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    Civ: Scythians

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    The Gauls, religiously gore and gruesome

    in Tutorials, references and art help

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    9 minutes ago, Stan` said:

    Thanks @Genava55 that was pretty interesting. I still wonder how they had "millions of polygons" and still a not so good rendering. 

    Having a model with millions of faces is easy. I am pretty sure the issue was to have an efficient tool and a better computer to render it into a video.

    The difference between the video of 2007-2010 and the video of 2021 rendered on Unreal Engine 4 is striking and I am pretty sure the original models were mostly the same.

    34 minutes ago, Stan` said:

    Maybe someday we'll redo the gauls to be a more refined society with roof tiles and painted roofs. The contrast between civiisation and bashing animal skulls on rock and then displaying them is still crazy to me :)

    Yes it's crazy but as they point out, it makes sense. It is practiced in Africa and Asia to display the status of the community and keep an account of sacrifices.

    It is shocking for a modern man only. Sacrificing an animal is pretty difficult for us:

    Futhermore, the other civilizations weren't that much elevated on the sacrifice topic.

    Romans considered themselves as civilized and criticized deeply other peoples, but as Plutarch reported:

    "What is the reason for the following facts: on learning that the barbarians named Bletonesioi had offered a human sacrifice to the gods, they sent a mission to punish their leaders – and nevertheless, as it appeared that they had only done to apply their laws, they were left free, not without forbidding them this practice in the future. But then how is it that the same Romans, a few years earlier, buried alive, in the square called Ox-Market, two men and two women, one Greek, the other Gallic? It seems absurd of them to have indulged in such practices themselves, while blaming the barbarians for their unholy behavior."

    Romans still practiced human sacrifices in secret until 90 BC. One of such sacrifice was to burn alive a man...

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    New Civ for Alpha 28+?

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    5 minutes ago, Lion.Kanzen said:

    There is not much that can be done, other than making anti missile formations(shield wall). Adding missile infantry in rear and defenses.

    Yes indeed. Infantrymen should have a better protection by being in a battle-formation.

    Ideally, infantrymen and light infantry should have also the same speed when not in a formation. I don't understand why some peltasts with shields and helmets should be faster than unarmoured spearmen for example. Historically, heavy infantrymen moved very fast when they broke out of their formation. It is staying in a cohesive formation that make them slower.

    By giving more importance to the heavy infantry and to formation, it gives more incentive to micro-manage them.

    Cavalry should have a bonus against infantry not in formation.

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    New Civ for Alpha 28+?

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    12 minutes ago, wowgetoffyourcellphone said:

    Citizen Soldiers are a real double-edged sword for this game.

    Because historically the main force was the heavy infantry and there was no hard counter against it.

    Harassing with ranging units like did Iphicrates at Lechaeum or like did Surena at Carrhea was quite difficult and long. Very inefficient process, taking far longer than a normal engagement. This is basically what every players are trying to do in AoE games by micromanaging their ranged units. It is working besides the hard counter system.

    In ancient times, the cavalry and the ranged troops were generally used against their opposite to gain the upper hand and to support their own infantry. To win a battle, the most important was to route the enemy's infantry by crushing its morale, but it generally happens when they are in close combat. Cavalry and light troops are rarely enough by themselves.

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    New Civ for Alpha 28+?

    in General Discussion

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    58 minutes ago, Lion.Kanzen said:

    this pillar should be what defines the game.

    Spearman vs spear cavalry vs skirmisher/archer.

    With these 3 counter is enough.

    Screenshot_20230320-130113.png

    From a general perspective, every civ/faction/culture could have at least those:

    image.png.d6f034ecf0cd5c7a72d454a47bc230d2.png

    Even if we currently don't give to every civ bowmen and swordsmen, in reality there are evidences for swords and bows in every cultures.

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