Last edited by Antiochus; March 07, 2013 at 08:12 AM.
The Parthians!!!!!!!!!!
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Finally a good training for the launch of pilum!
This could be the end of the map, on East side?
North Europe end of the map (following this map, the last region will be Sarmatia)?
Last edited by Romanheart; March 07, 2013 at 04:22 PM.
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That would mean the Indus is the end of the east further south, so we get a just a bit of India.
Well that still leaves a lot of land east of Sarmatia, to stretch all the way to north of Transoxania.North Europe end of the map (following this map, the last region will be Sarmatia)?
I would think that the baltic would therefore be included, as it would be a bit strange to just cut it off there. If the Baltic is in, there is also room for a piece of Norway/Sweden.
Last edited by Latro; March 08, 2013 at 01:02 AM.
Lang leve de Republiek!!
I think we'll have the south of Scandidavia, like in first RTW And in the east we'll have a limit almost like Rome Total Realism map.
?... The first map is the east, the second one is the north europe.No that's the Suebi
Last edited by Romanheart; March 08, 2013 at 04:34 AM.
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might be rendering Egypt, India and possibly China
What i liked most about that screenshot is the map design, pretty nice representation of natural flora the trees the rocks and such.
I'm wondering, the barbarian ( germanic) shield are obvious made of wood, but the roman shield, are they metal ? and thus more heavy but stronger ?
will this make them run slower then wooden shield bearers ?
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No, they were made of wood covered in canvas/leather with a metal boss. They should weigh about 10kg.
Making such a large shield out of metal (that existed in those days) is costly and cumbersome.
yup, about 3/8 inches thick with plywood, rimmed in very thin brass (enough to protect the rim when the shied was resting in the ground) - though some had a rawhide seam stiched on -, and covered front and back with canvas or hide and painted with the legion/cohort motif. IF you think wood could never do the trick, consider this: barbarians carried longswords which they primarily used to slash with, and Romans would try to catch the blow on the rim where the sword would get stuck in the wood and become difficult to extract (like a sawblade from timber), at which point the legionary would lunge and skewer his enemy with the gladius.
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Sun Tsu,
No, CA has it right. The shields are modelled are some finds of early Roman shields with metal reinforcements. In the picture they are nicked and dented. Steel can't dent. The metal edges are correct, as are the vertical strips. The center of the shields is called a "boss" or umbo in Latin, and covers the circular hole cut for the handgrip. The boss was made of iron or brass and allowed the weilder to "punch" with his shield as well as deflect the heavier blows and missles. In battle, legionaries crouching behind the large shield to receve a charge, then they could raise it deflect blows or slam the metalled edge down on an attacker's toes, breaking them - or hit him under the chin, punch his face and unbalance/stun him and then move in for the kill. I LOVE Roman shields!!!
http://www.pcgamer.com/previews/tota...ent-world-rts/
new preview from pcgamer is up.
personally im loving the detail on units (shields especially on those romans look pretty fly) and the new line of sight stuff allowing for proper ambush tactics and realistic battles (because, lets face it, the player has always had a major advantage with godlike seeing abilities for most part)
No campaign map yet; im hoping they do something similar to shogun 2's, with the map going between 2d art and 3d reality. It made for a really good look in shogun 2 (+ its nod to the original shogun's map) - obviously it couldnt be in the same style as this isn't feudal japan, but u get my meaning.
Curious question, why is there an obelisk in the Parthia picture(right corner)? As far as I know the Persians never exported Egyptian obelisks like Rome did, so I don't know how the Parthians would've gotten them. I know it's a small issue, but I was just wondering the thought for having them in. The city is very much Persian in architecture. Other than that looks good.