hi and welcome

Hi.

I agree with those who say that Saba should be replaced by Numidia. The reasons I find are:

1. Saba was a relatively small kingdom, without expansion outside the southern Arabia. They were mostly lightly cavalry, camel or infantry mercenaries under the employ of many other factions in the Middle-East and North-Africa regions. Obviously, they fought many times in both sides of a battlefield.

2. Leaving the Arabic Peninsula with only rebel regions isn't much of a problem, since historically they did not play an important role in the events during the EB Timeline. Also, I think the Seleucids and Ptolemies should be more attracted to the wealthy regions of the Mediterranean Sea than to the Arabic Desert.

3. Numidian troops were crucial to Hannibal's victories against the Romans, and in fact much of its army was composed of Iberians, Numidians and Gauls. So, they have a relevant presence in the EB timeline.

4. Later, Numidia played a very important role in the destruction of Carthage. It was the enmity and constant state of war between those two kingdoms that allowed the Romans to make an alliance with the Numidians, which helped turned the tide against the Cartaginians. After the fall of Carthage, the Numidians became the most powerful regional kingdom (although under the "protection" of the Romans).


5. The Numidians are located in a crucial region in the EB timeline and could have become a great power after the fall of Carthage, if the Romans had not had such a great military expansion. They are an excellent faction to play in a "what if..." scenario, considering that they have the necessary human and material resources to take the place of Carthage and become a very powerful faction in the Mediterranean.

6. As for the game itself, I find that the Saba units aren't as well made as the other units in EB, so I guess that it comes from the lack of sources. Someone said that they were an unfinished faction, but since the EB Team is moving to EB2, probably they won't finish the Saba faction anymore. I think it would give a lot of work to make the change from the Saba to Numidia, but I really think it would be worth it.
Well said my friend and i agree with you

I disagree. Numidia was not a power at the beginning of the game. They were a bunch of fractious kingdoms constantly at war with eachother. Not the best recipe for expansion.

Saba was a united kindom that at times held power in Arabia and Ethiopia. While the Sabaean unit roster remains incomplete they are the newest faction after all. They did not even exist as a faction prior to EB 0.8. It's quite natural that they remain somewhat incomplete.

The team has spent much time and effort in research and development on Saba. If they have to do the same for Numidia the faction will not see the light of day until EB 2. And since EB 2 will be made for M2TW it's likely Numidia will just be another faction, because the faction limit of M2TW is higher.

If any modder want's to go trough the trouble of changing Saba into Numidia with all the problems and coding involved. Feel free. But can you make Numidia as historically accurate as the other factions, with all the limitations and possibilities, ethnicities, settlements, troops and family members present and correctly depicted? The team however should not waste their time on excluding an existing faction like Saba they had very good reasons in including in EB in the first place.
i agree with you about adding numidians to EB2.
and well if the EB team can stand adding a new faction there is no reason to exclude Saba so they can work on on it more

Cheers