Stormboy
Mortal
posted 07 April 2002 11:52 AM
EDT (US)
7 / 34
I just had a thought: maybe the random map generator will put relics close to a TC of the same culture. So, on the Norse side of the map you'll find Norse relics, on the Greek side Greek, and on the Egyptian side Egytptian ones.
A Norse Pegasus, while theoretically possible (according to AoMH's relics page anyway), would in that case be a lot less likely than a Greek one.
Only after the Norse have taken over a Greek town (incl. temples), are they likely to come into possession of Greek relics. That way, ES could explain the strange phenomenon of the Norse Pegasus, as "the Norse have absorbed some Greek culture, and are therefore entitled to this Greek unit."
black_beserker
Mortal
posted 07 April 2002 02:45 PM
EDT (US)
13 / 34
Good idea stormboy you should really let ES now about that! But even if you don't like the idea of a non-greek civ getting pegasus, how often do you think you will see it? I mean there are over 50, possibly even 100 relics in all, so how often do you think this one will come up? And even when it does come up, sometimes a greek will get it.
black_beserker
Mortal
posted 07 April 2002 02:58 PM
EDT (US)
16 / 34
well, we don't really know how many relics there will be in each game so who knows, we could be seeing alont of them, maybe 10 or 15 on one map!
Tyr
Mortal
posted 07 April 2002 03:03 PM
EDT (US)
17 / 34
Garn, I agree. Rough-n-rumble Norse can't be expected to harbouring a graceful Pegasus, now can they? Ravens all the way. I know that if I pick that relic up, and I'm playing Norse (which, believe you me, I'll be doing frequently), I'm going to highlight and click the DEL key immediately.
black_beserker
Mortal
posted 07 April 2002 03:12 PM
EDT (US)
18 / 34
I don't think you can delete relics tyr, since you coudn't in Aoc. All you can do is drop it somewhere. Or you could put it on a boat and delete the boat...no wait thenit just appears on the shore. Darn looks like we will be stuck with it unless we want our opponent to get it.
jduderocks
Mortal
posted 07 April 2002 05:06 PM
EDT (US)
22 / 34
when I saw that in the gamespy article I was a little dissapointed but it could be worse
guinea_pig_0
Mortal
posted 08 April 2002 03:26 AM
EDT (US)
28 / 34
maybe it could be done so a relic identified with one of the cultures would help it more. eg. Armour of Achilles, gives norse and egyptians +2 hack armour for infantry but greeks get +3