New Faction Ideas in Rome 2

[LittleGreenGuy]

What do you hope will be in Rome 2 and do you think they'll be implemented

I really don't know what factions that I should hope for, but I really would love to see like some sort of nomadic African tribe (only if they extend the map way down to the middle of Africa or something like the )

Please share your ideas/opinions

[Aelita]

What factions are included will depend on how far the map goes. I am hoping it will go all the way to bactria. I am also hoping for Armenia to return but as a playable nation this time. I also hope the guals, spain and the other northern factions are split up into actual tribes (they where not united at this time)

Of course the only 2 factions we can be 100% sure of at this point are Rome and Carthage

[Deadly Rabbit]

With Gauls, celtiberians, Germanic tribes etc there should be a capability to
Unify. I.e. form a tribal confederacy as Vercingetorix did against julius Caesar. It was quite common for this to happen even between tribes of different cultures, such as Attila's hordes. Mechanics and diplomacy could be rather tricky I imagine though.

[Gurkhal]

With Gauls, celtiberians, Germanic tribes etc there should be a capability to
Unify. I.e. form a tribal confederacy as Vercingetorix did against julius Caesar. It was quite common for this to happen even between tribes of different cultures, such as Attila's hordes. Mechanics and diplomacy could be rather tricky I imagine though.

I always imagined that stuff like the Gauls, Britons, Germans etc. factions were tribal coalitions and that members were made part or left by force of arms, including rebellions if they thought the coalition was oppressive.

[Bel Riose]

I can't seem them adding any African factions beyond North Africa, maybe Ethiopa but even that would be pushing it. But anything south of that wasn't relative to the time frame beyond some trading.

[Deadly Rabbit]

Ethiopia historically contested the upper Nile with Rome in the late empire, but I doubt that they would factor in a game about the republic and early empire era. The numidians definately though.

[Durendalv2]

Sparta and the Iceni for sure. I'd like to see Samnites in the game too, but they were conquered by the time the game is rumored to start.

[Aelita]

Oh, i forgot to mention earlier, i would like to see Judah as an emergent nation

[Durendalv2]

Oh, i forgot to mention earlier, i would like to see Judah as an emergent nation

Yes! And have Masada as a playable battle... I know how the siege ended, but it's definitely a unique locale and adversary.

[Iunius_Iaponici]

I read somewhere about customazible factions and such, I wonder if this will be implemented or not.

[MathiasOfAthens]

Minor cities and tribes.

Elis, Tarentum, Capua (Potential to revolt and become a faction), Syracuse, Massalia.

You can customize units Iunius

[Centurion1981]

I would like it if they extended it to the Pacific Ocean,lol. I know that's going too far. Ever since I came across "The Lost Legion" that might have ended up in China, I have wondered.

[G-Spike]

i think it would be cool if india would be on the campaign map. Like the mauryan empire and other factions there..

since alexander went that far, i want to go that far too

i think china doesnt need to be on the campaign map.. just like a trade partner similar to how it was done in rome 1

[Asgaroth]

What factions are included will depend on how far the map goes. I am hoping it will go all the way to bactria

I am 100 % sure that it will go even a little beyond Bactria.

I also hope the guals, spain and the other northern factions are split up into actual tribes (they where not united at this time)

Me to, but that they actually make a good system so if you start of as one tribe that you can actually unite the tribes into a confederation or a kingdom - for example Confederation of Gaul.

Of course the only 2 factions we can be 100% sure of at this point are Rome and Carthage

Without them Rome wouldn't be what it is.

I can't seem them adding any African factions beyond North Africa, maybe Ethiopa but even that would be pushing it. But anything south of that wasn't relative to the time frame beyond some trading.

Kingdom of mauretania maybe ?

Oh, i forgot to mention earlier, i would like to see Judah as an emergent nation

They would certainly bring more activiti to the east. I mean if the put Judea and maybe the Kongdom of Nabataeans Seleucids and Ptolemaics would be a little more chalenging to play as.

Elis, Tarentum, Capua (Potential to revolt and become a faction), Syracuse, Massalia.

A nice idea for a " rebel " or pirate system. The could be maybe called independant states but would only appear due to a revolt, I don't know, just my thoughts.

i think it would be cool if india would be on the campaign map. Like the mauryan empire and other factions there..

since alexander went that far, i want to go that far too

I think that they will go that far.

[rude dude]

They did say they were moving the map a bit more east, so probably a bit beyond Baktria then.

[Asgaroth]

They did say they were moving the map a bit more east, so probably a bit beyond Baktria then.

I have a feeling that the Mauryan Empire will be the last faction that will be to the east.

It would be kinda cool if you could go to where Alexander the Great went.

[LittleGreenGuy]

I can't seem them adding any African factions beyond North Africa, maybe Ethiopa but even that would be pushing it. But anything south of that wasn't relative to the time frame beyond some trading.

For rome there was frankly an absolutley excellent mod called... Europa Bararorum (theres the link if you want the download) www.europabarbarorum.com/, this is what I thought at the time if there's a rome 2 this is what it'll be. It's amazing, the map goes almost all the way to India, further south in Africa all the factions are historically accurate and have the units' original names.

If there's a Rome 2 I demand it'll be that with better graphics!!

[General Maximus]

I would like to see the Mauryan Empire with map extended to east of India.

[LittleGreenGuy]

http://www.twcenter.net/wiki/Europa_Barbarorum_II

The map extends to pakistan, sweden Ethopia and yemen, holy crap what more could I want!
ALso has 27 playable factions all realistic and historically accurate

[The Holy Pilgrim]

With Gauls, celtiberians, Germanic tribes etc there should be a capability to
Unify. I.e. form a tribal confederacy as Vercingetorix did against julius Caesar. It was quite common for this to happen even between tribes of different cultures, such as Attila's hordes. Mechanics and diplomacy could be rather tricky I imagine though.

I guess it could be kind of like the Crusade/Warpath/Jihad feature, but instead of selecting a target city, it's against an invading nation.

The thing is, you have to have good relations with the other tribes that you want to form a confederation with (or they hate the faction you're going against enough ). Kind of like vassals, but you don't have control over them. Agreements could be made, such as raising troops, defending a certain province, kill general x, etc.