Bronze Age Battlefield Video

… I did say that it wasn’t common and I was making a point about gameplay more so than real life… so, not sure why you felt the need to educate me… As far as city builders with emphasis on conquering people, I can’t think of a single example of a neolithic city builder besides this one, so does that mean that the neolithic doesn’t lend itself to being adapted into a city builder? you might be right, but I think you’re underestimating the devs. Just as a mental exercise, I can think of examples like Tropico 5 which have a significant combat mechanics built into them. In the case of Tropico 5, I could see their combat system being reworked into this game quite easily. But that’s not for me to decide.

No need to get tetchy mate, we’re here to discuss, and not every time someone discusses a point you raise is it meant as a personal attack on you.
The point is that because the kind of warefare you seem to want was so rare, and combat in city builders is really not a major focus of the game-play I don’t think there will be any emphasis on it beyond some form of raiding (with a nod to the fact that as you pointed out, Neolithic city builders are rare so who knows). I think the Neolithic is great for being adapted to a city builder, I just don’t think that combat, specifically conquest combat, really lends itself to the game type.

Think, a first evaluation will be given after the game of an alpha / beta. How long is the motivation curve without / with combat?
The game should surely be - at least conditionally - mass-portable and sellable …? How much realism must be bent into addressing an economically acceptable target group for free sale.
Think this dilemma affects all real simulations.

Behold, the power of settings. Using settings, we can quickly appeal to a target audience who wants blood while I’m checking a box provides a richer simulation for an alternate, but secondary demographic. =)

Just remember to make the settings default to the conditions of the target primary demographic.

I like the idea of having settings for combat difficulty.

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Are you forgetting the Mongolian Empire where the horse archer was the number one soldier? Also, the English longbow men were important but Knights and foot soldiers were still the main military unit. Crossbow men replace the longbow because of how long took to train a longbow men (which was all their life).

Those shoes would not be cozy if you stepped on a spike of some sort… or walked on a really rough rock road…

They actually do pretty well. An extra piece of leather can be applied to the soul for additional strength, as well as leather wrapping around the shoe if one is hiking and doesn’t want to damage it.

I have a very similar pair of shoes Illustrated in this image. They are extremely comfortable.

It’s funny that you mention a spike. That’s exactly something I wrote in my first novel. One person wearing just such a set shoes survives the spike trap because the leather slips off of the spike. The next person is not so lucky.

Um my feet hurt for the next person. Lol. Well as a vegan I’m against leather, however I understand for neolethic people.
I guess I was wrong about its foot protection.

Leather works great for feet! :slight_smile:

Here are some heavier boots.

Here are some fancy leather shoes!

So we’ve not unlocked the Bronze age expansion within the two campains. Does this mean that the expansion wil never see the light of day? Or does this depend on the success of the initial release of the game?

The later.

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Boiled clay plates, and even stones were used as vests and pectorals, plus tied bones forming vests and pectorals. Yes, some of your assumptions are correct. The basic and common armor was leather. But others described probably existed.


Source: https://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/features/warriors-3900-year-old-suit-of-bone-armour-unearthed-in-omsk/

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Source:https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-oceania/micronesia/a/kiribati-armor


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Other type Warrior - KIRIBATI.


Source: Oceania

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Warrior - Kiribati


Source: Three objects that have journeyed from Oceania to the Horniman World Gallery – Museum Crush


Source; Piterest

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Source: Reserch Internet.

“Coconut warrior”


Roro-buraka warrior poses with sharks-tooth lance, Kiribati 1892.
Source: https://twitter.com/macleaymuseum/status/487019956626673664

American Warrior - Natives.


Infinity of Nations: Art and History in the Collections of the National Museum of the American Indian - George Gustav Heye Center, New York 1900 armor vest.
Source: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/118641771404328684/


Source: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/392305817512372705/

Some battles were like that in the Neolithic …

http://culture-of-peace.info/books/history/prehistory-war-2.html