Which will be most fleshed out factions in Autumn release?

**jim600** · November 17, 2015, 12:29 PM

As the Autumn release is nearly upon us could someone from the the development team could tell us which are the 3 factions that are the most fleshed out in terms of new units, reforms and culture (as per Quintus`s great work).

Thankyou

**romanius24** · November 17, 2015, 01:27 PM

Based on what we have seen, it seems every part of the game is getting something new.
If you check twitter you will see they have images of all types of units. Barbarian, eastern, roman, hellenistic and more.

Its gonna be great.

**~~excubitor~~** · November 17, 2015, 02:59 PM

exept the romans who dont have the marian/imperial reforms yet,every other faction has more or less "full" in terms of units,scripts,reforms etc so you could play with anyone.
though sertorius has stated that they have plans to full the unit cap of 500 unit slots so work will probably continue after the autumn release.

**QuintusSertorius** · November 17, 2015, 03:04 PM

"Every other faction" - have you looked at the factional (not regional) Pontos, Hayastan and Saka rosters? The notion that the Romans are less fleshed out that anyone else is risible.

**Sar1n** · November 17, 2015, 03:19 PM

Originally Posted by QuintusSertorius

"Every other faction" - have you looked at the factional (not regional) Pontos, Hayastan and Saka rosters? The notion that the Romans are less fleshed out that anyone else is risible.

So, which one is most fleshed out? My guess is some Hellenic factions, with all the new units they're getting.

**QuintusSertorius** · November 17, 2015, 04:09 PM

Originally Posted by Sar1n

So, which one is most fleshed out? My guess is some Hellenic factions, with all the new units they're getting.

Hellenistic factions have had their core rosters expanded (they were already pretty rich) and those drawing on the relatively complete regional ones (Illyrian, Thracian, Eastern, Skythian) in particular will have the most options. The Getai have leaped from one of the least fleshed out, to one of the most with the addition of the Thracian roster and their proper bodyguard unit more than doubling what they can get.

**romanius24** · November 17, 2015, 03:21 PM

Are you gonna have some sort of restrictions to roman recruitment because of their lack of "Marian Reforms"?
I assume their late game/empire building would be weaker without those, right?

**jim600** · November 17, 2015, 03:31 PM

Oh yes I`ve been following this forum and Twitter since release.

Looking forwared to release and wondering what else is in store for us. Hope it won`t take a year to do. Can`t it be done in increments ? Yes I know QS has been fantastic at his work which seems to be updated every week or so.

**Anubis88** · November 17, 2015, 05:08 PM

Originally Posted by jim600

Oh yes I`ve been following this forum and Twitter since release.

Looking forwared to release and wondering what else is in store for us. Hope it won`t take a year to do. Can`t it be done in increments ? Yes I know QS has been fantastic at his work which seems to be updated every week or so.

It's not going to take a year, don't worry about it. We could do it in increments, but we want to release a product that is has completly playable and has some feeling of completness to it; for example we wouldn't want to release an update with only half of the Polybian roster for example. But like you can expect and like i've been saying for a while, we have stopped with any new additions for the release; we are just finishing up what was started, and when those things are done, the 2.1 version will be released.

**Sar1n** · November 17, 2015, 07:02 PM

Originally Posted by Anubis88

It's not going to take a year, don't worry about it. We could do it in increments, but we want to release a product that is has completly playable and has some feeling of completness to it; for example we wouldn't want to release an update with only half of the Polybian roster for example. But like you can expect and like i've been saying for a while, we have stopped with any new additions for the release; we are just finishing up what was started, and when those things are done, the 2.1 version will be released.

2.1 will be a nice Christmas present. It will come in time for Christmas, right?

**alex33** · November 17, 2015, 11:37 PM

2.1 will be the autumn release as far as i know. And autumn lasts until december the last time i checked. Even tho i dont think it will take that long. You all can help speed up the process of release if you go and download the latest version and test the hell out of it. The more bugs you'll find the more stuff can be repaired for the release. The team aren't robots and have a life of their own so give them some slack

**Funkmaster Rick** · November 19, 2015, 06:57 PM

Mm, Getai with Thraikian units. Man, it'll be like playing Pritanoi and surrounding your enemies with endless, unwashed hordes of shirtless spearmen, only you can start hassling Greece even earlier.