EB Preview :: Lusotannan

[Justiciar]

Bloody hell teh sexeh.

[Dram]

im blown away by how sweet this is dude

absolutely awesome

is the Loricati Scutari on the left... the one wearing the roman style armour as apposed to the bronze scale, is that a unit for other factions to recruit if they conquer the Lusitanian region?

im really excited now, cant wait for 0.8

[Justiciar]

is the Loricati Scutari on the left... the one wearing the roman style armour as apposed to the bronze scale, is that a unit for other factions to recruit if they conquer the Lusitanian region?

They're the Carthaginian version. It says as much at the top of the picture.

[scourgeofrome]

Nice.Now get back to work (I just love using these smilies)

[Dram]

They're the Carthaginian version. It says as much at the top of the picture.

i must of lost myself in my excitement, thanks.

[Olaf The Great]

What are those units that look like Cataphracts on Foot?


And how will the Lancarii unit compare to Cataphracts?

Also can you give us the stats on the units?


You know what?
Screw Saka Rauka!
I'm using the Lustianii!

[Olaf The Great]

One more thing.
How many levels of cities will "babarians" and Semi-Barbarians(Like the lustianni)
Same with cesspools and such.
Could a Barb Civ turn into a "civilized nation"
Either way I'm tryin' because The lustiannii should have conquered like the Romans.....

What a world that would be....

[Urnamma]

In EB, the Germans are the only majorly uncivilized faction, with possibly the sarmatians as a close second. The rest have some (mainly large) degree of civilization.

[Aymar de Bois Mauri]

What are those units that look like Cataphracts on Foot?

They are the foot bodyguards and last ditch elite unit of the Vasci kings in northeastern Iberia. They were hand picked veteran warriors. The Vasci were the inventors of a type of armour that used small scales overlapping high-quality mail. It was extremelly effective as armour but heavy and proibitivelly expensive. So, only the most reliable and closest men to the king were equipped with it.

Later Romans used this invention as a basis to create their Lorica Plumata. Scales grew even smaller and the armour became even more perfected.

The Iverni, descendants of the Vasci - invaders of southern Hibernia (Ireland) - also used this type of armour among their most elite warriors. These men very often became mercenaires fighting for the best paying Hibernian chieftain. They gained legendary status in Ireland and were known as "noble black warriors" due to the colour of their equipement and their martial prowess. In Hibernia this armour was called Ceannlann ("Fish-Scales") as opposed to the more usual and less effective large scale coats called Iobarlann ("Scale-Jacket").

And how will the Lancarii unit compare to Cataphracts?

Lanceari, not Lancarii. As is visible they will be less armoured than any other cata, but with a pretty high morale due to the usual fierceness of the Iberians and to their elite status.

Also can you give us the stats on the units?

Nope.

You know what?
Screw Saka Rauka!
I'm using the Lustianii!

Hehehe...

[Olaf The Great]

They are the foot bodyguards and last ditch elite unit of the Vasci kings in northeastern Iberia. They were hand picked veteran warriors. The Vasci were the inventors of a type of armour that used small scales overlapping high-quality mail. It was extremelly effective as armour but heavy and proibitivelly expensive. So, only the most reliable and closest men to the king were equipped with it.

Later Romans used this invention as a basis to create their Lorica Plumata. Scales grew even smaller and the armour became even more perfected.

The Iverni, descendants of the Vasci - invaders of southern Hibernia (Ireland) - also used this type of armour among their most elite warriors. These men very often became mercenaires fighting for the best paying Hibernian chieftain. They gained legendary status in Ireland and were known as "noble black warriors" due to the colour of their equipement and their martial prowess. In Hibernia this armour was called Ceannlann ("Fish-Scales") as opposed to the more usual and less effective large scale coats called Iobarlann ("Scale-Jacket").

Lanceari, not Lancarii. As is visible they will be less armoured than any other cata, but with a pretty high morale due to the usual fierceness of the Iberians and to their elite status.

Nope.

Hehehe...

1:So their the general units?
Thanks for the information.
2:Yeah, I've been playing IB for a while now...
3:Awh....
4:Heheheheh..

[Sdragon]

Great stuff! Iberia just became interesting, it'll be a heck of a steup from the last build.

[Antagonist]

Very nice, the quality of the unit graphics themselves is top-notch, can't wait to see them in-game.

I find the names etc. very interesting also. I always meant to ask why EB's Iberian units had such latin-sounding names, these ones sound a lot more indigenous. The "ann" has a vaguely Q-Celtic ring to it.

Any chance of seeing some faction or unit descriptions though? Or will we have to wait? Hopefully not for too long.

Antagonist

[MSB]

Now get back to work!

[iberus_generalis]

Go EB!!! GO EB!!!

Viva o Orgulho Luso!! há mais de dois mil anos a desafiar as potencias invasoras!!=)
Long live the Lusitanian Pride!! For more than two Thousand years defying incoming invanding powers!!=)
give them what they need!! =)
how lucky i was for me to come to the net before going to the university city...=) go EB!!!

BTW will we replace the iberia faction or are we gonna be another faction in iberia? it would be fun to have two factions here=)

now im definetly going on to 0.8...just hope there are at least 47 model slots for the units i added to my 0.74.... this just got interesting=)

where can i get a banner of this new faction? i wanna show off my pride in being a descendent of this people...

[Geoffrey S]

Beautiful! Glad Iberia finally has a proper faction.

[Birka Viking]

Realy nice....

[Aymar de Bois Mauri]

Go EB!!! GO EB!!!

Viva o Orgulho Luso!! há mais de dois mil anos a desafiar as potencias invasoras!!=)
Long live the Lusitanian Pride!! For more than two Thousand years defying incoming invanding powers!!=)
give them what they need!! =)
how lucky i was for me to come to the net before going to the university city...=) go EB!!!

BTW will we replace the iberia faction or are we gonna be another faction in iberia? it would be fun to have two factions here=)

Replacement. For another Iberian confederation, wait for EB2 for M2TW.

now im definetly going on to 0.8...just hope there are at least 47 model slots for the units i added to my 0.74.... this just got interesting=)

Hehehehe...

Sabia bem que não ficarias desiludido...