Northern Mameluke Empire
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IMANU said:I see, i was really pissed with EB not getting to work with all the factions in their original language and stuffNorthern Mameluke Empire said:IMANU said:never played EB. couldn't get it to work. but, being a huge history nutter- I love this era.Northern Mameluke Empire said:Well well well. Somebody plays EB!
Anyway good idea, I'd DL a Dark Ages mod. A few things though:
Cataphracts would be far more heavily armored than Mamelukes. Cataphracts actually means "Completely Armored", with thick scale armor and barding on their horses.
The "Barbarians" would probably be less armored, but with heavy weapons. Like a Byrnie or lower quality, but a Great Axe/War Cleaver sort of thing.
Calradian/Roman Empire would have fewer Elite Troops, and many, many mercenary/semi-barbarian troops. Think of it like having 10% Legionaries heavily armored and well trained, and the other 90% being regional militia with very low-quality armor, and similar weapons to the Legions.
I hope you do this thing right and make it as fun as possible, good luck!
i know that the cataphract should be more armoured, but i think it would totally overpower the sarranids, having very good archers, infantry, and also cavalry.
as for the barbarians, i want to portray them in their true historical position, rather than the undedeveloped uncivilized image they have. their equipment should be better of quality than the calradian, even it it were only to keep balance. very good armoured in sense of quality, instead of heaviness of the armour though, if you understand what i mean. having a hard time explaining it in english, kinda
and what you said about the set up of calradian troops, precisely my idea of what their armies should look like.
I said that cuz you had a pic of some EB II units in one of your posts, just figured you did .
Even though "Barbarians" didn't actually run around naked with giant warhammers, they didn't exactly wear heavy armor. I wouldn't give them anything above a byrnie honestly, simply because mail was the highest technology they achieved prior to the Middle Ages, and byrnies are lower quality. leather armor would be good as well, definitely more common.
Of course everybody has their super elite heavy troops, but in order to balance out the factions/units in this game its better to have lighter shock infantry for them, with what we agreed on as the Roman army for Calradia.
and exactly, i'd give them not too heavy armour (at least the rhodok barbarians) but the protectional quality should be really, really high. also the looks should tell the player that it is very strong: it should be very,, very shiny
Wait what? Original language? all the ones I've seen are, there's no reason for them to do some and not others.
I do think however that you over-estimate the quality of personal-made as opposed to mass-produced. due to the lack of machinery, the equipment would all really be home made and sold off to the army. but for barbarians, who have a lesser understanding of smithing technology as well as fewer resources, the quality and quantity would be far lower. hardly what I would call "shiny", or very very high quality. maybe at most medium quality for a few expensive elite troops.