Someone had a thread going a little while ago expressing a desire for EB2 to have a bigger map, and I expressed my opposite opinion that the mod would be more profited by a reduced map (mainly by not going so far south, which would consequently eliminate the Saba), and it was not well received.

Anyway, somewhat more related to the original topic, there's obviously a popular notion that there exist(ed) too many other deserving factions to include another British one. I'm no history buff of the relevant time period, so I'm not going to argue against this notion, but I will play devil's advocate and ask just what factions do deserve inclusion over, say, the Brigantes?

As it stands, to my knowledge, there are 7 factions as yet unannounced for EB2. The original 20 are definitely in, as well as Pergamon, the Bosporan Kingdom, and Massylia which have been announced. Again, I'm not as familiar with the time period as most here seem to be, so my opinions are based largely upon the desire to see gaps in the campaign map filled, but I'd say that there should definitely be an eastern Iberian faction, a Belgic faction, a northern Arabic faction, and at least one faction located somewhere west of the Getai but east of Gaul. Clearly I'm not very concerned about the far eastern portion of the map, but then I never really intend to play Bactria, Saka, or Selekuids anyway, so I'm biased. So in my mind, there's room for Brigantes.

But what about you guys? If there's no room for another British faction, then who's more important? It's easy to say there's too many other deserving factions, and list a couple, but with 7 slots to be filled, I'd really like to see a list of at least 7 factions with more historical credibility.