Hello,

Just was interested to see how many, like me, would like to see a faction that is visiually based on the ancient egyptians. Things like their art-style, clothes, gods such as Osiris, Anubis and Ra.Also if you are interested in the idea can you comment your idea of how such a faction would operate? Would love to read them!!! :D

i can totslly see Endless Space’s artists fitting ancient egypt into the games aesthetic. sadly since its real world history it would be a tough sell. their ideology would be a tough nut to crack. making them industrialists would be bringing the topic of slave labor into the mix and obviously that would be avoided .... so religious like the Vodyani? not really sure where else my mind goes thinking about it. 

Atakan wrote:

i can totslly see Endless Space’s artists fitting ancient egypt into the games aesthetic. sadly since its real world history it would be a tough sell. their ideology would be a tough nut to crack. making them industrialists would be bringing the topic of slave labor into the mix and obviously that would be avoided .... so religious like the Vodyani? not really sure where else my mind goes thinking about it. 

Yeah because Cravers doesn't have slaves already and so... xD about the history of Earth on the space yes, that would be a hard decision to do (anyway that didn't stopped them to do Vikings - Vaulters, Aztecs + Samurai = HIssho, United Empire we know about what is based and so on... xD 

One of the main appeal, at least for me, of the Endless series is the originality of its factions. A mix of common and uncommon stereotypes, of several real life cultures with unique gameplay mechanics merged competently and sometimes even elegantly to produce a faction that is at least somewhat creative with regards to the "classics" of fiction and interesting to play. It's done rather well in EL and even better in ES2, imho.

All of this to say that I'd prefer to leave the faction design to Amplitude, and intervene in faction creation only through the games2gether platform, rather than taking the initiative of pushing a certain type of faction appearance.

Egyptian-like civilization in space... like in Stargate?

Well, a whole faction maybe too much. But I can imagine a reskin of a current faction to resemble ancient egypt, but in space, would be fun.  A new visual affinity with ships and all basically., for one faction. That would also allow you to make a custom faction with that visual affinity, in the end not forcing you to play that reskinned faction. 

Good Idea!

But You Know I Think Their People Must Be Something Like Mummy(The Ones Who Sleep In Tomb) Or Skeletons.

But For Their Ships...

ArishPrice wrote:

Good Idea!

But You Know I Think Their People Must Be Something Like Mummy(The Ones Who Sleep In Tomb) Or Skeletons.

But For Their Ships...

Please don't talk about Mummies in space. I've just seen "Mumrah the ever living" in the game being chased by the Thunder Cats in a super colonizer pimped out with Rail Guns firing sword blades. "Thunder. Thunder! THUNDER. HO!!!"

Egypt Aesthetic has been done to hell in back, pass on it from me.

Id rather see an arachnid species, or in general, things with more than 4 limbs. The races look too humanoid as it is. 

ArishPrice wrote:

Good Idea!

But You Know I Think Their People Must Be Something Like Mummy(The Ones Who Sleep In Tomb) Or Skeletons.

But For Their Ships...

It's dangerously Necron-ish.

SOISOISOI

It would be better for a minor faction i think.

indigav wrote:

ArishPrice wrote:

Good Idea!

But You Know I Think Their People Must Be Something Like Mummy(The Ones Who Sleep In Tomb) Or Skeletons.

But For Their Ships...

Please don't talk about Mummies in space. I've just seen "Mumrah the ever living" in the game being chased by the Thunder Cats in a super colonizer pimped out with Rail Guns firing sword blades. "Thunder. Thunder! THUNDER. HO!!!"

HAHA!Good One!