Occultus and the hidden Factions (Discussion)

[Subotan]

Successful Foot is Successful.

[bobbin]

odysseos has a new one.


not a bloody clue though.

[Skullheadhq]

odysseos has a new one.


not a bloody clue though.

Atropatene...
Somebody said something about me getting a free cookie?

[Ca Putt]

based on your paintjob I would rather see a serpent of some kind in that sig. thinkin of the round thing as a loop formed by the snake.

well that's All I can see(or imagine I see) in it :/

[Vasiliyi]

Bah, its the same one as before, just a little more relieving. I think its the next faction to be exposed.

[Apraxiteles]

Hmm…

New one:



Old one:



They're covering different areas this time.

[Vasiliyi]

Hmm…

New one:



Old one:



They're covering different areas this time.

My guess is that is going to be a Steppe/nomadic faction. Im willing to bet a balloon on it. Anyone want to call that bet?

[Phalanx300]

Maybe someone can combine them so we have one picture?

[Ibrahim]

I did, and I'm not showing it

but I can tell you: its awefully scaly.

[Alsatia]

Added new sig to first post.

[Ibrahim]

If you've been going through The EB forums, you'll find a few EB members with an Occultus sig on them. They seem to show a design for one of the new factions. I have made this thread to discuss what they could be. The EB team will probably will not give us a fresh stele if we get it right.

Here are some of the Occultus sigs.

the first and fourth pictures belong to the same faction.

[Apraxiteles]

And the third one was exposed as a recycled Arverni.

[a completely inoffensive name]

They are all recycled.

[Ibrahim]

They are all recycled.

sh!!

[bobbin]

If you've been going through The EB forums, you'll find a few EB members with an Occultus sig on them. They seem to show a design for one of the new factions. I have made this thread to discuss what they could be. The EB team will probably will not give us a fresh stele if we get it right.

Here are some of the Occultus sigs.

The first and forth one definitley aren't the saka rauka i can tell that much, you should probably remove the third one as its an old occultus from a previous version of EB.

There was another green one which seems disappeared for now.

[Alsatia]

I left the third there because, at one time, It was a hidden sig. (i'll edit it and cross it out...)

[Andronikos]

I still somehow don't think that it is the Arverni sig, the green color is different than in the Arverni bowl and that thing that should be the hammer seems to have too acute angle.

EDIT OK, it's it, the Arverni writing is still there, that makes the hammer look weird

[Skullheadhq]

The red one could be Atropatene, looks eastern. What do you guys think about Atropatene?

[bobbin]

Its a good a guess as any. Not sure what their symbol would be, probably something based around Zoroastrianism.

[Andronikos]

It clearly features some scaled monster, ichtyo-centaur or dragon, I would connect it with something nomad or eastern.
Perhaps there is a crescent moon too.

[Cyclops]

Scales, eh? Fantasy dragon faction? China?

I know squat about Atropatene, my impression is a sort of mini-Armenia, obviously more of an Iranian culture but a little kindgom that the great king/Asian bossman could give to a relative or chip trade to an ambitious noble, but could potentially be a springboard to a resurgent Persian empire...mwahahahahahaha. Is that a likley faction trajectory?

I could play that, sort of like Pahlava but with civilised beginnings.

[Blxz]

Yep, free beer and free sex owns freedom of speech.

Sex should always be free. if you are ever paying for sex then there are some major problems that you should probably address.

[Alsatia]

Look like the edge of an Argyraspidies (sp?) shield. New Makedonia siggy???

[Phalanx300]

Scales, eh? Fantasy dragon faction? China?

I know squat about Atropatene, my impression is a sort of mini-Armenia, obviously more of an Iranian culture but a little kindgom that the great king/Asian bossman could give to a relative or chip trade to an ambitious noble, but could potentially be a springboard to a resurgent Persian empire...mwahahahahahaha. Is that a likley faction trajectory?

I could play that, sort of like Pahlava but with civilised beginnings.

From what I've heard its another succesor state, not sure whether its ruled by Greeks or if its more like Pontos.

Look like the edge of an Argyraspidies (sp?) shield. New Makedonia siggy???

I'm not sure, its probably supposed to be a faction emblem, I'd figure they will go with this:

[Horatius Flaccus]

I know squat about Atropatene, my impression is a sort of mini-Armenia, obviously more of an Iranian culture but a little kindgom that the great king/Asian bossman could give to a relative or chip trade to an ambitious noble, but could potentially be a springboard to a resurgent Persian empire...mwahahahahahaha. Is that a likley faction trajectory?

I could play that, sort of like Pahlava but with civilised beginnings.

From Wikipedia:

Following the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE, the Macedonian's conquests were divided amongst the diadochi at the Partition of Babylon. The former Achaemenid satrapy of Media was divided into two states: The greater (southern) part - Media Magna was assigned to Peithon, one of Alexander's bodyguards. The smaller (northern) region, which had been the sub-satrapy of Matiene, became Media Atropatene under Atropates, the former Achaemenid governor of all Media, who had by then become father-in-law of Perdiccas, regent of Alexander's designated successor.
Shortly thereafter, Atropates refused to pay allegiance to Seleucus, and made Media Atropatene an independent kingdom. It subsequently lost the Media prefix in the name and came to be known simply as Atropatene (Greek: ᾿Ατροπατήνη).
The dynasty Atropates founded would rule the kingdom for several centuries, first independently, then as vassals of the

[bobbin]

Scales, eh? Fantasy dragon faction? China?

I know squat about Atropatene, my impression is a sort of mini-Armenia, obviously more of an Iranian culture but a little kindgom that the great king/Asian bossman could give to a relative or chip trade to an ambitious noble, but could potentially be a springboard to a resurgent Persian empire...mwahahahahahaha. Is that a likley faction trajectory?

I could play that, sort of like Pahlava but with civilised beginnings.

From what i've seen on maps it was around the same size or slightly smaller, it's ruling dynasty wasa started by the old persian satarp for media so very similar to Hayasdan in that respect although i think they were more representive of the old Achaemenid regime as they were not based around a people like Hayasdan with the Hai.

As for the occultus being a new Makedonia sig..I doubt it, the whole point of occultus sigs is to show off new factions and i can't see them changing the Maks faction symbol as the vergina sun is pretty much perfect for them.

[A Very Super Market]

Chinese will never become the world language. While it holds an exceptionally small chance of dying out, learning Chinese takes too much effort. It takes a a childhood of using Chinese daily to produce an adult fully capable of speaking it fluently.

Meanwhile, it takes a few months of hard work to learn a phonetic language like Spanish.

[bobbin]

heh think you posted that in the wrong thread, but good point anyhow.

[DaciaJC]

This...

From what i've seen on maps it was around the same size or slightly smaller, it's ruling dynasty wasa started by the old persian satarp for media so very similar to Hayasdan in that respect although i think they were more representive of the old Achaemenid regime as they were not based around a people like Hayasdan with the Hai.

As for the occultus being a new Makedonia sig..I doubt it, the whole point of occultus sigs is to show off new factions and i can't see them changing the Maks faction symbol as the vergina sun is pretty much perfect for them.

to this...

Chinese will never become the world language. While it holds an exceptionally small chance of dying out, learning Chinese takes too much effort. It takes a a childhood of using Chinese daily to produce an adult fully capable of speaking it fluently.

Meanwhile, it takes a few months of hard work to learn a phonetic language like Spanish.

resulted in much laughter from me.

[moonburn]

Chinese will never become the world language. While it holds an exceptionally small chance of dying out, learning Chinese takes too much effort. It takes a a childhood of using Chinese daily to produce an adult fully capable of speaking it fluently.

Meanwhile, it takes a few months of hard work to learn a phonetic language like Spanish.

english is far easyer then spanish to both learn and speak (it also as alot more incentives with music and cinema being available to everyone) altough a nice diversity of languages helps you to develop several diferent areas cause a new language means a new grammar and a new way to see things

just my 2cents no harm intended