EB 1.0: Teaser 4

[Foot]

Greetings Europa Barbarorum fans.

Once again, another little teaser for all you fans who cannot wait for 1.0 to be released. If you can wait, we hope this changes your mind.

Thanks goes to Kampfkrebs for the great teaser trailer. To Stefan25, blank, Seydlitz, Spartan_Warrior, spirit_of_rob, Shogo, Aymar de Bois Mauri for their work on the units previewed here, and to all members who helped research the units, their names and descriptions.

Teaser Trailer: From the Desert
Kampfkrebs has been working diligently on a new line of videos for faction intros. We wanted to show off his talent as soon as possible. So here is the fourth of a number of teaser trailers he has made for us.

You can watch on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GqbbuAjrPc), or you can download a high quality version from our ftp (ftp://ftp.europabarbarorum.org/sabatrailerHQ.rar).


The Units of Saba:
ARABIAN LEVIES:
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Bnei Shevet Aravim (Arabian Light Infantry)
The Bnei Shevet Aravim are not much to look at, clad in simple attire and armed with the most rudimentary of weapons, a spear and shield, but they are far more capable soldiers than first glance would indicate.

http://img37.picoodle.com/img/img37/9/10/7/f_Arabian2m_3fdf3bb.jpg
Qala'im Arabim (Arabian Slingers)
In battle slingers are used as light skirmishers, troops with no armour or melee weapons but who rush forward against the enemy to pepper them with stones, only to flee when threatened.

http://img28.picoodle.com/img/img28/9/10/7/f_Arabian3m_7efcb76.jpg
Giusim Aravim Tsfonim (Arabian Light Archer-Spearmen)
Equipped with bows and spears, these men are able to provide an army with ranged support while still capable of quickly switching to light spearmen.

http://img33.picoodle.com/img/img33/9/10/7/f_Arabian4m_6643502.jpg
Erínamesh ana-Arabim (East Coast Levies)
These raiders and pirates dominate the military stage of Eastern Arabia around Gerrha and historical Oman. In nature, they are pirates able to conduct warfare in the desert as light infantry.

http://img29.picoodle.com/img/img29/9/10/7/f_Arabian5m_ba020dc.jpg
Giusim Aravim 'im Garzenim (Red Sea Light Infantry)
Armed with the traditional balta harbiye, a double edged axe, and light wickerwork and leather shields, the Giusim Aravim 'im Garzenim form a light and unruly levy.

http://img02.picoodle.com/img/img02/9/10/7/f_Arabian6m_62da470.jpg
Parashim Aravim Meguiasim (Arabian Light Cavalry)
Armed with javelin and sheild, the Parashim Aravim Meguiasim Levies provide a highly skilled light cavalry contingent exceedingly capable in the roles of skirmishing, pursuit, and harassment.

CITIZEN SOLDIERS:
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Sabean Archers (Sabean Archers)
Sabaean archers are a common sight in Sabaean garrisons and large armies. They carry nothing but their own clothes and bows to war in addition to a small shield and dagger should they be caught in melee.

http://img26.picoodle.com/img/img26/9/10/7/f_Arabian8m_74302ff.jpg
Dorkim Ezra'him (Sabaean Levy Spearmen)
Raised from the urban population of Sabaean society, these men, armed with spears and shields, are the bedrock of the Sabaean military machine.

http://img27.picoodle.com/img/img27/9/10/7/f_Arabian9m_9f22214.jpg
Lo'hamim Azzilim (Sabean Noble Infantry)
Lo'hamim Azzilim are armored in good quality padded armour, tough leather shields and armed with spears. These men can be relied on to hold their own against all but the best heavy infantry.

http://img01.picoodle.com/img/img01/9/10/7/f_Arabian10m_d24402b.jpg
Giborei haMele'h (Sabaean Bodyguard Infantry)
These King's Elites, though devoted to the Sabaean High Priesthood and their ancient city-gods, are personally loyal to their king.

http://img35.picoodle.com/img/img35/9/10/7/f_Arabian11m_a9c2d85.jpg
Abbir Ezra'him (Sabean Medium Cavalry)
Raised from the urban population of Sabaean society, this veteran cavalry corps has close ties to the Priesthood and fights raiders and marauding tribes almost as a way of life.

ETHIOPIAN LEVIES:
http://img03.picoodle.com/img/img03/9/10/7/f_Arabian12m_fad9db6.jpg
Aithiopikoi Toxotai (Ethiopian Archers)
Skirmishers form the backbone of any Ethiopian army, especially bowmen. Hunting being an important part in Ethiopian life, at least in the interior plains and mountains means there is no shortage of able archers to call upon from the Ethiopian lands.

http://img34.picoodle.com/img/img34/9/10/7/f_Arabian13m_54a04bf.jpg
'Hanatim Kushim (Ethiopian Light Spearmen)
These spearmen can be expected to do their job well as light line infantry, but their lack of armor means they will have problems facing heavier equipped infantry.

http://img37.picoodle.com/img/img37/9/10/7/f_Arabian14m_e39d96a.jpg
Aithiopikoi Machairophoroi (Ethiopian Swordsmen)
These men are the elite among Ethiopian troops, and can be expected to fulfil their role as assault infantry as long as properly used.

http://img37.picoodle.com/img/img37/9/10/7/f_Arabian15m_3464a1f.jpg
Aithiopikoi Hippeis (Ethiopian Cavalry)
These cavalrymen are drawn from these peoples and are often recruited from the higher ends of Ethiopian society, the families of the nobles and priests.

And to lead the armies of the Saba, the Lesser General and Family Member:
http://img02.picoodle.com/img/img02/9/10/7/f_Arabian16m_895c104.jpg

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We hope you have enjoyed this teaser for the next release of Europa Barbarorum.
Please note that unless stated otherwise, ALL pictures, names, and descriptions shown in our previews are works in progress. We continue to improve on all parts of EB, and we will continue to do so long after our initial release.
Since some areas where these news items are posted cannot handle wide images, we appreciate your restraint from quoting full-size images.
As always, if you have questions or comments, the best place to post them is here, where the EB team is most active:

Europa Barbarorum ORG forum (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=70)

Europa Barbarorum TWC forum (http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=31)

We give special thanks to PicOodle (http://www.picoodle.com) that provides us with a simple, foolproof, and free way to show you all these pictures.

Have a great day!


Sincerely,

The Europa Barbarorum team.

[Admetos]

:jawdrop: I simply reload the page and there's another teaser. I will now read it. :book:

No Sunday release ~:mecry:

[Spoofa]

nice preview

[Watchman]

More awesomeness. These guys manage to appear manifestly badass in spite of the weight of gear involved. :yes:

Random side note: presumably the family member at least will yet be getting a shield tho' ?

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

Very nice work! I'm especially please to see the addition of more units for the Saba - in 0.8 they didn't quite have the same number as some of the more completed factions.

[Bootsiuv]

Saba looks like a lot of fun now. Can't wait to use some of those citizen units. :2thumbsup:

[Bactron]

Wow those are some great looking units. So it is official in the next release I am going to play also as a SABA (something I have never intended to do before).

You are killing me guys, as it is now is seems that I will have to play a long campaigns with all the factions. There is so much goodies that I will even be forced to play factions I have already played before.

Just one request: Couldn't you tell us (or at least to me) when roughly it will be released (I wont tell to anybody I promise). Because we have to make some necessary steps beforehand.:laugh4: I mean with relation to our works, schools, families etc. We have to make some space for this lovely pumped up 1.0 EB baby in our schedules. To cherish it with the respect and time it deserves.

[Admetos]

Great preview, good to see the saba have got some fantastic units now, I especially like the Lo'hamim Azzilim :2thumbsup:

[EasternScourge]

*drools at the sight of Saba's new units*

They look awesome.Great work guys.Now we can kick Seluciud and Egyptian butt in even greater style and awesomeness than before.I was debating on who to play as first in EB 1.0, but this sealed the deal.My beloved Saba is better than ever thanks to you guys.Now get to work on releasing it and stop torturing us with these admitedly awesome teasers.

[overweightninja]

Awesome

Need say no more :smash:

[Bootsiuv]

No longer relevant. :2thumbsup:

[Megas Methuselah]

Ok, I'm seriously considering about tracking down some senior EB members and threaten to murder them if they don't release 1.0 very soon...
:furious3: :argue:

Ok, first sign this::deal2:
That gives me the right to kill you all...!

[The Persian Cataphract]

Ah, Foot's at it again with his lies. Here's the fourth teaser again implying that there is a build called 1.0 in the works. I cannot believe that we have become so sadistic into letting this poor mass of people think that there actually will be something up for release? Perhaps by 2009, or 2010... If we actually start to do something, that is.

<_<

>_>

Why don't people listen to me? I hate to be the one breaking the silence, but these teasers do exactly what their namesake tells; They tease. That's all. That's why "we" released four teasers of bogus material, to fool the masses into thinking that we actually did something.

"1.0" Actually resembles 0.74 when I think of it. I think we even deleted some stuff, and turned the whole package into a CTD-ridden, bug-infested showcase, a far cry from this attempted charade :grin:

Bah, who the hell am I kidding, you mortals have not seen even a fraction of all the treasure we got in store for you... Bwahahahahaha!!!

[Geoffrey S]

Don't make jokes like that. (edit: directed at Methuselah)

Excellent preview. I loved playing as Saba before, this makes it even better. Only question I have here: the generals look significantly darker skinned and somewhat more Eastern African than other Sabean troops. Does that reflect a particular political situation or is it simply the result of having different skinners doing them? Just looked a little odd to me.

[Tellos Athenaios]

Look, face it. EB 1.0 isn't going to be released any sooner if you kill of the senior (thus the more productive) members of the team...

All you'll succeed in is chasing the EB team back to its secret basis to play more EB.

[Tellos Athenaios]

@TPC: yeah they haven't even seen the powerful Bartixian deathray yet... Quite naturally of course, else they'd been goners. To much treasure is bound to kill you unless you are prepared.

Hence we will keep teasing you for a while; harden ourselves up a bit; and not release it today.

[Tellos Athenaios]

@Geoffrey S: it's due to the sheadow effects. ~;)

[Kepper]

:dizzy2:

[blank]

EB 1.0 isn't going to be released any sooner if you kill of the senior (thus the more productive) members of the team...


nah actually new members are a lot more active than the old geezers...

Oh, if you look VERY closely at this elephant you can see the 1.0 release date: :elephant:

[Bootsiuv]

*wonders how many people actually just started to look really close at that elephant*

:laugh4:

[The Persian Cataphract]

Oh yeah, I forgot to say that the mad Estonian is the most sadistic one in the bunch. I mean, the elephant-thing is just cruel and almost humiliating :grin: (Yeah okay so I stared at that stupid thing for a whole minute and I felt my IQ points plummeting like melted ice)

[Sarkiss]

(Yeah okay so I stared at that stupid thing for a whole minute and I felt my IQ points plummeting like melted ice)
:laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4:

[QwertyMIDX]

Excellent preview. I loved playing as Saba before, this makes it even better. Only question I have here: the generals look significantly darker skinned and somewhat more Eastern African than other Sabean troops. Does that reflect a particular political situation or is it simply the result of having different skinners doing them? Just looked a little odd to me.

It's just the lighting in that screen shot.

[Anastasios Helios]

I am very very very pleased to see the eastern Africans being protrayed this way as opposed to almost naked men wearing loincloths carrying spears like on RTW. I saw the Aethipikon Agema unit as a huge step in the right direction and this makes me very very content! I am dying to get my hand on 1.0. Great job EB team!

Though, what about the Jewish role in the Sabean civilization? When did the first significant Jewish migrations to Yemen and Ethiopia take place, and what effect did they (or could have had) on the armies in the region?

[russia almighty]

Its a shame though that the Agema got Lorica Segmenta'd . Cause a bunch of taller angry armored ethiopians ain't no fun .

[Sir Edward]

Well done, another great teaser. A couple of questions, will Ptolomai have access to all the ethiopian units? And realizing everything is WIP but is it a priority to translate Sabean Archers to appropriate unit name by 1.0 release? just sticks out a bit using English.

[Bootsiuv]

Well, it appears they've used greek for the ethiopian unit names, and a language I'm not familiar with for the Sabean units (arabic, perhaps)....

I was trying to gleam what word meant Sabean, but every unitname with the word Sabean in it is different, so who knows.

[Anastasios Helios]

No more Aithopikon Agema? But, why?

They have saved my arse many times...

[abou]

No more Aithopikon Agema? But, why?

They have saved my arse many times...
Because the article that they were originally published in was thoroughly discredited.

[Ozymandias]

Would the Sabeans have spoken aramaic?

[Mouzafphaerre]

It's just the lighting in that screen shot.
.
Hey Qwety, is it Hebrew that you used for the unit names? If so, what's the reasoning? My uneducated guess would place a southern semitic toungue such as that of the Sab‘yn closer to Arabic than Hebrew (with -n in plurals, as in Sab‘yn, instead of -m as in -say- Aravim ― also that b > v thing looks like Hebrew) but then what do I know? :book2:
.

[bovi]

"1.0" Actually resembles 0.74 when I think of it. I think we even deleted some stuff, and turned the whole package into a CTD-ridden, bug-infested showcase, a far cry from this attempted charade :grin:
There is a grain of truth here. With lots of new functionality there are also new bugs. We have eliminated most, but some are bound to have slipped through.

[Respenus]

WOW!!!

Just one more question. If we have Lesser Generals and Family members, does that mean we can recruit generals (if there's a "man of the hour" you adopt him, he becomes a family member)?

*Goes to his temple of followers to pick the next victim*

[Juvenal]

Is the Sabean Family Member really left-handed, or has he been reversed for artistic layout reasons?

http://img02.picoodle.com/img/img02/9/10/7/f_Arabian16m_895c104.jpg

The reason I ask is because I didn't think you could have left-handed swordsmen without creating new animations.

[LusitanianWolf]

:balloon2: :balloon2: :balloon2: :balloon2:
One more fantastic teaser!!!!!
Nice video and awesome skins!!!! :2thumbsup:



Arent the Sabeans getting nellies anymore? :skull:

[J.Alco]

Well now! Looks like Saba is finally complete! And looking all the better for it too:2thumbsup:
Can't WAIT to take over the desert with those guys!:beam:

...unless of course the EB team is planning to now deplete most of those units to appeal to a wider audience :laugh4: (This coming from the guy who actually bought it)

[I Am Herenow]

Great work guys!

Just one question: is the FM's cape/cloak fur of some kind? It looks very similar to the background - is that just a coincidence?

[Foot]

Its lion or some other big cat. I can't remember.

Foot

[Moros]

Judging by looking at the background, makes me think one is indeed reversed.

[shlin28]

I wanna play Saba now :furious3:

[Arzeal]

Saba, despite how cool they'd looked in the future, is for patient player :laugh4:

[Bootsiuv]

I've been playing them for fun in .8x....they already had some decent units.

Last battle, I attacked Axum, and my King's Elites killed about 300 eleutheroi scum.

Those guys have to be some of the most bad-ass infantry in the game. 14/24, high morale, javelins and an arabian long sword. :beam:

With these new units, it looks as if Saba may even give the Diadochoi a run for there money. :2thumbsup:

[johnhughthom]

The Saba faction heir is pretty cool too, it's pretty simple to get him to three gold chevrons in a few turns. The only time I've ever had a three gold unit in EB I think.

[Spoofa]

A question, will there be anything new for Lusotanna?

[Redmeth]

Last battle, I attacked Axum, and my King's Elites killed about 300 eleutheroi scum.

Being in charge of Eleutheroi I resent that comment, be careful because in 1.0 the Eleutheroi (former slaves, rebels, scum) will curb your expansionist desires with their better developed cities, troop recruitment capabilities and varied roster.

You may take their lives, but you'll never take their freedom!! :charge:

[QwertyMIDX]

Would the Sabeans have spoken aramaic?

The Sabaens spoke either a dialect of Ancient South Arabian or an Ancient South Arabian Language (its disputed academically but its mostly a silly argument over semantics). For practical purposes they spoke Sabaean, and the few people in the world who are serious scholars of ancient south Arabia are quite capable of reading the tens of thousands of inscriptions in it. They were a hugely literate people, and we have a huge number of inscriptions extant.


Hey Qwety, is it Hebrew that you used for the unit names? If so, what's the reasoning? My uneducated guess would place a southern semitic toungue such as that of the Sab‘yn closer to Arabic than Hebrew (with -n in plurals, as in Sab‘yn, instead of -m as in -say- Aravim ― also that b > v thing looks like Hebrew) but then what do I know?

Yes its Hebrew, its a placeholder until we can get Sabaean in. The short answer is that the language(s) of Ancient South Arabia are closer to classical Hebrew than classical Arabia.


Just one question: is the FM's cape/cloak fur of some kind? It looks very similar to the background - is that just a coincidence?

It's the skin of an Arabian Leopard. The similarity to the background is just a coincidence, what you can see in the screen shot is the underside of the fur. The other side looks like a Leopard skin with the dots and all.

[Bootsiuv]

@Redmeth

I was already impressed with the difficulty of taking Eleutheroi settlements in .8x. Might as well have been a mini-faction (which is ideal, really).

Now you've made them more difficult.

Thank you (with a simultaneous 'you bastard' for when they frustrate me in 1.0) :laugh4: :bow:

[Bactron]

Being in charge of Eleutheroi I resent that comment, be careful because in 1.0 the Eleutheroi (former slaves, rebels, scum) will curb your expansionist desires with their better developed cities, troop recruitment capabilities and varied roster.

You may take their lives, but you'll never take their freedom!! :charge:


Wow that sounds very promising. I always liked Eleutheroi in EB because for example they have these various names of tribes/nations (when you place your mouse cursor on their cities or on their armies) like for example Helvetti, Belgae, Goidils etc. And that is very neat feature it gives you the feel that they really are a different factions and not some unified "slave" power.

[CaesarAugustus]

Nice to see that even the Saba are now a fully-fledged, complete faction.

btw, is this the last release of EB? Are all of you going to work full-time on EB2 now?

[The Celt]

Nice to see that even the Saba are now a fully-fledged, complete faction.

btw, is this the last release of EB? Are all of you going to work full-time on EB2 now?
Last release? 1.0? If you really want to know when EB will release it's final project take two mirrors and have them face each other. Then, see if you can the last EB release somewhere in that endless hall.:dizzy2:

In other words.....no....:book:

[I Am Herenow]

If you really want to know when EB will release it's final project take two mirrors and have them face each other. Then, see if you can the last EB release somewhere in that endless hall.

Although I'm not sure whether you will see EB or not, a similar effect can be created by having a television screen broadcast the live image from a camcorder which is filming that same television screen.

[Labrat]

btw, is this the last release of EB? Are all of you going to work full-time on EB2 now?
Over at the TWC, Foot stated that there will be one or two more releases of EB1 before the team switches entirely to EB2.

[Bootsiuv]

Bah, TWC...

I never go there anymore because it moves significantly slower than the .org. and I have dial up.

I've always wondered why that was.

Rep points are pretty cool though.

[sgsandor]

You know i wanna try these guys out now

[russia almighty]

Wasn't the whole thing with the Ethiopian Agema like this ? There like Legions armored in Lorica Segmenta , they where very real but where not within the time period of EB?

[Watchman]

You may take their lives, but you'll never take their freedom!! :charge:I'm quite happy enough with just their lands actually. :egypt:

[Christianus]

Will 1.0 be a modswitch version?

[Bootsiuv]

Yes, and they've even figured out how to get it all in the EB folder.

[JMRC]

Nice to see that even the Saba are now a fully-fledged, complete faction.

btw, is this the last release of EB? Are all of you going to work full-time on EB2 now?

That question has already been answered in another thread.


Someone said "last one" in relation to talking about 1.0. It definitely isn't the last release for EB on RTW.

Right now the team is concentrated in EB v1.0 because we want to deliver to all the fans of Europa Barbarorum the best experience they ever had until now.

Enjoy!

[Mouzafphaerre]

.
Qwerty,

Thanks. :bow:
.

[Kull]

No more Aithopikon Agema? But, why?

They have saved my arse many times...
Because the article that they were originally published in was thoroughly discredited.

And this is what sets EB apart. Glorious graphics, state-of-the-art modding, beautiful code and a team that never says die? All those are something to marvel at. But EB is first and foremost about GETTING IT RIGHT. Above all else, that's what makes EB, EB.