Twitter discussion

[bobbin]

Yeah I remember one of the team (foot maybe) found some info involving the forces produced by overhand and underhand spear thrusts which came to that conclusion.

edit it was abou, Stats on overhand spear vs underhand spear.. Shows that the overhand attack was faster and more powerful than the underhand.

[antisocialmunky]

The overhand motion is more powerful and quick in close quarters in formation.

[SFS2006]

twitter news: Twitter Exclusive! Introduction to new game-play features in EBII in preparation for the next preview. http://tiny.cc/ebiipa - Foot

i smell a new preview

[zooeyglass]

YAY! so exciting, glad you posted this up.

[bobbin]

oh yeah!

[Horatius Flaccus]

Amazing! Can't wait to see more.

[Skullheadhq]

twitter news: Twitter Exclusive! Introduction to new game-play features in EBII in preparation for the next preview. http://tiny.cc/ebiipa - Foot

i smell a new preview

You post a twitter exclusive in the fora
You missed the point of an excusive.

[mountaingoat]

Yeah I remember one of the team (foot maybe) found some info involving the forces produced by overhand and underhand spear thrusts which came to that conclusion.

edit it was abou, Stats on overhand spear vs underhand spear.. Shows that the overhand attack was faster and more powerful than the underhand.

i was talking holding the spear with an overhand grip (but the thumb facing forward)

[Parallel Pain]

Temples, game fields, and other such buildings that represent individual structures will no longer add public order bonuses

Wait so "bread and circus" doesn't work?

[The General]

Wait so "bread and circus" doesn't work?

Seems so... Interesting.

[Foot]

When you are dealing with the public order of entire provinces, building a bakery and fairground in your capital is not going to really make a difference throughout the entire province. Buildings that represent province-wide infrastructure will be able to effect Public Order, buildings that represent civic structures will have different effects. Bread and Circus will still work, but the results will not be as you saw in EBI.

Foot

[moonburn]

makes more sence indeed since celts germans and other barbarians lived in small villages and scatered farms and where mostly rural populations

but for instance conquering a greek city would normally mean securing the region so we get more acuracy on the mostly rural areas and less historical acuracy in the urban society areas ???

[Foot]

makes more sence indeed since celts germans and other barbarians lived in small villages and scatered farms and where mostly rural populations

but for instance conquering a greek city would normally mean securing the region so we get more acuracy on the mostly rural areas and less historical acuracy in the urban society areas ???

Directly after conquest centralised control is quite quickly lost (just think of the months following Afghanistan and Iraq, whose administration structures were far more centralised than those of Ancient Greece). You will therefore need to build that up over the next year or so (depending on your build order), but it is certainly possible (as mentioned in the document) for an entire province to come under the direct governance of the capital city of a province.

This system covers all scenarios (probably), and there is no loss in historical accuracy, as this is far more accurate than any system than has appeared before. It certainly isn't perfect for everyone, everytime, but it a huge improvement.

Foot

[Parallel Pain]

When you are dealing with the public order of entire provinces, building a bakery and fairground in your capital is not going to really make a difference throughout the entire province. Buildings that represent province-wide infrastructure will be able to effect Public Order, buildings that represent civic structures will have different effects. Bread and Circus will still work, but the results will not be as you saw in EBI.

Foot

Oh yeah does that mean roads increase public order? Since you know roads better communication and better communication = better information flow = better control

[The Fuzz]

I like this update.