It's beatiful!
It's beatiful!
"When the candles are out all women are fair."
-Plutarch, Coniugia Praecepta 46
WOW!
I'll have to take the time and read this all soon, but the parts I already read were great! I certainly was not expecting this.
~Fluvius
Originally Posted by Equilibrius
Completed Campaigns: Epeiros (EB1.0), Romani (EB1.1), Baktria (1.2) and Arche Seleukeia
1x From Olaf the Great for my quote!
3x1x<-- From Maion Maroneios for succesful campaigns!
5x2x<-- From Aemilius Paulus for winning a contest!
1x From Mulceber!
Brilliant! Just brilliant! Those shields in particular are all beautiful.
And as for having a completely new approach- a very good idea (although what will happen for ethnicities? will they disappear completely for the Pritanoi?) but be prepared for years of "where are the Iceni?" threads.
Ah, a good question. The ethnicities will in fact stay the same (maybe some tweaks to spelling), even though we can't really push the tribes back that far in time. After all, by say 100 BC many of the tribes known to the Romans probably already existed, and possibly much sooner. If you like, think of the ethnic identities as being the names of family groups that would later develop into larger tribes - which is precisely what I think did happen.
Thanks Gustave for the shields, he did a bang up job.
οἵη περ φύλλων γενεὴ τοίη δὲ καὶ ἀνδρῶν.
Even as are the generations of leaves, such are the lives of men.
Glaucus, son of Hippolochus, Illiad, 6.146
Yeah, I figured that you guys would already know, but I just wanted to be positive because it would be rather a waste to have a model like that and not try to use it. The main issue I can think of is the fact that that model is only applicable to town level settlements I believe... I'm not sure if it is possible to keep the model for multiple settlement levels or to expand upon the model and make a larger hill fort.
from Megas Methuselah, for some information on Greek colonies in Iberia.
Very good! I like seeing EBII making so much progress.
I read that you wanted to represent the different horse breeds in this mod and seeing that these horses look more like ponies because they are so small I wonder if you are really going to do this. If yes: That´s great!!!! Go On like this!
Astounding historical research, well done team.
At first I was somewhat disappointed because I'm such a celtic fan, but by the end I'm sold.
This mod needs to come out now.
Many thanks for this preview
from plutoboyz
Good... gravy...
Is there such thing as too much information?
For most of the EB fans on this forum, probably not. But I'm completely saturated for now. Great job!
Very very juicy. Great work, to build on the ground broken by the Casse in EB1.
I can't wait to see what you guys have done with the mechanisms available in EB2 (especially loyalty). The period of isolation down to the "proto-Romanisation" period will no doubt be a challenge, and what dramatic shifts await the player once they are plugged back into the continental system?
The map is a fascinating. I am struck by the areas of activity during the transformative hill fort period in the supporting documentation. I guess the geography is to blame for the similarities to developments in the post Roman world ( I keep thinking of the heptarchy).
The other thing that strikes me is a detail on the map. I note there is a slice of territory at the eastern end of Kent...is this a "Cape Taenarem" type solution to drag Britain into the Belgic world?
I have nominated the Numidians for my first taste of EB2, but this is soooooo tempting. I guess I will just have to start 30 or so simultaneous campaigns when it does come out.
Juicy work, this mod is turning out to be a feast with many courses.
From Hax, Nachtmeister & Subotan
Jatte lambasts Calico Rat
Best faction yet! After being stuck in Naples for the last 5 days, I needed to get the mediterranean taste out of my mouth.
Greatest Preview ever
Balloon-Count: x 15
Many thanks to Hooahguy for this great sig.
An great preview!
Especially the shields looked great, hinting at what each "class" would probably be using.
Also nice to hear that the Casse spearmen will trow rocks before battle. Read in this book that some Germanics trew wooden clubs at their enemies, though I gues most would just trow javelins and darts.
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
Finished essays: The Italian Wars (1494-1559), The siege of Buda (1686), The history of Boius tribe in the Carpathian Basin, Hungarian regiments' participation in the Austro-Prussian-Italian War in 1866, The Mithridatic Wars, Xenophon's Anabasis, The Carthagian colonization
Skipped essays: Serbian migration into the Kingdom of Hungary in the 18th century, The Order of Saint John in the Kingdom of Hungary
Wow -- all I can do is reinforce everybody else's comments...FANTASTIC work!
Congratulations to you, oudysseos, and your colleagues for an amazing effort! Can't wait to see this beast in its final form...
I have seen the future and it is very much like the present, only longer -- Kehlog Albran, The Profit
Completely awesome preview! (there can never be too much information ) I only got a little confused in the 'province description part' as I'm not that familiar with english geography
WOW. I should be studying for finals, so I can't read it all just yet, but merely scrolled through most of it. Nevertheless, there are bits and pieces amongst the words I did read that was amazing. Dismounted bodyguards? Sweeeet. Recruitment that won't depend solely on mnai, but on seasonal avaliability, as well as numerical availability (nobles = less. warriors = respectable number. levies = very many, but seasonal)? AWESOME. The balance of both human and AI armies will be amazing.
O... M... G. WOW. Does this give anyone else a hard-on?Originally Posted by Odysseus
Btw, will M2TW & Kingdoms allow the AI to retrain their units?
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"To robbery, slaughter, plunder, they give the lying name of empire; they make a desert and call it peace." -CalgacusOriginally Posted by skullheadhq
The sheer awesomeness of this 'new' Briton Faction can only be praised with this anthem (a to whom that gets the full pun):
All Hail Britannia!!!
p.s. Pritanoi shall be my SECOND Capmaign when EBII is out. (First being MAKEDONIA)
I am blown away....very excited and humbled. Thanks
Lol at the file name of the Pritanoi symbol :)
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