Camels?

**Hax** · 03-01-2008, 22:03

Slingers.

**beatoangelico** · 03-01-2008, 22:28

you're both right

and there's also "why aren't there my legions in custom battles?"

**Gebeleisis** · 03-01-2008, 22:40

i think you forgot to mention all the "omg the ptolemies have taken half the map and are kicking everyones ass" threads

**chenkai11** · 03-03-2008, 02:51

**DefenderofFuture** · 03-05-2008, 06:04

Wow.

I guess I struck a nerve? Sorry, I apparently don't visit these threads enough...

No Camels? Sure, no Camels! Alright! We all happy?

Haha, I don't even LIKE Camel units in games...too overpowered to the point of bs...

**DefenderofFuture** · 03-05-2008, 06:12

But yeah, I assume you guys know more about the intricacies of the Camel in warfare than I do. Sorry I brought it up

**Geoffrey S** · 03-05-2008, 11:38

Bit late, but when camels were used it was a rarity. They were extremely important throughout the Arabian peninsula, but not as mounts for battle - they were used as pack animals and for warriors to get to and from the battlefield. If they got directly involved it was usually chance. Those are the most important reasons for not including them.

Edit: just a quick quote from something I have lying around about Southern Arabia:

When in other contexts we find the expression 's1d/rkb "mounted warriors", who are clearly different from the cavalry, we must infer that they were mounted on camels; in early Arabic, a rakib without further specifications is assumed to be riding a camel. But the contexts do not suggest that camel-riders formed a distinct mehariste wing. It is more probably that, as was the custom in early central Arabia, riding camels were used by the whole army to ensure mobility, but in battle the riders dismounted to fight on foot. [...] Correspondingly, references to "men on foot" should not be taken to indicate a distinct infantry wing, but rather men not possessed of camels, who probably when on the march rode pillion behind one who did have a camel; this was also a common central Arabian custom.

**Copperknickers** · 03-05-2008, 20:57

Originally Posted by Gebeleisis

i think you forgot to mention all the "omg the ptolemies have taken half the map and are kicking everyones ass" threads

Oh no, you forgot

"Haha, these load of NOOBS, we dont want them, go away, why should we have to explain something"

Ha ahaha, ahaha Naw (as we say in Scotland). Give him a break

....and did i just see what i thought i saw..Stupac?

'even if camels were common, they take up too many model slots so they couldnt be included'

What! What on earth kind of a justification is that for not having them in the most uber realistic game ever?

**Ludens** · 03-05-2008, 21:18

Originally Posted by Copperknickers

'even if camels were common, they take up too many model slots so they couldnt be included'

What! What on earth kind of a justification is that for not having them in the most uber realistic game ever?

The fact that the R:TW engine only allows for a limited number of models, and hence only a finite number of units can be included?

**Disciple of Tacitus** · 03-06-2008, 02:17

And I quote...
"LS"
"camels"
"what's the script?"
"omg it's too slow!"
"Slingers."
"omg the ptolemies have taken half the map and are kicking everyones ass"

Wouldn't life just be easier if we stickied these? We would save room and stress and new guys would find it easier as well. Just an idea.

**MarcusAureliusAntoninus** · 03-06-2008, 06:50

Originally Posted by Disciple of Tacitus

And I quote...
"LS"
"camels"
"what's the script?"
"omg it's too slow!"
"Slingers."
"omg the ptolemies have taken half the map and are kicking everyones ass"

Wouldn't life just be easier if we stickied these? We would save room and stress and new guys would find it easier as well. Just an idea.

I tried to adress most of these problems in the FAQ when I rewrote it. But I guess nobody ever reads it...