Amazon: Total War - Reignited Beta Release
Some more background and facets of Amazon: Total War - Reignited
The mod depicting the time around 270BC (same is RTW), but it shows the uprising of the Amazon factions after centuries of patriarchal encroachment. Story basically tells the Amazon Federation originally organized by one secret sect of Artemis with Camilla as its revered head-priestess centuries ago has been linking matriarchal communities to protect each other from the invasion, the raid, the pillage, or other encroahments from the so-called hero-quests.
After the death of Alexander in 323BC, the Amazon factions finally realized that it is now or never to throw down the yoke imposed by men. So they have been quietly preparing for that eventuality for the past half a century.
When finally at the time of 270BC, news broke out that the Gaulic King Brennus has invaded Greek Peninsula and had won resounding victories. And Carthage, which is founded by Queen Diddo, a formal Amazon Priestess, is inciting war between the Romans and Pyrrhus, king of Epirus. The die is cast for the Amazons to declare to the world who they truly are...
Equipment Based on more Logical Anthropological Extrapolation
The mod also try to be more realistic on unit procurement cost regarding equipment and infra-structure. And attempt to show a direct relationship of the unit's cost vs. the unit's texture.
A summary is listed below:
1. For 270BC, clothing is very expensive as well as time consuming to fabricate, so only the rich, mercenary, elite, patrician, or aristocratic units have more properly garmented attires. Light units, barbarian units, as well as the rebel units are lessly so. And if possible, they are dressed in animal pelts, or without dress.
one example of the Thracian Peltast by Andronicus is shown below:
and here is the Amazon Re-ignited Rendition of the same unit
2. Many previous mods portray chain mail as a secondary armor to plate mail armor. and cheaper one to procure. Well, in reality this is completely false. Chain mail is exorbitantly expensive to produce in 270BC. So in the Reignited mod, only the Romans, the Carthaginians, the Armenians have units featuring full chain mail armored units. Other factions only has chain mails armor suit for VIPs or aristocratic units.
Here is a previous Amazon TW example, many mods share similar trend:
Here is an Amazon TW Re-ignited equivalent:
Notice the armor is not a perfect fit, as none of the armory issued armors should be. As a matter of fact, unless the armor is custom tailored, then it should not be a snug fit. In most cases, custom tailored armored should only be afforded by aristocratic units.
And here is an example of the Amazon Noble Maiden, in snug fit lamellar armor suit:
3. Iron armor equipped units have both high maintenance and procurement cost. Only Romans, the Carthaginians/Iberians, the Gauls, the Armenians have units with complete iron equipment, with iron armor, helmet, and so on. Other factions only use iron for missile (arrow head), spearhead, sword blade, or helmets. Iron rust rather quickly, so it is a full time work to maintain the full suit of armor, therefore the procurement cost as well as the upkeep cost is increased to reflect that overhead.
4. Most line fighting units are only armored frontally, the old thinking was that the less a unit is protected on their back, the less likely they would turn tails and run away from the fight.
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