EB 0.74 to 0.80: What's New?

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1. New Faction

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Yes. The new faction is the Sabaeans. Sab'yn, more precisely. As'Sab'yn wal'Jau, most precisely. They are not completed yet though so while we have a handful of new units for the faction we also have a number of placeholders for the time being that will be removed when their other units are finished. We do have ethnicities, accurate names, many building descriptions, and as I said a handful of units, but you may want to wait till 0.9 or another update to play a full campaign as them if their unfinished nature worries you greatly.

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Finally, a word about the build's -mod format:...

Who are the

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Sabaens

? (I really don't know too much of this time period outside of the Romans.Curse my high school libraries resources).Also, will the -mod format allow me to use BI?(Great FAQ here).I miss my beautiful Persians and want to get back to them.

Edit:Sorry about not using the spoil tags.