Can Platoons be Outdone? OR: Are Platoons "So 2003"? - Page 3

Canaris · 2012-06-20, 12:42 PM

Originally Posted by Grognard

but even Rome put auxiliaries to good use.

I'm not surprised that Rome put the Auxiliary to good use since they made up such a large section of the Roman army, also our version of Auxiliary and there's was very different, Roman Aux's were just soldiers (usually volunteers and not conscripts) drawn from the non citizens nations of Rome who gain citizenship at the end of there service. The Aux units were a match for the standard legion, kinda like the French foreign legion in design

sorry for the side track, Roman history is a passion of mine

with all the potential that Platoons/Companies can have on a game like PS2 leaving the out would just be mucho loco senior

Xyntech · 2012-06-20, 12:49 PM

I feel about the mission system and platoons the way I feel about most of the more controversial changes in PS2. There is a lot of merit to both ways of doing a lot of this stuff. In the end, I think it's best to work in the new ideas (mission system, ADS, driver controlled main guns) with the old (platoons, run and gun, dedicated gunner certs).

For some stuff a compromise won't work, but for a lot of it I really think you can have the best of both worlds.

GreatMazinkaise · 2012-06-20, 01:20 PM

Originally Posted by Canaris

I'm not surprised that Rome put the Auxiliary to good use since they made up such a large section of the Roman army, also our version of Auxiliary and there's was very different, Roman Aux's were just soldiers (usually volunteers and not conscripts) drawn from the non citizens nations of Rome who gain citizenship at the end of there service. The Aux units were a match for the standard legion, kinda like the French foreign legion in design

sorry for the side track, Roman history is a passion of mine

with all the potential that Platoons/Companies can have on a game like PS2 leaving the out would just be mucho loco senior

Tell that to some of the ancients gamers... Legionnaires usually get the Wehrmacht treatment while the Auxilia are fodder.

TeaReks · 2012-06-20, 01:36 PM

30 players working together will and should always have an advantage over 30 player by themselves.

Grognard · 2012-06-20, 05:12 PM

Originally Posted by Canaris

I'm not surprised that Rome put the Auxiliary to good use since they made up such a large section of the Roman army, also our version of Auxiliary and there's was very different, Roman Aux's were just soldiers (usually volunteers and not conscripts) drawn from the non citizens nations of Rome who gain citizenship at the end of there service. The Aux units were a match for the standard legion, kinda like the French foreign legion in design

The bolded is precisely why I would want to pick them up... I find an equivalency in "becoming a citizen" and "joining the outfit" at the end of their service/play session. I chose my "Roman comparison" specifically for that reason.

Now if I could just manipulate everyone into maniples...

Ad triarios redisse!