Twitter discussion

[SneakyNinja]

Some news

I can see that you have resource icons from EBI. Who is this guy in the front of this screen? Assasin or spy ?

wow that looks brilliant :)
Am i right in thinking these are the first strat-map screens shots we've seen?

[stratigos vasilios]

There was some screens in the Taksashila preview. I'm not sure if there have been any others.

[Arthur, king of the Britons]

Some news

I can see that you have resource icons from EBI. Who is this guy in the front of this screen? Assasin or spy ?

Looks like an assassin to me.

[B-Wing]

Wow, that's the first I'd ever heard of Syrian elephants. Interesting!

[nazgool]

Another riddle from twitter :)

Can you guess the name of this unit ? https://i.imgur.com/7JKqc.jpg - Gustave

I put on Hippeis Xystophoroi/

[Gustave]

No

[-Praetor-]

Another riddle from twitter :)


I put on Hippeis Xystophoroi/

That surprised me, why Hippeis Xystophoroi? (It´s wrong btw)

[maskoolin]

equites romanorum :P

[-Praetor-]

State why you made your choice, and the things you observed that prompted to it. It´s more fun that way rather than throwing random names

[maskoolin]

State why you made your choice, and the things you observed that prompted to it. It´s more fun that way rather than throwing random names

I would say its some kind of roman because of the armor type .. but at the very moment i cant remember an exact name of some roman cavalry unit (does "alani" exist :$) .. thats why i said "equites romani"

[-Praetor-]

Did you meant Equites Alares or Ala Imperatoria? That´s an augustan unit. We haven´t got augustan units ready yet. (it´s even uncertain that we are going to make 4th tier roman units).

[stratigos vasilios]

His armour looks pretty unique, is it an elite unit?

Gah! I'm not good at guessing games!

[Gustave]

Yes, it's an elite unit.

[maskoolin]

Did you meant Equites Alares or Ala Imperatoria? That´s an augustan unit. We haven´t got augustan units ready yet. (it´s even uncertain that we are going to make 4th tier roman units).

hehe .. i meant the equites alares

but i guess its wrong

[Ludens]

I would say its some kind of roman because of the armor type ..

Yes, it looks like quality chainmail. So if it isn't Roman, my guess would be Donno Eporedoi (Brihentin).

[Ca Putt]

well I see a Horse, a bit of plate armor, something that looks like cheek guards or a facemask and a lengthly wooden? No Idea what that could be, In any case I think the unit did not have the same equipment in EB I or is new alltogether.

the plate suggests it's a roman or hellenic unit but the shields would point towards a less urban society.

[Gustave]

The armour isn't chainmail, and the guy doesn't have any mustache

Ca Putt is getting closer, although this unit doesnt use shields.

[Arjos]

Could the purple cloth mean some sort of Agema?

[Hotseat_User]

well, I can't see a horse. But I go for some sort of charriot(sp?) unit! the soldier is ducking down behind the leather-wooden frame of a charriot. at least thats my guess. and the armor? maybe from one of the diadochi-kingdoms.

[Ludens]

The armour isn't chainmail, and the guy doesn't have any mustache

Ca Putt is getting closer, although this unit doesnt use shields.

It isn't chainmail? It's grey, so it seems unlikely to be linothorax, and I don't know of Classical plate armour that looks like that (other than the lorica segmentata, but that seems unlikely).

The Carthaginians were famous for their purple dye, so could it be the HaParasim HaB'hurim (Carthaginian nobles)?

[Ca Putt]

no shield, so the wooden thingy must be... a chariot? a Siege engine?

silly me, It cannot be a shield otherwise it would have to be worn on the left arm XD

maybe hotseat user is right, a Seleucid Chariot?

[Tux]

It isn't chainmail? It's grey, so it seems unlikely to be linothorax, and I don't know of Classical plate armour that looks like that (other than the lorica segmentata, but that seems unlikely).

Hmm it's pretty clear from the pic it isn't chainmail but simple plate armour.

no shield, so the wooden thingy must be... a chariot? a Siege engine?

silly me, It cannot be a shield otherwise it would have to be worn on the left arm XD

maybe hotseat user is right, a Seleucid Chariot?

Very wrong.

And if you say it's would what is the black thing on top of it?

[Arjos]

And if you say it's would what is the black thing on top of it?

Must say it does look like an horse mane to me...

If it's a plate armour and all that, I'm going with Pergamese Hetairoi...

[Gustave]

The Carthaginians were famous for their purple dye, so could it be the HaParasim HaB'hurim (Carthaginian nobles)?

Damn... you guys never cease to amaze me. I could post a couple of red pixels, you would still be able to recognize the unit
So Ludens is the winner ! This unit have been previewed before, but the horses are new... I hope you enjoy them !

[Arjos]

Nice one Ludens!
And OMG the horses are marvelous O.o
Now that I see the difference with the vanilla tiny legs, I lolled quite hard at them XD

[LusitanianWolf]

HAM AZ INGGGG *_*

[-Praetor-]

It isn't chainmail? It's grey, so it seems unlikely to be linothorax, and I don't know of Classical plate armour that looks like that (other than the lorica segmentata, but that seems unlikely).

The Carthaginians were famous for their purple dye, so could it be the HaParasim HaB'hurim (Carthaginian nobles)?

Amazing, and I thought it was too hard, we were planning on revealing a bit more of the unit tonight because we were certain you wouldn´t be able to guess it correctly.

Good job!

[Ptolemaios]

Funny that one of them has the leopard hide like the hetairoi in alexander´s time.
Were they influenced by that? And is the first horse´s armour made of ironplates,
just because they seem to have a very bright colour?

By the way, this looks very very good, espescially the bronce muscle cuirasse.
These were one of my favourite Horsemen in EBI... Thinking of that, dindn´t they use to have
a small shield in EBI?

[Arjos]

Don't know for the skin and scales, but I don't think that they are the Sacred Band Cavalry, just mounted nobles...

Edit: To add from the preview, the sacred band cavalry was a misconception...

Historically the number of Carthaginian citizenry who were regularly trained and prepared for war were few, though they did exist. Those of this group from the wealthier families, or who became independently wealthy, would have the means to equip themselves as cavalry above and beyond the regular citizen cavalry called together in times of need. These cavalry would typically be deployed where they could do the most good, such as on the right flank of the army, where the infantry division of the phalanx known as the Sacred Band was deployed. These elite cavalry were at some point incorrectly labelled as a mounted version of those picked phalanx troops and the misnomer stuck through the ages, building a legend upon itself including being the temple warriors of Astarte. There is another famous legend about the supposed mounted Sacred Band from later history wherein they are denied to Hannibal at Zama. This story is extremely circumspect, especially considering the illusion that is the mounted Sacred Band. Regardless, the story is intended to prove a point about the attitude of the anti-Barcid party in the Carthaginian council. That is to say that they did not support Hannibal, even at the threat of their own lives and would not support him in the least.

[Ca Putt]

nice!

ah now it all makes sence, those are three units in a row(four actually but there is nothing of the last one in the small pic).

@Tux, I was not reffering to the horse itself but the Shaffron. But yeah I was wrong :D