> Friend i don't think rhetoric is an excuse for an incorrect statement.
My statement is no more incorrect than yours was, which was my point.
> The iconic tower shield you spoke of fell out of fashion in the late bronze age
Which is the period we're talking about isn't it?
> be set further back
Which period do you want it to be set in? The late bronze age seems to be the most different from existing offerings.
> I have no idea how you came up with that idea
It was conjecture on my part, considering that the period between 1250BC and Rome 2 is more different than Rome 2 to Atilla and frankly no less different than Rome 2 to Thrones of Britannia. Since the difference in the military composition was no different than prior titles I assumed (apparently incorrectly) that it's an issue with the formula that you had.
As far as I'm concerned the warfare of the late bronze age before the collapse is a huge change from what we've seen before.
And yeah, there is a published paper. It's called Mycenaean Warfare and the Mycenaean Tower Shield; A foundational and experimental study. I have it as a pdf.
I gave it a google though and you can buy it on kindle for about $4.
https://www.amazon.com.au/Mycenaean-Warfare-Tower-Shield-Foundational-ebook/dp/B019WO7EGC
I've got the pdf on my computer. It's possible it's also on Jstor or another archive like it too, I'm not sure.