So I was thinking...

[jirisys]

My here (another name for OT):

I just had the idea to make horses, chariots and elephants as siege equipement (but will lose cantabrian circle and wedge formation) so you can mount and unmount them in combat or deployment

~Jirisys (That would be good to replace the ability in MTW)

[Maeran]

Factions could re-emerge in MTW but the feature doesn't seem to be present in RTW or MTW2. Although it is back in ETW, EB2 is based on MTW2, so I don't know if it is possible with the game engine. Emerging factions require a faction slot dedicated to them from the beginning, which is why they were never used in EB1, since they preferred to show as many factions as possible for the start date (for example the Yuehzi were removed because they weren't present on the map in 272BC).

Re-emerging factions are definitely worth considering if they are possible. But since I haven't heard of any RTW mods using them (and don't know any MTW2 mods) I'm not confident that it can be done at all.

[Nightbringer]

My here (another name for OT):

I just had the idea to make horses, chariots and elephants as siege equipement (but will lose cantabrian circle and wedge formation) so you can mount and unmount them in combat or deployment

~Jirisys (That would be good to replace the ability in MTW)

I'm almost certain that siege equipment is hardcoded, which would make this impossible. not a bad idea though

[jirisys]

I'm almost certain that siege equipment is hardcoded, which would make this impossible. not a bad idea though

Wait... aren't you able to leave the katalpetioi and 1 mnai stone projector to become regular inf?

~Jirisys (KELTOY!)

[Nightbringer]

Wait... aren't you able to leave the katalpetioi and 1 mnai stone projector to become regular inf?

~Jirisys (KELTOY!)

Oh, i thought you meant siege equipment like you make when you siege a city, you mean artillery. I dont really see how that count be done because the guys with the artillery always act normally, its just that when engaged in close combat they automatically leave the artillery piece. sorry to be a downer.