Man-O-War or Long-Bowman?

[Mads Raven]

What a great reply you gave! I also indeed simply love "the old English pubs"!

[Rogan Josh]

I think it again comes down to whether or not they are the English or the British.

If they are the English, it should be the longbowman.

If they are the British it should be a naval unit, probably later than the man-o-war - maybe a dreadnought or an ironclad of some sort.

[splangy]

I hope its not the man of war! If it is they will be the only civ that might NOT be able to build there UU (if they were landlocked) and thus less warmongers (like myself) would use them... also there is No Way it will be as useful as a land unit. Sea units tend to just be a big artillery set in this game...

[Fiil]

Landlocked?

When have you ever played a game of civ not starting within ten squares of the sea?

Hopefully the british special unit will be a man-o-war.

[Sarxis]

Re: Man-O-War or Long-Bowman?

Originally posted by Mads Raven
I am a little bit confused after I have discovered in Civfanatics, that the speciel unit for the English are going to be Man-O-War (a ship); I thought that the special unit for the English was the Long-Bowman. Perhaps somebody knows about this?

A prime example of 'Age of Empires' teaching history to our youth.

[squid]

Re: Re: Man-O-War or Long-Bowman?

Originally posted by Anunikoba


A prime example of 'Age of Empires' teaching history to our youth.

Very true. I do believe that is how these kids know what a trebuchet is

The longbowman was indeed devistating and ended the era of the knight, since it could easily pierce armor. of course, the archers didn't hold well against gunpowder and cannon

I think the Longbowman may be more important to the defense of England in it's days of civil war, but on a national scale, the England navy led England to colonize nearly half the world! Spain (a non-included Civ) would be runner up.

We have to represent sea travel, since once you get passed the middle ages the Navy was much more impressive and had the greater lasting change on the world.

[Lorizael]

Re: Re: Re: Man-O-War or Long-Bowman?

Originally posted by squid


Very true. I do believe that is how these kids know what a trebuchet is

Hey at least they do know what a trebuchet is. The more difficult thing for Americans is whether or not they can pronounce the word... Tray bucket I've heard it pronounced...

Those things are awesome if you've actually seen them fired!

[KrazyHorse]

Re: Re: Man-O-War or Long-Bowman?

Originally posted by Anunikoba


A prime example of 'Age of Empires' teaching history to our youth.

Ummm...Long Bowmen are a very decent choice for a British (not English, cuz they were a Welsh innovation) idea. They dominated the battlefields of the Late Middle Ages, and if not for the cannons of the French would have continued to do so for quite a while.

[Sarxis]

Yup

And actually, trebuchet can be pronounced two ways. Another way is tre-by-'shet. I believe the word is originally French.

[KrazyHorse]

Yup. And I bet your American tongue can't pronounce it...

Roll that "r"!