Shield Bearer Posted February 12, 2013 Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 They may be the same people, but the obviously do not reside in the same geographical locale. The reason why you cannot tell the difference is because of many different factors, one of them being geographical (if they live in the same place, then its likely they'll develop similar skin tone), the other being marriages between these different people. I'm sure there are many other factors. Just look at people from Assam, they're as fair as Europeans! And the north east has seen little migration, so we can see that people there are pure locals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilstewie Posted February 12, 2013 Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 (edited) Mauryans were based in North India as their capital was in PataliputraBihar, Bengal, Eastern UP, Orissia, etc are East India,East IndiaMagadha is an east Indian kingdom.North India is Punjab, Sindh, Kashmir, etc. Just look at people from Assam, they're as fair as Europeans!@SB I dont know what type of dark Europeans you've been seeing. Anyways, this skin tone thing is a non issue. They made them brown, which is accurate. Edited February 12, 2013 by lilstewie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sighvatr Posted February 12, 2013 Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 If we cant agree on a skin color, we can color the Mauryans blue in honor of Krishna 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shield Bearer Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 @SB I dont know what type of dark Europeans you've been seeing. Anyways, this skin tone thing is a non issue. They made them brown, which is accurate.C'mon, they're not that dark Their not 'white' but their quite fair Ah well, I don't mind how it is in game. Just wanted to make a point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKC Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 @lilstewie : I too know that North India is Punjab, UP, Kashmir, etc. but, do note that I've also quoted in my previous post that Chandragupta Maurya's kingdom was spread in north and north eastern India.What I meant by north India was in general the northern part of India.Yes, the skin tone thing is a non issue but, since the game is being created as a historically accurate game I thought may be I should notify the developers of the slight mistake.Anyways, it is good they made the unit brown which is accurate.@Adi12 : First of all I'm sorry if I've hurt you.Yes, you are right.One cannot simply tell by just looking at a person from which part of India he/she is and I'm not trying to divide India into North and South India and I too condemn it even if someone tries to do so.The point I'm trying to make is that the "Indian female worker unit" in the game should not be dark as it is cited in the Mauryan faction details rather it should be slightly fair.I don't need the topic to be dragged any deeper so I'll wind it up.Once again I'm sorry if I've hurt you.@Shield Bearer : Just in case if you didn't know, women in India even now wear sarees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shield Bearer Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 I am from India and I know that But the sarees of ancient India are different in that, it was just a long cloth, wrapped around the waist and over the shoulder without the chest piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilstewie Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 (edited) Edited February 18, 2013 by lilstewie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilstewie Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 (edited) rightAncient Indian bowmenancient indian buddhist warrior Edited March 8, 2013 by lilstewie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sighvatr Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 It would be nice to find some flavor of heavy infantry units in the Mauryan faction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilstewie Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 (edited) It would be nice to find some flavor of heavy infantry units in the Mauryan faction.Maybe the champion can get scale armor, but doesn't offer as much protection as western units.http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/1670/p1120592v.jpg Edited February 27, 2013 by lilstewie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilstewie Posted February 28, 2013 Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 (edited) \Here are better Mauryan swordsmen reference than the TW mod one. Or Edited February 28, 2013 by lilstewie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted March 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2013 Some ideas for Mauryan technologies:Chanakya is a teacher, so he actually can "research" technologies from himself. Perhaps 4 broad technologies that take a long time to "research" (teach). He also empowers research for buildings he is tasked to empower (like the Egyptian "Pharaoh" unit in Age of Mythology).The Mauryan Fortress would have 4 unlocking techs based on the "four-armed army" philosophy, the Caturangabala. These techs would be exclusive, meaning you can only choose one of the four: Infantry / Cavalry / Chariots / Elephants. A player would choose one of these arms to specialize, unlocking a batch of techs based on their choice. For instance, the "Infantry" choice would unlock a batch of 4 infantry techs and 1 tech each for the other 3 arms. Choosing "Chariots" would unlock a batch of chariot techs and 1 tech for each other the other 3 arms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilstewie Posted March 5, 2013 Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 (edited) Can a unit get this badass huge sword?What do you guys think about giving the maces to the female guards? And giving the champion this 2 handed wide sword + it's 2 handed axe?? Edited March 5, 2013 by lilstewie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted March 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 I think the women's skirt could be longer though.Almost every reference we have for Mauryan women shows them so naked as to only be wearing jewelry and turbans. The skirts and brassieres were added for modesty. Adding saris and longer skirts doesn't match up with the references at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilstewie Posted March 11, 2013 Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 (edited) Not completely naked, just the upper torso exposed like the men. They wore some sort of dhoti, sometimes a skirt. Edited March 11, 2013 by lilstewie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted March 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 Not completely naked, just the upper torso exposed like the men. They wore some sort of dhoti, sometimes a skirt.Gotcha. But all the talk of saris isn't really accurate with any reference we have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilstewie Posted March 11, 2013 Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 Yeah, modern saris would look funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unarmed Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 It's great to see crowd-sourcing so more factions can make it. Hope to see Germanics and Scythians eventually with the help of crowd sourcing.I love the Mauryans, especially the worker elephant. It's a really interesting "gimmick". Great idea.Can't wait for them to have the right elephants and the elephants functioning correctly. It will be my favorite civ, besides Gauls and Britons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 The Germans are planed for second part. Scythians not yet. But I'm interested in that faction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sighvatr Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 I am surprised that the ancient Mauryans would not wear a lot clothing to protect themselves against bugs and the elements? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolanjoker Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 some units are not animated, like elephants? is bug or they can't have one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanderd17 Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 some units are not animated, like elephants? is bug or they can't have one?The team is short on animators. Most units use the same animations, so that's not difficult, but new ones are needed for the elephants, that's why they still aren't animated. There are people working on it though.Note that there are still a lot of animals missing animations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolanjoker Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 i noticed the animals, but a military units would be more important? but i hope new guys can do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feneur Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 It's just not been done yet, they will definitely have animations before the game is released though. Animating things is one of the hardest things you can do though, so it's not something as many people can do + it takes quite a lot of time, so it might be a while before all animals have animations. Also, we might not be able to animate all animals that have models made for them, but elephants definitely are important enough that we would not consider the game completed without them 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted August 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 We need a name for the Mauryan Blacksmith building. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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