Eremos, WTF?

[lenin96]

About strange buildings I noticed a building called VICTORY at Tuat.

[Novellus]

About strange buildings I noticed a building called VICTORY at Tuat.

Some of the markers weren't able to fit in the city of Terhazza. Tuat has one of the markers.

[V.T. Marvin]

Yeah, I understand why we can't conquer it. Just seems silly to have to have an unconquerable settlement :P.
But, if it would be weird to conquer the desert And not south Africa, why wouldn't it be weird to not be able to ride all the way to China as the Saka, or something like that?
Well, I suppose my insane desire to rule over all the sands will not be fulfilled, but oh well.

In fact, I would much welcome if in next edition (EBII) the Team decided to make an uncoquerable rim along the whole eastern and northern rim of the map (possibly by uniting it to Eremos just as Arabia).
The reason why I have so long postponed to play as Baktria was prcisely that I feel rather uncomfortable seeing my empire "cut" by the end of the map. Heck, Indus Valley should not look like Wyoming! There should be something next to it, even if unconquerable and irredeemably Eleutheros.

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

In fact, I would much welcome if in next edition (EBII) the Team decided to make an uncoquerable rim along the whole eastern and northern rim of the map (possibly by uniting it to Eremos just as Arabia).
The reason why I have so long postponed to play as Baktria was prcisely that I feel rather uncomfortable seeing my empire "cut" by the end of the map. Heck, Indus Valley should not look like Wyoming! There should be something next to it, even if unconquerable and irredeemably Eleutheros.

I've actually had similar thoughts. Like ending the map at the Indus, so you could recreate Megas Alexandros, but no further (though Baktria really needs the Indus valley intact for their gameplay). Or cutting out all of Scandinavia and the cold portions of the northern steppe (though to be honest, if I was making my own mod I would probably just remove the entire steppes an the steppe factions all together since the can't be represented as I would want them in the RTW engine).

The work on the map was stopped just after v0.80, though, since making a small change to a name or city location required almost every department making changes and opened the chance of big mistakes. Work is progressing on the EBII map, though...

[V.T. Marvin]

I look forward to see a new EBII map very much! I am sure it will be great!!!

[Macilrille]

If you can, get your hands on some writings of people who have crossed the deep sahara, preferably on Camel with Tuaregs or on foot with La legion Etrangere, then you will know why it is quite sensible that you cannot cross it, any army would die there.