What suggested faction should be in EBII

[Mediolanicus]

A Belgae tribe would be interesting (you could for a fully Celtic one like the Remi or Bellovaci, but you could also pick a Germano-Celtic one like the Nervii or Menapii - and that last option is a very interesting one IMO).

[Bucefalo]

Turdetani, Edetani or Ilergetes? I feel no coastal iberian faction will make it...
oh well there is always the lusitanni or the possibility of some celtiberian tribe

Let pray Syracuse is in at least

[Mediolanicus]

Turdetani, Edetani or Ilergetes? I feel no coastal iberian faction will make it...
oh well there is always the lusitanni or the possibility of some celtiberian tribe

Let pray Syracuse is in at least

Hmm, I'd put my money on an Iberian tribe as a faction, rather than on a Celtiberian one.

[Marcus Ulpius]

I'd like to see:

1) Celtiberians (so that the Lusos won't create their super-empire so easily).
2) Belgae (to spice the things up a little bit in Gaul)
3) Marcomanni or Boii (so that eastern Europe won't be such an empty space)
4) Syracusai (sp)

Also, it would be nice to see Numidians, to make things more difficult for Carthaginians in Africa. Mauryan satrap is an interesting idea, but I doubt it will make its way into the game.

[Xtiaan72]

Syracuse all the way. If not I think the territory should be given to the Greeks to make it tougher to take!

Belgae would be cool as well, that part of the world should be really chaotic...Also they historically had some naval focus. Be nice to have a faction that contested British isles.

[AttilaDerHunn]

really for Syracuse to work efficiently Sicily must be expanded to say 6 settlements or more to represent how important that region is for all the factions involved and to increase the projected yield per say

[DionCaesar]

I think Celtiberia is a very nice faction, because it's an outstanding addition to north eastern Spain. This way, Lusotania won't be OP, and, if you play Romans or Gauls or even Karthadastim you can count on some difficulties in obtaining that area. Besides, the Celtiberian culture was rather advanced in for example weapons. Those weapons were copied by other civs and used all over the European continent.

[artaxerxes]

really for Syracuse to work efficiently Sicily must be expanded to say 6 settlements or more to represent how important that region is for all the factions involved and to increase the projected yield per say

I think it could work. Of course there are those games where either Carthage or Rome blitzes southern Italy/Sicily and in those, Syracuse would probably (if hostile to the blitzer) merely be another hindrance that's overcome with time. But I've had plenty of games where Rome and Carthage concentrate in other areas and I think Syracuse would work delightfully then. I don't really see the problem.

As for why we want them in
1) since they historically had made empires in Sicily before, and since the appearance of Rome/Carthage as the only masters of the Western Mediterranean ISNT necessarily a foregone conclusion at the start of an EB game, it should have the chance to maybe do so again

2) It would spice things up, so the Western Mediterranean isn't merely a 1-on-1, but, like most any other place in the game, has a few more pockets of surprise

3) They'd be fun to play