SMST

The Gallic Fields may just be my favourite map yet. Keep up the awesome work, Mythos!

My offer to whip up some content (faction descriptions, unit descriptions etc.) also still stands.

I'd honestly hold back the Carthaginians until "Alpha 8: Hannibal".

Hey, diese Webseite ist definitiv etwas, woran ich teilnehmen könnte. Falls du noch Hilfe beim Zusammenstellen von Inhalten, bei der Organisation etc. brauchst, sag mir Bescheid - ich versage leider, wenn es um Webseiten-Programmierung und so etwas geht. this website is definitely something I could participate in. If you need any help in putting together some content, organizing the page etc., just say the word - I fail, unfortunately, if it comes to webpage coding and stuff like that.

I think the idea is that the Toxotes are mercenaries, and thus only cost metal (= gold, currency) to train. However, I too have experienced that they are way too easy to mass.

I am super excited for Chariot Archers.

What about Basque? Even though according to Wikipedia it is only remotely related to the Ancient Iberian Language (if at all), it is a non-Indoeuropean language that was spoken on the Iberian peninsula. (and it still is spoken in some parts of Northern Spain and Southern France) It dates back to classical times (again according to Wikipedia, there are Roman-time inscriptions with Basque words) and it remains spoken today, so it should not be too difficult getting names for units and buildings. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque_language

"Fortuna", huh? Pretty good name, though I realize you didn't ask the community this time.

Me wants recognition for units in me last post! Anyway, can we have three super champion units for one faction now?

It's "Toxotes Kretikos", if you are referring to a single archer. Same goes for any "-oi"-ending, which is the masculine plural, while "-os" is the masculine singular. And it's nice to have that option. As I see it from the current SVN-Version, the feature works out nicely for me.

This. @oshron: You might confuse this with my plans for a mod project, where I indeed intend to introduce "Knowledge" as a ressource for research.

I guess. The helmet isn't Greek, though, like you say in the description.

Well, I've played some games who made this approach (the Chinese civ on Empires: Dawn of the Modern World, for example), and it really worked well for me.

Great cover, but tbh, the iron helmet looks a bit out of place. The rest of the cover has this brown-bronze theme to which the helmet is a very sharp contrast. Maybe a nice Corinthian Helmet would fit in better with the rest.

Well, I had a try on a Greece one some time back, but it wasn't really as detailled or realistic as yours. If I start again now, my maps wouldn't be able to keep up with your mapping skills. Like the AoK expansion? That would be great. If provinces are implemented, you could name them and their respective capitals after historical counterparts. Sounds great! I would perhaps add Iran, with Mesopotamia/the Caucasus to the west, the Persian Gulf/Indian Ocean to the south, the Hindukush to the east and the Asian Steppes to the North. Would be good for having the homelands of each faction. Did you do Greece from scratch with a map beside you or did you have some kind of coastline/elevation data to begin with? (The Empire Earth editor supported elevation data to create real world maps) But as I said, I won't be able to keep up with your mapping skills, especially if you do these maps from scratch.

Note to self - skip project of real world maps, because the devs are creating much more awesome stuff than you.

Please don't do that. Make them very weak or something, but dont make them collapse over time out of thin air. It's just too random.

I totally think you should make use of the R&F formation selection, too.

Now don't say anything against the R&F editor. Its basis are the Stainless Steel Editors of Empire Earth (1) and Empires: Dawn of the Modern World. Both editors are much more flexible than any of the Ensemble Editors I know ever was. I havn't tried the R&F editor to its limits (for the reason you mention), but I am sure it can't be that bad with the excellent basis of its predecessors.

I only read your road suggestion, and wanted to post a positive example, being oblivious of the fact that this very example was brought up one post above you.

Both features, the elephant units and the animal herding, are not yet implemented.

Keep in mind that 0 A.D. is in Alpha Stage and therefore not quite optimised yet.

Depends on map size. Anything above Normal pretty much brings my PC down.

Also in favor Mythos' Wall idea. I would opt for two different kinds of fortifications. One low cost, lower HP, but freely placeable (like Pallisades in AoK, only a bit more worth the money) and one to be built after Mythos' concept. (stone city walls) I always found it quite strange that you could build a full-fledged wall EVERYWHERE in RTSes, while in reality, big stone walls would not just be littered around the countryside, but only around cities or fortesses (btw, if this idea is going to be implemented, I also think that fortesses should have a (much smaller) wall radius). The Chinese Wall really is the only example of a "stand-alone" big stone fortification in the style of 0 A.D.'s walls that I know of. Also, if the wall radius equals with the aura of a Civ Centre (which I assume it does, and if not, it should ), then this is another good way of telling the player where his city starts and where it ends.

*shows pleasure*