What will be the faction of your first 0.8 campaign?

[Radier]

Casse or Hayasdan.

[cunctator]

Romani, with the all the new units and 3 dynamic reforms they will be playable as intended for the first time.

[The Spartan (Returns)]

3 dynamic reforms they will be playable as intended for the first time.

gasps i dare say? Augustan Reforms?

[Masy]

Saka-Rauka, 'cos of the novelty factor (and yurts... Yurts Damnitt!) . And then carthage, even though i heard not much has been added to them. Looking forward to the completed unit cards though, elephants especially.

[cunctator]

gasps i dare say? Augustan Reforms?

Exactly. Polybian, Marian and Augustan reforms.

[econ21]

Definitely Romans, then. I still remember the Roman preview and those amazing Imperial units. Drool.

Has it been decided what the trigger will be for the Augustan reforms? Is it just time? That would be a long wait. Someone mentioned getting them when Rome reaches a certain size or something - I'd prefer something like that from a gameplay point of view. Even if I am patient enough to wait to 1 AD or something, it would be a waste to get the reforms and only have rebels to fight.

[cunctator]

Has it been decied what the trigger will be for the Augustan reforms? Is it just time? That would be a long wait. Someone mentioned getting them when Rome reaches a certain size or something - I'd prefer something like that from a gameplay point of view. Even if I am patient enough to wait to 1 AD or something, it would be a waste to get the reforms and only have rebels to fight.

A combination of time, empire size and several minor things. Reform can approximatly happen as soon as the roman state in game is in a similar condition as the historic roman empire when their army changed. We still have a minimum year as requirement since the new units also represent some technical progress and social changes that can't happen overnight but the player can still vastly accelerate things. Currently the minimum year for augustan reforms is around 147 BC, after 540 turns.

[Rilder]

I'm gonna put all the most done factions in .8 into a hat shake it then pull one out then play that faction, I pray to Zues that I dont get a faction with blasted horse archers

[GiantMonkeyMan]

probably macedon and conquer everywhere this time (got bored last time, *runs away before TA smites me* )

then probably a steppe faction just to check them out

[Tyfus]

I have only ever started 2 campaigns in.74 and I'm keeping it that way until .8 is out. I'm currently Casse and KH.

My first pick for .8 will probably be Baktria, carthage or a nomad faction. I really like the western european factions though, Even though I know they were given less attention then some other factions I really hope we see some good changes for Casse, iberia and Sweboz.

[Teleklos Archelaou]

Seriously, foot is right guys. Hayasdan will be a whole lot cooler in this one. The eastern music, eastern GUI, new better infantry (though not all of them), new light troops, I think some new cav too, building names corrected (with english translations beneath them), new huge building descriptions, Hai ethnicities, maybe some other tweaks if he can get time. They will be a lot more interesting and I while I understand people might not have been so interested before, they will really need to give them a try in 0.8.

Love that line Clovis!

[Clovis]

TA - thanks, I try

And a question - is Pontus improved like Hasydan, or will I have to suffer more?

[Fondor_Yards]

The Saka, Getai *now with more inf and heavy cav!*, the new faction, Carthage, Bactria, KH, AS, Pontus, Armenia, Sarmatians, Iberians

[Discoskull]

Casse. Again. Because, even though my current campaign is extremely entertaining, chariots that don't blow goat balls will make it even better.