Twitter discussion

[rickinator9]

Magnificent, but don't the carriages go through the farm near the road of Carthage?

[Moros]

Magnificent, but don't the carriages go through the farm near the road of Carthage?

I'd make a stop at the wine production centre too before I'd visit Carthage or Utiqa especially since there were no airco's in those "ferraris"

[Tux]

I'd make a stop at the wine production centre too before I'd visit Carthage or Utiqa especially since there were no airco's in those "ferraris"

You read my mind!

[fightermedic]

now i'm confused - so the northen part of the map will have medieval cities while the southern will have anciant ones?

a more serious note: isn't sardinia a bit flat? or does it simply look like this due to the perspective and the incomplete view of the island? (yes, nitpicking, i know)

[Moros]

You read my mind!

I think we always were on the same page when it comes to alcoholic beverages.

[nazgool]

Very good news from twitter :) I can't wait.

We are going to start posting info about dev progress through a dev's "blog" at ORG and TWC EB2 forums. Expect this very soon. ~JMRC

[stratigos vasilios]

Update

Pics away: http://bit.ly/O2Q1lE http://bit.ly/Maovad

Pretty badass scar he has!

[catheres]

Getting updated from my favorite celebrities makes my day. I'm like a stalker via twitter.

[Tux]

Update



Pretty badass scar he has!

He does, doesn't he?

[Populus Romanus]

What culture is he from? Semetic, perhaps?

[helenos aiakides]

That head is pretty damn good isn't it!

[moonburn]

he´s clearly a nubian altough before the image was coloured it could give hints to many interpretations so i suspect axum or meroe will be a faction in the game unleass the culture limit remains wich in each case yes he´s probably going to be part of the semitic culture slot since the saba and lets hope the future nabateans will be able to recruit ethiopians for their armies

[Tux]

he´s clearly a nubian altough before the image was coloured it could give hints to many interpretations so i suspect axum or meroe will be a faction in the game unleass the culture limit remains wich in each case yes he´s probably going to be part of the semitic culture slot since the saba and lets hope the future nabateans will be able to recruit ethiopians for their armies

Spot on! On the first and last part of the phrase.

[stratigos vasilios]

Roma in all it's glory... pic.twitter.com/Q5L5tGKP

*sniff* It's beautiful.

[Arjos]

I love it!
I also like Ostia very much ^^

[Brave Brave Sir Robin]

Another update. They are coming fast and furious now it seems

4 eastern units added with combinations of bows, sagaris, javelins and spears for basic Seleukeia, Parthia, Hayasdan and Pontos armies ~JMRC

[vartan]

Aw, more of the conflation of 'eastern' units? Come on, you can do better than that! Kudos on the map though, stunning.

[nazgool]

news

Created new strat map icons: roman ports, 3 new watchtowers.

[Arjos]

The previous pictures, Maurya's scripts, this: so nice to see the campaign being formed as we speak ^^

[sic]

hi guys,
I just want to thank all of you by the great mod that was EBI, i played it few years ago, now i'm wondering, this project is kind of dead?, just enjoy working on it or there is a goal to really release it some day?

PD. sorry for the annoying question.

[Arjos]

Cute little troll lol

To answer no, they dedicate their free time, ultimately to waste time XD

[helenos aiakides]

Grow up troll.

I'm starting to itch with anticipation. Probably not healthy.

[stratigos vasilios]

hi guys,
I just want to thank all of you by the great mod that was EBI, i played it few years ago, now i'm wondering, this project is kind of dead?, just enjoy working on it or there is a goal to really release it some day?

PD. sorry for the annoying question.

Hi sic, no the mod is definitely not dead. Just follow the team on twitter to check their latest updates. On the EBII forum home page you can see the teams development blog and sneak peak thread which gives futher insight into what the team is currently working on. There's even a previews thread detailing some factions and animations.

As it is your first post, and I'm not sure whether you're trolling or just an ESL, just letting you know that asking questions if the mod is dead/when will the mod be released/why isn't this faction in (with no evidence to your argument) is generally frowned upon. You need to remember that the team donates their own free time to make such an amazing mod.

So in saying that, welcome to the forums! Join in a few threads and conversations, gaze upon the magnificent previews and enjoy learning about the time frame which the game is set in.

[Tarkus]

Nicely tempered post, Stratigos...well said.

[nazgool]

News from twitter :). Very good model. I like it.

Kyrenia trade ship model: https://img853.imageshack.us/img853/...4bd94e44ba.jpg …

and another news

Finished a couple of the last strat map models, i.e. ports, watchtowers: https://img521.imageshack.us/img521/...8052326007.jpg …

[Arjos]

The kylix for the army, city and agents buttons is brilliant!

[moonburn]

seems very rpg friendly since the size of the caracthers compared to the size of the city makes it look like it

[Ice]

This mod looks awesome. EB has been nothing but quality, so this should be well worth the wait.

[Cyclops]

Loving the progress, very enticing I must say.

The view of Roma was interesting and raised a question in my mind about port sizes.

IIRC in EB Rome could build to the largest port size, but I had a silly notion Ostia was rebuilt into a massive complex in the early Imperial period (sadly I recall this from I, Claudius and not my years of Classical history and Archaeology), after EB's timeframe, and previously it'd been a smaller affair.

Obviously Ostia was suitable to late Republican Rome's needs but my impression was it wasn't a naval hub like Carthage or Alexandria in the EB period.

I guess the explanation could be the historical "player" chose not to build the large port before 14 AD but the EB player has the choice to do so.

[Arjos]

Obviously Ostia was suitable to late Republican Rome's needs but my impression was it wasn't a naval hub like Carthage or Alexandria in the EB period.

I'm not following if you meant that Ostia shouldn't be the port for Latium or whether its structure should be made up of stone or wood (also we don't even know if the port in the picture is going to be like that, at the start of the campaign)...
I think even Carthage's port, as is commonly viewed (structurally), dates after the second punic war; while as for traffic in Latium, Ostia was the most important one. Although I'm not sure, Capua and Neapolis might've had more activity...