Originally Posted by
Balgeron
Hello
I posted at the download in Moddb of new version, if you will be making Barbarian Invasion Campaign - i actually thought you are already set for it, and its gonna happen. But i now see it was just suggestions here.
I also read that you would try it, but it seems like its in the original game - with Parthia , Armens, Carthage ? What about Barbarian Invasion campaign? (is the BI campaign using the same template just with some new things? that factions are also replacements, like Burgundians or Saramatians instead of Averns and Scythians?)
If i may put out some brainstorming - hopefully it will help.
First of all, the campaign even though it would be alternate timeline, due to Amazon involvement during Rise of the Empire time - i think that it should still focused a lot on religions and nation migration like the BI campaign did.
So the Amazons should have all Camilla religion (i think this cult is pretty much strongest across all of the factions) as opposition to Christiansy and Paganism (Thus it could take Zorastriam place? Or maybe a new type of religion, if such thing is possible to make instead of replacement)
However not all of the Amazons should follow it as well - we should definitely have at least one Pagan Amazons and maybe even Christian one.
So one of the scenarios could be (i don't write all of the factions, as there are many minor ones like Burgundians, Roxolany, Visigoths, etc... that can be replaced for something new)-
*Civilized Factions(Cannot HORDE)*
Rome still expands, screw the Gauls, but Caesar still gets owned and all the chance of expanding to the north east dies with him. Rome conquers pretty much the same thing like in actual history, but with different enemies. It eventually turns to Christianism and split up on eastern and western part.
Here could come some changes - Eastern Empire could be change into Amazon like faction or mixed one(after absorbing Thermodan Amazons/maybe even Lybian amazons). With Empress instead of Emperor. They would still be Orthodox christiansy(in BI, they had some other faiths as well - greek/egypt gods? - so maybe Ares or Artemis as options to it? or maybe replace the Orthodox faith with Camilla sect), but their unit roster would contain both amazons (Female Knights now?) and some man units as well. Their units should also use Thermite (or now Byzantium fire? - just like later Bizantium empire did)
Western Empire would stay pretty much the same with Catholic Christiansy and utilizing many advanced tech units - such as War Wagons, Carriages, Mobile Siege Towers draw by Elephants, or Balistas on Elephants (Something like Timurid has in ME2, but not with Cannons), Auxilery units, super heavy Decree Ships and mercaneries.
Romano-British - should be a separate faction - led by Witches of Avalon instead - they would be something like Teutonic Order from Teutonic Campaign of ME2, so that they don't have regular family tree and patricians, but instead are Sisterhood (Geothe are like that, though i am not sure if it can be made to a Teutonic Order degree). They would be Pagan faction of Amazons (still with some few male units, but no Gral Knights and such, as they are not Christians anymore) - Morgana could be the first High Priestess to start with! ;-D
Sasands - should probably still stay the same, though if Zorastriam is replaced, maybe some other faction could replace them as well - like Far East Celts that would survive till this time (maybe not Pagan, but some other faith as well - Orthodox one).
*Barbarian factions(Can HORDE)*
Alemari, Saxons and Franks should remain same, as they held back empire spread through out middle Europe. But with some new units (both female and non female, as women were more equal in this societies then in Rome for instance - the Screaching Women should be brought back, and some bloodthirsty amazons/barbarians as well) - all of them Pagan factions.
Alemari and Franks are mainly enemies with Rome, and Saxons are still poised to strike again Romano-British (now Witches of Avalon).
Thyssagate Alliance - would replace Saramatians, and held the north eastern parts of Europe. They would be dedicated Orthodox religion (with some pagan options for Kybelee and Demeter?). They would be more 'Vikking girls' this time around, with more focus on ground units - heavy spearwomen, Agema axewomen, Billwomen, and still had naked;-) Finnic Amazons , with no mounted archers(THIS should be very unique thing, and not everyone should have it, not even some amazon factions) or elephants.(Its cold, brrrrr)
*Horde starting Factions*
Huns should be mixed with Geothe Amazons, and come like some heavy-nuking shit. Geothe priestesses, being defeated by the alliance of Scythians, Saramatians and Thyssians run to the east and swore revenge upon them and all of the world. There Geothe would killed Attila during his march to the east and usurped his power. Then replaced his paganism worship with bloody Camilla sect, that would allows you to sacrifice prisoners of war and population to improve the happiness of people (Some units should require certain amount of religion in the region to be buildable) - This would be similar to Native Americans in ME2 Kingdoms campaigns. They should also get a new name (don't know yet - or maybe just Geothe) - they would start as Horde faction at the eastern borders of Europe. Their units should be some advance things of what the Geothe Amazons have now (Priestess Guard, Cathaparact Archers, Pathfinders, Balista Elephants), still with the heavy focus on horses and cavalry that comes from Huns.
Can't think of more right now (Something with Vandals damn!), and have to go back to work... That's just some ideas that came to mind.
BTW - NO need to create 200 units for each faction, even few 10-15 is enough, just make each more unique and special.
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