See a lot of you guys on the server. Good stuff.
Was kinda cool when you guys started wearing armor, then I saw all kinds of guys in western shit and wearing whatever. Hope didn't wanna reserve this...if you did have a mod delete it.
This is good
incase you get big
glad this thread was finally made. maybe people won't be so confused anymore lol
Great to see another shield wall unit. Lots of quality infantry fights on battle tonight.
Should consider adding great mauls to your repertoire, for killing power when the spears stun people to set up the kills.
I like your style, friends.
Nice playing with you guys! Best of luck!
This is good
(Just posting incase you get big and then i can be on your first page)
This is how I feel fighting an Empalleur. :evil:
You guys stick together. Well done. I will encourage getting a little more triarii. A perfect situation for you guys would be 2 pikes, 1 longspear , 2 hoplites and 2 stick-beaters(shielders with 1h weapon).
Get some practice and teamwork and you will do very very. Zan sees potential, now go kill things with sharp pointy sticks my fellow spearmen!
Still waiting on that PM response, feel left in the cold! :cry:
Welcome!
Coming from a clan that used to be based on hoplites, I wish you the best of luck.
Also are you guys from native or some other mod and came to crpg?
As a new Hoplite group, I thank you on behalf of all of us, for your best wishes of luck! Hoping to meet you out there, with or against you.
You should have just been a Byzantine clan, then you could have had the standard spear/shield infantry, PLUS varangian guard two handers and Cataphracts.
You basically wear all Byzantine stuff anyways...putting a helmet from the 1400's on you and wearing Byzantine armor isn't an ancient Greek hoplite . Would have made a lot more sense. Ancient greeks weren't the only spear/shield game in town...
Welcome :D
There isn't Ancient Greek armor. We are working with what we have and even implimented a custom model made by myself. You don't need to come to our forum to say this just because we didn't fit to what you wanted to be called.
More importantly, we are here to have fun in our way. Not yours. We are Greek Hoplites. Forever.
Honestly guys, it is more about the feeling that we give on the battlefield, they see our banners and they know that a shield wall is coming and that their life is about to become difficult. We are working with the resources we have to create the closest feeling we can. Its all about having fun man. If your not having fun, its not worth playing, so if you were not having fun, you were perfectly justified to leave. However, coming into our room and telling us how to do our business, (especially when you could have aired this vocally to us in TS), is extremely petty.
There isn't Ancient Greek armor. We are working with what we have and even implimented a custom model made by myself. You don't need to come to our forum to say this just because we didn't fit to what you wanted to be called.
More importantly, we are here to have fun in our way. Not yours. We are Greek Hoplites. Forever.
I don't care what kind. Anyone still willing to stick with polearms is alright in my book!
Even him!
need better banner~
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If that is all you can say. Then this community doesn't want you here.
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Ok, enough of the trolling :?
This is getting absurd, play. You have yet to miss a chance to ridicule someone on a post. Grow up.
Oh, ok you don't like jokes, have fun :lol:
A buddy of mine told me that you guys roll around with builds using 15 strength or less. If that's true you are my favorite group in cRPG.
I have 15 strength and 23 agility. Say hello to your new best friends.
We build towards mobility to be able to out manuever most anything, and to position ones self behind adversaries to assist eachother. With our swift movements, strong shields, and lightning fast strikes, anything is possible.
Yeah my longspear/pike alt is 15-24 also. Basically play as support from 2nd rank, and the speed lets me dart around, taking advantage of openings then quickly shifting to another. Also if the line collapses I can get out of trouble quickly.
Yeah my longspear/pike alt is 15-24 also. Basically play as support from 2nd rank, and the speed lets me dart around, taking advantage of openings then quickly shifting to another. Also if the line collapses I can get out of trouble quickly.
Good look guys! i like the hoplite style in my opinion :D
And how did you get that plume in your barbutte? o.O
Just wanna say that it's awesome seeing you guys move in formation on the NA server. My 2H thrower has frequently enjoyed the protection of your shield wall whilst dehorsing enemy cav. My only complaint is that there needs to be more of you. I want to see a phalanx of like 32 hoplites!
It's nice to see so many new faces here. This is how it feels to run into a new Hoplite I don't recognize as we awkwardly shield bump eachother. :mrgreen:
This is how I feel meeting established clans on cRPG. :shock:
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Could you give me the way to "hoplite" my barbutte :D??
A fellow D7 player
Hoplites! I have added a nice tidbits on my thoughts on the most common spears available to you to the guide on these forums. If you are having trouble deciding what weapon to use, give it a quick read!
ugh man, why are you letting people use claymores and 2h swords? YOU ARE RUINING IT!
Will be cool if they add cut/pierce dmg on overheads or sideswings of spears with WSE soon.
We have 4 of them. I frown upon it, I really do... But we are keeping that number to a minimum to combat the largely favored 2h ez mode spam in the community that people press on our spearmen.
Sadly, a neccessary evil due to the fact that cRPG rewards spamming. Like the comment above states, if a 2h breaks through our lines, he has the full potential to "spin to win" and kill many of us before we can bring him down.
In hope that if we have an allied 2h present behind the safety of our shield wall, he can rear guard against any agressor that may come from behind or break through the lines, quickly.
Have your 2h guys switch to great mauls. We've found weapons like 2h sword aren't very useful for teamwork anyways. Greatmauls actually have the stopping power you need to hold up breakers once they get in. The mauler's short weapon works well in tight areas, unlike a claymore, and if he lands his swing it will obliterate him (and good chance for knockdown if he survives. The mauler threat also forces the guy to stop bouncing and focus on the mauler, allowing other people to get weapons on him.
We always make our 2h guys go mauler when we're running together, Occicatan and KUTT have figured it out too. It's the ultimaye 2h support weapon, greatswords are for loners.
Now I wanna make a hoplite skip the fun. :)
I remember ATS used to do the hoplite thing:
Take notice of the names that pop up in the vid..... ;D none of them from ATS.
Also, please don't pull an RS/ATS/any clan that started as hoplites and drift to 2h/pole spamming.
KEEP THE FAITH!
Haha yea I was playing against you guys a bit last night when you had like 15 ppl on.
One thing I noticed was that you were really good at forming a line formation, marching together, doing your throwing volley and presenting a unified wall of spears, but once it's infiltrated there's not much support between your guys (and it will always be infiltrated).
Once people get in there, formation becomes more about people being able to support each other than just maintaining a line, and get 2-3 weapons on a single person quickly, and then be able to switch targets once that guy is either dead or backs off. Keeping together is still important, mostly cuz people get tempted to break off and chase the guys that maybe they've wounded, and are chasing 2 or 3 vs 1, but it's people bouncing back to the center once the initial enemy is no longer an immediate threat, and looking to help a teammate by hitting the enemies still in there in the back that's key.
Takes practice to get this down, it's an awareness instinct that needs to needs to be drilled into people, cuz it goes against the grain of normal c-rpg pubbie instinct. I find dirlling it in a private practice server is better than on normal battle, cuz people then can focus on their training and not worry about multis or k:d, plus you can do it over and over quickly without wasting time waiting minutes for all the delaying HX and hidden archers to die. We have a prac server if you're looking for one, let me know.
Sure thing, friend! Thanks for the tip... Get it? Spear... Tip... Ha!
Yeah I'm lame -.-'
Sure thing, friend! Thanks for the tip... Get it? Spear... Tip... Ha!
Yeah I'm lame -.-'
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Exactly what Turbo said. Overall, don't worry about what people say to/about you. You're going to take shit, no doubt. You're a young clan with lots of promise.
Your advantage lies in the fact that you're a clan with numbers and coordination. Individual skill is a lower priority with your clan, since you hit servers en masse. All the same, teamwork is imperative for the success of your shield walls.
Dedicate a rear and flank guard to your formation tactics. At least 30% of your numbers should comprise the rear guard. While it's all good to make a shield wall that is wide and looks cool with lots of people, all the other team needs to do is rock your flanks and it's over. Consider a wedge formation against horses as it reduces the vulnerability of your flank.
I'm seeing more pikes and long spears, which is nice, since you now have more options and variation in tactics. I saw a couple of two-handers last night, which I was a little sad to see, given your theme, but who am I to make those calls, right?
That said, I'm keeping an eye on you guys. It's really refreshing to see a clan that is intent on making a theme work, despite the jeers that go your way. I wish you guys the best in your clan, and I'll be happy to see the day when people go "Hoplite clan used to suck, but now they're pretty damn hard to beat" (or the more likely alternative "It's the fucking Hoplites again. Get ready for a x1 from those bundle of stickss")
See you guys on the battlefield!
DON'T YOU GIVE THEM TIPS THAT MAKES IT HARDER FOR ME TO LANCE THEM IN THE BACK! :evil:
But seriously, props for sticking to the theme - you will one day become a force to be reckoned with on the battlefield.
Maybe our clans can even hold a practice together sometime?! :)
Nice work. Keep it up guys.
Inglorious will you be around tomorrow I can show you what tricks I know, hit me on steam if your about.
This includes:
No TW retaliation - EVER
Good stuff here, like to see other clan's that do not endorse trolling/griefing and that utilize teamwork.
Good luck.
If you do not apply yourself to the restrictions and code of the Hoplites, you shall be removed without prejudice
yeah apparently maturity and respect are rare in this community. some times i feel like i'm playing on Xbox Live
how uptight are you about boot and helm choices?
Apart from that, I think the no talking in public is pretty ridiculous..That part probably means they will be one of the most loved clans in
ahh, well i just think the barb looks funny on females. as for boots, the ones you have arent the best for cav..
That part probably means they will be one of the most loved clans inc-RPGMelee Gaming of all time in all honesty. My head swims of all the times clans have been sucked into things due to some loud-mouthed individual ranting in public chat on Battle.
We have 1 guy who is close to retiring as a female, but that aside, we don't allow female characters.
Your teamwork is awesome. When I see one of you guys, I normally feel pretty okay, but when you come around the corner in a wave of white and blue, well, then I hope I've planned a good route to run.
Also the no-talking thing is totally working.
I meant that I would never join something that is so restrictive, since I'm a big talker (no shit kreczor). On that note, that's one of the main reasons I look up to your clan is because of the discipline you enforce on your clan. I mean sure, people outside the clan don't get to know your members as part of the community, but as soon as we see that you're in hoplite it's like instant respect :D
If you looked in game, not everyone uses the boots. I just took a quick snap shot. I know they arent good for cav. I am infantry, therefore they are sufficient.
We have 1 guy who is close to retiring as a female, but that aside, we don't allow female characters. Most are just trolls who don't fit in our ranks anyways.
Any other suggestions on our genre to make it fitting to your liking?
Also, that is ridiculous. You're probably a virgin in real life too.
no need to get upset, was a personal opinion... and i highly doubt your clan made the hoplite genre, just saying...
It is a no brainer that we did not. But we are the current group who is using this genre. Now stop coming back to scrutinize what goes on here if you have nothing good to say. I am sorry that we are such an eye sore to you.
In other news! Wednesday I would like everyone to be available for some melee training, formation drills, and lastly an in-house battle between Polydamas's and gunshy's squads!
i quite enjoy seeing you guys in the servers honestly.
I don't get how this is an insult? If you are one, then good for you...
Hey guys,
It's been 4-5 days and teamspeak's generally down, besides Harry I've seen absolutely no one on at all, and I can't seem to get in touch with Inglorious. I figured you guys went back to your old mod/native. Anyways it was fun, hope you guys reboot this sometime.
So did your clan go back to Mount and Musket?