EB2 Dev Blog discussion

**Brennus** · 07-29-2012, 20:25

JMRC, I think Sir Robin was alluding to the fact he loves it when a plan comes together.

**sephwhite** · 07-29-2012, 20:35

Originally Posted by Brennus

JMRC, I think Sir Robin was alluding to the fact he loves it when a plan comes together.

I think it's due to Mr T being on the shield :)

**Brennus** · 07-29-2012, 20:56

Ah, touché!

**Moros** · 07-29-2012, 23:53

Originally Posted by sephwhite

I think it's due to Mr T being on the shield :)

Apparantly Mr. T took his look from Bes, an Egyptian protector God.

**Brave Brave Sir Robin** · 07-30-2012, 13:51

Originally Posted by Moros

Apparantly Mr. T took his look from Bes, an Egyptian protector God.

Sorry JMRC but I was joking about it since I'd never seen a symbol like that. Never heard of this god, I'll have to look him up. Thanks Moros!

Also the East Arabian Spearmen among others look fantastic!

Originally Posted by JMRC

Just a small clarification, to avoid some confusion: the engine allows having spears and swords in the same unit, but doesn't deal very well with it. He runs with one weapon, then switches to charge with the other, then switches again during the melee. So, we avoid this combination when we need a real spearmen unit. Still, we have a few cases where we kept the overhand spear and the sword in the same unit.

This sounds very similar, if not identical, to the way RTW's engine handles such units. For example, Solduros or Hypaspistai.

**Blxz** · 07-30-2012, 15:58

Nice, this is just what I was looking for. Regular mini-updates that don't require the huge masses of words and work that go into a standard EB update. Hope to see much more of this in the coming weeks. Good idea to whoever thought it up.