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[Brave Brave Sir Robin]

Any updates on the progress of this faction preview Brennus? I'm sitting here twiddling my thumbs in anticipation.

[Brennus]

Sorry, didn't get my work done this weekend. Was supposed to write the unit descriptions but couldn't find the unit concepts. Will get it done ASAP, family tree coming along nicely though.

[Brave Brave Sir Robin]

No worries, take your time. We all appreciate the effort put into the EBII previews by the team. I was just wondering how progress was going since you so devilishly teased us earlier this week.

Good to know that the family tree has been concepted for this faction. I'm excited to see who it is.

[Brennus]

Whoa that was one great weekend.... Although I got no work on EBII done. However, although its not faction related (and I am sure I am allowed to say this) our most recent modeller has been producing some incredible work at an almost industrious pace. Thus when the first release comes out you will actually have settlements with buildings from the EBII time frame, rather than Medieval structures. Keep your eyes on the EBII forum for some pictures of his incredible work in the future. It really is great!

[Brave Brave Sir Robin]

That is awesome news! I wasn't thinking that buildings would be edited until one of the final releases, never mind first release! Kudos to the new team member, whoever he is!

[Wasntmenl]

Very good news indeed. Been playing eb recently again and am tottaly pumped to see eb2 released finally (patience is a virtue)

[Brennus]

Ok, back to working on the faction preview.... Getting sick of quoting Diodorus of Sicily......

[[cF]HanBaal]

What tha......Syracuse????

[Ludens]

I doubt it, since Diodorus of Sicily wrote a general history, not one specifically about Sicily. The team has stated that Syracuse is an unlikely candidate, in any case. Does anyone happen to know the era or nation in history for which Diodorus is the main or only contemporary source?

We can't assume, BTW, the faction preview is about one of the four unknown factions.

[Brave Brave Sir Robin]

Has anyone ever considered the Mamertines as a faction? That being said, I doubt Brennus would be working on them. Diodorus did write about the Celtic invasion of Makedonia so perhaps we might consider a Celtic faction located near Greece? Tylis springs to mind.

[Arjos]

We can't assume, BTW, the faction preview is about one of the four unknown factions.

I think you are right and ruined the fun :D

[machinor]

I doubt it, since Diodorus of Sicily wrote a general history, not one specifically about Sicily. The team has stated that Syracuse is an unlikely candidate, in any case. Does anyone happen to know the era or nation in history for which Diodorus is the main or only contemporary source?

We can't assume, BTW, the faction preview is about one of the four unknown factions.

Of Diodorus' history only the books 1-5 and 11-20 (out of 40) survive. The first few books are mostly geographical and tell about the culture and earliest (one might say mythical) history of Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, Scythia, Northern Africa and finally Greece and Europe. The other surviving books deal mostly with the history of Greece from the 5th century BCE on up until the early Hellenistic period. He was already heavily critizised in his own time for being very biased towards Greeks and copying mostly off of other, better sources. He is however one of the very few sources on the early Diadochi period wich makes him important for today's scholars.
My guess would be a Diadochi faction preview or one focusing on a geographical region or a combination of the two like Arche Seleukeia.

[Arjos]

Also, just for a laugh, Diodorus is the only one who wrote about Arqamani, the king of Meroe in 272 BC :P

Anyway since Brennus is writing, it's going to be a keltic faction, most likely one that was already present in EB...

[Brennus]

New unit descriptions written for our unreleased faction, just a couple more to do and we should be getting close to a faction preview!

Also, you fans of Mediterranean factions always liked how the "barbarian" towns of EB were quite easy conquests didn't you? Just gently roll your battering rams up the walls and gate, knock them over and then hold the breach with your more disciplined forces whilst Celts, Germans, Dacians and more hurled themselves in vain against you, before running them down. Then it was just a gentle stroll to the capture point..... In EBII you had better ensure your men have a bit more stamina.

[Brave Brave Sir Robin]

Hill forts! Huzzah!

[Brennus]

All the unit descriptions that were required have been written. Need to finalise the family tree, write a little extra for the origins of this faction and then we should have ourselves a faction preview....

[Ptolemaios]

Well, that sounds promising.

[B-Wing]

Yay! It's exciting to have a new preview coming up. This won't be a new faction, though, will it?

[Gaius Sempronius Gracchus]

Yay! It's exciting to have a new preview coming up. This won't be a new faction, though, will it?

I believe that it will be. To quote Brennus; "New unit descriptions written for our unreleased faction, just a couple more to do and we should be getting close to a faction preview! "

[Brave Brave Sir Robin]

Either way it will certainly be a fun read.

[TheStranger]

Sounds very interesting. Can't wait for it :)

[Brennus]

Family tree finalised, just need to make it look a bit more professional. If you guys don't mind waiting just a little longer we may be able to showcase something very pretty as well...

Also, I would advise playing EB and besieging Celtic oppida with their easy to scale walls and quick to open gates... Fond memories.

[war is hell]

oh man I'm excited and i definitely don't mind waiting. Make it perfect. Thats what EB is all about.

[Brennus]

Compiling images and data....

[Red_Devil]

images? you're getting ahead of yourself brennus ;)

[fightermedic]

Love EB is all around us! yay!

[Brennus]

images? you're getting ahead of yourself brennus ;)

There are a few images from the earlier stages in the development, also the unit renders.

[Red_Devil]

haha, yes i know and there's much to see. I was talking about the technical aspect of adding those images in the preview... ;)

[Brennus]

haha, yes i know and there's much to see. I was talking about the technical aspect of adding those images in the preview... ;)

Lol, very true.

[Brennus]

Looks like we may have an additional surprise ready to go with the preview if all goes to plan... Not long now.