Europa Bugorum aka Rome Total imbalanced war

**mcantu** · 08-06-2007, 18:51

I'm guessing its from the Kiowa scout helicopter the US army uses...

**Thaatu** · 08-07-2007, 03:12

I've been playing too many wargames/watching too much Blackhawk Down.

**Jesus_saves** · 08-07-2007, 06:26

Originally Posted by Thaatu

I've been playing too many wargames/watching too much Blackhawk Down.

That's impossible Good sir.

**dezzerx** · 08-07-2007, 12:56

Originally Posted by Jesus_saves

That's impossible Good sir.

Man tell me about it! I know every freaking line in that movie!

**The Stranger** · 08-07-2007, 16:14

my generals barely ever die :P and i always let them fight...

**Hooahguy** · 08-07-2007, 16:37

ha! while i agree "BHD" is a good movie, Saving Private ryan is a lot better- at least the first 1/2 hour is. if u lke war movies- see the first half-hour of SPR- its very sobering.

**Thaatu** · 08-07-2007, 18:03

Originally Posted by hooahguy14

ha! while i agree "BHD" is a good movie,..

You've got to be kidding me... A "good" movie? I mean SPR is great, but BHD is like

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...the next post better be on topic.

**gran_guitarra** · 08-08-2007, 06:53

Buttered Toast!!
and Gravy!!

I just had to do it. I apologize.
Oh, and I think Black Hawk Down is very good, but I prefer Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Or the Star Wars spoof (space balls, right?).
I'm a comedy whore.

Oh, and I've been killing many adorable furry animals in the Halo Wars forum on Gamespot, should I be bothered by this?

**Ritterlichvon86** · 08-08-2007, 11:04

SPR gets ridiculous after the first half hour. Especially in the end, german forces running around right into machine gun fire.. like headless chicken without a plan. Like russians, wtf :)

Totally abnormally super hyper unrealistic.

**Hooahguy** · 08-08-2007, 14:17

Originally Posted by Ritterlichvon86

SPR gets ridiculous after the first half hour. Especially in the end, german forces running around right into machine gun fire.. like headless chicken without a plan. Like russians, wtf :)

Totally abnormally super hyper unrealistic.

ok, ill agree w/ u on that- but SPR is just... i cant explain.... when that guy is looking for his arm on omaha beach..... the best part about it was i got to watch it with my great uncle who was in the first wave on omaha beach. out of 120men in his unit, 8 men, including himself, survived. during the first half-hour, he pointed out to me different things, like "oh, i crawled over to that hill over there in the movie." it was really awesome.

**Starforge** · 08-08-2007, 14:52

Having a father who was there, who lost his brother and was pulled from his unit and placed in rear areas as the only surviving male in the family - the movie speaks to him. The first half hour of SPR is well done IMO, the rest is Hollywood drama (though IMO decent Hollywood drama.)

On topic - I rarely lose any of my generals though I'm admittedly careful with them. Occasionally I've run into the enemy "super" general and it's admittedly hard to ignore him and focus on killable troops till the fight is pretty much over. Have never really had a serious problem with it though.

**mlc82** · 08-09-2007, 01:04

I really want to play with nothing but the General cam, but how in the world is a siege battle of any kind possible with it? There's no way to order anyone around behind enemy walls, and the RTW AI is too dumb to automatically fight back worth a damn if it walks into an enemy unit (hence you can't just give general orders, ie click some infantry, click the city center, and expect them to fight anyone along the way). A Combat Mission-style first person general view, with a seperate overhead map view for giving orders, would have worked wonders for this cam mode.

**Megas Methuselah** · 08-10-2007, 04:14

I ALWAYS fight with my generals. In my Pahlava campaign, I had an army of 6 generals and the rest horse archers, with which I conquered Arche Seleukia. The horse archers would totally thin the enemy ranks and my cataphract generals' guards would simply ride right over the rest of the enemy.

So far, 5 generations into the game(can't remember the date), only two generals died in battle. Keeping in mind how often they fight, it's quite amazing any more didn't get slaughtered...

EDIT: hey hooahguy, how did you get your "against plumes on imperatoria" message written above your little picture(Avatar, I think its called)?