You know you play too much EB when...

[General Appo]

When you refuse to admit the fact that there is anything such as playing "too much" EB (guilty).

[Ibrahim]

When you refuse to admit the fact that there is anything such as playing "too much" EB (guilty).

that kind of act is an appomination to non-EB users. I suggest you do not tell them that, or you'll get commited (to an asylum)

[Space_Ed]

When you take pride in saying 'Eqvites Romani' and 'Misthophoroi' with perfect pronunciation.

[Ibrahim]

When you take pride in saying 'Eqvites Romani' and 'Misthophoroi' with perfect pronunciation.

or misanthropoi?

[Aodhan]

You know that you have played to much EB when you order the construction of Oppida walls around your half acre lot, when you plan a raid on the neighboring houses for slaves, and finally when you start demanding ransom from your “Civilized” neighbors.

[Pontius Pilate]

NeoSpartan: OH sh*t here we go again

General Appo Re: No we don´t.

Pontius, I don´t give a rats ass how big a sig you´ve got, it´s the LS that bugs me. Bugs the hell out me in fact.
Your second pic...lovely. First one...ugh.

Amazing how a piece of armor can tick you off so much General.
And such a lovely piece of armor too.... -I'm kidding, I'll stop with the LS, I mean talking about it. Unfortunately the picture has to stay.

[General Appo]

Seriously man, LS just look so...toyish. It doesn´t look like real armour, it look like something from a really bad Star Trek episode. LH looks like a real armour, and it looks really Roman too.
It´s not just that LS is so extremely overused by Hollywood and everyone like that, I´ve just always thought LS looked wrong, long before I learned that it actually was pretty wrong in a sense.

[Majd il-Romani]

Seriously man, LS just look so...toyish. It doesn´t look like real armour, it look like something from a really bad Star Trek episode. LH looks like a real armour, and it looks really Roman too.
It´s not just that LS is so extremely overused by Hollywood and everyone like that, I´ve just always thought LS looked wrong, long before I learned that it actually was pretty wrong in a sense.

you play too much eb when you develop this attitude to a simple set of armor...

[gamegeek2]

You know you play too much EB when you actually care.

[General Appo]

you play too much eb when you develop this attitude to a simple set of armor...

You play too little when you don´t.

[Pontius Pilate]

Seriously man, LS just look so...toyish. It doesn´t look like real armour, it look like something from a really bad Star Trek episode. LH looks like a real armour, and it looks really Roman too.
It´s not just that LS is so extremely overused by Hollywood and everyone like that, I´ve just always thought LS looked wrong, long before I learned that it actually was pretty wrong in a sense.

Well I think, the reason you dislike LS is, because most of the LS you see being worn is by reenactors, who probably made their own LS or ordered it from somewhere. And most of the LS made now a days is created using modern materials. The LS made today would probably look alot different than ones made in Roman times. Also, ones made in Roman times were made of iron, while today's ones are made of steel and highly polished to look very shiny. And I think the reason why you think it looks so "toyish" is because of the bright sliver shiny color. I would guess in ancient times, after a few campaigns here and there the LS would look pretty rough and worn and not so toyish. Also, iron is not as shiny as steel.


Now this is just my personal opinion but I think LS looks more solid, stable, and stronger than LH. It is after all plate armor as opposed to mail, both of which have their pros and cons, other wise the Romans wouldn't have even adopted LS in the first place. If I had to go into battle a would probably pick LS as opposed to LH.

And yes, I know LS was not used in EB's time frame and I am not pushing the EB team to put it in the game. But LS was used during the 1 and 2 centuries AD, even though the auxallires and some legions continued to use LH and even scale mail.

[Hax]

..when you compare the USA's foreign policy with the RTW AI.

[MerlinusCDXX]

..when you compare the USA's foreign policy with the RTW AI.

sad thing about that is that the RTW AI is actually smarter.

[R-Teen]

When you flank your school headmaster when you didn't arrive at school in time.
When you try to charge the other vehicles while staying in heavy traffic.

[Badg3r]

this game is like changeing all of the settings on your phone in to spanish to try and learn another language
the only problem is that you probably never have to use the words "inbox" or "contacts" when ordering a meal in Barcelona.
it's the same with this, you might leard how to speak a variety of ancient, nolonger used languages, but even if they were still used in places like Italy and Greace, you probably would have little need for the ancient greek word for Citadel Baracks.

[Celtic_Punk]

You know you play too much EB when you know the word for Citidel Barracks in Punic, Latin, Ancient Greek, and Persian(?)

[V.T. Marvin]

this game is like changeing all of the settings on your phone in to spanish to try and learn another language
the only problem is that you probably never have to use the words "inbox" or "contacts" when ordering a meal in Barcelona.
it's the same with this, you might leard how to speak a variety of ancient, nolonger used languages, but even if they were still used in places like Italy and Greace, you probably would have little need for the ancient greek word for Citadel Baracks.

True, but on the other hand, when I saw "PEZOI" on every pedestrian crossing in Athens, I was unable to stop musing about EB to that extent, that I was almost overridden by a passing car on at least one occasion...

Also all sorts of "ETAIREIAs" (Companies) on various billboards instantly evoked a vivid picture of galloping unit of "Somatophylakes Strategou" in my mind sometimes mixing strangely with that nice ancillary girl...

I really do not play EB too much, I just think about it all the time...

P.S.-Still no use for "theureoporoi" or "mistophoroi toxotai kretikoi" not to speak about my favourite "daha baexdzhyntae" yet.