Hi, Im here too
well as i said in the other forum i am peruvian, 20 years. my name is juan. its great to be helping here.
I previosuly posted a concept of an inca soldier, and now im working on a general. Now, i see this is going preety serious, so id like to have some things clear.
1.- can you show the progress of the map? its crucial to place the factions.
2.- how many factions are?.
3.- in what time (following the RTW engine) the game would take place? (1430 - 153 for example..) this is important to locate the factions of the time.
based on the information i manage and all my studies on the subject, ive come with an idea for the factions of the game situated historically and geographically in the prehispanic andes of th mid XV century.
to what i have read, byzantineknight has indicated that:
"The factions are:
Factions that resemble the Incans
The Incan Empire
The Chachapoyas
The Aymara
Factions that resemble the Mapuche
The Mapuche
The Diaguita
Unique Factions
The Chimu
The Augaruna"
Ok, that sums 7 factions, 2 coastal (chimu and mapuche), 2 andean( the incan empire, aymara) and 2 amazonic ones (chachapoyas and aguaruna) Ive not heard of the "diaguita" so i dont know where are they.
well, what i propose is the following, please read it carefully:
17 factions, including 2 rebel factions:
1.- Tumbes (not playable)
2.- The Chimu empire (playable)
3.- Ichma (not playable)
4.- the kingdom of Chincha (not playable)
5.- The mapuche (playable)
6.- araucania (not playable)
7.- Caxamarca (playable)
8.- The cañari confederation (playable)
9.- the huanca confederation (playable)
10.- the chanca confederation (playable)
11.- Huaylas (not playable)
12.- The kingdom of Cuzco (playable, obviously)
13.- the lupaka kingdom (playable)
14.- the Kolla kingdoms (not playable)
15.- Rebel curacas (rebels, not playable. only in the andes and coast)
16.- the Chachapoya kingdom (playable)
17.- tha amazonian tribes ("rebels", not playable)
Now dont be spooked with all these factions!, ill first explain miself how I grouped:
the reason why i think some factions should be playable and some no resides in their importance: for instance, the huaylas where a nation conquered by the incas, but they where nothing military or culturally relevant as to be considered a faction wich the player can controll to dominate the others, chincha kingdom for example was very imporatnt at the time but for its economic importance: they can be a faction but not playable since it could be a province of high income, buit their military where not a great thing. (in fact, the incas conquered them pacifically)
as you see, instead of the aymara, wich in the time where known as "kollas" I propose the kolla kingdmos as a grouping faction, wich at the time where a bunch of curacazgs spread arounf the titicaca lake and the powerfull lupaka kingdom wich reached the coast.
instead of the numerous amazonian tribes i think they could be gropued in a biig factions just called "amazonian tribes". the chachapoyas due to their impotance can be a sole faction.
I dont have time right now, but this post must continue with a litlle map to show the factions locations. thats why id like to see tha map you guys are developing to see if we can make some of this changes. obviously, this is just a proposition, you can think about it and tell me what you think, for now, ill make a second post to show where this factions can be located and why they are historically relevant. Bye for now!