About BC 3.0

[Eisberg]

Everything about BC 3.0 is interresting to the Fans, so I would suggest that the Modders would post some Info like Factionlist, if there would be any new cities, or any map changing at all..
About new Units and so on ....

[Neige]

You can find some info from the interview with wudang_clown over here.

[wudang_clown]

You can find some info from the interview with wudang_clown over here.

That's true.

And - be patient, guys. As soon as new map will be ready we will make a preview of what is being worked on and what have been done so far.

[Shadowfax]

That's true.

And - be patient, guys. As soon as new map will be ready we will make a preview of what is being worked on and what have been done so far.

looking froward to that
and take ur time completed mod is hundred time better than a half-finished game
and BC2 is keeping us busy

[crazyguy1916]

Nice to see that things are going well with the mod! I am glad that the Bulgarians are in this time

[retep219]

Nice to see that things are going well with the mod! I am glad that the Bulgarians are in this time

Volga Bulgars, not Bulgaria. It's another steppe faction: here's a map, courtesy of wudang_clown.

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[Lucius Gellius Publicola]

So Volga Bulgars would be the next faction, and not medieval Bulgaria that we know from the Balkans. i think that Balkan Bulgarians are already in the game but as rebels, you come across them just north of the Constantinople.

[Kara Kolyo]

Yep there's the province of Varna with Asen as leader. In the closed BC forum i suggested and Miraj seemed interested, to make the province of Varna part of ERE at the start of the game and have the bulgarians emerging as rebels in 1185 - like it is now with the 4th crusade

[Tail End Charlie]

There were discussions back just after 1.0 if i recall about bringing in the Bulgars, both Danube and Volga varities, but nothing really came of it even in terms of discussion produced on the boards.

I think the problem with the Bulgarians on the danube is that they are too european, the limits of the map mean an arbitrary cut off point of some sort, Bulgaria is a good one. plus at the starting date given they were not actually independent the Romans under Manuel I dominated the Balkans as much as they had in Basil II's day. And the beauty of BC is it takes us to places we've never been before in gaming, why go to somewhere moderately familiar?

The main problem with the Volga Bulgars would be source information on their military which is scanty (well according to Runciman admittedly) could the BC team really flesh a full roster without crossing ground that the Kypchaks provide?

[wudang_clown]

The main problem with the Volga Bulgars would be source information on their military which is scanty (well according to Runciman admittedly) could the BC team really flesh a full roster without crossing ground that the Kypchaks provide?

It's not that bad.

[Kavhan Isbul]

It's not that bad.

That's great to hear. I really hope that everything goes as planned with the new, super huge map, because all the news about bringing in Kara Khitai and Volga Bulgaria sound really exciting.

[Death Merchant]

like the inclusion of Kara Khitai

But No Kievian rus?

[tibu17]

So Vlad units are realise and beautifull it's god to BC.

[ShulaVya]

Is there any hope for an update to the Kingdom of Makuria? Or the addition of any other Africa based factions?

[wudang_clown]

Yes, there is. An update of Makuria will be definitely made. As for new African faction - most likely there will be such.

We have new basic map ready now and we are working on a pre-preview. I guess it's a matter of two weeks and you will see what we have already done.

[ShulaVya]

awesome

[Anibal at portas]

with the version 3.0 is necessary to have the other previous version 2.0 or with the version 3.0 is all inclusive and not is necessary install the version 2.0?

[Giorgios]

Will the new map include any more of the Roman Balkans than it already does, or will you be content to keep the dividing line where it is? And I'd definitely suggest giving Varna to the Romans and having it rebel in 1185, it'd be a nice distraction for the Roman player.

[Silesian_Noble]

Will the new map include any more of the Roman Balkans than it already does, or will you be content to keep the dividing line where it is? And I'd definitely suggest giving Varna to the Romans and having it rebel in 1185, it'd be a nice distraction for the Roman player.

Balkans are not included in the 3.0 map. Varna is replaced with other settlement. I can't reveal more, as you need to wait for the first preview which is comming really soon.

[frontier-auxilia]

HELL yeah to 3.0 this mod is not mere game but a work of art. The 3D model themselves deserve their own place in any museum gallery plus enought details, coolness to rival those $450 aus per unit of teutonic knight each from expensive military miniature such as St petersburg and kings & country.

Btw are heavy cavalry getting a buff against medium/ horse archers when they charge? Watching a bunch of templar knights getting bogged down then butcher by Diqah lancers who are quarter their price is just plain wrong. Watching royal kataphraktoi losing units and getting tie down in a fight against cheap ass seljuk horse archer give me the biggest facepalm i ever given for any military blunders in a RTS game (if i am playing the turk, those kats would be flanked and eliminated). If Alexios in full armor can survive getting charged by a group of norman knights with lance, than theres no way in hell some horse archer with their wooden wolf beating club should be able to touch em. Just feels wrong imo