"Naked Fanatics"

[alin]

That guy on the left wears a shield around his neck

As colision like that doesn't happen even in R2TW....

[Campylobacter jejuni]

Many people are unsettled by harmless things. Some are unsettled by spiders, some by frogs, some by wangs. Of course it's unreasonable but the brain just is funny like that. No harm done so it's alright I believe.

[BarnicleBill1]

Clearly even today the strategy of naked fanaticism sows discontent and fear into all that behold it.

[Yerevan]

Personally, I don't care. I ll just accept the solution that brings the less extra-work to the EB2 team. One that wouldn't cause any delay if possible (like leaving it as it is).

I mean, some of us have waited for that mod for years and now here we are discussing and questioning details like the color of grass the side of mountains or the the appropriate-ness of nudity.

Ebverything is perfect as it is, bring the mod on , we'll talk later.

@ Naked Fanatics : nice shields by the way.

[Brihentin13]

Why was the "Naked Fanatic" so effective at sowing fear? Simple! Gaul is full of trees. Forests+ angry, violent naked dudes= "Deliverance".

"Quintus! Paddle faster! I hear banjos!"

"You got a purdy gladius there boy..."

[Campylobacter jejuni]

Why was the "Naked Fanatic" so effective at sowing fear? Simple! Gaul is full of trees. Forests+ angry, violent naked dudes= "Deliverance".

"Quintus! Paddle faster! I hear banjos!"

"You got a purdy gladius there boy..."

It's a bit forced but still LOL.

[nein]

Why do some of them wear trousers? You just know they will be mocked back at camp...

There is only one naked unit in EB2? What about the naked celt spearmen? I always wanted to see a naked hoplite unit, apparently it was historically accurate for lesser hoplites to fight this way as clothes were precious commodities back then? A powerful symbol of Hellenic warrior culture, the nudity of a barbarian with the discipline of a 'civilised' warrior.

[AntigonosDoson]

I always wanted to see a naked hoplite unit, apparently it was historically accurate for lesser hoplites to fight this way as clothes were precious commodities back then? A powerful symbol of Hellenic warrior culture, the nudity of a barbarian with the discipline of a 'civilised' warrior.

Many books about ancient warfare state that presentation of naked hoplites on vases etc. did not mirror reality. It was a symbol, a powerful one, true, but they did not do it. Even if they had no body armor they went to battle in some tunic.

[Suite]

And this evidence comes through...? The only thing would be archaeological sources on this where it's explicitly clear that those tunics were worn in battle and not outfitted after the death. In opposite to this you had to lay proof that the current communis opinio of certain castes fighting naked or dressed only with a pelt is false (which is albeit indicated by many sources, pictures as well as written).

[Sar1n]

When reading this, I remembered a scene from HBO's Rome, when...now I'm not sure, was it Vorenus or Pullo...well, presents a trophy he took from an enemy-an unusually large....ehm...body part.

[FerretMunch]

There was also a pragmatic reason for fighting in the nude. If a piece of cloth from the warrior's clothes is put into an open wound with, say, the stab of a spearpoint, then the possibility of infection or even sepsis.

Food for thought whenever you view an ancient man's dangly parts.

[Anubis88]

Imagine you'd tell an alien that you find offence in the sentence - naked men killing each other by the thousands - in the "naked" not "killing" part

[Brihentin13]

I'm just glad that this discussion is taking place in a forum relating to Western warfare. If this kinda stuff went on in a mod relating to say, China or Korea, the amount of "wang" jokes would be unbearable.

[Sar1n]

I'm just glad that this discussion is taking place in a forum relating to Western warfare. If this kinda stuff went on in a mod relating to say, China or Korea, the amount of "wang" jokes would be unbearable.

That is so Wong.

[naq]

I'm just glad that this discussion is taking place in a forum relating to Western warfare. If this kinda stuff went on in a mod relating to say, China or Korea, the amount of "wang" jokes would be unbearable.

Wang Long Dong would be a badass name.

[Zipzopdippidybopbop]

Didn't expect my thread to take off like this....

Personally I don't see why a naked man is so shocking - its accurate, and while this may be bad for some people, simulating thousands of casualties and massacring populations isn't?

Sigh...........

[Funeh]

Personally I don't see why a naked man is so shocking - its accurate, and while this may be bad for some people, simulating thousands of casualties and massacring populations isn't?

THIS ^

People who dont want naked soldiers because it distracts them should get their s*it together

[Mayer]

I'm more disturbed at the unnatural length of their feets

[krste]

I'm more disturbed at the unnatural length of their feets

Only men with big feet dare become naked fanatics.

[alin]

Only men with big feet dare become naked fanatics.

Exactly, if you look closely you'll notice that those with pants will have smaller feet.

That's the attention of detail we're trying to achieve.