Adding in Asian gear but not including Native American gear

[Herkkutatti666]

Also add finnish sealskin coat and mora

[Riddaren]

Europeans walked from Africa into Europe so.... They are Africans?

Yet we have many different European types of gear.

I doubt europeans walked from africa

On a more serious note, I'm all for more types of gear.
Why not african elephants?

[Ninja_Khorin]

What a brilliant idea. What next, Eskimo gear?

I assumed that was implied with "Native American".

[Digglez]

American natives equipment was all pretty primitive...only things not really represented in the mod would be...

Maquahuitl  (cricket bat w/obsidian shards lining edge)
Atlatls (spear & large dart thrower)
Slings (STILL NOT IN THIS GAME, WTF)

[Ujio]

Actually, I've heard American indians aren't as primitive as Hollywood would have you believe

[Baskakov_Dima]

Totally support this idea! But we will have to mix gear of different peoples together.

[Penitent]

We would best include weapons/armor from the  Inuit, Beothuk, and Thule groups of native americans, since those were the tribes most probably in contact with the vikings of yore.

We actually DO have examples of the weapons and tools that these particular tribes used during pre-columbian times.  That's how we know that the Thule did not use the bow and arrow, but mostly lance and spear to hunt on the ice.  The Inuit did have the bow as well as other more advanced weapon technology, and that's how they drove the Thule from their place.

We could totally add a "flat bow" (american style bow), "self bow", "chert arrows", "bone lance" as well as different styles of fur robes and such to include these styles.

There's no reason not to!  Except that someone has to make the models.  If someone wants to make the models, I will write up a strong case for adding them.

[Kafein]

They should add native american gears, if someone makes the models.

NOT aztec or 19th century navajo or anything...those are too late period.

Vikings DID come into contact with native americans.  They called them "skraelings."
They were of the Inuit and Beothuk peoples, among others.  This was during the early medieval period.  Vikings had colonies in Greenland, Newfoundland, and even Maine. Greenland Vikings got their asses kicked so bad when they tried to establish a camp in "Vinland" (Newfoundland, more or less) that they only remained there about one year (or less, I don't remember exactly). They also had very bad relations with the Inuits who probably had a role in the Greenland Norse collapse, at least because the Norse didn't adapt to Greenland using Inuit techniques.

If medieval knights can fight samarai in this game by association (knights fought arabs who fought mongols who fought samarai)...then we should also have native americans by association.

It would be cool.

The Beothuk of Newfoundland:

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In any case it wouldn't be very interesting or balanced. Inuits did not use metals, and most Native peoples used mostly spears and bows when europeans had plate. The Greenland Norse were outgunned by the Inuit and Beothuk because Viking society and military power relied on iron, yet the Greenland Norse had no more metal than Inuits, except the little they got from european imports.

[Penitent]

In any case it wouldn't be very interesting or balanced. Inuits did not use metals, and most Native peoples used mostly spears and bows when europeans had plate. The Greenland Norse were outgunned by the Inuit and Beothuk because Viking society and military power relied on iron, yet the Greenland Norse had no more metal than Inuits, except the little they got from european imports.

Dude, you could make it interesting and balanced.  I already have ideas.  I'll give you a couple.

Bone Lance/Hunting Lance - Acts like a throwing lance.  Does a bit less damage but has 2 ammo.  If these can be used to hunt whales, surely they can be (and were) used to kill men...even with armor.

Chert Arrows - 4 cut and only 6 ammo, but it takes 0 slots.  Like a handful of arrows one could tuck into their belt for war or hunting.  Interesting 0 slot low-ammo item can open up new and interesting build possibilities perhaps without being OP.

[jack786]

They should add native american gears, if someone makes the models.

NOT aztec or 19th century navajo or anything...those are too late period.

Vikings DID come into contact with native americans.  They called them "skraelings."
They were of the Inuit and Beothuk peoples, among others.  This was during the early medieval period.  Vikings had colonies in Greenland, Newfoundland, and even Maine.

If medieval knights can fight samarai in this game by association (knights fought arabs who fought mongols who fought samarai)...then we should also have native americans by association.

It would be cool.

The Beothuk of Newfoundland:

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Wait, what?
'NOT aztec or 19th century navajo or anything...those are too late period.'
But we already have conquistador helmets->Morion from renaissance era.

[Penitent]

Wait, what?
'NOT aztec or 19th century navajo or anything...those are too late period.'
But we already have conquistador helmets->Morion from renaissance era.

Ok, Morion was used as early as the middle 16th century (so we'll say 1550.)
Aztecs weren't encountered until the mid 1600's.  I think 1600 is the cutoff, but I'm not certain.

[jack786]

Ok, Morion was used as early as the middle 16th century (so we'll say 1550.)
Aztecs weren't encountered until the mid 1600's.  I think 1600 is the cutoff, but I'm not certain.

from wikipedia:
The Aztec /ˈæztɛk/[1] people were certain ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who dominated large parts of Mesoamerica from the 14th to 16th centuries.

[Penitent]

from wikipedia:
The Aztec /ˈæztɛk/[1] people were certain ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who dominated large parts of Mesoamerica from the 14th to 16th centuries.

No European, Asian, or Middle Eastern cultures (the ones currently in the game) had contact with these people until the middle 1600's, hence it makes no sense to put them in the game.  They were too late to come to the party.

European people DID have contact with Inuit and Beothuk people during the middle ages, so it it does make sense to put them in.

Gosh people, get it together.

[jack786]

No European, Asian, or Middle Eastern cultures (the ones currently in the game) had contact with these people until the middle 1600's, hence it makes no sense to put them in the game.  They were too late to come to the party.

European people DID have contact with Inuit and Beothuk people during the middle ages, so it it does make sense to put them in.

Gosh people, get it together.

just give them run

[Kafein]

This thread managed to change my image of Panos for the worst. I did not believe that was still possible.