daudbinbutrus Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 (edited) Hi everyone!My name is David, and I play RTS, RPG, Puzzle, Adventure, and Classic games (Atari, Nintendo, etc.). I play on AoE Online, and I'm looking forward to the finished product of this game.I majored in Ancient Near Eastern Studies and know several languages (Hebrew is my best, Arabic and Aramaic aren't bad, and some Greek, French, and Spanish). I love Ancient history, especially this time period (I TAed the class on the Hellenization of the Near East in college).My hobbies besides gaming, history, and language are writing, editing, and computer repair.I look forward to interacting with all of you. Edited May 18, 2012 by daudbinbutrus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 Welcome, David! What is your favorite faction so far? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daudbinbutrus Posted May 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 Good question! I still need to try out Alpha 10 to find out what my current one is (I wouldn't be surprised if it is one of the new Greek factions since I mostly tried out Hellenic).I'm pretty sure when the Mauryan faction is made available it will be that one and stay that one. I love war elephants (not just from Age of Empires Online, but the first Age of Empires and from historical accounts). I hope that unit will be implemented. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 Good question! I still need to try out Alpha 10 to find out what my current one is (I wouldn't be surprised if it is one of the new Greek factions since I mostly tried out Hellenic).I'm pretty sure when the Mauryan faction is made available it will be that one and stay that one. I love war elephants (not just from Age of Empires Online, but the first Age of Empires and from historical accounts). I hope that unit will be implemented.Mauryans will definitely have elephants. I'm thinking probably 2 different elephant units (an "elephant archer" as their "cavalry archer" class unit, and an "Armored War Elephant" for one of their Champion units), and then probably at least 2 heroes sitting on elephants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daudbinbutrus Posted May 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 Awesome! I look forward to seeing those. My favorite historical example of war elephants is that they were the first effective anti-phalanx unit (charging from the side would disband them fast until they were trained how to counter). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhyloc Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 Hello David, welcome to the forums! Your war elephants are powerful David, but they will be no match for my Hastati with maniple formation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daudbinbutrus Posted May 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 Hello David, welcome to the forums! Your war elephants are powerful David, but they will be no match for my Hastati with maniple formation. Nice Sadly, very true. You have to be smart about how you use them. Just like you don't use war elephants to charge the front of a bunch of sarissa wielders! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeru Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 ברוך הבא Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khegarty Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 Welcome to the team David! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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