Which had you heard of first, conquastidor or tercio?

Darkworld Ark · June 26, 2002, 00:34

Before this intire fanasco of how the conquastidor should be the tercio, which of the two had you heard about?

I myself never heard of the tercio before this...

Vlad Antlerkov · June 26, 2002, 06:53

I myself had never heard of the Rider (w/respect to the Chinese) until Civ III came out.

I had never heard of the tercio before this, either, but I think it's a better idea than the conquistador. The conquistador, if they use it, should be something of a scout-type unit. I don't think conquistadors ever fought against Spain's European rivals. (Notably, they did fight against the Aztecs.)

Why don't we ask the Spaniards, actually?

Carver · June 26, 2002, 09:47

At 13 to 0, I think we know why Firaxis went with Conquistidors.

Spiffor · June 26, 2002, 10:06

I also never heard of the Tercio before this. But curiously enough, the Tercio won the "who should be the Spanish UU ?" poll in the SPANISH Civ3 forum.

Someone said about this matter : "if Europeans had made the game, the American UU would be the cowboy". I don't see why Firaxis should put what everyone has heard about... After all, I didn't hear of the Impi before Civ3 came out.

jsw363 · June 26, 2002, 16:41

The Conquistador is definitely more well known, but that doesn't necessarily mean that it should be included. I hadn't heard of the tercio until Civ3, but it seems like a legitimate unit.

(About the rider: It sucks as a unit and Firaxis should have been able to come up with something better for the Chinese. You'd think that if a civ has been around for as long as China that they'd have some decent military units

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Ribannah · June 26, 2002, 17:23

I heard of the Conquistador first, but never considered that to be a UU. It's a name for what they did, not a military unit description.
For China, I would have chosen the Mandarin except that it doesn't fit into the game mechanics.

dnassman · June 26, 2002, 21:26

Never heard of tercio until know. Think most people know conquistadors from so many different place. Pretty sure I heard them in some movie too.

Jethro83 · June 26, 2002, 23:26

Never heard of the conquistador until I got into Colonization a year or so back. Then an image of it based on the AOE2 XP Conquistador came to mind (until I read a bit of history about it).

Never heard of the Tercio until it was mentioned in these forums.

I guess that means the Conquistador is the one I heard of more, yet the Tercio is definitely a much better idea.

alva · June 27, 2002, 00:29

Before reading this thread i would have said to use the conquistador as a UU. But you all changed my mind. Go Tercio Go

euh, What's a Tercio ?

Coracle · June 27, 2002, 01:40

THIS is what it is: http://www.geocities.com/ao1617/TercioUK.html

It is the most famous Spanish unit EVER and it dominated the battlefields of that era.

Conquistadores were never a unit at all being just a small gang of gold-hungry thugs who were either murdering Native peoples or killing each other.

Go read the thread on this lower down on this forum for more.

Picking the "Conquistadore" as a UU reduces the game to Fantasy.

dunk · June 27, 2002, 09:34

I don't think the Conquistador should be the UU because from what I can tell, it will replace the knight. That's right, another knight replacement.

Andreiguy · June 28, 2002, 12:29

it replaces cavalry

Andreiguy · June 28, 2002, 12:30

well, actually Firaxis said it was "light" cavalry
so they're debating whether to still let the spanish build regular cavalry...

Alex · June 28, 2002, 13:13

No tercio before, just conquistador. But, as Ribannah said, not as a specific military unit. All spaniards in the new world were conquistadores.

Dimorier Maximus · June 28, 2002, 20:16

I think that Civ3 is a game, and thereby fantasy. So I like the Conquistador. I wouldn't mind having a Cowboy either...and I'm an American.

Tuberski · June 28, 2002, 21:49

Quote:

Originally posted by Coracle
THIS is what it is: http://www.geocities.com/ao1617/TercioUK.html

It is the most famous Spanish unit EVER and it dominated the battlefields of that era.

Conquistadores were never a unit at all being just a small gang of gold-hungry thugs who were either murdering Native peoples or killing each other.

Go read the thread on this lower down on this forum for more.

Picking the "Conquistadore" as a UU reduces the game to Fantasy.

You mean that this isn't a fantasy game?

Everything I have done in this game actuallyhappened ?

Wow!

Christantine The Great · June 29, 2002, 00:41

Quote:

Originally posted by Coracle
THIS is what it is: http://www.geocities.com/ao1617/TercioUK.html

It is the most famous Spanish unit EVER and it dominated the battlefields of that era.

Conquistadores were never a unit at all being just a small gang of gold-hungry thugs who were either murdering Native peoples or killing each other.

Go read the thread on this lower down on this forum for more.

Picking the "Conquistadore" as a UU reduces the game to Fantasy.

Well, gee, can't stand being beaten?

1) Funny, 54 people disagree with you.
2) *yawn* Who cares?
3) Haha, you mean the one where I challenged you and someone else had to do it because you'd know you would lose?
4) Oh my! I guess I'll have to let Germany and France capture all of my cities around 400 AD when I'm Caesar. Waitaminute, he wasn't ALIVE then! And France is in China, Germany in Africa, and I'm in Central America! Oh my goodness, I'm going into shock.

GoodFella · June 29, 2002, 01:20

It should be a Tercio, just because a Conquistador UU just doesn't fit into the game mechanics.