100+ New Units, Right?

**paullus** · 08-15-2006, 12:03

So, y'all have said a couple of times that there will be over 100 new units in .8. Has the number gone up even more now, or is it still about the same? And something I really wanna know is this: are most of the new units faction units, or are there some new regional units coming in too? I'd really like to see some Skordiskoi, for example, and some more merc units (especially for S Anatolia: Lykians, Carians, Pisidians, etc.). Am I gonna see any of these sorts of things in .8?

**Zastrow** · 08-15-2006, 15:12

I'm fairly sure its 100 new units, which is great news, will make multiplayer even more intense.

I'd like to see some Isaurians added to the game, they were badass infantry, not sure in their role pre-Roman times, but they certainly became a rich recruitment area for Eastern Roman and Byzantine heavy infantry.

Perhaps an Isaurian mountain unit with solid melee/skirmishing ability would be nice addition to Seleucid or Ptolemaic Armies.

**VandalCarthage** · 08-15-2006, 16:20

Though the Issaurians did have an interesting role in Byzantine social politics and land economics, they weren't a player in our times

**Zastrow** · 08-15-2006, 16:46

Blasted! How about some more Kappadokians then?

I'd like to recreate the Mithradatic Wars.

Hmm... so many possibilities with 100 new units.

**Dago** · 08-15-2006, 16:55

I want to see more barbarians.

**Eberhard** · 08-15-2006, 17:56

I particularly want to see more Gaels, not enough variation in them.

**Tyfus** · 08-15-2006, 23:35

Originally Posted by Dago

I want to see more barbarians.

I agree, I feel like the barbarians have thus far been given the short end of the stick as far as developing them goes. It seems that since most people are greek or eastern enthusiasts they've been given most of the attention. But, I mean the game is called Europa Barbarorum. I just really hope (being a barbarian man myself) that we see some good forward movement with those cultures.

The gauls are pretty cool though.