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  1. Any way to replicate "short pike" trait from RTW1 + EB1?

    In Rome Total War 1, classical hoplites (the ones that are not the Macedonian pike phalanx) have the "short_pike" trait and the "phalanx" ability. The short pike trait allows them to have a densely...
  2. Re: Why did the the Ming crossbows become so weak compared to earlier Chinese ones?

    The problem with that interpretation is recording the "max tested" weight is irrelevant information for crossbows, and there is no historical or modern basis for crossbows ever being recorded at the...
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    Re: DLC expansion Ideas

    There is plenty of room for additional factions and adding unit diversity.

    There were a ton of non-Han factions during the timeperiod that aren't added in the game yet. And even for the Han...
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    Re: The Popularity of Three Kingdoms

    I just checked and the official forums and TW3K seems pretty lively compared to the other games. Most of the first two pages of TW3K's General Discussions' page are filled with new topics created...
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    Re: The Popularity of Three Kingdoms

    You can speak for yourself but not for others, especially not the entirety of "western people."

    The game was one of the top (or was the top) selling gaming during its launch week for the US Steam...
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    Re: Poor ol' Gongsun Du

    Not entirely sure. There were still 2 (or 3?) Han Dynasty commanderies left in the Korean pennisula by the time of the Three Kingdoms. Gongsun Du was appointed by Dong Zhou and took control of the...
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    Re: Poor ol' Gongsun Du

    Gongsun Du historically controlled territory in Liaodong, Manchuria, and parts of northern Korea (he inherited the Leland commandery). So he is basically missing like 80% of his territory in the game...
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    Re: Mod&Fix ideas for Records mode.

    Conscription was commonly used by the Romans during the Republican era. I don't know what the Germans used so I can't say if they used conscription or not. The Roman Republican military system was...
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    Re: Mod&Fix ideas for Records mode.

    Going back to the topics of shields and weapons:

    There are actually a lot of large shields in ancient East Asia but these aren't properly portrayed in the game. The shields during the Warring...
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    Re: Mod&Fix ideas for Records mode.

    If it's tripe then you will have to provide academic evidence to refute it. I provided several scholarly sources saying arranged marriages did NOT require the consent of Nordic women. You're saying...
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    Re: DLC expansion Ideas

    TBF, the Han like the Romans called everyone barbarians right? Even the Yue people of the south had kingdoms and very sophisticated bronze working techniques, yet got called tribes and barbarians.
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    Re: The Popularity of Three Kingdoms

    TWC became popular thanks to the extreme modability of the earlier games from what I understand. Every game since Shogun 2 have been more difficult to modify with a campaign map that is extremely...
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    Re: Mod&Fix ideas for Records mode.

    You and your friend need to distinguish the difference between actual history and folklore/stories from later periods. Like the 14th century ROTK "story" about the 2nd-3rd century Liu Bei discarding...
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    Re: Mod&Fix ideas for Records mode.

    Neither of us put up sources in the beginning as we were changing trading arguments. If you want to compare sources then we can certainly do that too. However, the sources you later linked aren't...
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    Re: Mod&Fix ideas for Records mode.

    Looks like you and zoner16 already talked about most of this, so much of our conversation is becoming redundant. I will address two points that I didn't see Zoner16 address:



    The ancient...
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    Re: Mod&Fix ideas for Records mode.

    No, foot binding didn't become popularized in the Tang Dynasty. Foot binding wasn't even around until the Southern Tang era (which is not the Tang Dynasty), and the custom didn't become popular until...
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    Re: Mod&Fix ideas for Records mode.

    Three Kingdoms was a period when everything fell apart and laws were ignored due to continuous wars, collapse of government, and mass deaths everywhere. So I don't think it was necessarily because...
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    Re: Mod&Fix ideas for Records mode.

    1) You're confusing some events from the 14th century historical novel with events from actual history. Liu Bei said 'brothers are like limbs and women are like clothes' in the 14th century novel,...
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    [Tutorial] Re: Mixed Units Tutorial (Finally CA yes!!)

    Awesome, this opens up huge possibilities for historical ancient Chinese pike and crossbow warfare of the time. And with more extensive modding, turn it into Rennisance era pike and shot!
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    Re: Yuan Shu got shields

    Hmm, that is strange. If this was not intentional, maybe we should report this as a bug?
    Good job with the shields.
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    Re: Three Kingdoms 2010 TV series

    Much of the series contains intentional over acting similar to Shakespearean films. Watch this scene with Brian Blessed as Caesar Augustus in the movie "I, Claudius." ...
  22. Re: Why did the the Ming crossbows become so weak compared to earlier Chinese ones?

    I have not seen the claim Han Chinese crossbows had the efficency of regular bows. In the earlier links in this thread, I've only seen people claim they had a 60% efficiency, which is less than the...
  23. Re: Why did the the Ming crossbows become so weak compared to earlier Chinese ones?

    1) While we don't know Qin draw weights for sure, we do know from Warring States records about the draw weights of some Warring States era crossbows - so there is enough evidence to make educated...
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    Re: DLC expansion Ideas

    No. Both of those are too far outside the timeframe of TW3K. The first is like 400-700 years before TW3K and the later is like 700 years after TW3K.

    There are many other options for DLC with a...
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    Re: Veterans of TW, are you buying this game?

    Pike and shot (except with crossbows) was a form of warfare practiced in the area since the Warring States period, but unfortunately there isn't a single pike formation unit in the game. It would...
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    Re: Improvements to the game?

    1) Expand the map and add more factions (especially to populate the empty southern lands). Gongsun Zan needs to be fighting nomadic kingdoms in the north. The Sun clan needs to be fighting the...
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    Re: Three Kingdoms 2010 TV series

    Unfortunately the Red Cliff movie uses tons of anachronistic weapons, armor, and equipment. They probably got Lu Bu's 14th century plated mail armor in the game from Zhao Yun wearing it in Red Cliff.
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    Re: Veterans of TW, are you buying this game?

    Can't tell if you're being serious or not.

    The arrow traces are excessive, but they can be turned off in the options setting.

    The green markers highlighting a clicked unit have been around in...
  29. Poll: Re: Just to see the western acceptance of this game.

    You can be both and/or neither. This poll needs more options.
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    Re: First Impressions on the Campaign Map

    You can take a look at a topography, satellite, and climate map of China to get your bearings. Basically, Southern China is a tropical/subtropical climate filled with low mountains and dense jungles....
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    Re: [help] Dong Zhuo save files

    In case you didn't know, you can also unlock Dong Zhou by winning a campaign.

    Also, I heard that it is very hard to defeat Dong Zhou in battle because the AI doesn't even recruit him with an army...
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    Re: Han Dynasty Era Armor

    This website has more pictures and people in recreated armors: http://dragonsarmory.blogspot.com/2016/08/han-armor.html

    If anyone wants to take a look at the two books about armor I mentioned, let...
  33. Re: Great steps towards the horse armour...How about man's armour and stance?

    I also posted a thread about Han Dynasty armors: https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?796470-Han-Dynasty-Era-Armor
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    Re: Han Dynasty Era Armor

    lol, yes, I know about the Wudi's Ferghana campaign into Central Asia for Nisean chargers. Kings and Generals have some great videos and I love their crossover stuff.



    I believe the picture of...
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    Re: Name That Historical Event

    No idea what this one is, but I'd like to say the bushy eyebrows guy on the right reminds me of Thomas Edison's eyebrows.
  36. Re: Why did the the Ming crossbows become so weak compared to earlier Chinese ones?

    Furthermore, I'd like to point out that besides modern writers/historians and archaeology discoveries supporting evidence for the long 20 inch powerstrokes of the Qin-Han era (and the lack of...
  37. Re: Why did the the Ming crossbows become so weak compared to earlier Chinese ones?

    Every uncovered archaeological example of Warring States to Han era" regular" crossbows have been longer powerstroke crossbows with the bronze cast trigger located all the way in the back of the...
  38. Re: Why did the the Ming crossbows become so weak compared to earlier Chinese ones?

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    Han Dynasty Era Armor

    Hopefully CA introduces more Han Dynasty era armor into the game. Way too many units in the game (from lower ranked militia to higher ranked elite troops and heroes) are wearing some sort of leather...
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    Re: Swordsmen in 3K period

    I'd like to add that the first swords were bronze. Warring States kingdoms such as the Qin reknown for making very good quality long bronze swords even though other Warring States had started using...
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