Oh for gods sake why?
why would they do that?
Oh well...
Oh for gods sake why?
why would they do that?
Oh well...
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-Oscar WildeNow that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm.
I feared someone would have that reaction. I don't know if you live in the UK, but I want to do an impersonation of the UK TV ad where Michael Winner (pompous director of 3rd rate movies) says "Calm down dear, it's just a commercial".Originally Posted by Bopa the Magyar
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I was just speculating - generally, CA like lots and lots of units, so I am probably wrong.
In a way the transitional phase between full mail and full plate would be reasonably well modelled by armour "upgrades" (otherwise, it's not really clear what the upgrades represent). In fact, it would be a rather a neat system if you just had generic units like "knights" and could "dress" them in different kinds of armour (& weapons), RPG style, depending on your technology, buildings and bank balance. But that's for another engine, if anything[1].
[1]Edit: But then again, I did read something about M2TW saying that armour upgrades would be visible on the unit...
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I hope that you are right SA... That this is just a late Feudal Knight (Chivalric in MTW), but two things speaks against it from my POW.
Firstly, we have seen this guy and the plated knight, but not the Norman Knight yet. This guy has been fighting with or against similar infantry or more primitive infantry, indicating that he comes fairly early.
Secondly, with the new 'Speedo' progress of tech I doubt they would stuff in three types of knights in one line. Quite simply they would get outdated a little too fast, unless we get access to knights VERY early, something like 10 turns into the game (or even from the get-go with castles).
He does look good though. I just prefer the Norman styled knight a whole lot more.
You may not care about war, but war cares about you!
Erasing the past...
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"Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?"
-Abraham Lincoln
Four stage strategy from Yes, Minister:
Stage one we say nothing is going to happen.
Stage two, we say something may be about to happen, but we should do nothing about it.
Stage three, we say that maybe we should do something about it, but there's nothing we can do.
Stage four, we say maybe there was something we could have done, but it's too late now.
Good question. I am no Scot but I was led to believe it represented the way in which he was crucified. I could be wrong, it was many, many years agoOriginally Posted by spmetla
.......Orda
Yea, apparently it was the way they crucified himOriginally Posted by Orda Khan
St. Andrew was put to death by the Romans in Patras, Southern Greece by being pinned to a cross (crucified). The diagonal shape of this cross is said to be the basis for the Cross of St. Andrew which appears on the Scottish Flag.
Well, we couldn't see the swords and similar secondary weapons in RTW either. And it would be kind of counterproductive to see him wearing a sword then see him wield a sword a few seconds later, but still have his sword sheathed.... Two swords?Originally Posted by spmetla
You may not care about war, but war cares about you!
I don't know much about Scottish knights in particular, but I think maces were more common as secundary weapon than swords.
Erasing the past...
Last edited by spmetla; 04-26-2008 at 04:05.
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"Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?"
-Abraham Lincoln
Four stage strategy from Yes, Minister:
Stage one we say nothing is going to happen.
Stage two, we say something may be about to happen, but we should do nothing about it.
Stage three, we say that maybe we should do something about it, but there's nothing we can do.
Stage four, we say maybe there was something we could have done, but it's too late now.
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