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    graduated non-expert Member jerby's Avatar
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    swords look pretty lame in the game. would'n't it be nice to have more difference. like give most hoplites a more leaf-shaped sword. and give spartans the kopis? macedonians also used curved swords ( pretty angular) like
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    de spartan kopis was much like:
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    we need more variety in swords! maybe even alter some spearpoints? and give the phalangites a bigger but pike: it need more weight since the sarrissa is so damn long.
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    Do you know how many types of simple gladius were used? Of course many tribes were using dofferent swords, macedonians were curved, but only their, (have you seen a sword of Alexander in "Alexander" movie - it's pretty historical shape) but it's not the point of this game. Of course you could have MORE swords, MORE armous, MORE bows, MORE shields, MORE barbarian tatoos ons much MORE other stuff but you could have it with MORE CD's and MORE prise and the point of the game is strategy and tactics and in this there are too many bugs to deal with... so wait for expasion and don't expect to much.

    Do you know that in Latin word "gladius" mean?

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    it means sword

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    I thought "spatha" was the literal word for a sword?
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    my latin book says gladius, maybe spatha is greek. but i highly doubt that

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    I don't know what "spatha" translates to from Latin, but the spatha was the longer sword used by cavalary troopers. It wasn't adopted by the legionarii until after the Severan reforms.
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