So who's gonna replace the Yuezhi?

**Big_John** · 02-10-2006, 05:09

Originally Posted by fallen851

Man you ruined my good joke of the day.

Oh well.

it's one of the few things i'm good at.

**Samurai Waki** · 02-10-2006, 07:37

It'd be fun playing as the Bedouins(sp?) or perhaps another successor state, or Ethiopia... but the Bedouins would be a good pick as they'd occupy that large area in the Middle East known as the Arabian Peninsula, where there are no factions, and no factions rarely go there until they've gained better ground elsewhere.

**oudysseos** · 02-10-2006, 10:07

ONe could make a case for a Hellenic Cimmerian Bosporus faction between the Black Sea and the Caspian- the Spartocid Dynasty lasted until 110 BC- Paerisades II would be the faction leader at the time of EB ( I think). The kingdom would run from Tanais to Panticapaion. The dynasty suppopsedly came fom Thrace, had close ties to Athens with a lucrative trade in grain. There would be a very interesting mix of unit types- some Hellenic, some nomadic, some thracian. That'd be more interesting to me than far-away nomads, anyways, but de gustibus non est disputandum.

**Kralizec** · 02-10-2006, 11:19

My guess is that the new faction is going to be in the same general area as the Sweboz, to provide some competition.

It's also possible that after the BI port, the Yuezhi will be an emerging faction. Just guesswork, but it would be a shame to lose them alltogether IMO.

**Ergion** · 02-10-2006, 12:37

Originally Posted by Kralizec

My guess is that the new faction is going to be in the same general area as the Sweboz, to provide some competition.

I am agree with you.

Another option could be an Ireland faction or a Numidian one.

Time to time

**EdwardL** · 02-10-2006, 17:17

Sparta would be nice

**Avicenna** · 03-14-2006, 18:56

Originally Posted by EdwardL

Sparta would be nice

Sparta was crushed long before: in 371 BC.

Shortly after, they dismantled the agoge (their soldiering school if you like) and lost their helots (similar to slaves) so their whole system collapsed, the elite ruling class were too few and the workers just left. Sparta now had nothing. Not even their soldiers.

**PseRamesses** · 02-10-2006, 17:22

Hmm, seems to be three areas for the candidate: africa, arabia and central Europe unless they mess things up with yet another "Greek" faction. Has anyone considered an Iberian split? If I remember correctly there are some candidates.

**Spendios** · 02-10-2006, 18:02

Sabeans were discussed some tige ago, I think that they will replace the Yuehzhi and prevent Arabia from being a Ptolemaioi/Seleucid stronghold.

**Kralizec** · 02-10-2006, 18:44

Originally Posted by PseRamesses

Hmm, seems to be three areas for the candidate: africa, arabia and central Europe unless they mess things up with yet another "Greek" faction. Has anyone considered an Iberian split? If I remember correctly there are some candidates.

I raised the possibility of Iberia in another thread and I think it would be cool, but probably a lot of extra work for the team. Besides, wouldn't the unit roster be nigh identical to the existing Iberians anyway?

**RandyKapp** · 02-10-2006, 19:44

Originally Posted by Ergion

I am agree with you.

Another option could be an Ireland faction or a Numidian one.

Time to time

Problem with an Irish faction is that it never realy existed, Ireland at the time was always split into 4-5 or more smaller kingdoms.

**oudysseos** · 02-10-2006, 19:59

Probably true- but there aint't a hell of a lot of info about the political groups in Ireland ca. 272 BC. Irish written sources only go back to 5th century AD.