Asia ton Barbaron disscusion thread

[Leviathan DarklyCute]

Can you give us some in-game screens? I'd love that.

[Iron Fist]

First post here. I know i have low post count, i am more active on the Total War Center forum, but i was thinking that if i could research some information i could presumably post it here? I love this mod and i know that couple of factions are really information absent. So if i can find anything good could i post it here?

[Hax]

Sure, go ahead. Anything specific you had in mind?

[Iron Fist]

I am more interested in the steppe people, so i try to dig something up on the Wusun. I know there is hardy any information on them, but i have something on my sleeves..... I just want to help somehow :D
And i am sure Yuezhi aren't cover as well.

[Hax]

I am more interested in the steppe people, so i try to dig something up on the Wusun. I know there is hardy any information on them, but i have something on my sleeves..... I just want to help somehow :D
And i am sure Yuezhi aren't cover as well.

Very, very, very awesome. I'll discuss it with mein Führer. I mean the team leader.

[The Fuzz]

Holy God, why have I not heard of this before? EB with easter steppes? I mean, THE STEPPES!! :D I'm not sure if I'll help but I've been doing a lot of reading on the steppes of late so if I see something useful I'll post it here.

Good luck gents.

[svramj]

Some Sigs for AtB

Sathavahana Tribe


Pandya Kingdom

[soibean]

gorgeous units
Im very excited for this mod, great work so far

[miotas]

Rajakulapadaga (Royal Guards)

Rajan, your guard awaits. These men are mainly for countering elephants, though they are an excellent unit besides. Though their armour is heavy like that of the Pratradhaka, meaning their archery is slower, they make up for this with great skill. Arrows are a great deterrent to elephants, as number of wounds is far more important against elephants than the quality of those wounds; the beasts dislike injury comparably. Besides this, they can fight as heavy spearmen.

Historically, they came into existence right during the Seleucid-Mauryan wars, but were used well only during Asoka's Kalinga War. Where they fought, they took down most enemy elephants, ensuring victory for the Mauryans. However, these all-rounders they were few in number, and could use bows, javelins, spears and swords. They used their bows and accompanied their king on the elephants, they roll out on foot using their short throwing spears and and long overhand spears, and many more impressive feats/tasks. They were the most Elite a Mauryan commander could get.

I should not have come here, now this is all i can think about

[Karo]

awesome mod really very awesome, but there is a little thing I'm worried about because there is no steppe faction who's going to stop Hayastan and the other Caucasian faction, Iberia isn't it, from moving in too the steppe and conquering it and making it very hard for the Crimean faction from conquering it.

And how much longer till we can play this awesome mod

[Elcmar]

Beautiful, beautiful work! Another player here who can't wait for this!
Really loving the work done on the units, especially these two:

[CaesarAugustus]

awesome mod really very awesome, but there is a little thing I'm worried about because there is no steppe faction who's going to stop Hayastan and the other Caucasian faction, Iberia isn't it, from moving in too the steppe and conquering it and making it very hard for the Crimean faction from conquering it.

And how much longer till we can play this awesome mod

Maybe something like the super-Celts in Easter Europe to stop the Romans and Sweboz in normal EB could be implemented in AtB for the Western steppes. Many-Chevroned nomads led by a very good general would hopefully at least deter the non-steppe factions from expanding there for some time, representing the difficulty of conquering and holding the steppes.

Oh and Dacia and even the Greek city-states shouldn't be too easy for Makedonia to conquer either.

[lenin96]

Will the KH family members from EB be in ATB as Eleutheroi?

[Ghaust the Moor]

I'd like to help, but I'm sure what I could do. I might be able to be a researcher? Also, what factions, are going to be included?

[johnhughthom]

I'd like to help, but I'm sure what I could do. I might be able to be a researcher? Also, what factions, are going to be included?

Check out the first page, has a map and faction list.

[Ghaust the Moor]

Check out the first page, has a map and faction list.

Oh, I just heard talk of including the Galatians, removing the Atrophanes, and making more indians so I thought it was outdated

[Athkara]

Presenting,

Asia ton Barbaron Map Preview I









Enjoy!


@ Ghaust of the Moor, if you'd like to join, just pm me or any of the AtB team members - we'll see what we need help on, and get back to you.

The faction list in the first post is current - though 'Yuezhi' is misspelled.

[MButcher]

I'm loving the map preview. I'm unclear about Baktria though, will that province have other cities besides Baktra, such as Ai Khanum?

And are those the starting possessions of the factions?

[paullus]

congrats on the map work guys!

edit: aren't you planning to extend it further east?

[Athkara]

Yes, this is the full extent of the campaign map:



Also, Baktria has three cities: Baktra, Thermai, and Aleksandreia-Oxiane.

[MButcher]

Sounds great. Can't wait for the finished product.

[lenin96]

The preview was great! But I noticed two things: A lot of the settlements have western Greek culture, is that because settlement/faction culture hasn't been finished? And a lot of settlements look like they're in different positions than in EB.

[Ghaust the Moor]

Wow, The maps are wonderful

[Athkara]

Yeah, I haven't gotten to the point of finalizing each city's stats, like culture. right now their stats are just place holders until I get done with the physical mapping. The reason some of the city locations are different from EB is because I've tried to make it as accurate as possible. If you haven't noticed, the EB map is based off of the Mundus Magnus map, which was more or less an expanded version of the vanilla map.

[Uranos]

The map looks great

[Ghaust the Moor]

So, any news Athkara?

[Athkara]

Sorry for the delay, no one's told me anything yet; but hopefully I can force them to talk by tomorrow.

[lenin96]

The reason some of the city locations are different from EB is because I've tried to make it as accurate as possible. If you haven't noticed, the EB map is based off of the Mundus Magnus map, which was more or less an expanded version of the vanilla map.

Great! But does that mean that the EB cities are in incorect places?

[bobbin]

Real nice map, I especially like the mountains.

One problem I would say is that Amaseia is far too far west, it should be to the north east of Ankyra roughly halfway between it and Trapezous (coords 40° 39′ 0″ N, 35° 50′ 0″ E). Unless the Amaseia on you map is a different town altogether in which case just ignore me.

[Hax]

One problem I would say is that Amaseia is far too far west, it should be to the north east of Ankyra roughly halfway between it and Trapezous (coords 40° 39′ 0″ N, 35° 50′ 0″ E). Unless the Amaseia on you map is a different town altogether in which case just ignore me.

I believe the Amaseia on this map is actually "Herakleia Pontika"