Must say, was very pleased to see that!
Captured an Eagle?
Must say, was very pleased to see that!
Re: Captured an Eagle?
Hehe, be ware, they will try their best to get it back ;)
P.S. Nice Egypt & Armenia, they will give you a big headache..
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Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton.
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Get your own first cohort Garvanko! It's cheaper than Praetorian, has quite a large unit size and boosts morale.
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A few days ago I have beaten three ERE first comitatenses with eagles. Now why didn't I get those eagles? Can you get those only when playing as a roman faction? I am currently playing as the sassanids.
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you should be able to capture them if your not a ROman faction...however you probably do need to destroy the entire unit to get the eagle.
Maybe that wasnt the case.
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I have. But I only trained one unit in Rome, and its going to form part of a major offensive by my Faction Leader against the Scipii in Africa over the next few turns.Originally Posted by Tiberius
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I think they should be sieging one of your cities, then when you sally and beat them and don't let the eagle unit flee (Any man will flee it) you will get an eagle. That's easy to do with Sass, just archer them to death. Then, when they start retreating charge at them.
"Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply. Let him not laugh too gladly when the water runs through his fingers, nor stand too silent when the setting sun makes red the veld with fire. Let him not be moved when the birds of his land are singing, nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much."
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton.
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Wow, never knew you could capture a Legions eagle, pretty cool feature
It says its taken it to Larissa, does it confer any bonuses? Do they enemy suffer a penalty for losing it?
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If the senate are still around they are made to retrieve the Eagle.
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I think the generals do gets vices for such events (Positive for the captuerer and negative for the one it was captured from).
"Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply. Let him not laugh too gladly when the water runs through his fingers, nor stand too silent when the setting sun makes red the veld with fire. Let him not be moved when the birds of his land are singing, nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much."
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton.
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I actually clicked on Larissa to see if it was there!Wow, never knew you could capture a Legions eagle, pretty cool feature
It says its taken it to Larissa, does it confer any bonuses? Do they enemy suffer a penalty for losing it?Nothing.
To be honest, Ive pounded the Brutii pretty hard up in Central Europe and Im killing them economy-wise in Greece. Can't see a way back for them.
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To be honest, two of the eagle units were destroyed entirely. Only one unit was able to flee. But as mentioned, the other two had eagles, too. I want those damn eagles!!you should be able to capture them if your not a ROman faction...however you probably do need to destroy the entire unit to get the eagle.
Maybe that wasnt the case.
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Read above the cause..
"Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply. Let him not laugh too gladly when the water runs through his fingers, nor stand too silent when the setting sun makes red the veld with fire. Let him not be moved when the birds of his land are singing, nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much."
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton.
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Capturing an Eagle does a couple things. First, it is likely to give good traits to the general that does it. A general that captures a few eagles will gain a lot of stars. Second, the city that the eagle is taken to will become a preferrential target of the faction that lost the eagle. In this case, the Brutii AI will give much higher priority to the taking of Larissa than other cities. That said, that won't have any impact if they've got no armies to do it with.
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So, you can use Eagles to your advantage. Capture one at a specific city, then garrison it to full, all the enemy's armies will focus on it as you march on and take his other cities.
"Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply. Let him not laugh too gladly when the water runs through his fingers, nor stand too silent when the setting sun makes red the veld with fire. Let him not be moved when the birds of his land are singing, nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much."
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton.
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You get +1 Command with your Eagle Taker trait.
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To be honest, two of the eagle units were destroyed entirely. Only one unit was able to flee. But as mentioned, the other two had eagles, too. I want those damn eagles!!
It`s a bug in the game. Only if you`re lucky, you`ll get them.
Runes for good luck:
[1 - exp(i*2π)]^-1
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Yes, finally I got one
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Its not a bug, it has to do with whether any of the soldiers had their wounds healed. In a battle with 3 1st Cohorts if you take them all down an Eagle is a dead cert.
As to traits, max +3 stars.
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A late game BI Roman army will tend to have several first cohorts. It is a reliable way of veritable little army of ninja generals. They do not seem massively stronger than other elite units, though with a general nearby they almost seem unkillable, well they take a long time to rout. Defeating an army with them means a higher chance of having the battle commerated on the campaign map as an historic battle, though someone might have said that above.
Last edited by Patricius; 03-13-2006 at 02:55.
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I got my first eagle too! It's in my city now.. time to upgrade the walls and get more archery units for defence. let the WRE come!
I am ready! :)
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very surprising feature....Garvanko are you playing RTW 1.5 ? or 1.3 ?
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What do you mean by that they have healed their wounds? I`m pretty sure I took down three 1st cohorts, with no damage before the battle, and without getting an Eagle.
Runes for good luck:
[1 - exp(i*2π)]^-1
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v1.5.
Ive captured a second, and its being held at Lovisce.
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Wait, no.. I'm confused, do you get an eagle by beating a unit of those type of Romans, or do you send some type of spy in?
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I think the captured eagle should be a retinue item...like the relics from barbarian invasion with something like an influence boost or something.
It doesnt seem fair that roman factions get banner and everyone else gets left out. It would be cool if every faction had a banner unit.
Last edited by Mithras; 03-18-2006 at 18:16.
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I think one mod gave eagles to all general units, I believe it was one version of Mundus Magnus. Actually, it made the game almost too easy, since almost every victory where the enemy general was killed gave an eagle (and therefor the eagle-capturing traits)
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I've never caught an Eagle!
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You have to kill a 1st cohort unit, it be Marian or Dark Age.
Runes for good luck:
[1 - exp(i*2π)]^-1
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can the Senate reward you with a first cohort? (as a roman faction)
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