People of Thrace

[Faravid]

Hail.
As waiting for the mod downloading, I request information on why does not there seem to be the nation of Thrace? It is definately my favourite nation in these subjects.

Yours, Faravid.

[eggthief]

The tribes were not united I guess, but I sure as hell miss them and their wicked helmets as well.

[Ludens]

Yeah, after the defeat of Lysimachos there was no united Thracian power anymore. You can play with the Getai, though.

[Faravid]

Getai reminds more of Dacians, but close is better than none.
Other thing riding in my mind is that how can I view more posts in a single page?

[Maion Maroneios]

Well, the Dacians are generally accepted as a Thracian tribe so...

[Ayce]

And the Getai have more of a vanilla Thracian like roster than a vanilla Dacian roster.

[General Appo]

I´d say the Getai are to vanilla-Thrace pretty much what Lusotannan are to vanilla-Spaniards.

[Reverend Joe]

The Getai also have full access to all the Thracian regionals; actually, if you wanted, you could start as the Getai, then make a quick migration down to Thrace. You would hardly even need to cheat; with a little luck and some elbow grease, you would have a Thracian kingdom up-and-running in no time. :2thumbsup:

In fact, that's not a bad idea.

[Ludens]

Getai reminds more of Dacians, but close is better than none.
Other thing riding in my mind is that how can I view more posts in a single page?

I admit I am not sure of the difference. Didn't the Dacians occupy the province north of the Getai?

Post per page can be altered in your User CP (top left of the forum), Edit Options, Number of Posts to Show Per Page.

[Jolt]

The Dacians did at one point actually occupied the province which the Getai start in. Around 100 b.c. or sorts.

[Ayce]

Dacians = Getai = Northern Thracians, the tribes finally got united early 1st century AD under Burebista.

[Moros]

Getae/Getai is the greek equivalent of the latin Dacii, If I'm not mistaken.

[artaxerxes]

if you wanted, you could start as the Getai, then make a quick migration down to Thrace. You would hardly even need to cheat; with a little luck and some elbow grease, you would have a Thracian kingdom up-and-running in no time. :2thumbsup:

If you ended up in one of those games where Makedonia is vanquished early by KH or Epeiros, it would be like taking candy from a baby. And if you ended up in one where Makedonia grew and grew, you'd still be able to secure Thrace long before they were done fighting in the south. There'd actually be NO reason to cheat:laugh4:

Hey, I'm even starting to consider doing that, even if I had sworn never to play as anything else than Parthians, Hellenes and Carthage.... ;/:clown:

EDIT: started one, made Byzantion my capitol, took Nikaea, Kallatis and Tylis and abandoned starting province. Makedonia, Pontus and AS are all happy to have me as an ally, as they apparently have problems enough. Will use the next decades building up my kingdom.

[Apgad]

When playing as the Getai, the FL starts with a trait called "potential uniter", and lists the settlements that he needs to capture to "reunite" Thrace. Presumably if he does this he'll get some sort of Command/Influence bonus, but I never got there.

And yes, the Thracian infantry are fantastic!

[Maion Maroneios]

Certainly, they are my only fear when playing as the Makedones. You see, while missiles might make short work of them, I tend not to use many of them for gameplay reasons, prefering rock-solid Hellenic phalanxes. So when I counter an army of theirs, the result will mostly be a victory, with my main phalanx line almost untouched and my flankers chewed to pieces...