Warlord Faction Development

[Corey]

As we mentioned in the news post, one of the major changes with 2.2 will be playable Warlord factions, with the Warlords divided into 3, being Harrsk (Zero Command), Zsinj and Teradoc (Greater Maldrood). Since we're doing this mostly because our core group of fans are a bunch of Warlord fanatics, we want to know what you want to see from these three factions. One of the major topics here, since we're only doing three, is whether we're doing Zero Command or the Eriadu Authority; we're only doing three, and those are the two in contention for the third slot.

[Grimnak]

It would be fantastic to see each Warlord kingdom receive a multitude of new planets so they do not die off so quickly when facing them as AI. 

[tlmiller]

Eriadu Authority is, IMO, much preferred to Zero Command, which probably isn't very surprising coming from me.

[Grimnak]

The Eriadu Authority is led by Delvardus, correct?

[Corey]

Yes. Good sources for people wanting to look into them beforehand:
http://www.starwars.com/news/the-imperial-warlords-despoilers-of-an-empire-part-1
http://www.starwars.com/news/the-imperial-warlords-despoilers-of-an-empire-part-2
http://www.starwars.com/news/the-imperial-warlords-despoilers-of-an-empire-part-3

[Lord Xizer]

Hands down Eriadu Authority over Zero Command. They did more, had more heroes that we know of with Shea Hublin, Maximillan Veers, Ivan Cronus to work with, did more story wise and actually offer 3 different opportunities  for playstyles with their start as the Fourth most powerful Warlord faction to their small Deep Core holdings and could be fit in to the map easier than much of Zero Command. Plus Night Hammer is an eventual thing with them.

[kucsidave]

Eriadu Authority, that's not a question.
I would be glad to see some new ships for them too, like the CR92a Assassin Corvette or some older ship designs like the Bulk Cruiser from X Wing Alliance.
Let's face it, the warlords had fewer resources and should use techs quite outdated to bolster their forces.

[Lord Xizer]

Would be nice to see the Bulk Cruiser. Also the Authority was one of the first major opponents to tge NR and it would give a great campaign with Nantz against them

[tlmiller]

Would be nice to see the Bulk Cruiser. Also the Authority was one of the first major opponents to tge NR and it would give a great campaign with Nantz against them

I'd like to see Interceptor Frigates for the warlords.  I always liked the design of them, and in base FOC, the Interceptor IV frigate was one of my favorite capital ships.

[Lord Xizer]

I must say, I'm quite flattered they remembered I am a Warlord fanatic lol

[Corey]

Eriadu Authority was what I wanted to do, but wasn't sure if people would prefer Harrsk; that settles it then. Teradoc and the Maldrood are getting done first, however (since they're what I started with, then Zsinj, then Eriadu)

As it stands hero-wise, I have this so far for Maldrood:
Treutan on 13X (I debated putting Pellaeon here)
Kosh on Lancet (ideally this would just be in post-8ABY situations, but he and his forces will likely always be grouped with Maldrood and Treutan from the start for simplicity.
Leonia Tavira on Invidious (Allows access to some pirate units if we have good options)

[Lord Xizer]

Eriadu Authority was what I wanted to do, but wasn't sure if people would prefer Harrsk; that settles it then. Teradoc and the Maldrood are getting done first, however (since they're what I started with, then Zsinj, then Eriadu)

As it stands hero-wise, I have this so far for Maldrood:
Treutan on 13X (I debated putting Pellaeon here)
Kosh on Lancet (ideally this would just be in post-8ABY situations, but he and his forces will likely always be grouped with Maldrood and Treutan from the start for simplicity.
Leonia Tavira on Invidious (Allows access to some pirate units if we have good options)

Will you be needing a portrait for Kosh? If so I can arrange that or will you use the picture of Teradoc for him?

[Jorritkarwehr]

It'd be interesting to see the Greater Maldrood have Crimson Command VSDs without a build limit, but little access to larger ships.

I'm not really sure how that works balancewise, and they certain possessed some ISDs, but this layout would make them rather distinct.

[tlmiller]

It would make it extremely difficult to win as them, as while the CC VSD-II's are quite powerful, they're obviously still nowhere near the match for ISD-II's much less anything larger.  But would make them an attractive looking fleet, since that red does look good on a vessel.

[Revan0123]

Bit late for this but, yeah, I want to see the Eriadu Authority in this mod

Also, as someone else suggested, you could add some older ships like those CR92a Assassin Corvettes

[StarLordX]

Same here, Eriadu Authority it is

[Lord Xizer]

Same here, Eriadu Authority it is

Good to see the Authority is so popular

[Grimnak]

The problem with the current Warlords is that they refuse to build light factories to produce any vehicles.  They will spam barracks and Tax Collection Agencies and produce infantry adequately, but they can't expand at all without any vehicle support.

[Lord Xizer]

The problem with the current Warlords is that they refuse to build light factories to produce any vehicles.  They will spam barracks and Tax Collection Agencies and produce infantry adequately, but they can't expand at all without any vehicle support.

I'm sure that will be corrected.

[kucsidave]

Also, as someone else suggested, you could add some older ships like those CR92a Assassin Corvettes

Thanks for the support with the Assassins
I think the old Allegiance-class Battlecruisers or Assertor-Class Star Dreadnought would also make sense for Warlords instead of the common Executor Class.(Of course late era only  )
The Raider Class corvette might also make some difference if given to one specific Warlord http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Raider-class_corvette