sphyrth Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 He said AoE in the video, but wrote 0 A.D. in the title. It's obvious to me which game he likes more. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nani Posted November 4, 2019 Report Share Posted November 4, 2019 Vali playing empire map, an underplayed but superior map compared to mainland. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordGood Posted November 4, 2019 Report Share Posted November 4, 2019 I got a kick out of this 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted November 4, 2019 Report Share Posted November 4, 2019 @LordGood I'm torn, on the one hand it's pretty awesome, on the other hand it's totally not historically accurate XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordGood Posted November 4, 2019 Report Share Posted November 4, 2019 Sure it is, maybe not the flaming bits, but small torsion engines were used in fortifications, notably enough in the siege of Syracuse but in later hellenistic fortresses I do suspect torsion engines were installed in designated towers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted November 4, 2019 Report Share Posted November 4, 2019 1 minute ago, LordGood said: Sure it is, maybe not the flaming bits, but small torsion engines were used in fortifications, notably enough in the siege of Syracuse but in later hellenistic fortresses I do suspect torsion engines were installed in designated towers Maybe we could change the projectile actor then ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordGood Posted November 4, 2019 Report Share Posted November 4, 2019 I tried to make a dust particle but gave up because fireballs are cool yo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundiata Posted November 4, 2019 Report Share Posted November 4, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Stan` said: on the other hand it's totally not historically accurate XD Freestanding towers in general just weren't really a thing outside of the Roman Limes (although I don't know where that second pic from LordGood comes from. Is it actually an example of a freestanding tower?). But every civ has towers because it's an RTS convention. That said, artillery towers (attached to walls) were indeed a thing. Of all people, I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm kind of in favor of waving historical accuracy for these things because they are pretty darn cool (Alistair's reaction says it all), and they're not super unhistorical because artillery towers did exist... They shouldn't break the game of course. And if I understand correctly, they're only for Greco-Roman civs, so it would feel relatively believable. Spoiler Edited November 4, 2019 by Sundiata 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted November 4, 2019 Report Share Posted November 4, 2019 @LordGood @Sundiata @Angen used the towers against me, they are completely OP ^^ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
av93 Posted November 4, 2019 Report Share Posted November 4, 2019 3 hours ago, Sundiata said: Freestanding towers in general just weren't really a thing outside of the Roman Limes (although I don't know where that second pic from LordGood comes from. Is it actually an example of a freestanding tower?). But every civ has towers because it's an RTS convention. That said, artillery towers (attached to walls) were indeed a thing. Of all people, I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm kind of in favor of waving historical accuracy for these things because they are pretty darn cool (Alistair's reaction says it all), and they're not super unhistorical because artillery towers did exist... They shouldn't break the game of course. And if I understand correctly, they're only for Greco-Roman civs, so it would feel relatively believable. Hide contents But maybe then they should be scorpio and not stone throwers towers? If mercenary camps were a thing, I would make roman/greek mercenary ballistas avaliable (but limited) for everbody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sphyrth Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 That's indeed rare of you @Sundiata. I was already expecting you calling it out the moment it was posted in the Forums. I was honestly cowering under my blanket, hoping that you'd go easy on it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badosu Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 I am afraid these towers will be abused much. As much as I like the idea of leaving my base knowing that I can defend from siege, I am concerned about incentivising turtling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sphyrth Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 16 hours ago, badosu said: I am afraid these towers will be abused much. As much as I like the idea of leaving my base knowing that I can defend from siege, I am concerned about incentivising turtling. You have the player experience, so I can take that into account. But I think the Towers serve more of as Offensive Siege buildings. It's the Tower for the Offensive Base Crawlers. And besides, I don't think you can't get them by turtling anyway (since they're City-Phase buildings). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundiata Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 6 hours ago, sphyrth said: That's indeed rare of you @Sundiata. I was already expecting you calling it out the moment it was posted in the Forums. I was honestly cowering under my blanket, hoping that you'd go easy on it. Hahahahaha... 5 hours ago, badosu said: I am concerned about incentivising turtling. Legitimate concern, and yes, the towers definitely shouldn't be OP... Maybe they should be significantly expensive/strict build limit? Currently turtling isn't the most viable strategy though, although it should be just as viable as rushing. So the towers could actually help balance offensive vs defensive play. I tend to play very defensively myself, especially in early game, but it's really just a good way to get clobbered (although in a recent match one of my opponents referred to the 20 minute final battle in my base as "Stalingrad", which filled me with a little sense of pride , artillery towers would have made a difference, but the three invading armies would have defeated me either way). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anaxandridas ho Skandiates Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 (edited) . Edited April 8, 2021 by Anaxandridas ho Skandiates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anaxandridas ho Skandiates Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 (edited) . Edited April 8, 2021 by Anaxandridas ho Skandiates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anaxandridas ho Skandiates Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 (edited) . Edited April 8, 2021 by Anaxandridas ho Skandiates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 37 minutes ago, Anaxandridas ho Skandiates said: Town center + Fortress still appear a tad too yellow. That must be the lighting they use the same texture... As for the fire boulder I will fix it somehow. Removing the particle is easy we could make smaller variants for the tower level below The only thing to keep in mind is projectile should be visible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anaxandridas ho Skandiates Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 (edited) . Edited April 8, 2021 by Anaxandridas ho Skandiates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted November 11, 2019 Report Share Posted November 11, 2019 A AoE player trying our game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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nani Posted November 20, 2019 Report Share Posted November 20, 2019 On 11/12/2019 at 2:14 PM, Lopess said: There should be a specific topic for video tutorial with all these types of videos sorted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boudica Posted November 24, 2019 Report Share Posted November 24, 2019 A new 0 A.D. video from Raptor (no, it's a different Raptor) has got 160 thousand views so far: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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