Macedon Starting Region Removed and Given to Epirus DLC Faction

[GMoon777]

After looking at the total war wiki, it seems Macedon had a starting region removed and given to Epirus (Greek states culture pack pre-order dlc faction) they seemed to have changed this without anyone noticing and switched the image on the wiki, I wonder if this will affect Macedon as a playable faction as they now do not have a presence on the Adriatic sea and are less powerful.

Carthage has 3 starting regions and they are made out to be a powerful enemy of Rome, I was under the impression Macedon was a larger faction like Carthage, but they have been reduced to the same starting regions as Pontus (see screenshot below) hopefully this will not affect Macedon's playability and their chance of competing with larger factions early game,

They could have just given Apollonia to Epirus and then all the Greek playable factions would have 1 starting region like Athens and Sparta.

How do you guys feel about this move by CA?



Thanks for reading!

[master88]

Macedon could always be given a larger army than Epirus to show its "might".

[Xanthippus of Sparta]

Most of that area of the "Larissa" province actually belonged to the various cities of the Aetolian League.

Thermon (which was in RTW I), Delphi, etc.

However, Macedon should own Larissa, as they did control Thessaly, the northern part of RTWII's Larissa region.

Epirus should really have Epidamnos instead, which is clearly on the game map.

I was under the impression Macedon was a larger faction like Carthage

Not true, simply google a map of Antigonid Macedonia.

EDIT: I expect rep, dammit.

[GMoon777]

@ Xanthippus of Sparta Decent reply backed up with hard facts, +REP

[ptoss1]

Egypt has like 6 regions, so obviously OP.
We have no idea how the politics and **** works so no idea.

[bengalg3]

Egypt has like 6 regions, so obviously OP.
We have no idea how the politics and **** works so no idea.

And they're in a wealthy region and it's pretty strong at this time period. Probably the strongest faction along the Mediterranean.

Completely opposite to lets say the Ottomans from Empire.

[master88]

Army, coins, natural resources, trade agreements at start of the game can give indications whether or not a faction is going to last long

[Stath's]

Thessaly and mainly Demetrias was the reason why Antigonids survived when Pyrros came after them.

it is a mistake, but for gameplay reasons i guess we can accept it,

the Aitolians, on the other hand should have been included as an (unplayable) strong, minor faction.

[Grimbold]

You're a bit late.

There's like been....2 or 3 threads already on this. Jack commented that on their current version of the map Larissa is Epirus' territory and Macedon's starting regions have been altered.

[StealthFox]

Yep, already quite a few threads on this, no need for another one.

Closed.