Appian Way

**Emperor Burakuku** · 11-04-2007, 04:37

I think "biuld" includes "paved" but I might be wrong. Where I read about it it said that it was biuld in 312 B.C.

**TWFanatic** · 11-04-2007, 15:05

It was, which is why I gave Rome and Capua paved roads via the descr_strat file.

**CaesarAugustus** · 11-04-2007, 15:07

Should they just be paved roads or highways?

**TWFanatic** · 11-04-2007, 15:10

Well, they're quite large, and obviously high quality, seeing that they've lasted over 2000 years...but for gameplay reasons I only give them paved roads.

**Teleklos Archelaou** · 11-04-2007, 17:45

It's back to the question of: Athens had big walls, why shouldn't they have the largest ones at the start? Why shouldn't Sparta be able to recruit spartans at the start? etc. It's a game and we do have to have some "building" elements or it would get way too boring way too quick we think.

**Xehh II** · 11-04-2007, 21:21

I hardly think that giving Rome paved roads would ruin the game.

**Pharnakes** · 11-04-2007, 21:32

Well, give 'em paved roads, then.

As for me, I am with the team on this one. I have played mods like SPQR that focus on giving you the largest possible battles in the largest possible quantity, but no, that was not for me, I require a certain period of economic build-up to make my game fun.

**QwertyMIDX** · 11-04-2007, 22:27

Originally Posted by Xehh II

I hardly think that giving Rome paved roads would ruin the game.

Yeah, but its unfair to give one faction 'what they had in 272' and not the others.

**Bootsiuv** · 11-05-2007, 02:53

Originally Posted by Teleklos Archelaou

It's back to the question of: Athens had big walls, why shouldn't they have the largest ones at the start? Why shouldn't Sparta be able to recruit spartans at the start? etc. It's a game and we do have to have some "building" elements or it would get way too boring way too quick we think.

A concept very hard to grasp for some apparently....but blatantly obvious and necessary. I fail to understand why so many don't understand.

Heh, that sentence was redundant, but you get my point...

**johnhughthom** · 11-05-2007, 03:04

Why does Carthage get paved roads at the start when Rome doesn't, is it more a way to improve their trading prowess than saying they had paved roads at that time period? Although to be honest I'm not sure whether they had paved roads or not.