How dare you say such a thing. I would never steal from RS2! tone has my utmost respect and RS2 deserves its day in the sun.
I have honour and morals Mr. Macky.
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Last edited by Banzai!; March 03, 2009 at 03:22 PM.
Originally Posted by Banzai!
'This will be followed up by production of RS2.5, an unofficial M2TW port of RS2. While making my mod I had to make period battle animations.'
Uhhhh, but you just said above that.......
Originally Posted by Banzai! Hi,
You no longer need to worry about an RS2 port. It is the age of crossbows, gunpower and knights in shining armour that now enthralls me ; none of which Rome offers.
Banzai!
See below.
Originally Posted by Banzai!
Reindeer cavalry is it?
INSULT
I must praise the RS2 team. They are to realism as Herodotus is to history!
ATTEMPTED INSULT ( other than Herodotus is now considered very accurate )
Hopefully when the team moves on to Empire Total War they will include the famous Swedish Lapland cavalry.
INSULT
But this mod doesn't interest you right...?
Originally Posted by Banzai!
I'm not doubting that the Scythians made this sort of headgear. They also had griffin, sheep and lion horse "helmets."
But what were they used for? For combat? Absolutely not!
Source or reference ?
The reindeer "helmets" were found in the tombs of kings, on horses sacrificed to the kings for the afterlife. They were special regalia for sacrificial horses. The horses were tarted up with gold, jewels, and then sacrificed, so that the king would have a "lion" or a "griffin" mount in the afterlife. The idea that Scythian reindeer cavalry roamed the steppe, let alone entire platoons [not an officer/king], is as patently ridiculous as stating the Egyptian pharoahs went into battle dressed up as mummies, tossing jars containing their internal organs!
And you have a vase with a picture of Scythian reindeer cavalry in the semi-mythological (see Herodotus) Persian wars. Wow, its not like Greeks didn't use vases to depict mythological or fantastic scenes. I guess Laplanders really had a might host of reindeer cavalry to fall back on based on the picture I posted.
Guys, use some common sense. INSULT
You guys begrudge Romans their Lorica Segmentatum and yet what do you have here? Made-up Macedonian reformed units. Entire barbarian regiments in full scale and mounted on reindeer. Jeeze.....
Say what??
Originally Posted by Banzai!
I haven't hijacked this thread. I have only two very reasonable complaints:
The Libyan skirmisher is old and fugly and should be looked at.
Reindeer cavalry is unrealistic.
But this isn't your mod and they are not reindeer.
Normally the 'RS2 guys' try to ignore technicolour yawns and leave most responses to the leader in charge. But occasionally after constantly having to provide sources, information etc for our decisions, we grow tired. Rarely, when someone disapproves do they actually provide sources or reference for the contradiction. Most times they actually get quite offended and flip users off or attack them in their own defense. I grow very annoyed of the constant attacks on the developers here. If you cannot say something nice......
Originally Posted by DisgruntledGoat
I felt that Banzai was quite reasonable with his objections and I'm sad that I haven't seen much of real response from the RS guys. I respect their work but in this case it looks like they are just letting the flaming do the arguments for them. The horse is interesting but I do question the practicallity of the ornaments in battle and agree with Banzai (rare case actually) that these are a bit fantastical. I was hoping to be persauded the other way. In the end I just developed a distaste for the RS fans.
Except that in your case, your mod ( which is very nice by the way ) is complete fanatsy and therefore needn't be constantly providing sources etc. to a disgruntled, rejected, beta-tester.
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Can't we let this just simmer through, ban banzai from visiting the forums or something. We don't need this kind of hate from both sides in RS. RS is about love and friendship, not sniping and insults!..
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More importantly, how is Herodotus considered very accurate now?
Well, "not considered absolute tosh" might be nearer the mark. A lot of historians are finding that quite a bit of what he says is backed up by recent revelations on the period. A fair bit of it is still wrong, though.
RS guys response to DisgruntledGoat
March 03, 2009, 03:17 PM / Re: Tribunal Commentary Thread #
(Okay, just once)
Originally Posted by Gaius Omarius
