Why are YOU excited about the Europa Barbarorum project?

I, like most everyone else here, am looking at the totality of this awesome accomplishment. However, I wanted to see what individuals' top reason was. For me, it is the historical accuracy. I am looking forward to seeing anything other than "warband" for the barbarian factions. Closely second to that is the gameplay advances. I mean, come on, you cannot look at the effort they have put into this area without blinking and rubbing your eyes in disbelief. The EB team could have just made visual changes, but they really turned up the heat. Traits is not far behind. Thanks to Malrubius (sic?) for joining the team!

Looking around at the Org and other TW forum sites, all you have to see is the thread count and the reply count to see just how popular this Mod is. 487 threads and close to 14,000 replies! That's almost double the total replies from all other Hosted Mods at the Org combined.

Thanks to the EB team, for their continued dedication to awesomeness and fantabulouserosity.

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I voted number 7 simply because i had to pick one of them.It all seems so good that i feel like i am waiting for a new game and not a mod.I was particularly impressed when i saw the messages that the Parthians will recieve upon taking Susa and Babylon.This is just the kind of immersion into the time period i am looking for as i never feel as involved in RTW as i did with both the previous titles.

Because this mod is historically accurate. RTR disappointed me with their modding of the "eastern" factions, which seems to be given little attention in most of the mods. I'm glad that EB decided to give equal attention to every faction they include, and, better yet, they decided to make it as historically accurate as possible. I just like historically-based games to be historically accurate and playing such a game is exciting because it gives a sense that you're changing history. There's no excitement in playing a historically inaccurate game that was labeled to be based off of history. Frankly, I'm quite tired of using "eastern" horse archers with their costume looking like Muslim peasants and carrying simple self bows, which I think is annoying and historically inaccurate. I want to whoop a$$ with real steppe horsemen dressed in historically accurate steppe dress and wielding what should be the key to their firepower - the recurved composite bow. :charge:

I, like, love EB, man, ya know, just because they are, like, sticking it to the man, man. Power to the modders!!!

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Now, confirmation for EB:BI????

Smeg, it is all up to CA, how well they do BI. ~;)

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Originally Posted by jurchen fury

Because this mod is historically accurate. RTR disappointed me with their modding of the "eastern" factions, which seems to be given little attention in most of the mods.

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yeah, that;s indeed a pitty. RTR seems to be most interested in Greeks and Romans. i think Bactria is meesed up, and all of the eastern factions+all barbarians are hardly touched.
but lets not turn in in that kind of thread.

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Originally Posted by jerby

but lets not turn in in that kind of thread.

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I'm not trying to bash RTR. I thought RTR was an ok mod and was good in its own way; I'm just more excited and impressed with EB since, judging from the previews EB, unlike RTR, seems to stand true to its aims of historical accuracy, something which I'm in full agreement with.

Why can't I choose all options ~D

Guys, please refrain from comparisons to other mods; I know some of that is inevitable, but we really try to avoid that as much as possible here.

It is possible to cut out the "unlike mod X" or similar comments, and still make your points. We would prefer it if you do.

I voted 1, however, all of them have my vote. I really like the singular unified Roman faction. Now we can actually expand the Republic as it really happened. All of you guys should be celebrated for many a year; all this amazing work for free! And to think thar Rome: Total War cost $90 AUS dollars...........

Until you see the great Aedui horde amassed to attack the Roman outpost, you ain't seen nothing!

All of above and more ~:cheers: ~:cheers:
RTW how it should be is my hope for EB.

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Originally Posted by Steppe Merc

Smeg, it is all up to CA, how well they do BI. ~;)

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So Basically what your saying is that EB:BI is a definate possibility. ~D ~:cheers:

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Originally Posted by ian_of_smeg16

So Basically what your saying is that EB:BI is a definate possibility. ~D ~:cheers:

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Um... well, I have not been impressed so far, and I'm not holding my breath for CA. But we have decided as a team to wait until the game comes out and we find all the flaws until deciding one way or another.

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Wait, do you mean EB on BI, or the EB team doing a BI era mod?

Other : the impressive amount of dedication put in the project. I long to see the result.

I voted for number 2, but I'm really quite concerned about things like alliances with independent states and the different forms of government.

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Originally Posted by Steppe Merc

Um... well, I have not been impressed so far, and I'm not holding my breath for CA. But we have decided as a team to wait until the game comes out and we find all the flaws until deciding one way or another.

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Wait, do you mean EB on BI, or the EB team doing a BI era mod?

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I mean the EB team re-working BI such as they did with Vanilla RTW.

well..one way or another. I'm just hoping for a "product" in the end. And i'm hoping EB can make their current project work on BI, just for the functions.

a's far as a project for BI..there's "the fall of rome". on wich, iirc, some eb-members are working. and my guess is that as soon as EB hits the streets many, many mods will use stuff from it. so i guess EB will certainly have a part II.
...well gues, guess..more like "hope"