New Unit: Falxman

[Xen]

I think that this unit should belong to Germany because the Danube is a Germanic River.

"germanic" and "german" do not mean the same thing in Roman times- "germans" was a name applied to ALL non Roman europeans- by default, the huns were Roman germans, but we all know that isnt the case.

 

[ShiroKobbure]

didnt people in eastern europe use it? like in romania? durring the roman times

 

[The Real Sadaam]

I meant the best Civ to give it to that is in the game. Austria is not an actual civ in the game.

 

[Louis XXIV]

I just re-read this thread and realized I wasn't the first person to think of Austria (its been a long time, so don't blaim me ).

Hey Xen, what about the possibility of giving it to the Byzantines. Did they ever recruit troops from Dacia?

 

[ShiroKobbure]

yes
thats it Dacia!
they had this weapon

as for austria all the stuff is in the text and the flcs are there it takes 1 minute to change one civ for austria ^ ^;;

 

[joeskip]

guys its ok, just let anybody use it for whatever they want

 

[Xen]

I just re-read this thread and realized I wasn't the first person to think of Austria (its been a long time, so don't blaim me ).

Hey Xen, what about the possibility of giving it to the Byzantines. Did they ever recruit troops from Dacia?

nah, by the tim eof the Byzantines Dacia wasnt much of anything, a stomping ground for romanized goths (or Gothisized Romans as the case may be from time to time) but not much of anything troop wise- after the Romans conqoured, the more or less left thier stamp and seal of approval on the area, and native ways of fighting died out more or less, as the dacians looked to he peoples around them for influence.

 

[ShiroKobbure]

what was there durring Roman times?
I know some tribe was there in around romania or turkey
and were famous for that weapon
does it sound familiar?
my teacher even called it a Flax

 

[Xen]

what was there durring Roman times?
I know some tribe was there in around romania or turkey
and were famous for that weapon
does it sound familiar?
my teacher even called it a Flax

The Dacians- and they were farmore then a tribe- when rome coqnored them, they were the only other full fledged mation/kingdom in all europe- a big achievment considering that discounting Rome, thier wouldnt be any others for nearly 2- 3 centuries afterwards, and even then, thoese were still cheifedoms developing into somthign more complex

 

[absolut_nonsens]

Dacians or Getae were the Northern braunch of the Thracians.
Dacians came in the today Romanian and Moldavien terytories plus till Danube at West(till today Budapest, Hungary), south of Danube (part of today Bulgaria) and till Bug river in today Ukraine. Dacians moved on this places in the same time (2000 BC) as Greeks moved in today Greece.
First Dacians were fomed of several tribes (seek wikipedia for Dacia). Their kings are known beginninng with VII century BC.
But the centralised Dacian state appeared in the II century BC and the Big Dacia the Romans had to fight for almost 2 centuries had its starting point in I century BC, more precisely after 82 BC, when King Burebista took the throne.

Dacia developed a high civilisation in medicine, agriculture, metal working, urban expansion, and trade. They had rich Gold, silver and Iron mines. In 1 century BC and 1 century AD Dacia developed also an awesome military force that opposed the Imperial Rome for 2 centuries.

Problem was the young forming nation with its fresh statal organisation met the Imperial Rome, a force that almost sent Dacia into oblivion.

Conclusion is it would be historically fair to give Dacia what its belongging her: This UU at least.

And after the Aurelian retreat in 271-275 there are now evidence that the Doaco-romans that remained reformed for several centuries Dacia, but it couldn't resist long the Barbarians invasions and coplapsed into several mini states. Some of the barbarians who passed through today Romanian and Moldavian teritory mixed with the local population and lost their cultural traits. So today Romanians are mostly a mix of Dacians and Romans with some extra blood from some migratory populations.

 

[NavyDawg]

Thanks for the history lesson. I just added a new civ to a mod I'm working on.

 

[Heretic_Cata]

The reason why i am bumping this thread is because i would like this unit to be made properly, kuz it is historicaly inaccurate and utahjazz7 may want to repent or live his entire life in shame for what he did .

Without this unit, my mod(s) will never be realeased until it is PERFECTLY made.

The unit is very nicely made EXCEPT his sword. They call him a FALXman because he has a FALX and i don't see any.
From cemo1956's site :

Like redking said the weapon should be turned around. And you should also make it longer and more curbed:

This fat guy shows here why the sword looks like this :

So you must modify your unit or suffer the wrath of Zamolxis. Or rename this unit to "Guy with a sword".

 

[utahjazz7]

"Guy with a sword" it is.

 

[Heretic_Cata]

Ggrrrrrrr !

 

[Stormrage]

God, you sound worse than ED with his shadow issues. Nobody even notices the fuggin shadows...

And, Utah, just for the record, I love you unit, my favorite use for it is of coarse the Indic Corsair from the WH mod

 

[Heretic_Cata]

Shadows - units have shadows ?

But this IS important because it is a unique kind of sword (in the game) and this would be noticed.

 

[Stormrage]

No it wouldn`t... how many people are big fans of falxs? Raise your hand? Anyone? Who`s the real Slim Shady? Please stand up.. C`mon, the unit looks sweet, better request something new

 

[Heretic_Cata]

Here's a question - why did everyone wanted to change the persian immortal because it was not historicaly acurate ? It looks a lot crappier with a spear than with the sword. But still ppl wanted to change it. Are they fans of spears ?

 

[Stormrage]

Yes, the are Also, they, whoever it was, C`n`P-ed the spear, and I think it looks pretty good. Also, thats a whole different weapon, in this case he just holds the darn thing the wrong way Nowhere does it say its a "skilled" falxman

 

[Heretic_Cata]

Well actually the sword has to be longer and has to look like hook not like a falchion or iatagan.