Re: Troy - not as bad as I feared, Not as good as I would have liked.

From: Peter Larsen <plarsen_at_...>
Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 07:15:34 -0400

At 11:33 PM 5/19/2004 -0700, Roderick and Ellen Robertson wrote:
> >There's
> > also a great move in the fight with Hector where Achilles uses his
> > shield to support his spear while he does a vicious jap like someone
> > using a pool cue.
>
>Behind the back of his head, at that! Very athletic fencing with both spear
>and sword. At least these guys knew what a shield was for - the fight
>choreographer beat *that* into them!

         Achilles also has a "rotate shield after deflecting a blow/arrow then attack" thing that's pretty signature, too.

>Trojan Archers *all* get "Archery 10W4" - they are able to fire over
>something like 20 ranks of their own guys and mow down the Greeks like
>machine guns - it seemed like they never missed - about the same level as
>the Elven Bowmen in LotR! The Greek archers don't manage to get a single hit
>in (at least that I noticed - they *may* have gotten one or two).

         They were augmenting with Really High Wall, Relationship to Troy, and Hate Greeks, no doubt...

Peter Larsen

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