I Have Returned... (for now)

**Drtad** · July 22, 2008, 11:50 AM

Ciao! I have returned from my extended hiatus to aid the RS team!

So, what's up? What do you guys need help in? (I'd go look myself, but am in a bit of a hurry right now)

Any major developments?

**tone** · July 22, 2008, 12:00 PM

Caucasian Iberians? We have a load of units that we are planning to give them for a slave "pseudofaction" - it'll give some tough local opposition to the Armenians.

**rory o'kane** · July 22, 2008, 12:03 PM

YAY! He's back!

**apple** · July 22, 2008, 12:04 PM

Welcome back Drtad

**pacco** · July 22, 2008, 12:13 PM

Olee! Welcome back! It´s good to see you again here...

**Squid** · July 22, 2008, 12:31 PM

Welcome back Drtad!!

Now go run an armenia campaign with the 1.5b test patch! Chop Chop!

**MarcusTullius** · July 22, 2008, 12:41 PM

Welcome back!

**swhunter** · July 22, 2008, 01:20 PM

Hey Bud hows school ?
Wecome back.

**tone** · July 22, 2008, 02:01 PM

This is pretty much the proposed faction roster for the Iberia pseudofaction. Check this post out too:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=171698

1) caucasian slingers - like armenian
2) scythian foot archers - like armenian
3) aryan archer spearmen (from eastern units preview) or syrian/persian archers from Seleucid/Parthian previews
4) eastern levy spearmen - like basic armenian
5) median spearmen - eastern unit preview
6) eastern hillmen – shared with armenia (like armenia hillmen - needs a name change - rather than armenian - something like Caucasian hillmen - could this still be applicable to Armenia or is there any mountain range that borders Armenia and Iberia) (axe)
7) azat infantry (can we use the term azat? I'm aware it was an Armenian term, but it's related to the Iranian azatan and Georgian azmauri) - like Armenian azat infantry (jav, sword)
8) scythian horse archers
9) armazi guard – nakharar infantry model (mace)
10) iberian_noble_cavalry – like Armenian heavy mounted archers (bow, lance)
11) horoli cav – azat cavalry model (jav and spear)
12) iberian_cataprhacts - like Armenian cataphracts (lance, sword)
13) iberian heavy chariot - like seleucid (jav, scythes)

**Drtad** · July 22, 2008, 03:23 PM

Thanks for the welcomes, guys. I'll dl all the new stuff soon...

Originally Posted by tone

This is pretty much the proposed faction roster for the Iberia pseudofaction. Check this post out too:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=171698

1) caucasian slingers - like armenian
2) scythian foot archers - like armenian
3) aryan archer spearmen (from eastern units preview) or syrian/persian archers from Seleucid/Parthian previews
4) eastern levy spearmen - like basic armenian
5) median spearmen - eastern unit preview
6) eastern hillmen – shared with armenia (like armenia hillmen - needs a name change - rather than armenian - something like Caucasian hillmen - could this still be applicable to Armenia or is there any mountain range that borders Armenia and Iberia) (axe)
7) azat infantry (can we use the term azat? I'm aware it was an Armenian term, but it's related to the Iranian azatan and Georgian azmauri) - like Armenian azat infantry (jav, sword)
8) scythian horse archers
9) armazi guard – nakharar infantry model (mace)
10) iberian_noble_cavalry – like Armenian heavy mounted archers (bow, lance)
11) horoli cav – azat cavalry model (jav and spear)
12) iberian_cataphracts - like Armenian cataphracts (lance, sword)
13) iberian heavy chariot - like seleucid (jav, scythes)

Good list. For the hillmen, I guess Caucasian Hillmen would be good, because Kartlians, Colchians, and Albanians were Caucasian, while Armenians were Indo-European. The Caucasian Hillmen could apply to all the other Caucasian dwelling people.

I'd change azat to a Georgian term. Azat is mostly associated with Armenia. Tadzreuli would know about what would be appropriate.

Just a word of advice: I'd try to keep the armor levels rather low since the northern Caucasian people's tactics involved a lot of skirmishing and little head to head conflict.

Hey Bud hows school?

Alright. I was able to deal with the bad teachers reasonably well. I took the Advanced Placement Euro and World tests even though I had only taken Euro, but I got a 5 on both so that worked out well. I haven't been as smooth with the ladies as I usually am though... I'm losing my touch.