Preview: The Boii

**oudysseos** · 03-02-2010, 05:14

Originally Posted by Lusitani

YEAH!!!! More roman head hunters!!!!
But... what is the celtic empire referred in the text? :P

V.

Really just a little poetic license- a reference to the Hallstatt homeland of all Celtic material culture that the Boii remained close to. 'Empire' is a bit of an exaggeration but sounds cool, and it's not like the Irish or Scots never embellish stories in the telling...

**Power2the1** · 03-02-2010, 15:28

Originally Posted by oudysseos

Really just a little poetic license- a reference to the Hallstatt homeland of all Celtic material culture that the Boii remained close to. 'Empire' is a bit of an exaggeration but sounds cool, and it's not like the Irish or Scots never embellish stories in the telling...

I forgot about that empire part. I was thinking it thought that it was the one that Ambikatos/Ambigatus/Ambicatus had

**Arthur, king of the Britons** · 03-02-2010, 15:41

Great job EB team!

**Lusitani** · 03-02-2010, 20:44

Originally Posted by oudysseos

Really just a little poetic license- a reference to the Hallstatt homeland of all Celtic material culture that the Boii remained close to. 'Empire' is a bit of an exaggeration but sounds cool, and it's not like the Irish or Scots never embellish stories in the telling...

I think it has to do with Guinness and whisky... lol.
How can anyone not accept that as an answer... lol
Cheers!

V.

**Maeran** · 03-02-2010, 23:54

I've not looked at all the pics or the tool yet because my connection is having trouble with loading it all. Oh, how the EB gods taunt us. The video looks great- I especially love the jostling crush of the melee. And the officer/signifer's helmet :)

Is it me or do the units switch between two shield positions? A vertical shield (I'll call it 'closed') position, like we are used to in EB1 and a horizontal 'open' position. Do these mean anything (e.g. is the open position a more aggressive stance, while the closed one is defensive) or are they simply two equal options for the engine to choose from?

EDIT: Ah, missed that bit, bobbin.

**bobbin** · 03-02-2010, 23:59

No, its just that the animations are not finished yet.

Disclaimer: The General/FM models and the animations (namely the shield positioning) are still WIP. In some places the video is "choppy" due to video-capturing problems.

Originally Posted by anubis88

Just one question. Is this the occultus faction that you gave to us to try and figure out which one it is? You know, after Bobbin found out about the Bosphoran Kingdom

I don't think it is, have a look for yourself.