So what factions will be most complete?

[fallen851]

I figured I'll begin my first EB campaign as the Romans, then I realized that would probably be really boring (just because I've played them so many times in vanilla). So what other faction are going to be the most complete?

Or if this is easier to answer, what factions aren't worth playing because they don't have enough yet?

I'm thinking about the new Iberian faction in particular.

[Teleklos Archelaou]

I expect the 0.8 Lusotannan faction will be pretty cool, but the 0.81 patch will have a lot more for them, so if someone really wants to wait, they would be a faction that benefits a lot from the 0.8 to 0.81 patch. Or at least that is what Aymar and Sarcasm are telling us .

I'd say Hellenic factions will be a lot different and better this time. Especially the feel you will get with the eastgreek factions. I played a bit as Baktria last night and you can get a bit overwhelmed with all the units available to you. A good problem to have. But I think 0.81 might be cooler for Ptolemaioi - I might wait myself. Getting better rebels in all the right areas will be a big boost to playing against them. Hellenic standard bearers and lesser generals and officers will make this build a lot better too. Plus some other awesome stuff. I'd put them at the top of the list, but I'm biased too. Other cultures are getting more generals and standard bearers done now, but they aren't complete yet. Getai will have one general by 0.81 I know. xprime has done a bang up job on that one but it's not submitted yet.

If you want a change, the nomadic factions will not be complete but will be a big difference from regular factions. Their building system is quite different.

All the factions are worth a try though. Sweboz didn't get ethnicities in in time, so they are without those, but they've got lots and lots of reskins and wonderful new building descriptions. Parthia will probably undergo big changes post 0.81 also. Maybe by 0.9. We've got a new Carthie historian too, so I expect Carthage will get more interesting after 0.8 also, but there are enough changes for them now to make them worth playing too I think. We can talk about all of this a little more easily when the build is out though - and the final faction is free to talk about too.

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

(If there is talk about what will be in 0.8.1, then you have finalized what will and what won't be in 0.8? And it will be assembled and released?)

[Thaatu]

How is Epirote doing?


(Oh, and when is 0.81 coming out? )

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(Please ignore the second question.)

[Teleklos Archelaou]

How is Epirote doing?


(Oh, and when is 0.81 coming out? )

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(Please ignore the second question.)

Congrats. I think you're the first person to ask when 0.81 is coming out.

[Kugutsu]

Thats mean, dangling .81 in front of us before .8 is even out. Now I need to decide whether to wait for the cool new stuff or whether to play the first thing that comes out (who am I kidding, Im barely controling the urge to reinstall .74 as it is... )

[fallen851]

So I take it that all the generals and standard bearers will not be done by 0.8? Or will there be placeholders?

Will they be done with 0.81?

[Trithemius]

Thats mean, dangling .81 in front of us before .8 is even out. Now I need to decide whether to wait for the cool new stuff or whether to play the first thing that comes out (who am I kidding, Im barely controling the urge to reinstall .74 as it is... )

I think it is good to know that our Wise Hosts, the EB team, have everything meticulously planned out.

[Kralizec]

(Oh, and when is 0.81 coming out? )

Congrats. I think you're the first person to ask when 0.81 is coming out.

[Aristophanes]

You guys are the coolest and the bestest.