EBII Late Campaign?

[ComteTallaFerroXIV]

Will there be the inclusion of a late campaign in EB2? Or would it need further research time?

[Arthur, king of the Britons]

If a late campaign was to be included in EB II (and I doubt it will be) it would probably not be in the first release as it would push the release date forward too much, please note that I'm no team member so I may be wrong about this.

oh and welcome to the guild, and the EB forums.

[Zradha Pahlavan]

Would you base a 'late' campaign off of BI or what?

[Hax]

There will only be one campaign which spans from 272 BC to 14 AD (or something likewise). Well, and the Gaza campaign. But there won't be a second fully-fledged imperial campaign.

[anubis88]

If there will be in some distant times any plan for such a mod, i would humbly add my assistance to whoever would be making such a mod. I'm practicaly already and expert on the principate, since in my university, it seems this is the only thing we are interested in :)

But unfortunatly this probably won't be the case

[Hannibal Khan the Great]

Best bet would probably be a minimod.

[ComteTallaFerroXIV]

...would push the release date forward too much...

Yea, thats what i expected.

[Skullheadhq]

If you want a late campaign, you can always make one when EBII is released, and what period do you mean with 'late'. BI or 100-something BC to 14 AD?

[Apázlinemjó]

If you want a late campaign, you can always make one when EBII is released, and what period do you mean with 'late'. BI or 100-something BC to 14 AD?

Around 2500-3000 AD would be nice.

[anubis88]

IIRC there were some plans to do a EB I late campaing map, but got dropped. It would be nice if it would be revived by some of us ordinary non-EB players... It shouldn't be that difficult should it? I've been thinking about this for a long time....

I may even do a new thread in the EB forum...

[Madoushi]

It might even be neat to do a compromise: a mini-mod set from 0-200 AD where you either try to hold the Roman Empire together and fight off rebel claimants, internal and economic factors and keep your Empire growing, or as one of the other states of the Era, trying to expand in an era of Roamn dominance.

[Ludens]

IIRC there were some plans to do a EB I late campaing map, but got dropped. It would be nice if it would be revived by some of us ordinary non-EB players... It shouldn't be that difficult should it? I've been thinking about this for a long time....

Actually, they got as far as an alpha release for EB1 v0.7. Search the unofficial mod forum for the "late project". It was never part of the EB mod, though, despite being done by team members.

[B-Wing]

Well, I think an AD campaign is undoubtedly out the question, main reason you'd have a very different faction list, which means all new units and area of recruitments. Not to mention a new script. That would be quite a lot of work.

[bobbin]

There are no plans to to make a late campaign that I am aware of.

Doing so would be essentially making a new mod and it's going to take long enough to finish EBII.

[Pikenier]

Hmm, a late campaign (starting around 133bc) would be interesting. You could include the Cimbri and their Migration, the small Seleucid empire and Antiochos VII attemp to reconquer Mesopotamia and Persia from the Parthians, a Jewish faction and the Yuezhi. And you are nearer to famous characters like Caesar, Pompej and the Roman Civil Wars (including the Italian uprising around 90bc) as well as others like Vercingetorix, Mithridates of Pontos, Tigranes of Armenia or Burebista, the Dacian King.
The downside would be a too strong Roman Empire dominating the (western parts of the) campaign map. On the other side you can implent shadow factions to feature the italian revolt or splitting the Roman Empire in two parts like Octavian and Marcus Antonius did.

[Macilrille]

Anyone with ideas and who wants to help with this should go to the minimod section of EB Forum and join the guys there.

[ziegenpeter]

The downside would be a too strong Roman Empire dominating the (western parts of the) campaign map. On the other side you can implent shadow factions to feature the italian revolt or splitting the Roman Empire in two parts like Octavian and Marcus Antonius did.

IMHO thats not a problem. I mean in EB you also gat a very dominant AS. And rome was very often at the edge of a total defeat, so also historically, it wasnt a cakewalk for them.