Which Factions will you play first?

**pezhetairoi** · 08-25-2005, 04:57

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** · 08-25-2005, 05:32

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

edit: I accidently picked Seleucids.

**wolftrapper78** · 08-25-2005, 05:37

I picked the Ptolemaioi.

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

**LorDBulA** · 08-25-2005, 06:10

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** · 08-25-2005, 07:50

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** · 08-25-2005, 08:12

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

Voted for Pahlava

**pezhetairoi** · 08-25-2005, 09:32

Originally Posted by NeonGod

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?

**Puppyonastik** · 08-25-2005, 09:29

Originally Posted by pezhetairoi

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...

**kayapó** · 08-25-2005, 09:59

Originally Posted by Puppyonastik

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

**Crusader4thepeople** · 08-25-2005, 10:10

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

**aleh** · 08-25-2005, 16:35

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

**Geoffrey S** · 08-25-2005, 16:39

Aedui, followed by Bactria.

**Keyser** · 08-25-2005, 17:24

Karthadashtim

:)

**Steppe Merc** · 08-25-2005, 17:36

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

**BDC** · 08-25-2005, 17:47

Baktia. Gradually steamroller over the known world...

**Teleklos Archelaou** · 08-25-2005, 17:48

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.

**Mongoose** · 08-25-2005, 17:53

Bartix.

But after that, i think i'll play as the casse. i always wanted to play as them in vanilla, but their units were so boring...

Not to mention the "Head hurlersr"

**Simetrical** · 08-25-2005, 20:16

Karthadastim. Just to have fun reading the Hebrew unit names.

Originally Posted by Puppyonastik

I might be wrong Pez, but I believe we will be unable to play as the independent states.

They'll be playable, just as in vanilla. You'll just have to tweak descr_strat a bit.

**TheTank** · 08-25-2005, 20:51

I miss the option "don't know yet"

They are all cool.
My favorites are Koinon Hellenon,Baktria,Sweboz,Aedui,Sauromatae,Pahlava,Iberia and Casse.
The list could be become longer

**khelvan** · 08-25-2005, 21:50

Originally Posted by Simetrical

Karthadastim. Just to have fun reading the Hebrew unit names.

Just a note, while we're using Hebrew to assist with the transliteration, as much as possible the unit names will be Punic. Which will, of course, be very close to Hebrew, but there are differences.

**Reverend Joe** · 08-25-2005, 22:34

The Eleutheroi. Because there's nothing more satisfying than sacking Rome with a bunch of supposedly-insignificant soldiers. I mean, who expects the great civilisations to be toppled by the Eleutheroi?

After that, the Tsorim. They're my favorite empire of the period.

**jerby** · 08-26-2005, 13:55

what happened to Tsorim? and now kartadasim?

**Moros** · 08-26-2005, 14:07

not much they changed their name that's all, I guess

**TheBagelmeister** · 08-26-2005, 20:09

I picked a Roman faction, just because I haven't done any RTW in awhile, and to see how they're done. However, I could imagine myself easily playing as another faction.

**Spendios** · 08-26-2005, 20:18

Voted Pontos because it seems that it will be very challenging to play as them in the campaign an also I like the mix of hellenic and eastern units.

**Krusader** · 08-26-2005, 20:37

Hayasdan

**Goscinio** · 08-26-2005, 21:56

I'd say the Romans: always use them as an introduction to a new mod i try

**Big_John** · 08-25-2005, 22:11

can't decide between sweboz and karthadashtim.

btw, why "karthadashtim" and not "tsorim" or "ponnim"?

**Moros** · 08-25-2005, 22:28

Originally Posted by Big_John

can't decide between sweboz and karthadashtim.

btw, why "karthadashtim" and not "tsorim" or "ponnim"?

no, its karthorim now

I would like karthadix better tough

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