Preview: The Boii

[JMRC]

Other thing which i was wondering is that you mention in the preview that the Boii nobles, the Argoi unit, use both spears and swords. It seems from the screens that you plan to have them ingame use both weapons as well. I say this because as far as i know in M2TW if you give a foot unit both spears and swords (basically 2 melee weapons, one primary and one secondary) they will act buggy and do not use their spears or swords when ordered, but randomly changing between them. This can be pretty bad for the player because it is quite hard to have them use spears agaisnt cavalry, and swords agaisnt infantry. I imagine that for the ai would be even worse. So my question is, do you plan for the Argoi to use 2 melee weapons (spear and sword)? and if so, do you have any plan to address this issue of having no control over which weapon use the unit?

Actually, they are not random. In the descr_skeleton it's possible to define the distance at which the secondary weapon is drawn. So, they will charge with the spears and after the impact, they will gradually switch to the swords, because they are defined to be used at a shorter distance. However, you can always force the primary weapons again during the melee.

So, yes, the Argoi will use both spears and swords.

On a side note, will they have Gaesatae or something like this?

Watch the next 2 previews and you'll get the answer

Is it normal the video doesn't have any sound?

We didn't include sound because we wantd to maximize the length of the video. The other reason is that we're still integrating the voidemods, so we will only have sounds when the warriors speak their real languages. Possibly the next video will be shorter...

The Komatai Toxotai we see in the video, will they have spears, too?

No. The Komatai Toxotai use a sica a secondary weapon.

The video looks great- I especially love the jostling crush of the melee. And the officer/signifer's helmet :)

It's not a signifer. It's a carnyx (celtic horn) and if you watch the video closely, the carnyx-bearer actually blows the horn when the unit is ordered to charge. The carnyx sound will come next.
EDIT: look at video position 4m:03s to see the carnyx animation.

[Skoran]

Watch the next 2 previews and you'll get the answer

Does this mean we will get extra previews really soon?

[WinsingtonIII]

It's not a signifer. It's a carnyx (celtic horn) and if you watch the video closely, the carnyx-bearer actually blows the horn when the unit is ordered to charge. The carnyx sound will come next.
EDIT: look at video position 4m:03s to see the carnyx animation.

I noticed that! So awesome! In later stages will the carnyx-bearer actually make a horn sound when he blows the carnyx before the charge?

[Gustave]

In later stages will the carnyx-bearer actually make a horn sound when he blows the carnyx before the charge?

yes we are currently adding them !

[WinsingtonIII]

yes we are currently adding them !

Oh man, this is going to be so awesome!

For some reason, I've always found that simply having historically accurate sounding battle horns (like the sound of the legionary ones in EB1) just adds a surprising amount of depth to the game.