Countdown to Open Beta - Iberia

[Geoffrey S]

Very good. You guys are cerainly making it tough to chose a faction to start off with, all armies have something appealing about them.
Just one quick question, what's with the use of Latin names of units? Other factions' units mostly seemed to be referred to by their native names.

[King of Atlantis]

Yeah, i have the same question. Great preveiw, but how come all the names aren't native.

[Dago]

Wow, fantastic work! I have one question, what are those strange spears?

[Aymar de Bois Mauri]

Wow, fantastic work!

Thanks!

I have one question, what are those strange spears?

Strange spears? They have long spearheads, is that what you are saying? Take in to consideration that the perspective of the camera makes them appear a lot bigger than they are.

[Dago]

Yes they have long spearheads and they look slightly curved.

[Aymar de Bois Mauri]

Yes they have long spearheads and they look slightly curved.

Let me show you this then:



See the big, long spearheads? And these are not the longest found.

[Samurai Waki]

These guys sound really cool. I am a lover of light or nimble armies and these guys look quite exceptional. I wish we had more viable history on the Iberians, they sound really interesting.

[Kääpäkorven Konsuli]

But you just can't name it Iberia! That is cheating! The native languages must still exist, you just din't look hard enough.
Even if this is free mod we must have right to expect atleast somekind of dedication!

[jerby]

great previeuw anymar! i LOVE the falacata, excellent detail! even the line going threw the blade! OMG!the spearheads look terrifying!

Q: will the falcata get an: effective against armor-bonus? it is a slashing sword with great effect.
Q: why didnt you show Iberian heavy cav? afaik, those were pretty famous.
Q: for such a big spearhead, the scutarii are holding the spear really much at the end. WIP? or Phalanx?

still,excellent previeuw. definatly a top-ranking-faction

[Aymar de Bois Mauri]

great previeuw anymar!

Aymar. I'm not anymating anything...

i LOVE the falacata, excellent detail!

Thanks.

Q: will the falcata get an: effective against armor-bonus? it is a slashing sword with great effect.

Yes. Effectivelly a sabre.

Q: why didnt you show Iberian heavy cav? afaik, those were pretty famous.

Not finished yet.

Q: for such a big spearhead, the scutarii are holding the spear really much at the end. WIP? or Phalanx?

Perspective, camera perspective. The spearheads are distorted by the perspective. I really should have taken the pics in another angle. But it might need some adjustments.

still,excellent previeuw. definatly a top-ranking-faction

Good to know.

[Birka Viking]

Wow great preview again EB. I can't wait for the open beta....

[Urnamma]

Well, put simply, we don't know the native languages of most Iberian tribes! They're lost to history, unfortunately.

[Aymar de Bois Mauri]

Very good. You guys are cerainly making it tough to chose a faction to start off with, all armies have something appealing about them.
Just one quick question, what's with the use of Latin names of units? Other factions' units mostly seemed to be referred to by their native names.

Yeah, i have the same question. Great preveiw, but how come all the names aren't native.

In reply to both of you, because there is not enough remainder of the several Iberian languages. The best sources for units names come from Hellenic or Roman chroniclers. The southeastern populations had a large linguistic influence of Punic and Greek but, aside from that and some of the northern populations Celtic speech (Q-Celtic and K-Celtic) very little can be used as reliable.

However, I can say that units from regions where the main languages were Q-Celtic and K-Celtic will have their designations on those languages. These ones are only the Southeastern units, more in contact with Hellenes, Carthage and Rome.