Several Questions.

[Fluvius Camillus]

Greetings, fellow EB'ers!

I have several EB related questions...

1. Great Routes

I think you all know them, the three major routes in EB, the silk route, the amber route and the Persian Royal Road.

I get the idea that some of these route "buildings" are missing. The loading screen of the Amber route says it goes past Buridava, the Getic capital, but it is not there, there is only a river port.

The Persian Royal Road is said to go from the Aegean Sardis all the way to the Persian Capital, Persepolis, then again, in Persepolis is no Persian Royal road "building" there if I am correct.

Same goes for the silk road to the end trade hub which the map says is Seleukiea, AFAIK none there either.

2. Victory Conditions

I my recent Pontic campaign I got a massive empire. But I have not the reached the Victory conditions yet. I thougth the Pontic royal family claimed to be descendant of the Persians and they tried to revive the Persians but also enjoy hellenic culture. The Pontic Victory conditions are from Seleukiea to Gawjam Bastarnoz and Vindobona, the last two being faraway inland Barbaric settlements. Why do the victory conditions suggest the Pontic kings want to claim these territories, as Persian successors I would rather think they would want more territories east, especially the Persian old capital. As Pontic king I expected to have the great dream of owning the Pontus Euxinus, the Hellenistic States and the old Persian provinces, not some faraway inland towns. Also after Pella the region become outlying regions, while eastwards the old Persian/Seleucid territories are Subjugation (type II) regions. It would make more sense the Pontic interests lay there. The Empire I have created now looks more like the Pontic "dream" IMHO (maybe plus the final Pontus Euxine settlements).

Enclosed picture of my current empire and VC.

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3. Ptolemaic - Roman Alliance

Curious to learn more, I read the EB biography of Ptolemy II Philadelphus, the Ptolemaic ruler of the start of EB (if I am correct). It stated that after the defeat of Pyrrhos the Ptolemaioi allied themselves with Rome, an alliance which held for a long time, through the Punic Wars. The final battle of Pyrrhos in Italy was Beneventum, in 275BC. Why is the only ally of Rome Carthage (treaty) then? As EB starts in 272BC.

Picture showing the concerning biography (its said in the second part of the description):

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4. House of Yervand/Orontid Dynasty - Artaxiad Dynasty

I am not too much aware of Armenian/Hayasdan History, but also when searching Wikipedia (I know its not the most reliable source, but when taking it with a pinch of salt...) and Google (mostly only gave EB home site links or pictures of Hayasdan Cataphracts) I questioned myself this.

The EB icon is like this:

This symbol is from the Orontid Dynasty (EB Hayasdan royal family of Yervanduni).

According to Wikipedia the Orontid dynasty (the house of Yervanduni, the royal family in EB) was not in power later in the time, when the Artaxiad dynasty grows in power under Artaxias I. They rule from 189BC over Armenia. The Artaxiads had this standard (again according to wikipedia).

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This is the faction symbol of the Artaxiads (ruling from 189BC until the overthrow by the Romans, Lucullus at Tigranocerta), not the Orontids, from the starting EB time period. Is the symbol still correct then? (I am sorry if I missed a bit of text in EB which explains this question)

That was all.

Feedback much appreciated, thanks in advance!

EB is an awesome mod, team, keep up the good work!

~Fluvius