Which Factions will you play first?

[pezhetairoi]

Here's a little thread to channel our repressed energies spent in frustration at how slow EB is going and how unknown the release date is :)

I rank here the factions of EB in the order that I'm going to play them, but leaving out the names of those not yet previewed except for the obvious.

1) Rome
2) Baktria
3) Aedui
4) Makedonia
5) Sweboz
6) Karthadashtim
7) Ptolemaioi
8) Casse
9) Koinon Hellenon
10) Pahlava
11) Pontos
12) Iberia
13) Arche Seleukeia
14) Sauromatae
15) Eleutheroi

Throw in your ranks!

[Divinus Arma]

Damn. Picked the wrong one. I meant the greeks.

edit: I accidently picked Seleucids.

[wolftrapper78]

I picked the Ptolemaioi.

I hated them in vanilla but I like what EB has done with them.

[LorDBulA]

I picked the Ptolemaioi.

I hated them in vanilla but I like what EB has done with them

Yea i picked them also. They are great in EB

[GoreBag]

Wait...four factions missing, not including Rome? I hope you're okay to reveal that much.

Let's see... Armenia, Dacia, Thrace and..whom?

Oh, and I vote Casse.

[Silver Rusher]

That's only because those factions have not yet been previewed.

Voted for Pahlava

[vizigothe]

Ptolemaioi because they they are more interesting to me that Makedonia and those are the only 2 greek factions i have not played yet

[Rodion Romanovich]

Voted Baktria. All factions look nice, but Baktria stands out because it's not only new units but also a completely new faction, culture, strategical starting position etc. Will be an interesting start trying to hold back the fury of the gigantic Arche Seleukeia...

Perhaps Rome or Karthadashtim will be the best second choice for a campaign... I was so disappointed about being able to destroy Carthage in a few turns in my very first R:TW campaign ever - I expect Carthage in EB to be a lot stronger. The nice larger map makes Carthage more interesting to play as well, as the distances are so huge and it's harder to, as in vanilla R:TW, reach map edges and get secure frontlines. The powered up rebels (I assume EB will include), will also make maintaining of a large empire difficult. Therefore, a North African empire will be difficult in itselft to hold - expanding into Iberia and trying to threaten Rome will undoubtedly offer a challenge, even if Carthage is powered-up compared to Rome compared to vanilla R:TW.

Ptolemaioi will be a great third or fourth campaign, mostly because I was so disappointed with the pharaos in R:TW. Finally a faction in the Nile delta that isn't ridiculously overpowered both in terms of history and gameplay .

[Dux Corvanus]

Ok, Iberia. For the second I'll choose randomly...

[Zero1]

Aedui, followed by the Sweboz

CHARGE HOME MY BARBARIAN HORDES, CRUSH ROME!!!

[Dago]

I voted Sweboz, but probably when i enter the faction selection screen i will spend 2 hours thinking wich faction to select.

[Puppyonastik]

15) Eleutheroi

I might be wrong Pez, but I believe we will be unable to play as the independent states. Unless of course you do intend to make them playable, but my guess would be that it would make the game a little...

[pezhetairoi]

Wait...four factions missing, not including Rome? I hope you're okay to reveal that much.

Nope I wasn't. Which is why I will never post on the EB forum in substantial text again to prevent my unwittingly leaking out more stuff that I shouldn't.

I'm surprised; no one for Koinon Hellenon so far?

[kayapó]

Pahlava!!!!!

That's all I ever play...

Well I might find the time to play a little Sauromatae, Baktria and Armenia (if we have it) if not I'll settle with Pontus.

I like being small with powerful units that cost a lot and you really have to take care of them because they are all you've got.

k

[kayapó]

I might be wrong Pez, but I believe we will be unable to play as the independent states. Unless of course you do intend to make them playable, but my guess would be that it would make the game a little...

Hummmm....

Could it be??

Can this be Occultus????

Eleutheroi = Occultus???

Hummmm....

k

[cunctator]

A Roman faction/The Roman faction

[Crusader4thepeople]

Im going Koinon Hellenon and possibly Arche Seleukia first as their my favorites. But proavly ill do it in the order the icons are when you choose, like i did in vanilla

[Moros]

I choose the Aedui though I liked all the factions in the old beta. The greeks come 2nd.

[Mr Jones]

i chose baktria. this could change though, depending on how well armenia is done.

[Conqueror]

Voted Baktria. I'm interested in playing Karthadast, Baktria and Makedonia in that order, but I figure that the earliest open betas will be lacking features and buggy, so I'll reserve the goodness of a Karthadast campaign for later versions.

[Productivity]

Probably Thrace or whatever it's called.

[Dutch_guy]

Baktria, once I saw that preview I new that factions was going to be one of my favorites

[jerby]

what happened to "tsorim" in stead of Karthadasim?

[aleh]

A Roman Faction/Rome, with Macedonia as a close second. It'll probably go Rome-Macedonia-Baktria-....Any suggestions for my fourth faction?

[Moros]

they always have to change names for one reason or another it wouldn't surprise me if all factions have a different name in the open-beta.

rare jongens die EB'eanen

[Geoffrey S]

Aedui, followed by Bactria.

[Keyser]

Karthadashtim

:)

[Steppe Merc]

Pahlava or Sauromatae. I might have to flip a coin to decide...

[BDC]

Baktia. Gradually steamroller over the known world...

[Teleklos Archelaou]

KH is tempting, but maybe the first full build would be Pontos for me. I actually want to play *against* all the factions I like, and this would let me fight against the Maks alongside the KH or against the KH if I like, and then against the Seleukids too, and possibly the other barb factions north and east and west of the Euxine. In the middle it's not easy, but good possibilities to expand.

Baktria though has the units I most love and the most inaccessible places and mythos. I guess we just have to find a way to make it even more interesting to play as them. Maybe when all the tweaking is done they will be number one for me.