Six down- four to go to!!: 4 faction slots left

[LusitanianWolf]

it's possible, but I don't see any necessity for this being the case. I'd need evidence for the EB team working on a new Gallic faction.

I think we got plenty of Celtic factions, specialy in that area, just remembering what I heard about gaul not being so crowded at the start. Belgae would be cool but I would personly one more faction in Iberia to make things more interesting to the Lusotannan.. Sorry Brennus :P

But we must remember that the goal of the EB team isnt just to make a balanced game but mainly to teach us about history and lesser known ancient cultures. So they arent putting factions in just for the sake of filling provinces. So, I would expect some more surprises like the Taksashila ;)


Btw, talking about Iberia, someone made a very nice proposal about Caucasian Iberians in the TWcenter (I'm a lurker there, can't get enought EB :P), would be interesting to see them ingame
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=175692

[Ibrahim]

I think we got plenty of Celtic factions, specialy in that area, just remembering what I heard about gaul not being so crowded at the start. Belgae would be cool but I would personly one more faction in Iberia to make things more interesting to the Lusotannan.. Sorry Brennus :P

But we must remember that the goal of the EB team isnt just to make a balanced game but mainly to teach us about history and lesser known ancient cultures. So they arent putting factions in just for the sake of filling provinces. So, I would expect some more surprises like the Taksashila ;)
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=175692

I understood that from the beginning: however, there's simply no guarantee there will be a faction there-nice as that would be.

[amritochates]

The inevitability of an celto-iberian faction can be judged just by looking at this map posted by Casual Tactician at the TWC:


made by this utility:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...30#post9816030

The importance of an faction to balance out both the Gauls as well as the Lusotann are self evident. Moreover the faction also conforms to the twin requirements of historical influence as well as well documented sources.

PS. added a detailed list of probables by Future Filmmaker to the original post(replicated here)

(Iberia)
Callaeci
Arevaci

(Cisalpine Gaul)
Insubre

(Gaul)
Pictones
Nervii
Eburones
Treverii
Sequani (denied by team)
Helvetii (denied by team)
Massalia (denied by team)

(Germanic)
Veneti
Cimbri
Suiones
Bastarnae
Marcomanni
Chatti
Cherusci
Quadi

(Baltic)
Venedi

Nabataea (denied by team)

(Nubia)
Aksum (denied by team)
Kush
Meroë

(Mauritania)
Mauri

(Asia Minor)
Bithynia
Galatia (denied by team)

(Arabia)
Minaeans
Hadramaut
Qedarites

(Georgia)
Kolkhis (denied by team)
Iberia (denied by team)

(Illyria)
Scordisci
Delmetae
Ardiaei
Taulanti
Dardani

(Hellenic)
Syrakousai

[Arjos]

Nice map, but Aeduoi and Auernoi will have only one province each, and imo Boioi and Lugoi will have one too...
The Pritanoi will have the central province, but the Isles will have new borders too...

Also in that list I think you can remove the followings: Nervii, Eburones, Treverii, Bastarnae and Quadi; maybe also the Marcomanni, as all these weren't present at the start date...

[moonburn]

i forgot the illiryans the aulletes are probably one of the most deserving one´s including their queen teuta and her pirate rable since we can assume the arevaci or a kelto iberian faction will be in i suspect syracuse is a no go but the kwarzhians still seem a very viable and very reliable choice

but assuming the team wishes to surprise us then meroe or a an ethiopian faction make for a pretty darn strong case particulary if what i suspect that the steppes are going to be cleaned out of setlements and there will be alot of level 0 permanent stone forts (making up room for 5-6 new regions)

furthermore the team didn´t released a culture slot for the indians they are represented as persians so if they do the smart thing and join the west and east hellenic cultures into 1 trans hellenic super culture they have the necessary culture slot to put in the ethiopians/sudanese culture

there´s at least 30 deserving people for a culture including 5 others then the lusitanii in iberia 5-6 in gaul the gallo thracians the basternae noricians kwarzhians the mauritanians the other numidian group the garamantines 2-3 arabian tribes including the nabatu or the palmyreans there should also be 2 other steppes group worth mentioning so they have alot to pick from (almost forgot a few other germanic tribes like the chattii)

[Brennus]

Up the Bellovaci!

[amritochates]

Nice map, but Aeduoi and Auernoi will have only one province each, and imo Boioi and Lugoi will have one too...
The Pritanoi will have the central province, but the Isles will have new borders too...

Well the map for EB 2 is still a WIP: the map displayed in my post is a fan-made project that transposes the previewed factions onto the old map. So naturally inconsistencies will be there.

Another option that I had not considered is that the Yuezhi might be brought back; in fact they were in the first public release EB.81 and were only dropped in the later versions- so I would classify them as a strong contender.