What suggested faction should be in EBII

**artaxerxes** · 05-22-2009, 17:53

Voted for Syracuse, Bosporans and Numidia. But really, Syracuse is the only one I really really really really really want. Bosporans would be fun too (especially if there are more barbarians up there so they don't go making a baltic empire), while Numidia is needed to spice things up for Carthage.

But would have voted thrice for Syracuse alone, could I have done so ;) it's the only one I seriously care about. Except for that, EB is so perfect, I have a hard time imagining whatever the team might possibly do with the remaining slots???

**Reno Melitensis** · 05-22-2009, 19:31

Voted for Syracuse, Bosphorian Kingdom and the Boii. An other gallic faction like the Boii will give the Getai and Sweboz a challenge. I think with the Belgae, Gaul will be over crowded.

Cheers.

**Alsatia** · 05-23-2009, 03:18

Belgae will probably be a buffer faction between those gallic tribes and sweboz.

A crowded gaul and germany would be feasible because that was what they were, a bunch of disunited tribes and confederacies trying to kill each other and stab each other in the back (according to the Romans) until Caesar's Conquest and Vercingetorix' rebellion.

I paticularly like the idea of Syrakousai. Kyrene won't be such a bad thing as well really.

**A Terribly Harmful Name** · 05-23-2009, 04:04

Bastarnae: empty area, with the flavour of a Thraco-German faction. Not a very popular choice nevertheless, people all seem to favour yet another Hellenic faction :(.

**Ibrahim** · 05-23-2009, 06:11

Originally Posted by artaxerxes

Voted for Syracuse, Bosporans and Numidia. But really, Syracuse is the only one I really really really really really want. Bosporans would be fun too (especially if there are more barbarians up there so they don't go making a baltic empire), while Numidia is needed to spice things up for Carthage.

But would have voted thrice for Syracuse alone, could I have done so ;) it's the only one I seriously care about. Except for that, EB is so perfect, I have a hard time imagining whatever the team might possibly do with the remaining slots???

same, but added nabataea.

**J.R.M** · 05-23-2009, 07:13

I voted:
Syracuse: interesting how it will develope against romans and carthies

Belgae: oh!! i just want more bloody war in gaul, and to see my sweboz armies crushing more enemies.

Numidia: would be interesting to see those carthies with some trouble at the begining

**Moros** · 05-24-2009, 13:19

Originally Posted by Ibrahim

same, but added nabataea.

Finally some love for the Arabian peninsula. A place often forgotten when it comes to history especially in pre-islamic times. Even though it's one of the places with the oldest settlements and a place with very interesting people, art, technology... Sad that it's usually only mesopotamia, egypt, India, China and the classicworld that get all the attention. :(

And the nabatae wouldn't be such a bad choice imo, though I'm not sure if they'd have a decent army especially at the beginning of the game and if they would be able to fend of the superpowers that neighbour it, with a single province and such a probably very light army.

**HunGeneral** · 05-24-2009, 22:28

Voted:

Bosporian Kingdom - an interresting Faction I would like to see.

Bastarnae: more flavour in there area, better then rebels.

Belgae, Marcomanni - more confusion in Gaul and Germania would be nice since thats how they were...

Other: another Nomad faction, you can't get enough of em

(i hear there is one in development already

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**Ibrahim** · 05-25-2009, 01:34

Originally Posted by Moros

Finally some love for the Arabian peninsula. A place often forgotten when it comes to history especially in pre-islamic times. Even though it's one of the places with the oldest settlements and a place with very interesting people, art, technology... Sad that it's usually only mesopotamia, egypt, India, China and the classicworld that get all the attention. :(

And the nabatae wouldn't be such a bad choice imo, though I'm not sure if they'd have a decent army especially at the beginning of the game and if they would be able to fend of the superpowers that neighbour it, with a single province and such a probably very light army.

well, they chouldn't have too much trouble defending themselves...all they needed to historically was let an enemy march through their territoy, get sunburnt/dehydrated, let them catch al-ramad* from the desert, and then fall on them with hordes of archers, spearmen, and light cavalry...

their equipment I imagine was simple but effective, based on what was found furthur to the south.

besides, even if defensibility wasn't a consideration, I'll sill vote any arabian faction, for certain..ethnic reasons.

*its basically a disease that causes a really nasty version of pinkeye-can even blind people. still common in Morocco.

**Celtic_Punk** · 05-25-2009, 05:56

what about Pergamon? or the second largest Germanic tribe. I always felt that Germanics seem a bit lonely up there in the freezing winters of B-F nowhere.

**Alsatia** · 05-25-2009, 07:32

Pergamon is Confirmed to be in EBII, so that has not been included.

I don't know what the second largest tribe in germania is though. The Baltic is preety empty....