Factions you miss the most

[anubis88]

Hi! I was wondering if there where 3 more empty faction slots, which factions would you prefer to see? I know it's impossible, but what factions do you miss the most? Just wondering how other people think...

For me i really miss Pergamon, an Numidian Kingdom, and perhaps another gallic or germanic tribe... for instance the Belgae or Galatians seem very strong...

Just say your mind people

[IndianPrince]

I miss the Mauryan empier :(

Prnce

[Beefy187]

Bartix or Atlantis

If not then Irish tribe sounds fun

[Long lost Caesar]

right there with beefy: an irish tribe would really spice things up in britain. for my other 2 id have one in between sweboz and getai to balance them out, and for the last...probably numidia or some other north african faction.

[Skandaz.Imperator]

Frankly, I don't miss any faction. Surely, a faction to counter the Swébôz or the Casse would be fun but I can't see any kingdom/empire/tribe/faction in that region that would be fair to include.

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Aliens, leprechauns and the CIA.

[Senatus Populusque Romanus]

I would like to see

Irish Tribal Faction, One more Independent German Tribe (like Gaul has two major tribes), and Indian faction ( which can be located more east than Saka)

[caeser44]

what do you mean by jefferson state, there is no jefferson state in all of the united states, there is not even a state close to that name.

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

what do you mean by jefferson state, there is no jefferson state in all of the united states, there is not even a state close to that name.

Not yet, there isn't.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_State)

[DonAbruzzo72]

Hey everyone!
Here's to seeing if a Stupid Yank can hold his own here eh? (P.S. sorry about ~70% of my countrymen...bloody embarassing...*goes on rant about declining U.S. and rising E.U.*... congratulations to all the Europeans btw, it's about time you guys got some attention from the U.S. peasants)
Anyway, to business.

1- Keep Baktria ideally, I have been Baktrion Hellenon by blood all my life...and we need love too.
2-Syracusai might be cool...but I don't know much about them (in particular... aside from other Hellenes)
3- Most importantly: I would think that there would be some sort of Italic faction, no? As a Samnito-Vestini (i'm just full of under-represented ethnicities ), I am very proud that the injustice that was Vanilla's POS "Samnite Mercenary in Neon Green Tunics"tm was replaced with a handful of historically sound Samnitici...but there are several Italics that hadn't given up yet if I am not mistaken...I know that the majority of the Etruscans were already beaten by Roma...but (other than the already included Celts, Samnites, Lucanians, and Greeks,) There were as follows:
The Vestini- Spartan Exiles in Abruzzo, kept agoge and king-led military, added Latin and Republicanism, the most resilient of the Sabines (Greek oucasts/colonists who adopted Italian culture)
Samnitici- Obvious
Umbrianos- Semi-barbaric religious fanatics... what's not to love?
I'm sure that there are others...but unfortunately I don't know every Italic tribe around in 272BC fighting a war has kept me quite busy

These Italic tribes shouldn't be represented individually of course, but I think they would make a nice addition, and one should keep in mind that they almost won their wars with the Romani, and that they would not be pleased to see them expand further.
P.S. to any EB guys, wasn't Phyrrus aiding the Etruscans in Italy (or at least wasn't that his excuse?)

In my humble opinion...the Italics might add a breath of fresh air to the Hellenic/ Romani/ Barbarian/ Carthaginian deal.
I am so sorry to take up so much room w/ my post, but I do think this is a useful addition that no one has brought up.
Semper Fi,
Don

[Bouketsu]

My number one choice, a Bosphoran faction for sure. I hate having to migrate or conquer my way all the way over to Crimea in order to use those amazing archers. Plus the options of an army could be amazing. Hellenic/sarmatian, Hellenic/Germanic, Germanic/Sarmation, if you add Thracian units into the mix it could call for an army as diverse as Baktria or Rome, if not more.
Secondly, an Irish faction. I love the British barbarian era, but Britain is just so easy to conquer without any competition on the isles. If one were to spice it up a little with a Caledonian or Irish faction things would be much more interesting.
The north just seems much too empty to ignore these options.
Finally, a Numidian/Mauryan faction would be nice. I can't really decide which because the East is extremely full and the Indian faction may just be gobbled up by Baktria or Seleukia as in many of my campaigns they seem to focus on the Indian rebel states before tearing up the rest of the East if they're not being massacred by the steppe peoples or the Ptolemies. However, an Indian faction with a Buddhist/Hindu, whichever seems more appropriate, religion would surely add to the cultural diversity and make things a bit interesting.
Numidia would be better for game play values because I see Carthage swallow up all of Western Europe if the Romans can't manage to keep them on their toes. Rome is really their only threat, the Lusitania's can't be expected to fend them off for long and by the time Carthage holds Africa, Spain and the Italian peninsula, it's become another super nation like Seleukia and the Ptolemies. If you're going to add an Indian faction instead, I guess my only suggestion is try having scripted rebels in Africa, or try adding more tension between Carthage and the Ptolemies.

As for the other suggestions, the lands around the Aegean are already full of competition with Maks, Greeks, Romans, Seleukids, Ptolemies, Pontus and any other I forget to mention, I see no need for more action in this region. Gaul is pretty chaotic with the two Gallic factions warring it out with eachother so I don't think that would be necessary. MAYBE a far northern faction but I think a Bosphoran faction could equalize the power so I'm not sure if that would be necessary. The far East is crazy enough as I already mentioned. Spain might use a little more action but I really don't care much for the region so that's up for debate I suppose.

And if Sab'yn is made into scripted rebels I'ma call Chuck Norris and Samuel Jackson on yo ass. D< They're one of my favorite factions.

[Teleklos Archelaou]

I think we can safely say that we have no desire to get rid of any of our current EB1 factions.