Wardogs... Why?!?

**PROMETHEUS ts** · March 01, 2013, 12:23 PM

I just want Arcani , Gladiators , flaming pigs and more ^^

Lol even roman camelriders on sahar borders ( romans introduced the camel to N. africa) or Alaudae axe equipped legionaris to cut legs to elephants... Or the dacian war heavy legionary to counter the dacian phalx...etc. The more variety the better...

**Reptilicus** · March 01, 2013, 12:31 PM

It`s fine,you mentioned something about war dogs being used by Slavs,so i`d like to read a bit more info about that,since i am quite curious about ancient Slavs...unless i misunderstood your post

**uzo70** · March 01, 2013, 12:59 PM

Originally Posted by The Caledonian

It`s fine,you mentioned something about war dogs being used by Slavs,so i`d like to read a bit more info about that,since i am quite curious about ancient Slavs...unless i misunderstood your post

Oh i forgot i had written them in

but yeah they used dogs too ^^

**Reptilicus** · March 01, 2013, 02:01 PM

I see,thanks for replying,i`ll try to dig up something to read about that,+ rep to you as soon as it`s enabled for me,since i`m a newbie here on the forums

**Armatus** · March 01, 2013, 07:42 PM

Someday we'll get to a game that will give the user control over aspects of design, allowing for custom experiences.

(much like with tabletop wargaming) speaking of I wonder if CA will go in that direction for WH..

**HinFoo** · March 01, 2013, 07:52 PM

cancer thread

**Armatus** · March 01, 2013, 07:54 PM

Your post should be among the first to be carefully lanced out.

**Gondolin** · March 01, 2013, 08:20 PM

We need them in small number as many said before

**spartan_warrior** · March 01, 2013, 08:32 PM

I have no problem with war dogs being a unit, as long as they aren't units of 50 or 60 dogs, they should probably have about 12-16 dogs in a unit. Their purpose should be to distract and cause some chaos in the enemy before immediately being followed up by an infantry charge. If unsupported the dogs may be able to kill 2 or 3 soldiers before being slaughtered. I don't want to see uber packs of dogs wiping out infantry units single-handedly.

**Glaumir** · March 01, 2013, 08:38 PM

I would be OK with dogs with you could attach them to a unit like you do with siege weapons. In fact, I think there should be more units like these, special units that serve very specific roles and can be attached to any common infantry unit.

**SinerAthin** · March 01, 2013, 09:38 PM

Tbf, I wouldn't imagine the dogs having any real effect on the battlefield.

Dogs, on the other hand, could be a valuable tool for scouting & sniffing out hidden enemy camps & ambushes.

Having a pack of dogs scouting ahead of my legionaires would be an excellent thing to have. I'd wish those smelly barbarians good luck at hiding!

**IronBrig4** · March 01, 2013, 10:00 PM

Well crap, apparently I can't upload images from my Photobucket to here.

**Abriael** · March 02, 2013, 02:59 AM

There are historical accounts of dogs being used around armies, but there aren't historical accounts of them being used in field battles, which is *very* unlikely.

**~~Antiochus~~** · March 02, 2013, 10:37 AM

Originally Posted by Gondolin

We need them in small number as many said before

These are not WAR chariots, so it is not wardog. There are chariot races at the Olympics. They are the drivers, not soldiers

**Huberto** · March 02, 2013, 10:44 AM

Originally Posted by Antiochus

These are not WAR chariots, so it is not wardog. There are chariot races at the Olympics. They are the drivers, not soldiers

That's what I thought too. Thanks for confirming. +rep

**PROMETHEUS ts** · March 03, 2013, 04:26 AM

Originally Posted by Abriael

There are historical accounts of dogs being used around armies, but there aren't historical accounts of them being used in field battles, which is *very* unlikely.

Sure of that?

[2] Alyattes.

The Cimmerians, a people of great bodily size, made war on Alyattes. He marched against them, and ordered his men to take into battle with them a number of large fierce dogs. When the dogs were released, they fell on the barbarians, as they would on a herd of wild beasts. They injured many of them, so as to disable them from action, and put the others to flight.

Polyaenus

Unfortunately the mistake of CA is to give it to germans as they never used and surely wouldn't even know how to train to have geared dogs with iron spiked collars when their men hd even scarcity of it.

**Neptune4394** · March 03, 2013, 04:46 AM

I need wardogs.

**Nicolaos** · March 03, 2013, 05:04 AM

Originally Posted by PROMETHEUS ts

Sure of that?

Polyaenus

Unfortunately the mistake of CA is to give it to germans as they never used and surely wouldn't even know how to train to have geared dogs with iron spiked collars when their men hd even scarcity of it.

How would you know if germans or other barbarians ever used war dogs or not? they did not leave as many historical references as romans or greeks. All we can say for sure is that such dogs were a tool of war and I doubt that your beloved romans or greeks were the only ones clever enough to use them.

**Prof** · March 03, 2013, 06:14 AM

Originally Posted by Nicolaos

How would you know if germans or other barbarians ever used war dogs or not? they did not leave as many historical references as romans or greeks. All we can say for sure is that such dogs were a tool of war and I doubt that your beloved romans or greeks were the only ones clever enough to use them.

Even I have never heard of sources stating that barbarians used dogs in combat. However, this does not mean that they didn't use them. It just means that it is no where written down.