Preview: The People of North Africa

[Fabio Scevola]

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A faction such as Massylia will have be able govern Numidian provinces with a more secure, centralised, and native form of government than if they sought to control provinces in Iberia, Sicily or beyond.

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We hope you have enjoyed this preview of some of the new faction and units.

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New Faction means that there is another north african new faction (difenret from Numidia), Massylia perhaps???

[Foot]

New Faction means that there is another north african new faction (difenret from Numidia), Massylia perhaps???

[Excuse]I was tired when I posted it.[/excuse]

Foot

[Nirvanish]

Lookin good EB2 Team.

[RawPower]

Outstanding!!

[J.R.M]

As always.. AWESOME!!!!!

i almost had a heart attack when i saw this

[Sarkiss]

Foot (and Co) stop tormenting us!

awesome stuff, as always. the units are very pretty

[penguinking]

Will there be more provinces in North Africa?

[Bucefalo]

Just came to my mind: if there is one "populace" building in each settlement, does that means that there will be like 199 different kind of "populace buildings"? or will some of them be repeated to similar regions?

[A Very Super Market]

I suppose they would have as many cultures that existed. I don't think there is a building limit, is there?

In EB1, the rebel settlements describe their culture in brackets, so I guess they'll just be using those.

[Foot]

Video is up.

Foot

[Phalanx300]

Awesome video! weren't the Hoplites in EB2 going to use the shieldwall formation though? (I liked the 8 men deep ranks though!)

[a completely inoffensive name]

I have always wondered Foot, what settings are used when you record these preview videos?

[BerkeleyBoi]

That video was pretty awesome, though I wish you guys let us see more of the battle...

[Ludens]

Foot (and Co) stop tormenting us!

Do you mean the team should stop giving previews?

[Eastern Foot-Rocker]

Its a awesome system with the new recruitment buildings. I hope it makes gameplay more challenging. All I can say is: SIEG, SIEG, HURRA! SUPERGEIL!

[/Bean\]

Nice stuff, guys.

We seem to be getting a sudden increase in previews and stuff. Is work on EBII really getting on, or do you happen to just be finishing and releasing stuff around the same time?

[antisocialmunky]

Great preview. I take it with this video that the Gaza Campaign isn't such a high priority anymore. Oh well, keep up the good work!

PS: Just watched the video. Lol, whoever put it together has been studying the Micheal Bay school of ridiculous camera movement.

[Phalanx300]

From Twitter the Gaza campaign is finished but just needs fine tuning and alot of testing. For me the fact that they work on non Gaza units means the Gaza units are already completed.

[Maion Maroneios]

Maion

[Alsatia]

From Twitter the Gaza campaign is finished but just needs fine tuning and alot of testing. For me the fact that they work on non Gaza units means the Gaza units are already completed.

Gaza is done? yess!!!, my first taste of EBII is near! The movie is brillian though the shields are cutting into the horse's neck. But I am fine, everything (almost) is still a WIP.

[antisocialmunky]

*explodes*

Woohooo. Especially because I jsut tested a 55,000 man battle in MTW @ 10 FPS. Will be awesome to see 1:1 - 1:4 battles. :)

[Phalanx300]

Gaza is done? yess!!!, my first taste of EBII is near! The movie is brillian though the shields are cutting into the horse's neck. But I am fine, everything (almost) is still a WIP.

Well not done, but guessing from Twitter I think it can be said that the map and units are done.

[waihin]

huzzah this is so great

[Skullheadhq]

Luckeley I've got a fast Internet Connection so I can handle all sizes, so make it as BIG as you guys want

[Belisarius II]

So I'm assuming that we are going to get these 'regions' previews for quite a while.

[pezhetairoi]

Now why is it that the Parasim Maurim and Parasim Garamantim horses look like they're carved from stone? :)

[tls5669]

Another group of people for the mighty Carthaginian's to assimilate.

[Ibrahim]

Another group of people for the mighty Carthaginian's to assimilate.

last time a berber people were in a game, its usually the coastal factions that got into a load of hot water (just ask Rome in IJ or IBFD)

I hope to be the first player of the lakhmids to conquer the berbers

[Dunadd]

There's proof that the african bush elephant was not used in war, which means that carthaginian elephants were mostly north-african forest elephants (now extinct). There are references to african elephants in Hannibal's army with towers, and they were north-african forest elephants.

Interesting stuff on whether African bush elephants can be trained here. It seems they can - though i dont know if there's any evidence of them being trained for war in ancient times.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/notesandqu...,-1775,00.html

And some stuff from BBC Nature - it seems scientists are divided on whether Hannibal's elephants were African Bush elephants, African forest elephants or a separate species of North African forest elephants that are now extinct.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/species/...orest_Elephant