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Quintus: let me know if you all want help with traits. I am happy to pitch-in, especially for the Ptolemaioi who need a lot of love. As OP said, these traits just need triggers, and that shouldn't be...

Ha! I don't know if I have the time, but there is a lot of potential for the Cumans. My idea for their "evolution" (as you all term it in the script) would be to follow their historical settling in...

I don’t think more levels are needed. As Eyelurker said, make the initial autonomous gov’t building a 1-turn construction time. The next changes - and these might be controversial but I think there’s...

I seem to experience the contrary: the Seleucids never collapse for me. The only time the Seleucids collapse is when I play as one of their immediate neighbors. My Hellenistic and Romani games tend...

Probably one of the best campaigns in Medieval 2 Total War and its mods. For any lurkers wondering why to play this faction in SSHIP: as the Abbasids youÂ’ll spend the first 175 turns surviving...

Hi asapas. I'll try to provide some assistance. First, remember that in this era cavalry is king. For almost every faction in this mod, you want to utilize hammer and anvil tactics. Use your spearmen...

I completely understand. Excited to see the new changes.

Awesome! Regarding the "Scripts" section: are there any factions (e.g. Norway or Rum) whose faction mechanics were incomplete but are now considered more complete in 0.99?

Adoption and marriage. You’ll have ethnicities from across Hellas, Ionia, and, iirc, even some of the Graeco-barbaroi tribes.

Yes. None of the console commands will cause issues.

And I forgot to say. You can change someone’s culture group to keep them alive. As you’ve both said, it’s very common for these monarchical lines to extinguish. So a character’s culture group is a...

Everything you’ve asked about is possible. Requires a simple Google search. If you want really advanced console commands (such as killing a character) check out the EOP project:...

Rome, Carthage, Hayastan, and Pergamon are the friendliest beginner factions, in my opinion.

Given your experience with Medieval 2, I’d also suggest Makedon, Koinon Hellenon, Ptolemaioi,...

Scripts I've either written or plan to write to serve as a pseudo "Guaranteed Major Factions" submod for EBII. Of course, given I'm posting it in this thread, they are also suggestions for the team...

Thanks for the comments all. I will work on taking more screenshots and uploading those. Probably won't have two many for Part 2, but Part 3 (and probably the last section for the Ptolemaioi) will...

Campaign Overview

Campaign Difficulty: Hard
Battle Difficulty: Normal
House Rules: Slow expansion, semi-realistic army compositions (no whole stacks of Agema Phalangitai)

All feedback...

This is really unfortunate to hear. Would you mind sharing what units are recruitable in Sekezia? The reforms should trigger between turns 140-168. That’s for the Iberian panoply reform. Maybe we can...

Joh, I have achieved the reforms before while Pyrrhus was a rebel, so I don't think that's going to cause an issue. I'd validate the campaign_script and ensure the Makedonian section is correct in...

https://discord.gg/rome-total-war-community-558359897394118687

The EBII community is housed with the Europa Barbarorum community in the Rome Total War section. There isn’t a separate one in the...

As Quints said: yes! In fact, someone in the Discord channel today shared an agnomen their faction leader received for conquering Makedonia.

The family tree is a mix of the powerful families in ancient Rome around 272 BCE, so that's why you see the different names. Adopting family members and marrying your female family members will only...

Just to add to Realm's answer:

Expansion
First, your immediate expansion goals should be Trapezous, Egrisi, and Ani Kamah. Controlling those territories will give you a positive income and allow...

This is a fair critique. I didn’t really think of this perspective.

In truth, I think the team does a great job balancing historicity and alternative history. I tend to agree with their approach that any alternative history needs to be rooted in something plausibly...

1. Remove Basilike Patris points for all relevant factions and restrict construction to three regions for each faction, with the option to have a fourth one built for free (like the Makedonian script...

Iirc, the faction needs to be alive for the script to fire, right? Or am I misremembering?

A decapitation strategy is definitely a veteran savvy move. I think the key is fighting a field battle adjacent to their capital so you can avoid the garrison script stack.

Yes. My comment was very much tongue in cheek.

I picked up the new AI from the Discord channel. I played 3 turns and saw no noticeable problems. Release it to the people.

I have a 5-month old :)

I demand 2.4 in its current state. Bugs and all.

I heard the team is dropping 2.4 on Valentine’s Day so we have something to do that night.

Thanks for the kind remarks everyone!

I hope you’ve started a game, Calypze!

Salve, friends. It's been too long since my last faction review. But I am ecstatic to review a faction I never seriously considered playing until the folks on the RTW Discord convinced me to give it...

Yes, you and Shoebopp suggested two great ways to implement the phalangitai recruitment. I guess I just thought of the Saka reforms based on Pooploop’s description of what they wanted.

As for the...

Are you familiar with scripting at all? You could implement that yourself if you have the time to do it. You could just create an event and timer for those regions and then have it trigger after a...

The Romans have a post-Marian event government that allows you to train cohors reformata and evocati across the Mediterranean, Gaul, Anatolia, and a smattering of other places. Sicily can even build...

Hi Quintus. Yes, I shy away from javelin cavalry all the time. As the Pahlava, I always disband any javelin cavalry and replace them with horse-archers, which are much more effective. Although, I...

Interesting. The bug you're referencing must be system specific rather than engine specific because I have seen no issues with the script. Even tested it again two nights ago and it ran successfully.

Thanks for the response. I'm well aware of everything you typed, which, unfortunately, has nothing to do with my question.

Unfortunately, the game guide clearly states a Basilike Patris should be...

Hi all,

The Kurios tes Asia event fired for me as Makedon but the Basilike Patris is not available (the Hellenistic Polis and Isoteleia Katoikon do exist in Babylon). There is an option to...