Next Culture Packs/New Factions: Predictions

[megells]

Well everyone,

I think we all saw the Celts Culture Pack coming miles away, given that the Celts had three factions and were somewhat buffed even at launch. After the first three faction packs, it seems they intend to release more factions to us. The question here is not whether they will be free (I imagine they will not be), rather the question is which they will be. My predictions thus far:

North Africa: Three factions only, tend to trouble the Romans, gems and other resources at start
Nomads: Magyars, other factions in the east part of the map - would be difficult factions to be I'd guess
Perhaps factions around the Sassanids in Central Asia or between ERE and Persia

Other than that I'm not too sure as to what other factions we can expect. What are your ideas?

[Monglor]

Could possibly see them doing a Rome separatist pack. The Romano-Britons and Gauls etc could be interesting in this time period. Britons notably so because this era is in the ballpark for when King Arthur is meant to have lived.

[RexJayden]

Could possibly see them doing a Rome separatist pack. The Romano-Britons and Gauls etc could be interesting in this time period. Britons notably so because this era is in the ballpark for when King Arthur is meant to have lived.

I like this idea.

[Darios]

I like this idea.

I often find myself wishing that I could play with the Roman Separatist factions as well but i believe that making them playable would take away from the spirit of the game by filling up the faction list with archaic names such as "Britain", "Gaul", "Dacia", "Macedonia." I actually would like to see them renamed to Romano-British, Domain of Soissons, Daco-Romans, Macedo-Romans, etc. These theoretical factions should also have more localized Roman and barbarian troops.

[RexJayden]

I often find myself wishing that I could play with the Roman Separatist factions as well but i believe that making them playable would take away from the spirit of the game by filling up the faction list with archaic names such as "Britain", "Gaul", "Dacia", "Macedonia." I actually would like to see them renamed to Romano-British, Domain of Soissons, Daco-Romans, Macedo-Romans, etc. These theoretical factions should also have more localized Roman and barbarian troops.

I like your idea as well Darios.

[TheGoodOld BritishChap]

Could possibly see them doing a Rome separatist pack. The Romano-Britons and Gauls etc could be interesting in this time period. Britons notably so because this era is in the ballpark for when King Arthur is meant to have lived.

Yes, that would be great! Especially if they added new units or features to the country, and perhaps a character based on king Arthur. Or maybe even custom named by the player.
But i doubt they'd do all that. Still, it would be good to have some of the Roman emergent factions.

Unless they made a separate campaign focusing on Britain.

[Aeneas Veneratio]

I actually would like to see them renamed to Romano-British, Domain of Soissons, Daco-Romans, Macedo-Romans, etc.

Renaming a faction is possible, I use a mod for R2 that changes the names of a bunch of Eastern factions. As long as CA doesn't make them DLC "property", I would expect modders to be capable of adding to their rosters.
Should they be made playable, the starting date would have be later (at least in the case of Domain of Soissons) or each faction could start as a vassal.

[Kraut and Tea]

I will finish a Celt campaign before I bother speculating about that.

[ShadowMassa]

I'd say it's time to give the Axumites a go. But it would be even more interesting if CA would add city-architecture set to go with factions which are greatly different than ones already in game. I could also see a Sarmatians (Iazyges & Roxolani) getting a pack along with an Alan upgrade. Since they are a topic of conversation on these forums.

[Doktor Soviet]

Slavs.

I checked the files and they have exactly three historically Slavic factions in the game.

After that I would bet on Nomads of some kind.

[AnonMilwaukean]

Slavs.

I checked the files and they have exactly three historically Slavic factions in the game.

After that I would bet on Nomads of some kind.

Basically as the quote says.

I suspect the nomads pack will be first, though, given that they made a whole category for them already (because of the Huns), and have already had enough folks asking about the Magyars and so forth.

[RGA]

Following CA's tradition of having factions which are famous centuries before or after the game's actual time frame (Greek factions in Rome 2, Viking forefathers, etc.) I could see that the next one would be Magyars.

[Darios]

Following CA's tradition of having factions which are famous centuries before or after the game's actual time frame (Greek factions in Rome 2, Viking forefathers, etc.) I could see that the next one would be Magyars.

I'll lose all respect for this game if the Magyars ever become a playable faction. I champion the notion that they should be renamed the Avars or Bulgars and left unplayable. The Magyars belong in the 9th century.

At the same time, I wonder why the Hunnic family members in the game have tons of modern day Hungarian names. I saw a Hunnic horde led by "Zoltan" the other day.

[Abdülmecid I]

There'll definitely be a campaign pack about the Slavs, where they might add the Magyars. Then, I'd expect a couple of Eastern/Desert factions, like Armenia, Axum or the Lakhmids and that's it, probably.

I'll lose all respect for this game if the Magyars ever become a playable faction. I champion the notion that they should be renamed the Avars or Bulgars and left unplayable. The Magyars belong in the 9th century.

*notices his location*

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I'm kidding, you're right that the Avars would be a much more suitable choice.

[FrozenmenSS]

I'll lose all respect for this game if the Magyars ever become a playable faction. I champion the notion that they should be renamed the Avars or Bulgars and left unplayable. The Magyars belong in the 9th century.

At the same time, I wonder why the Hunnic family members in the game have tons of modern day Hungarian names. I saw a Hunnic horde led by "Zoltan" the other day.

This !!!

[Tardi]

I would love to see the Magyars but the time-frame is to different. I am very eager to see some Eastern factions. Whole east has a Sassanid faction alone, which is boring to play that reminds me Parthia from Emperor Editions campaign, hence more Eastern factions are welcome - Kartli, or Ghassanids will be fan to play, first as a mountainous faction and another as a desert faction.








We are waiting for more factions to came, not only as DLC but as FLC.

[LinusLinothorax]

If you would go after historical relevance, Aksum has to be the next unlocked faction. I am very pessimistic on that one though, as CA prefers to spam us with barbarians instead.

[Viva Espana!]

Another dumb culture pack they're suckering people into buying when mods will make better/freer versions, surely.

But, on a serious note, the next cash-grab I think they'll put out will likely be a Slav/Magyar pack, if only because, like the Lombards, they come later (albeit much later) and establish their own, modern-day kingdom. While I would love to see Romano-Britain, there's no way for the player to play Emergent Factions. Personally, I also think the Suebi need some justice done to them -- though they are "German."

[craziii]

monglor: romano separatists pack sounds very interesting. a mix of roman n native units as their unit roster! brtish isles, africa, spain, egypt, turkey, greeks, the baltic states etc.

just 1 dlc can cover the entire campaign map.

[Ltd.]

I think we already had this discussion about the magyars ... The magyars in the 9th century are associated with the secundus ingressus into the carpathian basin ( conquering or re-conquering it - let this be a matter for another topic...) but there were magyars before this event as they did not just materialize all of a sudden from nothing for this event only... Putting them on the map in an area around the uralic mountain , for this time frame, is not a mistake, I think.
However, I´d like to see honestly what CA does with the slavs, if it will be slavs.
There are many factions I´d like to see represented in the game.
Concerning modern day hungarian names for huns: zoltán for example originates from old turkish, soltan - sultan (the meaning of them should be clear)
Also the name Attila has several forms, some more archaic, and it appears in modern turkish as well. Attila - Atilla - Etele - Ethele . So I see no problems there.