What makes a playable faction in EaWX? 

The only reason I'd love Zero Command is because it would serve as a built in Empire Warlord faction hard mode, as ZC would have around the same amount of starting planets as the Hapes, but in a more difficult starting position. The strategic challenge would be pretty cool imo. I think I have a word doc on my computer somewhere breaking down ZC as a faction. I'm such a fucking loser ass nerd lmao.

I'd love to see a video on faction possibilities in FotR and RevRev; I know some of it, but hearing more about the actual options and how possible they'd be would be cool

Corey and this teams should follow their plans for their planned factions first and when they finally reach in a couple of years or in 10 years their goals, then they can add more factions, but for now you guys should become Patreons and support him and his teams with their amazing work.

Watching these in depth looks at the philosphies behind TR and FotR make me all the more curious about what Imperial Reign could look like. Presumably it'd be the Rebellion that's fractured and has various subfactions/cells that the player could try to unify (Mon Mothma, Onderon Partisans, CIS holdouts, ect.) We'll only know once the devs finish their current plans with TR, FotR, and Revan's Revenge - So we'll probably see around 2030.

I think Zero Command would work very well if it included units like the Terror Troopers/droids from Force Unleashed II, and if they generally used droids a lot for force projection (ties in to their using Droid TIEs as their main fighters, I think). I quite like the idea of them having a bit of a brutal, run down theme to tie in to Harrsk's madness.

Always glad to see the Nagai and Tof get some love. Would love a crazy scenario where you have to fight off the Nagai, Tof and Ssi-Ruuvi invasions but thats just me.

You forgot the legendary Kathol Republic and the unbeatable Ylesian Republic. They need to be added, clearly their impact on the Galaxy is gigantic

I really love to see Zero Command happen. Their uniqueness should be that they use modified versions of imperial designs. Like the Shockwave, the ISD 1.5 or the ISD II with the additional ion cannon loadout.

I personally LOVE that you guys stay close as possible to the lore and hope you don't stray from that. Now what I do wish is that we can get more specialized infantry units. What I mean is maybe on Kashyyyk we can get Wookie soldiers? Or instead their Airship was neat too. Neimoidian infantry or whatever on Cato Neimoidia. Basically things like that. I guess it depends if there's a unit cap. So you can only recruit 2x Wookie soldier's. That way they don't become the next grand army. Either way 10/10 mod and I can't wait for what your team comes up with next!

Zero Command not being in is still a crime. give me my funny cyborg man

Corellia is has some of my favorite design language, really looking forward to their implementation, especially once the vong drop as well.

One thing i would love as a gameplay mecanique is some unlockeable unite type that comes with recruitable hero. The choice base for empire leader is very enjoyable for the narrative. Good job😊👍

One think I would love to have in the mod is the option of cross faction ship building. For example if you invade Mon acalamari and build a certain structure you get acces to there ships.

If we get all the planned factions, I still see a few factions that would deserve their own playable slots: Warlord Nuso Esva, Vagaari Empire, Mandalorians, and Zero Command. Warlord Nuso Esva and Vagaari Empire can make Unknown Regions more interesting. Everyone loves the Mandalorians and I think it's a mistake to skip them as a playable faction in Thrawn's Revenge. Zero Command is the last missing major warlord who isn't playable and he is too big for Legitimacy mechanic. ZC also have Dominion and Megador as perfect reward for integration. Of course, if we get Zero Command, people will want the Ciutric Hegemony or Prentioch's Dominion as the next playable warlord faction. :D

I've listened to the entire video and both understand and respect the approaches that you and the team take to decide which factions make the cut. That being said, would pay all two dollars I have to my name for Mandos in Thrawns Revenge. I love playing the smaller "what if?" Type factions and making them a massive superpower by the end of the game.

I wasn't expecting the Nagai and Tof to get a shout-out, though I'm mostly just happy that the Space Dinos will be playable in the future for TR. As for FotR, I remember there being talk about possibly expanding the mod's scope to include some pre-Clone Wars scenarios involving Republic Judicial Forces. I'd be very interested to know if such plans are still on the table, even if it's probably still a long way out from being actively worked on.

10:40 Hey, they're in TWO stories in the era. (Though one is half Holodrama and we're never sure how serious to take it) They're ALSO in Shadows of Mindor.

3:41 Total war and paradox gamer ^____^ LOVE YOU, COREY!

It would be neat to see General Kalani show up in some way, some small CIS holdout or even let him get recruited by the CSA

What I am hoping for next is a government mechanic for The Empire of the Hand

I can definitely agree with your opinion about this. May you make a video where you introduce how to create submods with new playlable Factions? I tried it several times but I’m always confused which xml files I have to create / manipulate / etc. That would be really awesome.

I thought 3.3 was going to ruin the mod but i was very wrong. I don’t like the fact that the new republic and empire are on parity in era 7 as the new republic as it was stronger than the empire and much larger. Im looking forward to seeing fleshed out independent faction they don’t need to be playable maybe even alternate leaders for factions and such. Edit For republic at war I’m dying for a cis holdout map or even a kaminoans rebellion to go along with it. Empire vs cis is just so cool.

i really want mandalore to become a faction in the near future

Hey Corey are you ever gonna finish the faction guides cause I feel like I don't understand a majority of their playstyles.

Every time I watch these I feel like wanting to mod the game then realise I don’t know how to mod at all.

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Thanks for the video, there is a lot more that goes into a faction then I thought, not just haven Units. Not every mod can be like "Age of Legends" Lol with it's numerous factions. :P

Corey thanks for the great content! You keep one of my favorite games alive a decade after it should be dead. P.S. - Can we get a projected release for Imperial Reign soon? The Galactic Civil War is my favorite period in the lore and ya'll do great work!

Is there any chance for Factory/barracks Stacking to work for Loyalty units?

Did i just hear putting in shadow collective through the Hutt clan? hell yes, Ive been thinking that was the way to go for ages! Good thinking!

are there any plans for more influence units? that would bring some more variety to the mod

Are there any potential factions that wouldn't meet most of this criteria, but are so important they couldn't really be ignored? If so, how do you deal with that? If Revan's Revenge ever ventured further into Old Republic history, I can't help but think the Order of Revan and the Eternal Alliance would be problematic to implement. They barely hold a couple planets each, and neither really have any unique space units, but both are so important to that era of time, so I can't see it being easy to work around them. Same for the Mandalorians in Imperial Reign. Pretty important narratively, but don't really have much to work with.

I think there are some compromises that could expand the roster in interesting ways while providing some of the missing elements people often ask for. For example, Mandalorians and a criminal faction. As you say, they have a wide roster of potential heroes, a fair bit of territory if all added together (Something like 8-10+ planets, though a lot of it would be discontinuous), and numerous potential units, on top of being a major staple of the galaxy, but individually they're just a bit lacking. If you wanted to add these groups, the way to do it might be to conglomerate elements of them with government mechanics. For example, the Mandalorians have a long history of deep criminal connections - Just slapping them together with the Consortium or Black Sun or Hutts wouldn't follow, but that doesn't mean combining them is impossible. For example with the Dark Empire overhaul and legitimacy system, you've showcased the possibility of having multiple factions compete to unlock a wider roster of units. This sort of thing, implemented in a different way, could allow you to have multiple groups (Like Mandalorians, Zsinj, Maldrood, and the Hutts, since they all have known criminal/pirate connections) to unlock additional units and heroes while competing amongst themselves. In the same way Zsinj has his special ZC legitimacy group, separate that from Imperial legitimacy and expand it into another cross-faction system with different mechanics for gaining/losing. What I'm getting at is that while a direct addition as a full faction may be tenuous for certain groups, it may be a mistake to view everything as hardline faction-or-not, especially for such popular groups as the Mandos.

i will love to se more mando units, on my campain i got a mando focus fleet but i will like to have more units space and make that fleet an especilist fleet. maybe like the mecanic on fall of the republic that gives some unids on kuads contract, having mandalore at 10 influnce

Will Dark Empire ever get the ability to build Dark Jedi like Pentastar had? They are the most appropriate faction for this.

I am throwing my hat in for Mandalorians in TR

Im always a shill for more mandalorians in the mod

Would be interesting to have a tool that eases the process of making your own custom faction(s) and use it in skirmish and from the ashes. Figure it would have to be balanced still, so no having literally every ship in every roster ever, figure maybe have a points list and each ship needs a certain amount of points per build option???

hey, i think the sii ruuvi's largest ship is broken because despite blasting the concussion missile batteries for a while they just didnt die, I have recordings of them being strange if you'd like. Also i stole them so that i could win the battle without losing half my fleet because they went for my ship's engines first and i play with missiles going through shields. also they were so close to destroying my NR lucrehulk but i prevented that from happening by the skin of my teeth, it was scary because i really like the NR lucrehulk

I wanna play Revan's and the future stuff already.

Hay Corey you should do a tutorial video on how to report bugs for thrones revenge and full of the republic Eg snipping a file and sharing it, where to record it ec

which faction would it be at 9:03 with the night sister

Are you guys planning to make à galactique civil war expended mod once you guys are satisfied with thraws revenge ,fall of the republique and ravens revenge ? Do you guys have any plans for multiplayer GC's in the far future for any of your mods?

You didn't list Zsinj in the on screen list of current and planned factions, so there's even more than that on screen list

Empire Reborn could get more planets if we assume their "survival" until the Marka Ragnos crisis. They can have quite a few unique units with workable models (some, like Hazard Troopers, for example, may be tank-like infantry, like Dark Troopers in the original FoC). The problem is unique space. They have one unique hero ship, but the rest we see are Dreadnaughts and ISDs. Maybe they could use some resources from the Sith faction in Revan's Revenge, as Ragnos cultists would probably like to unearth and use ancient Sith equipment. Their basic troop unit could be the Merc seen in most Cult-related missions in the game, with a cultist officer, with actual stormtroopers being a more expensive unit.

So, once you're all done adding the priority factions, is there not just an opportunity to add otherwise "Minor Factions"? Or will you relegate that to a community effort to maintain this desire to have otherwise "repetitive" factions? Cause like, I feel like, an aspect missing here for lesser factions like Zero Command would be starting position and difficulty. Yes, it is repetitive to add another Warlord Faction, but people simply want them for more than just an overly unique roster and otherwise. Simply having them be difficult starts appeals to people, that and where said position is really adds to a faction being palatable to some. That and people do enjoy a tad bit of Roleplay/LARP when it comes to playing the factions, even if the roster change is minimal between them. I see your point on not wanting them added on your own end as Developers for EAWX, given the focus is on having diverse factions that fit the intended narrative of what you want Thrawn's Revenge which makes sense. I just wish we could see an incarnation of Zero Command beyond the single campaign, or even the Dissension since they are just a direct mix of the Old Republic and Empire, which could be expanded loosely, into incorporating otherwise unseen equipment from the Clone Wars such as the Maelstrom-Class, or AT-HT, etc.

Mandalorians seem like they could be fun, would definitely not be lacking in heroes, that’s for sure.

Yuuzhan Vong!

Perhaps off topic, but it seems to me that 12 cycles for one year is too little for a smooth transition between eras, the situation in the galaxy does not keep up with the history, but this is purely my opinion. Also it seems to me that CSA, PA, Hapes Consortium are too aggressive and it do not quite fit into the history of the universe, especially Hapes Consortium sometimes just have to fight them instead of the Empire or New Republic, it would be good if in the second era of the New Republic added the possibility of integrating them into the New Republic as it is done in the Zsinj campaigne.

Hi, I really love your content, I've recent got back into learning how to mod EAW, but I've struggling with trying to get the ai to build added structures and I was hoping if you could help with this, thank you in advance.

It would be fun to have pirates present on some maps in space and ground as 3rd party forces. While they wouldn't rate a galactic presence, there were plenty of them who could field small to mid size capital ships or squadrons of fighters. They could be set to attack either side or be a capturable that gives you their units or the option to hire some units as mercenaries. Personally I've been thinking that, as much work you guys have put into ground maps, with the new capturable in the last few releases, and the field bases for additional units, it would be awesome to see some of those elements in space maps in some fashion. You could have independent trade posts that work like capturable mines for example. Another thought is just to have civilian or 3rd party traffic sometimes present on the map. idk if it would be workable, but maybe you could have refugee rescue missions where you have to protect civilian ships until they escape, kinda like those supply missions you made in FOTR but instead of targets to kill, it's protect until a timer runs out? Nothing to say on factions cause I honestly just agree with your position on them. In fact I'm particularly happy you do it the way you do because it's how I'd do it too if I had the ability. I love seeing all the deep lore get worked into the big net!

Hey Corey Just wanted to ask when do u think Revans Revenge is going to be released

I’m kind of curious if you’d ever think of making What If battle possibilities using existing assets, like a map of what if there was a splinter Republic remnant when the Empire formed

an interesting idea, would be to add new-cannon IMP warlords, with Moff gideon and so on, adding new-cannon tech, while yes, it dosent make much sense, since TR focusses on Legends, but it would be a cool tie-in with the newer Mandoverse Empire

Would love to see a video talking over potential new factions for Revan's Revenge. Personally, I'm really interested in the Eternal Empire of Zakuul... However, yes, they start their conquest a little bit later. There's a chance they DID exist around this time, just where building up and preparing for a galactic conquest. But still... I feel like they could be a neat addition to the roster. Even if their territory and such might be a bit... questionable... Like, where is Zakuul located exactly? Wild Space? Cool, where in Wild Space though? Other than Zakuul, what else did they have? Iokath maybe? Which is also located in Wild Space, in the Unknown Regions... So, some form of liberty might need to be handled with them.

Wong!

Glad to hear playable TR mandos are still a possibility, albeit distant 😁 By the way, how do you get 10 influence on Mandalore in TR? 8 can't seem to get it past 9. I have all ground and space slots filled, and I've chosen the local infrastructure option and not the labor camp or the tax collection agency.

One idea might be a political UI revamp, maybe focus on Sectors rather than planets. In my ideal world SW:EaW would take a leaf out of Paradox games so it's less about factions as it is about government types, ideological sympathies, material resources and maybe decisions that would organically form a 'faction'.

Will the Hutts have a kind of order 66 option where the Shadow Collective takes over? Maybe if you control Mandalore you can recruit mandalorians just like the CIS

Zero command

For Cordelians I assume that for a significant chunk of the TR timeline they won’t exist so for era progressives do you plan for revolts to be event triggered?

Pls add my donut steel warlord self insert as a galactic faction!

Shadow Collective would have a roster xD Hutt+Mandalorians = Shadow Collective essentially

i think people still want mandos :)

Mandalorians being a "what if" faction isn't really a compelling argument against them IMO. Once of the most enjoyable aspects of strategy games is the ability to lead an otherwise limited faction to greater things under your leadership, especially when the odds are against you. Mandalorians have some of the most detailed and expansive lore behind them and realistically, the statement that they are in control of their own sector really is argument enough for them. By comparison, the Corellians really are over-represented at the start of TR, considering they don't really come to be a force until the Second Galactic Civil War. With Mandalorians being present in a major way in the upcoming Revan's revenge, it would be good to see them in a from-the-ground-up weakened state in Thrawn's Revenge. If people only wanted to follow the 'historically successful' factions, why would they play an open-ended strategy game instead of a railroaded, linear simulator? Not at all a critical comment, I'm a huge fan you Corey's work I just disagree and feel this is a missed opportunity, however I appreciate that there are higher concerns like the Vong. I hope this is revisited in the future.

I miss raider forces it would be a good way to work the lesser warlords back in

Dinos rule mandos drool

eeehhhhhhh I mean I understand your reasons, I still want my playable Bo'mar monks though.

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lets be honest, we would all love a wookie faction.

Go home RU-vid you're drunk. You just played an ad for a Star Trek game for a video about Star Wars...

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