Army Lists

[DragoonXXIV]

Read the army lists. There already are plans for 'fish-men' and 'shark-men' like things to be mercanaries and rebels, not to mention pirates.

[Chilly5]

i know, thats been stated in this small disscussion.

[Chilly5]

my point is that i'm fairly certain that this mod has a few more faciton slots, and it would almost be criminal to not use ur limits to the fullest extent (add factions), but it's still a great mod.

[Kageka]

Chilly5

Well there has been plans to include a Tibetan faction and a Thai faction. Even a Hanuman (or Vanara, Sun Wukong, monkey god) faction, which I have suggested (can read about it on the first page of this Army List forum), has been discussed.

But if I remember it right Hoggy said that there is no time for new factions, maybe mini-factions like Monks, Choson, Kharazai Khanate, Rebels. If there will be another faction then my guess is that it will be the Tibetan one.

But if you want a clear answer then you have to get it from some one from the Blue Lotus team. Or try to PM Hoggy.

[hoggy]

Kegeka is right. It's about available time really. It would be great to have lots of new factions, tibetans, thai, fishpeople, I would also have liked to have had factions from russia and turkey etc but as it stands there is already a huge amount of work to do. I think the mod will work well with the factions it has and perhaps if we're up for it after the main release we can add more. If that is the case we'll check the armylist thread so your suggestions will definitely be considered.

[Sahran]

I Saw some posts on different factions, and the only solid listing of those seems to be the map, but even that has conflicted with other information. Where are the decided factions for the first release listed?

Is it:

Demons
Mongols
Japan A
Japan B
Korea
China A
China B
Monks
India?

Or are the demons to be divided, because I swore there was talk about the Roman Families and Senate being Demons due to difficulties if you take it out. Sorry for the confusion, just don't wanna hope for a faction that doesnt come out. :D

In due time, would this mod hopefully continue and Hoggy continue to express interest in it, perhaps it will attract more people to assist in working on the mod, and thus allow for new factions to make way. I assume the Neutral Animalistic faction will not be featured, as they weren't on the map. That's a pity, but maybe they can work as Mercenaries, or a future faction.

It may be an abhorred idea, but worth shooting out. With the Ocean taking up so much empty space, perhaps a future version of Blue Lotus may cut back on the Sea Some, introuding some of the Middle East? I just read upon Chinese relations with Bactria and Pathia, and while it might not be suitable to see those faction's merely reproduced, the mythology of ancient persia is still very eastern and less like Greeco-Roman or Celtic myths. Persia would offer something to take away the luxury of relaxation as India, and could place itself as that kind of looming threat on the horizon, as Egypt, Seleucia, or Parthia would become in Vanilla and RTR when you yourself were a western nation with your nose buried in conflict and politics there?

Definately not something to be added in right now, but would it be an interesting touch? India helps to offer an exotic appeal to the theme of Blue Lotus (Much as the East and Egypt did for Vanilla), and Persia could assist in that, as well open up a wealth of new mythology.

[hoggy]

That list is correct but the rebels fill areas where there are no factions. The monks are the senate and as isolated as we can make them to avoid any problems.