EB Online Tourney: July 2010 - Special Anniversary Edition

[Ghaust the Moor]

Ahh. I have decided that I would like to revoke my placement as Saba. I have decided that since this will be my first Tourney or competitive play of anykind, I should start off by playing something I'm more familiar with. So if its not too late, as the Tourney hasn't started, I would like to play as Lusotanna. Now If I am playing as Lusotanna, am I required to play a Civilized army list or can I play a Steppe army list or is that a requirment...again I am not sure. I want to run a Cantabrian army and thus mostly skirmisher cavalry and a few supporting infantry. Thanks anyway if you can't change it, I understand I jsut wasn't sure if it was too late or not.

[vartan]

July hasn't arrived yet so I don't see why you can't change.

Steppe Rules can only be used by Steppe Factions and those who (mostly) border Steppe Factions, these factions can use those rules:
-Pahlava
-Saka
-Sauromatae
-Hayasdan
-Getai
-Baktria

From the original thread one year ago. Those were the nations that were determined to be allowed the "steppe rule" composition. If Lusos--peoples I don't have much knowledge about--did use steppe armies in the past, I don't see why they shouldn't be a part of the steppe-able factions, if you will.

P.S. Looks like we're going to need not only a Pahlava and Sauro list, but now also a Luso list. Someone join as Epeiros and make our lives that much more enjoyable, haha. Hope someone has a certainty on which cav from these nations are heavy because I haven't the time/energy for this determination.

[Ghaust the Moor]

Well I don't think it would be the Lusos, specificcally that had a steppe type army. I think it would really only be something regional like the Cantabrians. But you would like a factional list for Lusotanna?

[vartan]

Well I don't think it would be the Lusos, specificcally that had a steppe type army. I think it would really only be something regional like the Cantabrians. But you would like a factional list for Lusotanna?

If you've noticed the Special Community Call for Help it asks for volunteers from the community who are able to identify the heavy cavalry units in the factional unit lists for the four unlisted factions Epeiros Lusotannan Pahlava and Sauromatae. Some units may be called Heavy Cavalry in their titles, and those are clearly Heavy. If it is a Horse Archer it is automatically medium (unless someone wishes to object to this; it's been standard so far). So if it ain't called heavy cav and it ain't a horse archer but it is in the faction's list of units on the EB website please tell me why it's heavy cav (maybe it's in the description or something else) and I can myself make the list with the -H markers. It becomes a reference for those making their armies.

[antisocialmunky]

Epeiros is hard to play. Their cav despite being some of the best in the game die like flies to arrows and their armies are generally slightly more expensive than Macs. :(

Takes lots of skills.

Also Saba > KH lol. PAIN...

[Apázlinemjó]

Epeiros is hard to play. Their cav despite being some of the best in the game die like flies to arrows and their armies are generally slightly more expensive than Macs. :(

Takes lots of skills.

Also Saba > KH lol. PAIN...

Yet you still go with KH, I thought you would choose Baktria for the tournament.

Edit: Gonna make the factionals' list for Epeiros and Lusos today.

[Aulus Caecina Severus]

If you are skilled with cavalry, u should take Sauromatae or Pahlava...
The cav are more cheap than others (indeed, take out Pahlavan Late Elite Cataphracts) .

If u are skilled with infantry: Romani or West Barbarian.
If u are skilled with all: Bactria or Seleucid or Ptolemaioi.

But I think KH isn't so bad.