There's been some interest in an EB PBM, see:
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=67975
I think it would be better to wait for 0.8, as the current version has too many CTDs on my rig (the reinforcement bug) and could cause frustration for some players. Plus 0.8 will use the 1.5 RTW engine and have a lot of new EB content.
However, we could start to prepare the groundwork for a PBM and might start with choosing a faction. If there are lots of potential players, I am sure EB could support several PBMs with different factions. But it is a good idea to have a core of 6+ committed players before embarking on a PBM.
I am making the vote public, so we can identify possible players. I'm also allowing multiple votes as there is a lot to choose from. But maybe it's best restrict yourself to the number of possible simultaneous PBMs you could commit to (say 3 or less).
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What faction for a 0.8 EB PBM?
Last edited by econ21; 08-17-2006 at 11:56.
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Re: What faction for a 0.8 EB PBM?
Dream do come true afterall! econ, and any other potential players, how would you feel about giving the initial release of 0.8 a little while to see about any bugs or anything that may have been introduced and the inevitable patches and hotfixes that will follow shortly. I'd hate to start a game then have a save-game incompatible patch come out that's necessary to be able to play without problems.
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Re: What faction for a 0.8 EB PBM?
Got to say, I like the idea of a Saka-Rauka PBEM. Arche Seleukia is also perfect for it.
When Adam delved and Eve span, Who was then the gentleman? From the beginning all men by nature were created alike, and our bondage or servitude came in by the unjust oppression of naughty men. For if God would have had any bondsmen from the beginning, he would have appointed who should be bound, and who free. And therefore I exhort you to consider that now the time is come, appointed to us by God, in which ye may (if ye will) cast off the yoke of bondage, and recover liberty. - John Ball -
Re: What faction for a 0.8 EB PBM?
Count me out, TWOS is the focus of all my RTW energies right now, but it seems like you've got plenty of EB fans to get this going anyway
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Re: What faction for a 0.8 EB PBM?
I would love a carthaginian campaign, or any of the greek civs. Also I wouldn't mind having the Getai dominate the known world.
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Re: What faction for a 0.8 EB PBM?
The Arverni god-king would make the writeups quite interesting.
Personally, I think that Carthage is a big no-no, because fighting the Ptolemaics over African dominance would be a major pain in the rear side, and Braden has just done a Carthaginian PBM not so long ago.
A minor faction would be more interesting, such as Pontos and eventually evolving into a threat to the rest of the world like Mithridates' Pontos was to the Romans.Student by day, bacon-eating narwhal by night (specifically midnight)
