Name the faction

[khelvan]

Ok, we're not doing any more previews before the beta is out, but we thought we would have a little fun in the meantime.

Here we have a new unit that has not been previewed. Try to guess what its ethnicity is. Do you think it is a regional unit or on a faction's unit list? If on a faction list, which faction do you think it belongs to? If it is a regional unit, what factions do you think will have access to it?

As a bit of background, our unit recruitment is based on many factors, but one of them is that we generally divide units into two categories: Faction units and regional units. Faction units are generally tied to specific factions (though can be shared) and will have recruitment areas that vary based on the government type, faction, and other things. Regional units generally aren't tied to specific factions, they're located in a specific area, show up as rebels, and the area in which they can be recruited never changes based on who is doing the recruiting or what government type they have. They're basically ethnic groups that aren't under the control of specific factions. Mini-factions, if you want to think of them that way.

So here is the new unit - who do you think it belongs to?

[Duncan_Hardy]

Hmm, it looks ethnically "barbarian" (Celtic, Germanic, whatever) with the light skin and red/brown moustache... It's also well-armoured, and I don't think tribal cultures had access to such advanced weaponry (forgive me if I'm stereotyping), so, in a wild stab in the dark, I'm going to say it's a Gallic/Iberian mercenary supplied with Carthaganian weapons. (So it would be on Carthage's faction unit list, or available for recruitment in Iberia/Southern Gaul).

[Ianofsmeg16]

I'm gonna say a Germanic regional unit from the southern ares towards rome, maybe even a helvetii tribesman?
i'm just saying it looks very german am i right?

[Keyser]

A celtic (shape of the shield and helmet, motif of the trousers) "noble" (because of the heavy equipment) unit.
Maybe galatian (the "mediteranean" countryside made me say that).

[jerby]

tehy're Galatians if i'm not mistaking...

[Ypoknons]

Definately a Gallic unit. Their shields are round. Galatians?

They use the Soldurii model with the helmet alpha-ed out, I believe. Just your fun fact of the day.

[Big_John]

as everyone else has said.. they definitely look celtic to me: celtic sword and the torc. heavy armor makes me think 'nobles', but not necessarily.. could just be a very heavy infantry i guess. since everyone else took galatians, i'm going to say they are arverni nobles.

edit: oh and per khelvan's questions: i think it's a regional unit that romans, carthies, and aedui have access to. maybe sweboz to..

[Spendios]

They look celtic with the helmet, the oval shields. The fact that they are wearing a coat of mail means that they are a sort of "elite" unit.I guess they belong to a gallic tribe or maybe they are galatians.

[jerby]

so khevlvan...what is it?

[Temple]

I'm going with a Celtic noble unit of some kind.. The helmets, oval shields, swords and torques gave them away. I'm guessing a main list unit for the celts, some form of heavy infantry, and elite noble unit..

[Steppe Merc]

Hmm, it looks ethnically "barbarian" (Celtic, Germanic, whatever) with the light skin and red/brown moustache... It's also well-armoured, and I don't think tribal cultures had access to such advanced weaponry (forgive me if I'm stereotyping), so, in a wild stab in the dark, I'm going to say it's a Gallic/Iberian mercenary supplied with Carthaganian weapons. (So it would be on Carthage's faction unit list, or available for recruitment in Iberia/Southern Gaul).

Barbarian isn't an ethnicity.
In addition, Gauls weren't really tribal at this point. And non Greek and Latin peoples made some of the best weapons and armor, which was often copied by their neighbours. Celts had great armor and weapons, many of which was copied by Rome. Celts invented chain mail, and many other typical types of armor we think of as Roman. Steppe peoples had some pretty ornate stuff as well, as did other less "civilized" peoples.

[jerby]

I'm going with a Celtic noble unit of some kind.. The helmets, oval shields, swords and torques gave them away. I'm guessing a main list unit for the celts, some form of heavy infantry, and elite noble unit..

no doubt these guys pack a punch...if it's a homeland-gallic unit it's definatly elite.
if it's galatian it doesn't need to be noble, since Iron is less "epxpensive" there.

[Aymar de Bois Mauri]

It's also well-armoured, and I don't think tribal cultures had access to such advanced weaponry (forgive me if I'm stereotyping), so, in a wild stab in the dark, I'm going to say it's a Gallic/Iberian mercenary supplied with Carthaganian weapons. (So it would be on Carthage's faction unit list, or available for recruitment in Iberia/Southern Gaul).

You are stereotyping and that's actually funny since Celts invented mail armour...

[Ypoknons]

Galatians, iirc, were heavily recruited by the sucessors and Pontus.

[GoreBag]

Galatians is a good guess. I'm going to say that they're a Galatian regional unit.

[AggonyDuck]

Guessing on the Galatians too...

[jerby]

so nwo for Khelvan to show us the answer, a name and a description....i hope...

and then the next guessing game: wich faction am i previeuwing?

or even more popular: is this file the EB open beta version 0.4 or 0.5?

[Moros]

well were alread on 0.6.x...

[jerby]

RTR is at 6.1...

[Moros]

RTR is at 6.1...

yes but were one 0.6

[jerby]

yes but were one 0.6

this could mean two things

either EB is slow
or RTR didn't even try on the first 5 goes...

[Moros]

this could mean two things

either EB is slow
or RTR didn't even try on the first 5 goes...

It's probably RTR

[Steppe Merc]

As someone who has had more experience, I can safely say that we are slow.

[Moros]

As someone who has had more experience, I can safely say that we are slow.

EB slow? how ridiculous!

[khelvan]

EB is slow, yes, but our version numbers don't correspond. RTR made public what EB would only release internally.

[Birka Viking]

I think its a celtic noble unit..

[TheTank]

Alot of people are close but not close enough....
One thing for sure this unit belongs to a "barbarian" faction...

[Moros]

These games are much funnier when you aren't an EB member tough.
It's not fun if you can't guess.

[jerby]

are they soldurii elite's?
helvetti?
Belgae?

[Moros]

are they soldurii elite's?
helvetti?
Belgae?

no soldurii
no helveti
and no Belgae, sorry.