTW >_>