#Celts age of empires 2 full

Sheep not converted if in Celtic unit's line of sight - This actually is a historically accurate bonus: the Celts were frequent cattle raiders and often stole livestock from their enemies.

Secondarily, the Celts are seen in game as a siege civilisation, but it would be more accurate to have them as a monk civilisation, for reasons that will become clear below. However, the broader usage of infantry covered foot soldiers in general, particularly skirmishers. Infantry Civilisation - This is exactly as it says in-game - the bulk of Celtic armies was infantry. The game leans more strongly towards the Scottish, and I accept that there were differences between the Irish and the Scottish, but I think it is only fair that a civilisation under the banner of the Celts draws upon inspiration from both nations, even if there were tangible differences between them. What we (and the game) means by the Celts is to say the Irish and the Scottish (the latter of whom are closely related to the former - in fact, Scottish is a daughter language of middle Irish). However, this is not the way the term Celt is colloquially used. In a sense, the Britons of Age of Empires II can be said to be Celts, but of the British branch, as the Welsh were Britons every bit as much as the English were and still are. The Goidhelic branches were and are spoken by the Irish, the Scottish and the Manx, the Brittonic branches spoken by the Welsh, the Cornish and the Bretons. Somewhere along the line, we ended up with insular (as opposed to continental) Celtic languages divided along the Goidhelic and Brittonic branches. However, there is a second degree of clarification needed, as the Celtic languages underwent a split (the precise time and type of which is not completely agreed upon). The first sense in which one uses the word Celt is to refer to descendants of the ancient people of Ireland and Britain. Of course, both Ireland and Britain were occupied before the Celts arrived, so I'm not sure to what extent modern Irish and British people are descended from these Celts, but what is clear is that Irish and British ancestors were culturally Celtic: they spoke Celtic languages and lived by Celtic ways of life. Over time, the Romans drove them back until the main Celtic centres were Ireland and Britain. In the first millenium B.C, the Celts spread all across Europe from Asia Minor and brought with them the Celtic languages to the regions to which they spread. First, there is some dispute over Celtic genealogy (which is another discussion for another day). I have tried to balance historical accuracy with gameplay balancing, but remember, this post is merely a what if, not a serious proposal!ДЄt the outset, it's important to be clear who we mean when we say the Celts. I also want to take into account the strong Celtic religious tradition, which was very influential in medieval Europe, in contrast to in-game, where the Celts have weak monks. Instead of a booming, infantry and siege civilisation, I have redesigned them to still be an infantry-based civilisation, but now within that to include foot soldiers more generally (including skirmishers). In part, I am interested by the gameplay implications, but I also think the historical side is very important, as that is what binds the elements of this game together. I don't propose this as a manifesto for overhaul, but instead, as a thought experiment. What I will do instead is a reimagining of the Celts, based on what historical records tell us they were really like. I know this game is not intended to be 100% historically accurate (nor can it be expected to be), but most of the civilisations in the game are grounded in a reasonable degree of credible history.

I've decided that his time I will do something different: I have always found it peculiar that my real life civilisation, the Celts, is perhaps the most historically inaccurate in the game. It's been a few months since I posted a topic.

#Celts age of empires 2 full

As the AoCZone drama season goes into full swing again, I realise that I have been a bit inactive here recently.