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Quote[/b] (Longshanks @ Feb. 10 2003,14:28)]
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Quote[/b] (Beavis @ Feb. 10 2003,10:01)]We all heard that we can now play as some of the minor factions but does anyone know if there will be any entirely new unplayable factions? I sure hope there will be, especially to balance out the Eastern part of the map.
Factions that I think should appear: Bohemia, Lithuania, Vladimir (another Russian faction, I think Novgorod and Kiev should be independent as well) ,the Cumans ( the mongols used the fact that the Hungarians allowed the Cumans to take refuge in Hungary as a pretext for invading, they also warred against Kiev, and Byzantium), Moldavia-Wallachia-Transylvania (how can they have forgotten Vlad the impaler?), the Timurids ( another unforgiveable omission, Timur, the most successful military commander of the period defeated the Ottomans, Mamlukes, Knights Hospitaler, and the Golden Horde and their Russian allies, plus he used elephants at Ankara, Turkey in 1402, I guess since his Empire was quite fleeting, the Timurids should make an appearance like the current 'Golden Horde event'. I'd like to see the Holy Orders (Templars, Teutonics, Hospitalers, etc as separate factions as well since historically they were independent political organisations.
Doesn't Vikings start off in 800 or 900AD? Considering the start date for the game, some of those factions would be inappropriate.
Vikings were present in novgorod in 1200-1300
Vlad the Impaler is more 1500-1600
Timurlenk was after the Golden Horde
The cumans they were present in 1200 in Moldavia