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[K-64]

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**** destroyers man, my frigates got their ass blown all the way back to Kharak the first time I met them.

That's because you use salvage corvettes on them, ya dingus! Seriously, about 80% of your fleet should be stolen from the enemy.

 

[Dodes]

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[Suspicous Pilgrim]

I like what I see.

 

[TheFlyingFishy]

Didn't caption every screenshot 0/10.

 

[QuailLover]

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[Patchouli Knowledge]

No meatspace in this thread, pal. I'm calling the cops.

 

[Sir Prince]

I'll allow it.

 

[Wellenbrecher]

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Try disabling more UI elements, like the useless stat cards to the left. Maybe then you'll see enough not to lose against the AI.

 

[Flin Flon]

What difficulty are you playing, derdes?

 

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Legenderpy

The stat card was disabled by default by the way, I enabled it because I prefer it.

 

[Bloc]

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Am I the only one who thinks arrows looks really ugly? 

 

[BenKenobi]

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Ten or so games released and flame arrows still look like GRAD bombardment.

 

[Kentucky 『 ＨＥＩＧＵＩ 』 James]

If they made fire arrows look like fire arrows they'd be invisible from the types of zoom levels people typically use, and in most TW games fire arrows are completely useless besides aesthetics. Like the ICBM catapults they probably just wanted a stereotypical cinematic effect.

 

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Am I the only one who thinks arrows looks really ugly?

It's because arrow trails are turned on so I can actually see who is firing at whom and how much.

If they made fire arrows look like fire arrows they'd be invisible from the types of zoom levels people typically use, and in most TW games fire arrows are completely useless besides aesthetics. Like the ICBM catapults they probably just wanted a stereotypical cinematic effect.

There are four arrow types now (usually) and they actually show what the different types do. Fire arrows give a morale penalty with a lower reload rate. Heavy shot has higher armor penetration with a lower reload rate. Whistling arrows give a slight morale penalty for all units they fly over with a high reload rate. And the forth is just regular arrows. Artillery is definitely a bit ridiculous though. It's hard to acquire though, coming only from mercenaries and a lvl 3 industrial building chain.

 

[DanAngleland]

Do the Romans have separate spear and sword infantry then? Is that how it was in real life at this time? I can't think why they would go from having sword infantry (old legion) with a large javelin which was utilised as a spear when needed (ie against cavalry) to having dedicated sword and spear troops.

It appears that your infantry got beaten up in the first Sassanid battle by enemy spearmen, who looked lightly equipped in the typical Persian style of big shield and little armour. Is that the case or was it the enemy missiles which hurt you most? I know this period is about the end of Roman supremacy, but if Roman infantry can't match what look like crappy infantrymen, how does a Roman faction avoid getting snuffed out entirely?

 

[Kentucky 『 ＨＥＩＧＵＩ 』 James]

Short answer: it can't. I'm watching heroofcarthage and legendoftotalwar, and the roman main line infantry craps itself in melee. Despite their magic doomstacks, they lose a lot of territory really early on and most of the former empire ends up being razed. That's a real immersion breaker for me.

 

[Bloc]

It's because arrow trails are turned on so I can actually see who is firing at whom and how much.

So Its customizable? Thats nice then

 

[Sir Prince]

The pilum wasn't really a spear, it was a javelin. Although from what I've read there does seem to be different variations (some had stronger iron for the whole metal part, while others had a soft metal section so it would bend after getting stuck in an enemies shield causing them to discard the shield, and couldn't be thrown back at them) and they got lighter by Atilla's time period. It wasn't really an anti-cav weapon though, although it would work better than their swords.

 

[Kentucky 『 ＨＥＩＧＵＩ 』 James]

Pila are unsuitable for melee. During the Marian reforms there was a thing similar to the testudo where they'd bunch up and stick the pila out to deter cavalry, but for the most part they had separate divisions of spearmen. I believe it was similar during the migration period, but with far more spearmen.

 

[BenKenobi]

If they made fire arrows look like fire arrows they'd be invisible from the types of zoom levels people typically use, and in most TW games fire arrows are completely useless besides aesthetics. Like the ICBM catapults they probably just wanted a stereotypical cinematic effect.

In Praetorians they did it so the smoke from flaming arrows was affected by wind. It was as unreal as this TW thing but at least it didn't look like a rocket assisted projectile.