Factory update - shipping date

jdm · Post by **jdm** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 5:12 pm

I have just heard from the factory that they are on schedule to ship arond the 24/25th October. So we should have stock in our hands 26/27th October ready to dispatch to all you advance purchasers.

By my reconing that means you will probably have it in your hands up to a week before it arrives in European stores and maybe 2 weeks before it hits the US.

I'm looking forward to kicking some butt on line...but then I've been practicing all week

Regards
JDM

warmaster · Post by **warmaster** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:28 pm

Hehe, I hope you do better than the last time I played against you 2-0

ste · Post by **ste** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 7:35 pm

Therlun's the one you gotta watch... his damn elephants

Then again I know JD whooped him, I only managed to beat him once

warmaster · Post by **warmaster** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 7:47 pm

Well, I look forward to playing everyone online...just a few more weeks.

sum1won · Post by **sum1won** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 11:35 pm

Wha are appropraite counters to the "damn elephants"?

anguille · Post by **anguille** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 6:17 am

he he...i am also looking to test people online...

jdm · Post by **jdm** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:02 am

Hey Warmaster

I was told to take it easy with you,. Just wait till the real thing

Imperator JDMus

ste · Post by **ste** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 11:21 am

sum1won wrote:Wha are appropraite counters to the "damn elephants"?

I just drew him into the woods, and battered him with my Hestati (I was playing with one of the default armies)... he whooped me on the other 2 battles tho, i only managed to win one time.

warmaster · Post by **warmaster** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 1:27 pm

Wouldn't spearmen be the best/cheapest against elephants?

Well if not, I'm guessing triarii with square formation (anti-elephant skill wouldn't hurt either).

jdm · Post by **jdm** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 1:46 pm

Warmaster

Often Light troops were the answer to Elephants, getting in close and attempting to hamstring them.

In the game you can train up your light troops with anti elephant skills.

One of the subtlties is that whils you can see enemy troops and get info from the tool tip. You never get info on the skills they have.

So that innacuious looking skirmisher unit may well be elephant killers

It can come as quite a surprise.
So you need some auxila to support the elephants , then the enemy needs some heavy cav to counter the auxilla and so on

Regards
JDM