Scythians?

**Dark_horse_spirit** · May 21, 2008, 06:40 PM

I wonder why the Scythians aren't more dominant in any of the mods, The Scythians were the first people to ever tame the horse and use them in battle...for 1000's of years?

DHS

**Arnspac** · May 21, 2008, 09:15 PM

Cause the modders don't really like anything outside Italy

They tolerate Armenia only because Drtad is such a nice fellow.

All factions are getting upgrades but we will have to wait, and not keep asking when it will be done.

**Nellup** · May 22, 2008, 01:46 AM

Because they didn't really do an awful lot - most mods have since converted to using the sarmatians, which is more historically accurate for the start position.

**Xavier Dragnesi** · May 22, 2008, 04:24 AM

They weren't really the most active or most interesting of factions....

**rory o'kane** · May 22, 2008, 04:44 AM

at the start of our timeframe, they really were in decline - the sarmatians had started encroaching on the east of their territorries... however, it will be nice for either the sarmatian/scythian player to have to face another steppe army!

i'll also point out that the scythians will have to deal with the dacians, and possibly the free greeks who hold the Bosphoran Kingdom (unless you use the Bosphoran faction swap file and replace Pergamon, in which case, things will get a lot harder!)

**icydawgfish** · May 23, 2008, 03:12 PM

Originally Posted by rory o'kane

at the start of our timeframe, they really were in decline - the sarmatians had started encroaching on the east of their territorries... however, it will be nice for either the sarmatian/scythian player to have to face another steppe army!

i'll also point out that the scythians will have to deal with the dacians, and possibly the free greeks who hold the Bosphoran Kingdom (unless you use the Bosphoran faction swap file and replace Pergamon, in which case, things will get a lot harder!)

Why is Pergamon the default faction? Shouldn't it be Sparta? Pergamon had a much larger influence on the time period and area than Sparta ever had.

**zznɟ ǝɥʇ** · May 22, 2008, 07:39 PM

Of course in RS2 you can lead them to greatness again.. check the RS2.0 previews topic. Not sure if this pic was with the preview, but this *WAS* going to be a loading screen until the changes to the environments got started.

**The10thLegion** · May 22, 2008, 10:14 PM

The Scythians were dominant but as stated they were in a decline. They are interesting faction for a few battles, but get boring after a while in campaign IMO

**Nellup** · May 23, 2008, 01:34 AM

I find they are too similar to the Armenians, who are in a much more intersting start position.

**apple** · May 23, 2008, 11:15 AM

They have a potential to become a great playable nation if only the bosphorus would make more of a challenging.

**cherryfunk** · May 23, 2008, 11:37 AM

I think people are confusing the Scythians and the Sarmatians. The Scythians from vanilla RTW were actually the Sarmatians.

All 3rd-century based RTW mods have had the Sarmatians. RS2 will, I'm pretty sure, be the first to add the Scythians. (Rise of Persia has them, but their time period and map focus are very different from most mods.)

So the Sarmatian campaign in 2.0 is going to be very different, since you will be competing for control of the steppes with the Scythians. And the Scythian campaign will be one of RS2's unique campaigns, offering a brand new challenge with a partly settled, partly nomadic faction on the shores of the Black Sea caught between the Getae to the west, the Greeks and Macedonians to the south, and the crazy head-hunting Sarmatians to the east... should be fun!