EB October Preview

[bodidley]

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Is he wearing a fouragere? I thought that tradition didn't start until medieval times.

[Teleklos Archelaou]

It's rope, for assaulting walls. They are assault infantry.

[Tuuvi]

So does that mean they will have the ability to climb up walls without siege equipment?

[Simmons]

I understand that roman infantry in particular, has been the subject of extensive debate. I'm shure they got that right. I was merely pointing out that the akonistai, at least in my opinion, look rather unattractive. It could be just a matter of taste, or there may have been a decision to limit the time and effort put into the skins of the cheaper and more common units.

Your talking about the lowest of the low Djurre just have a look at the description

Akontistai
Those unlucky enough to be extremely poor freedmen were pressed into service as Psiloi, the lowest class of Greek infantry. The Psiloi were divided into three parts: javelineers, slingers, and archers. The javelin-armed Psiloi, the Akontistai, were a ragged bunch of peasants armed with javelins and small knives. Their function was simply to throw their missiles and run like hell! They were used for pre-battle skirmishing and for light missile fire. Never use Akontistai in melee except as diversionary fodder. They have their uses, as their javelins are still sharp and deadly, but they were often used only as light skirmishers or as a last resort in Hellenic armies for obvious reasons.

Historically, Akontistai did not play a particularly huge role on the battlefield. They had their uses, mainly for their ability to induce an enemy to attack prematurely. They are little more than an annoyance on the open field, but can be deadly if positioned in places where their javelins can be used for maximum effect.

Of course they look like rubbish they are rubbish.

So does that mean they will have the ability to climb up walls without siege equipment?

That would require major changes to the game engine so no its not possible unfortunately.

[Teleklos Archelaou]

One really good thing though is that Spartan Warrior and Forgus went back over a lot of the low class hellenic units and touched them up or completely redid them. Not every single one was redone, but a lot were.

[abou]

I don't think it is an issue of how exuberant they look, just that details were lacking. For example, it didn't really look as though they were wearing a tunic made from linen and the face looked rushed; however, the reskins have fixed much of that.

https://img405.imageshack.us/my.php?...staiPontus.jpg

[Imperator Silas]

So how much More is to be done either as bonuses or general stuff for RTW EB?

[Tellos Athenaios]

Let me guess:

As a bonus: the Greek Voice Mod
As general stuff: testing and editing out bugs, replace placeholder unit cards with their final version, writing descriptions, final game balancements...

[Tellos Athenaios]

they are rubbish.

But very usefull rubbish at that...

[Simmons]

But very usefull rubbish at that...

Well I suppose being a cheap garrison is useful.

[Tellos Athenaios]

Being a cheap distraction for enemy cavalry, cavalry that is only to be cut to pieces by your thorakitai or other truly heavy infantry afterwards, is quite usefull as well...

[Markus_Aurelius]

They are very usefull for killing those damn anoying Gaesatae as well

[Simmons]

Being a cheap distraction for enemy cavalry, cavalry that is only to be cut to pieces by your thorakitai or other truly heavy infantry afterwards, is quite usefull as well...

Fair enough but personally I would classify that under AI stupidity and once 0.8 comes out the charge bonus will work correctly so the tactic will become less viable, although the AI still has to us its cav properly...

[Tellos Athenaios]

As long as the AI keeps making it's cavalry charge at pikemen in phalanx formation, right at the point were all pikes are aiming towards the cavalry...

I think that 'the tactic' will remain quite usefull.

[Hoplite330]

Wow those are geat I can't wait for Eb 0.8 to come out!

[DukeofSerbia]

EB2? That would be hell work. We don’t know even modding of meshes and textures will be possible. So far answer is no…

Medieval 2 mods will be hell work, not to mention ancient based mods.

[methoz]

omg, looks incredible great nice ...very very nice...i love this mod :)

[Marius Dynamite]

Grrrrr :@

Because of your awesome Mod I now have an unstoppable urge to buy a new RTW disc (my old one broke many months ago) just to play your god damn amazing mod. The screenshots at the start of this topic were the last freekin straw. You have no idea how lucky you are that RTW is very cheap nowadays.

Anyways good job guys I'm sure I'll love it when I buy RTW and install it tomorrow. Plus you just earned CA more of my money and Im not even going to play RTW only EB lol.

I'm going to give feedback once I play it.

In the meantime are you going to make one for M2, a roman mod for that is what we all need.

Cheers.

[IrishArmenian]

Excellent work!