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    I expect certain things may be yelled by officers and their men during battle, but nothing akin to the war cry feature of previous titles.

    For Britain something like "Hip!Hip! Huzzah! Hip!Hip! Huzzah! Hip!Hip! Huzzah!"

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    HUZZAH!!!

    Wikipedia says: In the 18th and early 19th centuries, three "huzzahs" were given by British infantry before a charge, as a way of building morale and intimidating the enemy. The book Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket by Richard Holmes indicates that this was given as two short "huzzahs" followed by a third sustained one as the charge was carried out.
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    I hope that CA chooses some interesting battle cries, not like "CHAAAARGE!" for every faction. I liked Scotland in M2TW, they were fun on the battlefield.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ConnMon View Post
    I hope that CA chooses some interesting battle cries, not like "CHAAAARGE!" for every faction. I liked Scotland in M2TW, they were fun on the battlefield.
    CA have confirmed that on the battlefield each faction will respond in it's own native language. That means we should see a nice variety of different battle cries.


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    Quote Originally Posted by ConnMon View Post
    I hope that CA chooses some interesting battle cries, not like "CHAAAARGE!" for every faction. I liked Scotland in M2TW, they were fun on the battlefield.
    Hopefully the Scots get some interesting battlecries. They better have some to go along with the famous Kamikaze Scotsmen:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es0t50H44IE

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sheogorath View Post
    Hopefully the Scots get some interesting battlecries. They better have some to go along with the famous Kamikaze Scotsmen:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es0t50H44IE

    that'd be mackamikaze

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mailman653
    I'm guesing the French might say something along the lines of long live the king.
    La Roi! La Payes! La France! (or something like this)

    Quote Originally Posted by Sir Beane
    CA have confirmed that on the battlefield each faction will respond in it's own native language. That means we should see a nice variety of different battle cries.
    Each faction? Probably just the "playable" factions.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Megas Methuselah View Post

    Each faction? Probably just the "playable" factions.
    I would hope they'll at least do regions for the non-playable factions. It would be rather silly for people in Morocco or Persia to speak Turkish, or for people in the Crimean Khannate to speak Russian.
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