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Back on topic here, there is a new history article covering the great battles of Celtic history. This includes the Battle of Caer Caradock which featured Celtic tribes found in Wales, specifically the Ordovices and the Silures. So head on over to the 0 A.D. mainpage to check that out

Yes this is going good I say we aim for 850 one year hence. And yes Nathan I am happy

If I remember right you are WFG now Nathan and that makes them "our" members not "your" Sweeto that we reached 600

The grips would be somewhere in the middle or slightly to the rear. Looking cool Can't wait to see them rendered.

*Tries to spell what he always hears in karate* Hajime! (Begin!) LOL I can count to 10 in Japanese and know various commands, but other than that its limited to kamikaze, katana, naginata, cha, and sake Good luck with competition!

You sure you don't think this is a Starcraft mod????

Hey I visited the computer desk and wasn't converted I tried it, but Firefox didn't do much for me *Prepares for onslaught*

Welcome ConserD Man we are sure having the windfall of members atm

Welcome Caesar89! We just might reach 600 before New Years guys

BTW, you know that the spears with the globes at the base are Persian? Those spears have bronze, silver, and gold counterweights. That way we have all the globes for basic line infantry, officers, and Immortals.

Cool looks great As far as variance goes, you can add leather hand grips to the shafts on some of them. Really that's the major difference between most spears.

Welcome d00der! And most of us WFGers are nutty anyway because we spend our time making these games for no money

Definately, those scorpios and ballista were super accurate and powerful. Plus the chieroballistra was no boyscout toy either Guess what the Romans are getting in Part II?

Oh man Nathan, don't push this too far I may have to demote you :black_teeth: Welcome Oberinjenkai! Hope you enjoy your stay here!

By backfiring that means that the swinging arm flies forward then bounces backand hits the ground like this: 1. __ 2. / 3. | 4. / 5. __ There are historical records of Roman soldiers being smashed into nothing because of malfunctions like that.

Yeah siege engines are big and macho so they don't count Where's the danger in operating a bow when you could be smashed to pulp by the backfiring of your onager?

Feliz Navidad to all forum d00ders and d00derettes!!! Best wishes from all of us in Canada, who will be celebrating Christmas in 7 hours and 46 minutes

Plus none of the 0 AD civs used a longbow. Its a very Middle Ages weapon. And Celts would not use it because they found bows and ranged weapons cowardly to use. Javelins seemed to be exempt because you could get close with those, but strangely enough slings were super common Plus what bows they did have were definately not longbows.

I lost my last one when I was.....11 I believe. My dad did some surgery with floss on me a couple times But then I learned the power of the tounge!

Chichi!!! Good to see you around dude! What are you doing for Christmas Matt?

Well its mainly because it is a weapon of the Middle Ages and the ancients actually had better technology (including bows) than the English/French/Burgundians/etc. The Hunnic bow, if IRC could shoot 400 yards with specialized arrow, although the actual combat range of bows is much shorter. One book I have says that on horseback the effective range of a horse archer (despite skill) was only about 40 yards or so. Plus the longbow would not shoot 200 yards and still punch through armor, because war arrows are heavy and that shortens range.

Historically speaking, they look great, although listen to Jason lol

Longbows are really...... well, basic and against Hunnic compound bows the English archers would get badly whooped. Rest assured, there will be major archery action

Which prez Jordan (Siri-Jordan )?

Yep, off the top of my head there are: Persian recurved bows Greek short bows Mauritainian bows Roman recurved bows Parthian horn-sinew horse bows and of course there is the greatest bow of the ancient world THE HUNNIC COMPOSITE RECURVED BOW!!! *bows repeatedly* Okay I just got myself banned there, but you get the point BTW y'all be sure to watch the History Channel on Jan 19 to see how the Huns use that thing