An Occultus Faction possibly worked out?

[Gaius Sempronius Gracchus]

Expected: Arevaci, Atropatene, Nabatu, Syrakusai, scripting related slot
Wanted (XD): Arevaci, Nabatu, Belgae, Dalmatae, Aquitani

I just can't see Syrakusai fitting the bill - during the time period we're talking about.

I'm putting my money on; Arevaci, Nabatu, a Belgic tribe, Media Atropatene and the Scordisci.

[Populus Romanus]

I just can't see Syrakusai fitting the bill - during the time period we're talking about.

I'm putting my money on; Arevaci, Nabatu, a Belgic tribe, Media Atropatene and the Scordisci.

Yeah, sounds like my hopes as well.

[Ca Putt]

I'm with Arevaci, nabatu, a tribe between gauls and sweboz(so possibly belgae) and Atropatene no clue about the last one.

bet: I'd be nice to have more Occultus sigs^^ right now there only is this green one of which many people think it shows a bull. then we'd at least have the chance to guess :)

[fomalhaut]

seems like europe is going to be way too crowded. what about the east, besides nabatu?

[Gaius Sempronius Gracchus]

seems like europe is going to be way too crowded. what about the east, besides nabatu?

I'm not really sure what else could be added in the East, realistically. We already have the Arche Seleukia, Baktria, Pahlava, Sauro, Hai, Pontos, Ptolemai and the Sabyn. Add to that Pergamon, Bosphoran Kingdom and then (possibly) Nabatu and Atropatene...Perhaps Kartli...., but I'm not sure that their influence in the area could be considered as prominent enough. Whereas in Europe, we know that the Luso's are overpowering, so a Celtiberian faction is required even from the point of view of the mechanics of the game, let alone the interest in such. I went for the Scordisci upon the basis that they will hold off too great an expansion by the Getai into the West, the Macedons or Epirotes North and the Boii and Lugiones East and South. The Belgae...well, I just figured they gotta be there ;-)

[bobbin]

Whereas in Europe, we know that the Luso's are overpowering, so a Celtiberian faction is required even from the point of view of the mechanics of the game, let alone the interest in such.

Faction performance in EB ≠ faction performance in EBII

[moonburn]

herm i would love to play a syrakuse campaign "the return of the western greeks" to "unify" the remaints of the western mediterraenean greeks and retake corsica sardinia sicily with the suport of emporion and massilia and even perhaps arsé

also it could help spice up things in both the iberian peninsula southern france and most importantly beteween the carthies and the romans (272 they start allied to rome and at peace with the punii and then in 265 they try to take messina and all hell breaks loose)

so syracuse can be blamed for how things turned beteween the romans and the punii and if not for them there might have never been a 1st punic war or it might have went very diferently

[Gaius Sempronius Gracchus]

Faction performance in EB ≠ faction performance in EBII

True this.. but, and without much knowledge of M2:TW's campaign AI, I can't see how - given a clear stretch of Eleutheroi provinces between their starting point and the Southern most Celtic faction (which will, seemingly, be reduced to one province) - that they won't still become an overly powerful force within Europe without a viable Celtiberian counter-faction. Of course...I might be wrong, as I say I'm not familiar (at all) with what is possible with 'Eleutheroi' provinces in M2:TW.

[Populus Romanus]

Yeah, sounds like my hopes as well.

I forgot about Kartli. I am very confident that they will be in. However, that would mean that one of those five fine choices would have to go. Furthermore, another would have to go because of the "one we have never guessed" thing. Why, why?