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Units I would like to see: Frigate -> Steam Warship -> Ironclad -> Dreadnaught Sloop -> Blockade Runner -> Destroyer The U.S. could get a special unit in the Industrial Age -> River boat. A warship with shallow draft that can sail into rivers and streams (while other ships cannot).

I've always thought this era would be pretty awesome as an RTS. I'd say 1800 - 1918. Napoleonic Age (1800 - 1850) Industrial Age (1850 - 1880) Imperial Age (1880 - 1918) or something like that.

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For the month of October we are showcasing all 6 heroes of the Celts Civilisation! The Celts will have two sub-factions for players to choose from: The Gauls and The Britons. Click the preview image below to view! And as always, Check Out the rest of the showcase too and let us know what you think!

I'm starting to think we should do nothing and let these banks either go bankrupt or be bought out. Then once everything shakes out, institute common sense regulations, including the banning of sub-prime mortgages.

With overwhelming numbers and skilled usage of formations this will be possible in 0 A.D.

Well, in real life certain troop types countered other troop types.

The $700 Billion bailout, as is, will cause inflation as much of that money will be created out of thin air by The Fed. Once foreigners see how much the US Dollar is tanking they will stop buying dollars, oil will stop being traded in dollars, and then we're seriously screwed.

There's nothing "free market" about the coming Recession. It needs to be managed (carefully and thoughtfully) or else there is a risk of, however small, of a protracted recession or depression. Deregulation of the credit and banking industry was the cause of this foul up. The Reagan/Bush philosophy is as bankrupt as a Wall Street Bank. Phil Gramm, John McCain's chief economic advisor and possible Secretary of the Treasure, should McCain win the election, is responsible for inserting legislation into the 1999 Federal Budget that gutted the Glass-Seagal Act and allowed Credit Companies, Traditional Banks, Mortgage Brokers, and Stock Market firms to merge and buy each other out. The protections put into place during and after the Great Depression of the 1930s have finally been eroded. The final ingredient was in place for the laissez-faire recipe of financial disaster. Fortunately for Gramm and his ilk they managed to rake in $billions before the whole scheme collapsed. Three major Wall Street collapses within 25 years is no accident - the past 30 years have been spent worshiping at the altar of Reaganomics. Take the reins off of the big money interests and all they'll do is strive to make more big money, any way possible, at any cost, with no planning for long term sustainability. With fraudulent credit ratings, pyramid schemes, criminal, immoral accounting practices, cheap money from the Fed, and yes, a slackening of mortgage lending practices to people who really shouldn't have bought homes, our failure has been complete. This is Capitalism Gone Wild, and instead of seeing bouncing @#$%, we see our homes foreclosed and more jobs shipped overseas. We believed these laissez-faire merchants of death because we had to in order to sustain our American lifestyles - what we believed was our god-given right to SUVs and the "American Dream" of a 4 bedroom home, a cat, and a dog. We forgot the horrors of Generations past. I guess it's time for us to painfully relearn the lessons we should have learned from our ancestor's mistakes. Instead, history repeats itself - after a decade-long gilded age, where economic growth actually meant the people saw less, where increased worker productivity saw a decline in wages, a decade of wild corporatist exuberance, ultimately it is you and me and our children that suffer, as they did back in the 1930s.

I think the coolest part of the Celts will be their Britons branch sub-faction. The Chariots will be very cool to use (high trample damage), but will be a challenge to use effectively (we all love a challenge, don't we?). They also get a two-handed long-swordsman! This dude will slice and dice his way through ranks of Romans. Unfortunately he'll be murdered by ranged units, so you have to use him tactically. Very cool. Plus, I like their Brythonic Broch fortress. It just looks cool, plus ranged units perched atop it's ramparts will have a good attack bonus and very long line of sight!

Well, in such a scenario you would use a Scenario map to play on, rather than the standard skirmish mode. That is, if you really wanted a kind of "historical" scenario.

Well, I think you'll always want to either capture or destroy an enemy building in order to rob your enemy of that building's function.

Well, capturing will be difficult, because you'll have to rid the area of enemy units first and it will take a lot of soldiers to capture a building in a timely fashion (time better spent fighting?). I think it will be the alternative to use when you don't have enough siege.

Siege Engines will be required to destroy a building. Infantry have the ability to capture buildings, but it leaves them vulnerable to attack.

A rare mid-month screenshot has been released for our eager and loyal fans. The shot debuts the Tropic biome set of terrains, rocks, and plants. We still need to model and texture trees exclusive to the Tropic biome, but the Desert biome trees stand in quite nicely for now! The shot shows a small Macedonian army battling with a squad of Persian elephants in a jungle setting. The action flies thick as these two factions battle to the death! Click the above preview image to see the screenshot in its 1600x1200 glory! If you are new to our community, then join our Discussion Forums where the discussion is always lively and friendly!

I could conceivable do a Showcase, detailing (broadly) the characteristics of each faction sometime soonish.

Great write up. Cool battle. reminds me of Pelannor Fields.

No morale, but the idea is to have less armour on the sides and back.

There will be a benefit to flanking.

We are kicking around the idea of moving the Testudo to a later content patch or to 0 A.D. Part 2 for use with proper Marian Legionnaires.

I feel a global ban coming on...

I'm intentionally making you wait...

Sassanids would be an excellent post-Part 2 add-on.

Relax. Take a breath. Lay out some rules for you forum game first. Put a little thought behind it. Come up with something that is consistent and fun and we'll play.