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A small interview in an event we participated:

https://youtu.be/vGdxGoj01o0

Devblog #1 - You, Units, Classes, Types... (Pt. 1 - Beginning)

In Rise of the Foederati, the main "resource", so to speak, is your Units. Players at the beginning of the game are given an unit to represent themselves. All soldiers which can be drafted and put into battle are called "Units". Every group of units, when deployed, requires that the player first deploys an "Authority" unit, which is trained and/or has experience with the position of leadership in the group. The other units that are not as trained and/or experienced are "Ordinary", as in, though they can fill in the position in a pinch, are not trained nor capable of taking the lead as efficiently. When you deploy the first Authority unit, it will use its resource, Authority Points, to deploy Ordinary units. Stronger units usually mean more expensive units, so that means that as a leader, the Authority unit can deploy more less skilled troops, or less of more professional ones, generally speaking. In the future, Authority Points will be used to use leader-only abilities, and can be recovered or diminished as battle goes on. Leaders with no Authority Points can suffer loss of morale, as the Ordinary units in the battle will see the leader as "losing the grip" on everyone.


Each unit has a class and each tribe has a selection of units of the most varied combinations. Let's analyze, for instance, the Basques. For all purposes, the tribe's roster is not finished yet, but just like the Visigoths, there are five units already available. Their Authority unit, the Guru Buruzagi, or Field Leader, is of the Medium Infantry class, which means it has some armor and is equipped and trained for sustained combat better than the most other units. Unit classes are not entirely fixed; the training, equipment and levelling of a unit may have different outcomes on their role in battle, and sometimes even their tribe's roster may affect it somewhat. However, it is a given that, with few exceptions, a Medium Infantry unit will have better armor and equipment than a Light Infantry unit, and will outperform them in combat in most of ways. Some of the classes are:

Light Infantry - The most common melee class you'll find, Light Infantry soldiers serve as meatshields, fillers or cost-effective alternatives. These types of units are very versatile, sometimes equipped with throwing weapons filling in as skirmishers, or having some defensive training to hold the lines together with more experienced/equipped units. Out of every type of unit you'll deploy, Light Infantrymen will most of times be the first to route, die or be defeated. However, they are cheap, and with minimal training, can be quite useful in the hands of a good leader; losing a light infantry unit in lieu of other units can be a good trade-off.

An example of Light Infantry unit is the Visigoth Haramanne, or Spearman. The Haramanne is quite sturdy for a Light Infantry unit, and performs quite well as a cost-efficient roadblock, with a spear and shield to prevent and disrupt the enemy offenses. This unit can be equipped with a Medium helmet, a Spear-class weapon, a Medium Shield and Light armor. Any other types of equipment cannot be used on him, since he is not trained on anything else than his native equipment.

Medium Infantry - With some training (and sometimes a piece of armor), melee infantry can be classified as of a "Medium" type. Compared to Light Infantry, Medium-class ones are more resilient, professional and generally more well-equipped. The classes can get muddied in the tribes' rosters, so for example, Visigoth infantry is usually pretty sturdy, and can be compared to Pictish Medium Infantry, since the Picts have a poor selection in the class.

An example of Medium Infantry unit is the Basque Gestikapoinnan, or Basque Spearman. It is equipped with a medium Helmet, a Spear-class weapon, a Medium Shield and Medium armor. One might think that both the Basque and Visigoth variant have nearly the same function and role in the battlefield. However, the Gestikapoinnan are more well-trained and equipped, when compared to an average Light Infantry unit. Both the leaders from the Basques and the Visigoths belong in the Medium Infantry class, as well.

Heavy Infantry - Through the progression, one could imagine that Heavy Infantryman are more armored; but that is not usually the case. Heavy infantrymen differ more from their Medium variants because of training than equipment. In Rise of the Foederati, the difference from medium to heavy armor is much smaller than from light to medium armor. So heavy infantrymen are usually those with a lot of training to withstand pressure and, obviously, be more aggressive or more steadfast against attacks. In the demo, there are no heavy infantry units, but the Gestikapoinnan could be considered to be defensively close to heavy variants.

I will talk a little more about the other types of units in the next Devblogs; cavalry, ranged and support units.

null 说:

Does it have Saxons?

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Yes, at some point during development, the Saxons will be a playable tribe.

Arcyboo xoxo <3333 说:

It just looks like every other greenlight game that'll be released to 3 "mostly positive" reviews, if at all.

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You keep trying to put it in the same basket as every other greenlight game, yet you don't want to admit this type of game is completely different from others. It's historical. It uses elements only triple-A studios attempt to. The genre is not something most other indie devs attempt to. We're trying to do something very daunting, yet accomplishing at the same time, which is why I came here to show you guys. Just think that your lack of interest might be affecting your judgement on the entire project. But I appreciate your feedback and your honesty.

Jacobhinds 说:

I would definitely hire an artist, and just one artist at that (check the artwork link in my signature ). Incongruous artwork isn't just aesthetically displeasing, it confuses the audience and shatters immersion because nothing on the screen fits with the sum total.

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Fitting the buildings to the rest of the units has been a little, let's say, troubling. But its something I'll keep my eye on. Indeed, artwork from different artists can affect the final outcome, but for some aspects (such as Visigoths and Basques being very different in traces) is intentional.

Arcyboo xoxo <3333 说:

Looks like every other turn based early access game that won't be released.

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Follow the Greenlight's progression if you want to know in how many levels you're wrong, then.

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Razzoriel 说:

What you mean by sell the game short? Did you take a look at Battle Brothers? Units with zero animations. Other indies doing sprite art with zero effort into them. This is a project done by two partners funding it to life. Its obvious the graphics are not going to be amazing.

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Difference is Battle Brothers has an excellent artist.

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Except that's just, like, your opinion man 

If you like pawns with zero animations but very good static artwork, that's your game. Mine involves a take more from the 80's/90's, you know, when sprite art was less this:
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/dd/1c/03/dd1c03208b66779340243b27b02df1db.jpg
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/cc/58/76/cc5876a41b7bd8d17119d0493f54f376.gif

And more this:
http://www.snowy-day.net/grokyou/bareknuckle/bknuckiiaxelgrandupperx2.gif
https://68.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7iugqLl6e1r9cjqxo1_500.gif

To each their own. At the end of the day, if you try the game and hate it, at the very least you'll have learned history from the 5th century.

What you mean by sell the game short? Did you take a look at Battle Brothers? Units with zero animations. Other indies doing sprite art with zero effort into them. This is a project done by two partners funding it to life. Its obvious the graphics are not going to be amazing.

The video shows only a small skirmish; plans are to make combats go with groups as big as 30 units.

I've removed all parts that were related to the game, keeping only informations regarding the historical context of the tribe. I'm discussing here the Visigoths.

The artwork posted in this forum sometimes refer to some tribesmen as Visigoths, though they are clearly Frankish (the Francisca, or throwing axes, were their weapon of choice, so to speak). It's very hard to nail them as one or another, though, because most of the equipment they wore and used were very similar to each other.

Yes, I've linked extensive knowledge about the Visigoths, which was in the website in question.

The term "Visigoths" refers to the branch of nomadic tribes referred collectively as "Goths". The prefix "Vesi" appeared when the Gothic king Alaric I amassed a federate army (foederati) in the eastern Balkans, with warriors of different origins. More ancient Gothic tribes, such as the Tervingi, the Gretheungi and even other non-gothic warriors joined the great Gothic War in 376 through this army confederation. "Vesi" means 'Visigoth' in Latin, and ever since stayed as the official nomenclature for the tribe.

Since that year, the Visigoths ran multiple successful military campaigns and raids, managing to sack Athens in 395 and even Rome itself in 410, and brought raids in the regions between both Eastern and Western Roman Empire. The Romans managed to make relative peace with the Visigoths by handing them territories in the region, which in turn would later on be occupied by the Ostrogoths. With the riches from plundering the largest, richest city of the world, the Visigoths had everything they ever needed to settle.

The actual settlement in southwestern modern France started when the Western Roman Empire enlisted the help of king Alaric I to drive away the Suebi, Alans and Vandals from Hispania. In exchange for driving them away, in 418 the Western Roman Emperor, Honorius, promised them the region of Gallia Aquitania. Their campaign was a military success, but the tribes were not eliminated; the Suebi were driven further away to modern Portugal, the Alans were partially subjulgated and most of them escaped with the Vandals to northern Africa (the ones that stayed remained as foederati of the Roman Empire), but a betrayal and a further massacre of Visigoths under Roman command led to the Sack of Rome.

After the settling begun, the great Battle of the Chalóns showed the military importance of the Visigoths; their alliance with the Roman Empire, though frail and most of times more of a pact of mutual help because of the Empire's need of foederati troops for military purposes, proved to be crucial to the hollow, phyrric victory against the Huns led by Attila.

There ya go, you knew little about them, know you know a little more.

I'm *****y about this game because I wished it was much more fleshed out and developed, and it isn't.

http:// steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=907046271

Unfortunately, I wanted to contribute to this discussion by adding historical information, artwork and others from the 5th century, but the mods have considered it "spam" because it is related to a game not done by Taleworlds.