would dragons make for interesting battles? I suspect that upshot would be side A has dragons, side B does not, side A wins.

Asymmetrical shield designs!

I would recommend "Pride of Carthage" by David Durham. He also has a book about the Spartacus rebellion.

The unit names in Empires will be shown when you do a tactical battle in FOG2. You won't be able to edit them either in Empires or FOG2 though. In Empires you can rename your stacks of units (armies / fleets) and can choose on the fly if you want Anglicized names or more flavorful names for them. F...

I did the re-install & everything is good now. Thanks for the quick reply.

The first time I tried to start the game after installing the 1.5.3 patch. The file does look damaged.

Love the new DLC, I'm having a blast playing the Ashurbanipal campaign.

Darn real life! I just wanted to thank you for what you have already produced. It really adds to my enjoyment of the game.

The designers can add a turn limit by editing the scenario.bsf for the battle. Here is a list of some things you can do with the SCENARIO.BSF file: 1) Scripted AI orders: you can write more complicated AI orders than the Editor can do. 2) Reduce visibility, for the whole or part of the scenario. 3) ...

Can't wait to put on my ass-smiting shoes as the Assyrians!

Swifter than Eagles would be great, but I'll likely buy whatever is released.

I like the DLC that have been released, but I've always had some interest in the warfare of the period before that covered in the game. Is there a chance that we might see a DLC for pre-680 BC armies? I realize that there would be a lot more conjecture for warfare of, say, the Hittites and the Akka...

Message Suggestion.jpg During a playtest of a Gaugamela scenario I was putting together, The Persian AI opened the battle with his Chariots & Elephants. My Macedonian Cavalry & light infantry were attacking his chariots when their elephants caught up & attacked Alexander's Companion Cav...

Another vote for the "Swifter than Eagles" expansions!!! :D I can'really t wait to use Assyrians vs Hittites and Elamites vs Babylonians ... :mrgreen: Plus owners of Immortal Fire could recreate the Persian conquests of Babylon & Egypt. "Thou art weighed in the balances, and art ...

rbodleyscott wrote:

clive bradbury wrote:Has any consideration been made to travelling in the opposite direction? I for one would love to see Sumeria, Assyria, Babylon and Egypt in this fantastic game!

Yes.

Awsome! I'll be a first day purchaser.

For myself I would like to see the biblical armies first (Assyrians, Egyptians, Hittites, Babylonians etc.) before moving forward through the post 500AD armies. Me too. "Swifter than Eagles" never made the cut in FOG I, so I'm guessing it isn't at the top of their list for FOG II, so mayb...

In fact, the numbers of the Persian armies are hugely inflated, as we have only the Greek point of view. Delbruck estimated the Persian army of Xerxes in 30.000 I think a good rule of thumb when dealing with ancient sources in Greek vs Non-Greek battles, is to divide the Non-Greek total by 10. I'm ...

] Here's a strictly "chrome" type suggestion. In the combat result pop-up, if a general is killed, instead of saying "Our general has fallen!" could the name of the general be displayed instead? Message Suggestion.jpg Strange, it normally does display the name of the general, unl...

Here's a strictly "chrome" type suggestion. In the combat result pop-up, if a general is killed, instead of saying "Our general has fallen!" could the name of the general be displayed instead?

My heart says "Swifter than Eagles" should be next for some fun of truly biblical proportions! But it makes sense to produce "Immortal Fire" first as they already have a lot of models already designed and running in "Rise of Rome". I'd love to see "Swifter than Ea...