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    Dungalloigh Brehonda Member Ranika's Avatar
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    As for Tacitus, Aymar has a point. There are many accounts in history of very bizarre or out-of-the-normal 'units' being implemented in warfare. While some may be interesting, or sound fun, in a historical accuracy mod, it does have to be weighed against the likliehood of a professional army regularly employing such a thing, and the actual viability of it. I would not be fiercely opposed to a Druidae unit, but I would take caution with how it'd be implemented, as even if limited to Mona in construction, unless they had something like an inordinately high cost, or long build time that made them VERY rarely used, they could easily be a highly unrealistic unit, in that they'd be showing up in every high-end army the Britons had, rather than a remarkably rare exception.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ranika
    As for Tacitus, Aymar has a point. There are many accounts in history of very bizarre or out-of-the-normal 'units' being implemented in warfare. While some may be interesting, or sound fun, in a historical accuracy mod, it does have to be weighed against the likliehood of a professional army regularly employing such a thing, and the actual viability of it. I would not be fiercely opposed to a Druidae unit, but I would take caution with how it'd be implemented, as even if limited to Mona in construction, unless they had something like an inordinately high cost, or long build time that made them VERY rarely used, they could easily be a highly unrealistic unit, in that they'd be showing up in every high-end army the Britons had, rather than a remarkably rare exception.

    Completely agree with Ranika. Spot on mate.

    Expense and build times are easy to do. The Gallic Arverni for example ain't going to be cheap , nor some of the other elite type units. The end goal for gameplay is to have the "oh shit the enemy have a XXX unit in their army" experience rather than "Hear we go, another horde of elite XXX".
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    Dungalloigh Brehonda Member Ranika's Avatar
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    If there was a way to confine the Druidae to Mona, and still be a player unit, I'd more readily endorse them as a unit for factions to train, but to be totally realistic as a faction unit, they would need a VERY long train period (which would make sense anyway, Druidae trained for a good chunk of their lives, having a flawless memory isn't something you'll master in six months, let alone the decades and decades worth of information you'd need to memorize). Right now, I'd see them more likely as a rebel unit that could appear in Mona, and maybe, if we can come to a good consensus on how they could be implemented as a faction unit (determining just how long to build and how costly they'd be), then maybe implement them for the Britons, but still only buildable in Mona.

    However, this is by no means my opinion of Carnute Cingetos, those should be a unit quite more readily available to the Gauls, than Druidae to the Britons, as a military unit. The Carnute Cingetos were specifically trained to fight, and were far more often organized into a fighting force, as such, but even then, they should be a rarity, not comprising whole armies. PYSCHO V states it very well. You shouldn't have to be preparing for an assault by a horde of druid-warriors, because it just shouldn't happen, and if it does, it should be a VERY slow process for that army to coalesce.

    If we can edit events, we could may enable specific events that may cause Druidae to appear, perhaps, thus strongly limiting their viability.

    Also, a bit more off topic, on the Gauls, can Chosen Swordsmen be changed to Kaúaros or Cavarillix, either is a Gallic word for 'champion' (actually learned this when learning Manx, etymology rules). Kaúaros is related to the Greek word kúrios, both have the rootword Keva, meaning 'mighty' or 'strong'.
    Last edited by Ranika; 11-14-2004 at 17:49.
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