Hellenistic Times Scenario

[Takhisis]

Of course! What d´you think I am? I´ll work on both, and as there´s more people helping with Punic Wars and it´s more specific, I´ll have less personal work on that one.
It´s just that I´ve been mistreated, since my baby left me, I´ve been losing my mind... baby baby baby...
Well, it´s just that the heavy combo of playing Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders and Deep Purple coming to Obras at the end of the month has drained me of my energy... and funds.
But, if there´s at least one more people still interested in continuing HTS to its bitter end, I´ll proceed.

 

[Takhisis]

As I said before, as long as there´s at least one more person who wants me to keep at this, I´ll proceed. But this is the question: do you people still want to keep in this?

 

[The Last Conformist]

I'm interested.

 

[Takhisis]

Hmmmm... two positive answers so far, I´ll keep at this, at least it´s an excuse for not bathing. Bathing every other day is more than enough for me.
What I still need is some munits, tech-tree icons, an Egyptian elephant -basically the same as the standard one but with the ankh, it´s really a flavor unit-, one more resource, some LHs, and that´s about it.

In one-two months, if we move quickly, we could have an alpha version on the ground, so, it´s just a matter of a little more work:
The map is made; most of the tech-tree is done, although I need to finish the more cultural part; most Greek translations have been handled by varwnos; I´ve been thinking of making mercenaries or levies tradeable, that would be

I´m still not sure about the Nabateans/Petrans/Arabians, and Thrakya will be very small, unless I do the whole bloody map again. Should I include the Massagetai/Scythiakoi/Sarmatiai as barbarians from the north?

 

[Takhisis]

Hey, did the Nubians still have any interference in Egypt, or had they started fighting the galla and beriberi by then? Or had they been conquered by Egypt?

 

[odintheking]

Hey, this sounds like a very promising mod. I'm getting kinda tired of converting units for the SW mod, and I thought I might try an m-unit. Anything you need?

 

[Takhisis]

Check this:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=144818

 

[wolfman1234]

Any progress on this?

 

[Takhisis]

Honestly, no, but I should be picking it up as soon as I win Sengoku, but "winning" isn´t completing the goals, but eliminating Mori Motonari, Otomo Yoshishige, Ryuzoji Takanobu, Ichijo Kanesada, and some of the other great daimyos.
Anyway, yes, I´ve got a nice idea about camels.
The deserts should take 2 movement points for all units, even cavalry and elephants, but some foot/cavalry units, camel units, would need only 1 MP per desert square. The inf/cav would be for Nabatea, Egypt, and Parthia. Also, the camel units should have -1 HP.

 

[Takhisis]

Who´s still with me? I´m back (at school too!) so I thought I could use some help to bring this back into line.

 

[The Last Conformist]

I suppose I'm here to help you, if there's anything I can do.

 

[Takhisis]

I also suppose I´m "here" but, well, any ideas?

 

[Kyriakos]

Hey Takh, good luck with the scen
Sorry that i coculdnt get round to making the city set, which i wont due to the forced (signs of eyesight problems) retirement from gfx making

 

[Takhisis]

I have a 4.75 miopia on my left eye at fifteen, and that´s not so much trouble with a contact lens and the patience of Buddha.

 

[Kyriakos]

Well i have lost some degrees of sight too, when only three years ago i had still 20/20. Im pretty sure that this was caused mostly from my careless pixel by pixel work in the pc, so i have to cut my losses... I already have a pair of glasses, although i really dont wear them, but this may change.

 

[Takhisis]

You should, it´s much help.

 

[Takhisis]

Who can help with the units? Any volunteers?
Was there any universal coin, 'cos to have gold as a unit is smewhat boring... perhaps i could change it to drachmas or something... talents?

 

[The Last Conformist]

The Attic drachma of 4.3g silver was the standard currency of the Hellenistic world.

("Attic" signifies its weight was based on the Athenian system, as opposed to any of the myriad other local weight systems of the Greek world, not that it necessarily was minted in Attica.)

 

[Takhisis]

Would it be better if I changed gold to "drachmas"?

 

[The Last Conformist]

It would certainly be more atmospheric.

However, it occurs to me that a drachma isn't alot of money - it was a couple days' wage for a worker in Classical Athens. For a great and rich Hellenistic kingdom, a more appropriate unit might be the talent. 1 talent = 6000 drachmas, or about 26,.2kg of silver.