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Romani. typlish
Baktria. I wanted to play them in .74 but I got a CTD every time.
Hayasdan and Iberia were pretty short on units last build - worse than Pontus, I would argue. If they get a good roster this time around, I would definately play with one of them.
Well, since my first Europa Barbarorum game will be one to be detailed on the Something Awful forums, I'm afraid the answer is 'whatever gets the most votes that isn't Rome'.
Casse, Sweboz, and Saka freakin' Rauka.
Romani
Casse
Saka/Pahlava
Makedonians
I expect...
Sarmatae
SPQR
Seleukeia
and pretty much every other faction in a random order :laugh4:
Aedui, Pahlava, and then the Koinon Hellenon.
I can't decide between the Romani, Selukids, or Saka-Rauka. I love the Romans passionately, but I don't much care for their Camillan skins. I also want to play a hellenic faction, and the Selukids have the best of the Greeks while allowing for a huge range of combat options and foes. And the Saka-Rauka have the new units, new steppe system, and I've never played a steppe faction before. decisions, decisions :juggle2:
First I´ll try out the new factions then I really must give the nomads a go, it´s like a prelude to BI and Sweboz will hopefully be better than in earlier builds so I´ll defenitely carve out an über-Germania.
the greek offcourse, i love the greek, even better: i want to be a greek!! :2thumbsup:
My first game will be as the Romans. I plan on doing a Historically accurate campaign (With correct army structure and conquests) or as close to it as possible. Having tested it out in 0.7.4 I can say that the first few turns are going to be very hard as I have almost no troops in the South.
Right now I'm thinking Kart-Hadast. Aren't they supposed to get a new units reform in 0.8? Anyway, it'll be more interesting to fight against the Iberians and the Romans after the improvements to those two factions.
Then there's also Hayasdan, and the nomadic factions. Sure have to play either Sauromatae or the Sakas at some point just to try out that government system. Might give another try to Casse (totally got my ass kicked when I tried them in the first beta) and perhaps that other new faction yet to be reviewed... although I hear they won't be anywhere near finished in 0.8 so maybe I'll have to leave them for another EB update. Not that it'll be a problem with all these other great factions to play!
Qft :2thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Descent
Baktrians!
I love my Baktrian armies and with their new campaign situation, new nomadic factions, nomadic and eastern factions even more developed, their new unit roster, omg! It should be great. I smell a couple of late nights coming up. :sweatdrop:
Greek Cities!!!!
I remeber reading than in .8 they will have the same size pikes as the Makedonians and Spartan Hoplites will be aroudn. Time to :boxing:
Their pikes will be the same NS. We've talked about a possible reform later, but that's not anywhere near decided or ready.
:fainting: Oh for real??????????????????????Quote:
Originally Posted by Teleklos Archelaou
....But why???? Didn't the Greeks figure out that a Makedonian phalanx was more effective than their own Hoplite Phalanx by that time? Or did they still fight the same OLD way. :help:
Some did, some didn't. Some developed a new way. There are basically three different sets (the old overhand way with shorter spears, the Macedonian way, and with medium sized spears and thureos) and we may eventually have all three options for the player (though, *if* the phalanx unit does make it to KH after a reform, it will be limited to maybe one unit - we don't have enough unit space for more).
I see...
Ok for the sake of knowledge:Quote:
Originally Posted by Teleklos Archelaou
I never heard of the medium spears and thureos. Where did it/they come from? Where those used like the Makedonian sarissa or not? :book:
Just read the unit descriptions in game for those units.
Gonna start a new Sweboz campaign at some point, but first I'll have go with the Saka. The preview made my jaw drop.
@NeoSpartan:
I think Teleklos Archelaou is talking about the Iphrikates and Thorakitai hoplitai. Based on the description, it sounds like the Korinthian hoplitai are supposed to be closer to the "classic" hoplites.
Off topic, but was the dominance of the Macedonian phalanx over the classic phalanx a foregone conclusion? The Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC) seems to suggest it was a bloody slugfest before the battle was decided by a clever tactic... (Or am I opening a can of worms that's since been settled?)
Laundreu, are you still interested in writing descriptions? We are including your three Mak core building descriptions (props to Laundreu folks!) and I'm wondering if you'd like the other two (which have slipped by us) or any others?Quote:
Originally Posted by Laundreu
What about your SA post? Will it be a sort of AAR? Sounds great!
If I wanted to write descriptions, what would it entail, TK? How much information is given to me before I start writing?
I think Laundreu just took the initiative to send us a few, and they were quite well done. Any new description writers we take on should also have some other skills too though, as the descriptions are just about all done (anyone interested in doing serious descriptions for the sweboz though could probably find a way into the mod - talk to TK about that - they are the one big gap we have left). We don't provide the data to our description writers - they are expected to be able to find the information on their own and be knowledgable enough in their respective area to produce good text. We read them and judge them then and can tell if they know what they are talking about generally. We have very little in the way of people writing for greatly varied factions though - if you are a hellenic researcher, we don't want you talking out your tail about the Iberians or something (for example). :grin:
Saka Rauka, Bactria & ...well I think that´ll be enough 4 the first few weeks...man I think I am more excited ´bout 0.8. than MTWII...
Anything with decent phalanxs and a few odd extra units. So I guess it will be sauka raka for the heavy cavlry and heavy phalanxs mixed with eastern units. If the selecuds are heavily scripted so that the split happens in a nice way and stuff like that i think they would be very fun to play for a challenge. 3rd would be baktria
Saka Rauka or Sweboz.