Well, as Saba you have to win lots of heroic victories or else perish.
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Well, as Saba you have to win lots of heroic victories or else perish.
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Pah, filthy desert mokeys. I hate them poking their noses when I meddle around the Levant, Bostra (?) always seems to rebel to them along with a goddamn fullstack.
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Yeah, they are really pesky! Countless times did they attack Bostra, until I was fed up and sent an army down to take care of them. I pillaged their country twice, twice I conquered their territories. I destroyed everything, but do they vanish into oblivion? No. They took Homna from me when the civil war ravaged the Arche. I gifted Qataban to the Kingdom of Axum (tffka Qarthadast), hoping these would eat them up. But now the Sabaeans are about to deprive the Axumites of their city even!
The Third Sabaean War will deal an end to them.
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yeah, you can beat us up, but we will never really be beat (in the EB world).Originally Posted by Maion Maroneios
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It seems like everybody thinks (x) faction is boring because they can't play it like their favorite faction.
Of course you can't play Saba like you play the Gauls. Or Casse like you play AS.
If you play them according to their strengths and not an all-encompassing game rulebook, it is quite interesting.
I'm a big fan of variety, so I like the Saba just because their placement, units, and EVERYTHING is way different from everybody else.
And having gigantic Ptolemoi to fight against first is quite... interesting.
The Casse are fun in the beginning because you're losing tons of $$$, so you have to get rid of some stuff. And once you do THAT, you have juuuuust enough troops to take one of the eleutheroi cities. This is quite difficult just because of your limited army size, but if you pull it off you feel soooo good.
Plus, when I did my Casse campaign, I ran over to the baltic and took Scandinavia.That made it interesting.
Anyways, I think the most boring faction is the eleutherio.
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Amen brother...It seems like everybody thinks (x) faction is boring because they can't play it like their favorite faction.
Of course you can't play Saba like you play the Gauls. Or Casse like you play AS.
If you play them according to their strengths and not an all-encompassing game rulebook, it is quite interesting.
I'm a big fan of variety, so I like the Saba just because their placement, units, and EVERYTHING is way different from everybody else.
And having gigantic Ptolemoi to fight against first is quite... interesting.
The Casse are fun in the beginning because you're losing tons of $$$, so you have to get rid of some stuff. And once you do THAT, you have juuuuust enough troops to take one of the eleutheroi cities. This is quite difficult just because of your limited army size, but if you pull it off you feel soooo good.
Plus, when I did my Casse campaign, I ran over to the baltic and took Scandinavia.
Anyways, I think the most boring faction is the eleutherio.
HAIL BARTIX!
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Personally I've really enjoyed my Saba campaigns... You really appreciate every soldier, and the family members have to fight immediately or you will lose. Additionally I found myself really appreciating levy phalanxes and Ethiopian spearmen - neither of whom would be exceptional units in a powerhouse roster. Saba is not a boring campaign at all - it is not about creating an empire, but rather it is about surviving, and maybe conquering Ethiopia and India... I do look forward to Saba's evolution in EB2!
My Votes for boring would be Sauromatae, Casse, and Sweboz. Sauromatae are spread out, and they have no real infantry units. Therefore your campaign will be almost exclusively about cavalry units, which holds limited appeal to me - in contrast, Saka can conquer India and get access to some really amazing native units, as well as some impressive regional infantry in the Baktria/selucid areas. Sauromatae's redeeming aspect is that they border a huge area potentially, and they have a legitimate reason to war with 9 or 10 different factions who have very different cultures (so very different battles and wars).
Casse is a challenging campaign, but they face no real external threat. They should start with Belgium at least (for gameplay purposes) or perhaps one of the Celtic tribes should control a piece of Britain. Unfortunately that may be ahistoric, but I hope EB2 adds another faction on the islands (Goidils, or Caledonians maybe) which would spice up the Casse campaign nicely.
Sweboz - I suppose that this is a matter of taste, I prefer Saba, you prefer Sweboz (speaking to no one in particular), but the campaign is similar in a sense. Sweboz are a bit isolated, and their units are not that impressive. Most importantly all of the battles are in the forest, so not a lot of diversity there. I am sure that you can make this campaign very interesting, but isn't that true of all of of EB's factions?
What is noteworthy about my three choices is that none of them border the Mediterranean or Black sea. I am not a fan of playing empires, and I am well aware of the similarity of the various hellenic and Eastern factions, but IMO if you can reach the sea at the center of the world, you won't have a boring campaign...
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Actually, the only boring part of a Saba campaign is the endless battles and sallies against countless horribly imbalanced (as in: Phalanx only...) Ptolemaic and AS armies.
By the way, Saba can recruit Galatikoi Kleruchoi, Indian Guild warriors, and three types of Elephants. And their version of Pantodapoi Phalangitai looks cooler to me than those of the other factions.
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I;ve been using those lately.Actually, the only boring part of a Saba campaign is the endless battles and sallies against countless horribly imbalanced (as in: Phalanx only...) Ptolemaic and AS armies.
By the way, Saba can recruit Galatikoi Kleruchoi, Indian Guild warriors, and three types of Elephants. And their version of Pantodapoi Phalangitai looks cooler to me than those of the other factions.
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
but I still want those elephants; how do I train them? whatgevernment is required? I, II, III, or IV?
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