factions

**Hrobatos** · July 24, 2010, 08:16 PM

so there wont be any Ilyrian or Thracian faction in EB II right?

really didipointing...

**mikil100** · July 24, 2010, 08:24 PM

This could probably be covered in the other threads, but as far as I have heard there will not be any llyrian factions due to them not being strong/unified enough to warrant them over other factions... theres only so many factions they can have.

**B_Ray** · July 24, 2010, 08:58 PM

Oh gosh, not this topic again... For those not keeping up, and those who want to bring it up week after week, there hasn't been an official statement about any Illyrian factions. My general impression from team mamber comments is that if such a faction is included, it will not be "purely" Illyrian. Scordiscii would be the most likely choice, and they are at least partly Celtic. As far as I know, at this moment that is the closest thing to a final word on the matter.

In short, nobody knows.

**MisterFred** · July 24, 2010, 09:31 PM

I'm not familiar with the history of the Getai, but I've heard at least a few posters refer to them as a Thracian tribe or related to the Thracians.

**Mediolanicus** · July 25, 2010, 03:07 AM

Isn't spamming unnecessary threads a violation of the ToS?

**gustave** · July 25, 2010, 06:49 AM

There won't be any illyrian faction, that's all. Now stop spamming.
PS : We would need hundreds of faction slots if we wanted to please every nationalist arround here.

**Hrobatos** · July 25, 2010, 08:05 AM

it doesnt take long time to get accused for nationalism here does it

how can my nationalims work here when my folk will apear in written files few centuries after and of the mod?

anyway what is faction list? where can I find it?

**Dargaron** · July 25, 2010, 08:39 AM

You could click on the EB II FAQ and scroll down five lines....

Q: What are the new factions that will be in EB2?
A: The full faction list has not been released yet. However, when enough content is developed for a new faction to warrant a preview, each faction will be announced one at a time and most if not all will be announce before the first release. Current list of released factions are: Pergamon, Bosporan Kingdom, Massylia (a Numidian tribe) & the Boii of central Europe.

**Mediolanicus** · July 25, 2010, 09:17 AM

And all EB I factions stay of course (though the Casse have been replaced with the Pritanoi).

**bobbin** · July 26, 2010, 12:52 PM

Originally Posted by Hrobatos

it doesnt take long time to get accused for nationalism here does it

how can my nationalims work here when my folk will apear in written files few centuries after and of the mod?

Its common for nationalists types to associate with past cultures the same region to further glorify their own. You are from the region and repeately push for Illyrian or Thracian factions despite us repeatedly telling you why they are not good choices for factions, this is why.

**ignoramus maximus** · July 25, 2010, 10:08 AM

Well since we are talking about factions
what about more interesting or historically important factions like the gallaeci or the belgae or some german tribe?

**Mediolanicus** · July 25, 2010, 11:06 AM

Have all been discussed about a dozen times in a dozen different threads before.

Now let this thread die. Thread number 13 about the same subject would be very unlucky.

**paulus** · July 25, 2010, 03:26 PM

For the Illyrians, it's not looking good for you if you're hoping for Bardyllis or some other king to be leading an Illyrian tribal faction. On the other hand, that is a region that will eventually see several new unique regional units.

**Nirnaeth Arnoediad** · July 25, 2010, 04:18 PM

You must know the EB II team has this dicussion since many years, and after a lot of advanced historical arguments, they have listed the factions for the 1.0 version. Now they work on, and they will not change the list, whatever fans do. Because they have take their decision, and already begun the work. One of the rules int he team is :"once something is decided, it's definitive". So the 1.0 factions are selected.

But I can add, without reveal something exceptionnal, that all the slots available won't be used directly in the 1.0 version, so the future versions could use additional factions if needed in terms of gameplay and history.

**Hax** · July 25, 2010, 06:02 PM

For the Illyrians, it's not looking good for you if you're hoping for Bardyllis or some other king to be leading an Illyrian tribal faction. On the other hand, that is a region that will eventually see several new unique regional units.

And I think you guys ought to be more than happy with the fact that we've released this information.

**Xerrop** · July 27, 2010, 08:35 AM

Originally Posted by Hrobatos

so there wont be any Ilyrian or Thracian faction in EB II right?

really didipointing...

Well the Getai are a thracian factions

But don´t know if there will be an illyrian faction. The only one strong or should I better say important one were the Scordisci.
They could represent all the eastern celts on the balkans. Maybe even allowing to replay a second galatian invasion to greece and Asia minor. And it would be a good idea to have a faction separating Rome and Epeiros cause in my EBI campaigns they always clash on the area of modern Slovenia.

But as the Boii have been previewed already the space on the balkans gets tighter. Don´t know if there will be place enough for another faction. And it depends on the victory conditions of the Boii. When they have to conquer large parts of the balkans there might not be any other faction there.

**Anubis88** · July 27, 2010, 08:58 AM

I have a strong hunch the Scordisci will be in-game... The team denies them the least of all

EBI campaigns they always clash on the era of modern Slovenia.

I think this is the first time Slovenia was mentioned in the TWC

I'm so proud

**Moros** · July 27, 2010, 12:04 PM

My reply at the other thread:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...34#post7760334

This thread should be closed, we already have the other thread. It's mostly spam anyway.