I second the request for some Armoured Horse-Archers or some ballsy armoured Eastern Horsemen in general!
I'd like to see more of Massylia. There hasn't been any word on them since they were announced.
I want to see some campaign map pics. It doesn't even need to have the factions on it. I just want to see some city locations and some PSF's so I can start plotting out some expansion plans. But really, any preview is a welcome sight.
Keep up the good work and don't rush it....I've got a Bactrian campaign to finish in EBI anyway.
Thank you Tux!!! :O
The Bouiroi sure expand fast lol
I know understand the hinted "White Death", the team was dealing with XD
I particularly like the winter trees ^^
The cavalry kopides look amazing aswell!
Plus scales armoured HAs: YES!!!
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Gorgeous. I like some cool details like the mines almost atop mountain peaks in Spain, and much more...
Damn, I'm getting my hopes up again.
Very nice!!! Thanks for the campaign pics Tux. I'm really liking the mountains around Medilanon, very imposing. Also, is that 2 PSF's I see around Pantikapaion?
The units look top-notch as always. Can't wait to see more.
Great stuff, I have to say, apart from Rivers, fords and water in general the Map really looks much like later(than M2TW) Total war games. The elevation, the scarcely farmland texture, really looks much more realistic than many M2TW mods.
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Awesome stuff! Thanks for the first info on the Bosporans since they were revealed Small little bonus, I like the way the border has been redrawn around Ak-Ink. It was a very strange province in EB.
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Thank you guys so much for the great screenshots! Really like what you're doing with the campaign map; it looks beautiful. I do find it curious that there are two settlements in Gaul (Lugdunon and Uiennos) practically next to each other, as seen in the Alps screenshot. I'd personally rather have another settlement in Iberia, but I can't pretend to be an expert.
Those Eastern cavalry units look awesome! I planned to start my very first EB2-campaign as Carthage or Boii but I'm afraid I'll have to switch to Baktria instead.
Great stuff al around, you guys!
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Well to me it makes an awful lot of sense to have both Lugdunum and Viennos.
The campaign map looks great. I like how dispersed the cities are in many areas. It gives more room for land battles. Oh, and the mountain ranges look absolutely fabulous!
I'm liking the previews and sneak-peaks so far. If I would request anything other than what has already been requested it would be some sort of sneak-peak at some of the gameplay mechanisms; a little more about how government and associated buildings will work, for example, of PSFs etc.
Love the campaign map, but...
1) I notice that Jerusalem has disappeared? What gives with that?
2) Is the central, mountain part of Sardinia under "Eremos"-control?
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Personally, I think they've gone overboard with permanent stone forts. Looks too clustered, and I fear that field battles (i.e., fun battles) are going to be extremely rare in certain regions. Welcome to siegeworld.
Yeah, they stated a while back that certain parts of the map that historically no one really bothered to conquer would be regulated to Eremos. Central Sardinia, western Ireland, and parts of Russia were amongst those areas. Not sure what purpose it serves in terms of gameplay, but I guess it's intended to be more accurate.
Not at all. All those PSFs will have non-siege battles. Imagine them as settlements that the armies will move against, but then clash in a open field.
The big advantage of this is that now you can have "real" battles. Instead of having small-size stacks roaming the campaign map, we can make the AI consolidate in these positions, so when the players attack them, he will face enormous armies in a open battlefield.
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GENIUS!! - tho sicily still really looks VERY crowded indeed.Not at all. All those PSFs will have non-siege battles. Imagine them as settlements that the armies will move against, but then clash in a open field.
The big advantage of this is that now you can have "real" battles. Instead of having small-size stacks roaming the campaign map, we can make the AI consolidate in these positions, so when the players attack them, he will face enormous armies in a open battlefield.
I also like the idea of more "eremos" around the world, for gameplay this will probably mean, more reb... eleutheroi and not being able to build Guardtowers there. Will there be more regions like Sardina with a "mini-Eremos" that are not shown on the Map(you uploaded)?
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Indirectly, perhaps. The engine doesn't recognize them as separated from the region's settlement economy, so if by chance we had a region with the settlement in faction X and a PSF in faction Y, any economical benefits would be directed to faction X and not Y. So, we'll need to consider another solution.
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so no invisible immovable merchants in PSFs?
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From what I can remember of the British Isles campaign in the Kingdoms expansion pack, PSFs gave free upkeep to a limited number of units stationed there. Is that particular form of indirect economic benefit going to apply to EB2?
So would these be the starting positions? Anything should be different?
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Almost. Pritanoi start in Arduon now, you need to move the Lusotanann into the province to the north of the one you have them in, and Aedui and Arverni are restricted to one province each.
EDIT: Also, the Bosporans only start with one half of the Crimea.
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IIRC Sweboz only hold the upper province, Averni and Aedui territories do not touch, Pritanoi start in arduon, Boii do not have a province in northern italy also, you sure about Nabateans starting there? I thought they started in Edom. other than that good work!
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- Alaric the Visigoth
Almost there.
It wouldn't be fun if we tell all the starting positions accurately. It would spoil the pleasure of discovery.
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