Phalanx

So, in the SVN version, the construction UI will not appear if multiple units are selected.

If we do create Lion's "Musical Chairs" version of a special mode, then the capture points of temples need to be weaker, to allow relic stealing, without having to bring a full invasion army with siege.

So, there might be plans to phase out the Nubian bow, what will it be replaced with? I've heard cretan archers, but I'm thinking not a merc, because having one of a faction's starting units being a merc is kinda brutal economically. I was thinking just a native egytpian archer, because the Ptolemaic made massive use of native ranged "auxiliaries."

Okay, fine. But it'a still a LOT of bronze.

The reference has red cloth that covers the ears. Could we possibly make a player colored cloth that covers the ears to break up the mass of gold? Amazing work, btw!

Me likey!

I thought the Galatians were a Ptolemaic unit?

Possibly a dismount, then kicking or knocking while holding on to the horse.

Counter siege! Hadnt thought of that! Well, I guess that gives them some utility.

Shouldnt this be balanced or something? I mean if you look at the stats: Swords: Health; 100. Armour: 5 hack. 5 pierce 15 crush. Attack: 5.5 hack 0.75 sec Spears: Health: 100. Armour: 5 hack. 5 pierce. 15 crush. Attack: 3 hack 2.5 pierce (adds to 5.5) 1 sec. 3x against cav. That's the problem there, they do the same damage against infantry because infantry have the same armour against pierce as hack, but spears have a 3x multiplier against cav. I'd say swords need a damage buff. But that's just me.

So, I tested 40 Egyptian pikes with Ptolemy IV (not in the fight, he was off to the side) against 30 bronze shields and 10 silver shields (all level 1) and the Egyptians lost. Now, I replaced 10 Egyptian pikes with 10 Seleucid silver shields (as a place holder for the Royal Agema) and the Egyptians won. @wowgetoffyourcellphone has already put them in Delenda Est, and they round out Egypt nicely. Could I possibly get some discussion, I want to hear your guys' opinions!

Perhaps we could use the heavy tower octeres as a basis for the Juggernaut. Rome II seems to have fairly realistic ships, and unfortunately due to the smallness of the bodies of water in 0 A.D. it can't be that big. Maybe just a teeny big larger than the heavy ship.

Why does the AI choose spears over swords? Example: The Roman medium AI chooses Triarii over Hastati? And why does sword always seem to die faster than spears? Don't they have the same armour and health stats?

I dunno. I just always see it with the large part of the anchor on top. I guess it's just preference, so.... whatever!

hmm.. maybe I just got lucky and got the spartan one 5 times in a row...

If one opens up SVN, then goes into a single player lobby, then back to main menu, it will always revert back to the Spartan one. Just fyi.

Isn't this upside down?

Okay! What I had in my head was kinda like a roman infantry charge in Rome II. If there are still plans to create alternate fires (hastati throwing pila, etc) then the really cool run, to short skip, and throw, to charge would be amazing. I'll see if I can find a good example on the internet. EDIT: I know this is a crappy video, but at 6 seconds, what the Triarii on the left are doing is what I'm envisioning, IMHO. It looks really cool.

Ctrl Z! Ctrl z!

Do we already have code that will differentiate between idle and ready anims? And are we planning on having charge anims? Like ones that combine the ready run and an attack? EDIT: These look AMAZING by the way. Nice work!

Oooh! Can we get an update to the Ptolemaic one like this ^? It just kinda looks like a fossil right now.....

When will that be done?

I keep on seeing this hat. Maybe it could be level 2?

Can we make the level 3 armour for the nubian archers the same as the level 1 pikes? So it looks like a basic "egyptian" archer, it has some armor to designate it as a level 3, and to distinguish between levels 1, 2, and 3 because they all look the same right now.

Question: Is this forum just for replays and build/strat discussion, or is it for balancing/roster discussion also?