New Faction Revealed

[Beskar]

I have to admit, at least it makes a change from announcing a faction we know for sure will be in the game. (Like Gaul)

Macedonia wasn't even playable without mods in the original game.

[The Stranger]

I have to admit, at least it makes a change from announcing a faction we know for sure will be in the game. (Like Gaul)

Macedonia wasn't even playable without mods in the original game.

it was? but you just had to unluck it, right? or am i mistaken now? i thought every faction in rtw was playable without cheats or modding except the senate and rebels.

[Moros]

it was? but you just had to unluck it, right? or am i mistaken now? i thought every faction in rtw was playable without cheats or modding except the senate and rebels.

Nope more than half the factions weren't playable. Macedon was one of them, just like Spain for example.

[Muecke]

They look fantastic!
I hope they will add Epirus, but they probably won't

[Arjos]

I hope they will add Epirus, but they probably won't

Playable from the start seems very improbable, but as an NPC why not...
Most likely it will be part of a pricy DLC in the future :P

[Muecke]

Most likely it will be part of a pricy DLC in the future :P

I think a pricy DLC is still better than not playable. Can't wait to play this game

[The Stranger]

Nope more than half the factions weren't playable. Macedon was one of them, just like Spain for example.

macedonia was definitely playable tho?

[edyzmedieval]

macedonia was definitely playable tho?

It was, you just had to edit the text file and that was it.

[Beskar]

As playable as Pagans are in CK2.

[Myth]

Interesting indeed. But to summarize:

Good infantry
Good cavalry (two hight tier units mentioned)
Bad archers by virtue of omission (perhaps reliant on mercs)
Bad navy
Bonus fighting Greeks, Seleucids, Ptolemic Egypt and friends
Bonus fighting "barbarians" (so basically anyone bar other Hellenistic states, Romans, Carthagenians and Pontus?)
Bonus pop growth
Bonus happiness
Negative diplomacy with Hellenistic factions (who needs diplomacy anyway)

[DaciaJC]

it was? but you just had to unluck it, right? or am i mistaken now? i thought every faction in rtw was playable without cheats or modding except the senate and rebels.

Certain factions, the Roman ones, were available from the get-go. Others, like Gaul, were unlocked after completing a Roman campaign. Yet others, like Dacia, remained unplayable unless you made a small edit in the descr_strat.txt file.

Unfortunately, I don't think gaining access to nonplayable factions in Rome 2 will be as simple as editing a text file as in RTW.

[SalmonSoil]

Certain factions, the Roman ones, were available from the get-go. Others, like Gaul, were unlocked after completing a Roman campaign. Yet others, like Dacia, remained unplayable unless you made a small edit in the descr_strat.txt file.

Unfortunately, I don't think gaining access to nonplayable factions in Rome 2 will be as simple as editing a text file as in RTW.

I know there is a way to make all nonplayable factions in Shogun 2 playable, so I assume someone will figure something out eventually.

[Oene]

I hope Parthia will be one of the 8

[SkySonata]

I'm so excited about this.
Probably would even get my PC updated to really feel the game.

It so cool they added Macedonians - their contest of the world is for some reason more appealing to me than the Roman one. The Romans were to cocky :)