Occultus and the hidden Factions (Discussion)

[Irishmafia2020]

Maruyan - the green is the jungle of India....

[Cyclops]

Rule number 1 - Do not trust an EB team member to talk about Occultus.

Rule number 2 - Amass as many guesses on the occultus factions as possible so that at least one of them has to be right, thus enabling at least one person to get a free lollipop from oudysseos.

Rule number 3 - There is NO rule number 3.

Rule number 4 - A man shall believe in only two things: free speech and free beer.

The first rule of Occultus is you don't talk about Occultus. The second rule of Occultus is you don't talk about Occultus.

As for rule number three, I believe it is written on the underside of the hatch built by elephant-mounted Mauryan Satrap FMs.

And rule number 4? I think you have your priorities wrong. Free speech is a fundamental element of our society, but lets not muddy the waters here, free beer is far more important. Just so long as its not that fruity Leffe stuff.

[A Terribly Harmful Name]

Yep, free beer and free sex owns freedom of speech.

[machinor]

free sex

Dammit... I knew I forgot something.

[tls5669]

Why so secretive, like its the Watergate files. Sheesh.

[Tux]

Why so secretive, like its the Watergate files. Sheesh.

To torture you guys and give you things to talk about.

[Alsatia]

To torture you guys and give you things to talk about.

Come on...

[Ibrahim]

bah, I say stop the idle talk, and just bet on which faction is next. of course I mean you guys bet on which faction, not me, as betting is haraam.

besides, I'm currently content, seeing as how I correclt guessed the two new confirmed factions will be in. just hoping all my other guesses come out right

[oudysseos]

What are your other guesses?


P.S. There is at least one new faction that I don't think anybody has ever guessed.

[Zarax]

The mamertines?

[option]

I'm going with either a Baltic tribe or the Cantabri.

[Tux]

Come on...

Where?

The mamertines?

Very very close.

[Bucefalo]

There can´t be any other italian faction besides the Romans, they were all subjugated by the starting timeframe, so no samnites or campanians.. mamertines could be, but very unlikely. Stop teasing us

[Tux]

As you wish sir!

[Horatius Flaccus]

Ligurians?

And Alin, that's just mean...

[Antinous]

Hey could there be a new faction in the Alps to block roman expansion? You know like those crazies the Caturiges Warriors.

[Subotan]

There's definitely a sword to the right of the bottom one. I'm guessing...another British tribe.

[Alsatia]

Syrakousai ??

[Zarax]

Very very close.

Ah, finally the team came to their senses and gave Sardinia multiple settlements and a proper nuragic faction

[Apraxiteles]

Hmm… the Bruttians/Lucanians maybe? EB1 had them as an Eleutheroi.

[Constantius III]

Hmm… the Bruttians/Lucanians maybe? EB1 had them as an Eleutheroi.

Their only settlement, Rhegion, is under the control of a collection of Roman deserters from Campania at gamestart. Dunno if that's a particularly solid basis for a whole 'nother faction.

[Subotan]

That is probably the only region where the name "Rebels" is justified.

[Ibrahim]

What are your other guesses?


P.S. There is at least one new faction that I don't think anybody has ever guessed.

bartix?

look, I mentioned all of them in another thread, the one that was opened by Jo the greek IIRC. I'm too lazy to tell ye them.

and is that other faction you are talking about arabian, like Nabaaea or ma3een? if its not, I don't care, you could put a faction on Marsailles and I wouldn't care..

[A Terribly Harmful Name]

Come on people, Bartix is getting old. It's the Abocassix faction.

[Cyclops]

Hmm… the Bruttians/Lucanians maybe? EB1 had them as an Eleutheroi.

My first though too.

I must say its plain mean the way they tease us.

Of course like all the other EB tragics 'll be back for more.

Hey maybe EB is just the front end of a Sadistic internet torture club? Give us some candy, and lure us in to be tormented...

[Azathoth]

I dunno guys...all I can see in the Occultus pic is an unspeakable demon from the cold wastes of the ill-omened plateau Leng, where it is said no healthy men go.

[Olimpian]

P.S. There is at least one new faction that I don't think anybody has ever guessed.

Scordisci?

[satalexton]

Boii Galla? ._.a the Keltoi settlements with gaesatae just north of barbaropolis.

[Bucefalo]

As you wish sir!

wow that carriage must be quite contaminating! Just look at the smoke behind it.. otherwise it looks quite good, but i wonder if a fair lady could use it without being observed by the populace.. definitely it needs some cover

[Phalanx300]

If Mamertines are very very close then that means it must be Syrakousai, only thing left in Italy worthy of a faction! And someone else said it as well but without reaction so that must mean that there's even more reason to think it is in fact Syrakousai!

And a faction no one has guessed as of yet? Mmmm, then its probably not an very obvious one. Lugii, they were close of becoming a faction in EB1 right?