Reworking the mercenary and factional status...

[gamegeek2]

I pushed a simplification of composition rules and you guys come up with this? Gah!

If we want we can redefine factionals to a narrow group of units and expand the number of nonfactionals players can bring, this would probably have a similar effect to what Kival wants without creating more classifications.

[Vega]

Who set Steppe Riders for Pontus factional list thats totaly nosense

[vartan]

Who set Steppe Riders for Pontus factional list thats totaly nosense

EB team has a respectable awareness of geography, I must insist.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontic-Caspian_steppe

[Vega]

EB team has a respectable awareness of geography, I must insist.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontic-Caspian_steppe

I see but that makes pontus as steppe faction what is not so historical, i miss legacy rules... :S

[Arjos]

Ahm, read again about Mithridates Eupator, Vega XD

[Kival]

Who set Steppe Riders for Pontus factional list thats totaly nosense

They used "steppe riders" or "horse archers" quite extensively. As the factional lists obviously do not only contain core troops but also some kind of long term allies or often used mercenaries, that's not really unusual.

[Brave Brave Sir Robin]

Mithradates and his son Pharnaces both held last ditch hopes to raise armies of Sarmatians and Scythians in order to reconquer Pontos. Though their dreams of reconquest failed, they both managed to raise substantial armies from allied steppe tribes.

[Arjos]

The best one was the alliance with the Bastarnae to march through the Balkans and attack Italy itself :P
But hey, pretty much every great ancient commander has such stories right before his death ^^

[vartan]

The best one was the alliance with the Bastarnae to march through the Balkans and attack Italy itself :P
But hey, pretty much every great ancient commander has such stories right before his death ^^

I'm looking forward to reading Ancient Kamikaze: How Ancient Leaders Became Ancient Lunatics, by Arjos Suadurix (forthcoming).

[Arjos]

I'm being serious here lol
Alexandros, Caesar, Mithridates, Trajan just on top of my head, I'm sure there are more, before their deaths, have rumors and plans for major invasions...

[vartan]

I'm being serious here

Me too...

*suspenseful music*