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King of Kings
03-24-2007, 20:18
What is your favourite faction and why.
Mine is HRE mainly because its says its Roman (and i know there German),and it actualy gives your faction leader the title of Emperor.
Lorenzo_H
03-24-2007, 20:23
Spain, starting position and units.
Don't we have a couple of these threads?
Yeah, its been done several times. Just do a search in this section.
Yeah, its been done several times. Just do a search in this section.
Who Cares? My fave Faction is Russia because of Dvor and Spain because of Tercios.
Callahan9119
03-25-2007, 07:10
hungary and venice, because of starting position and units
zstajerski
03-25-2007, 19:05
russia: dvor dimounted and mounted & all forms of kosack units of course :smash:
england: retinue longbowmen and sherwood archers :smash:
edit: byz: has the coolest looking units though ;
England : close to france and the scots also it is an island for last
Sherwood Archers (only archers with 2 hitpoints) to bad they dont have shapend spikes ~:pimp: ~:pimp: ~:pimp: ~:pimp:
Intranetusa
03-25-2007, 20:32
What is your favourite faction and why.
Mine is HRE mainly because its says its Roman (and i know there German),and it actualy gives your faction leader the title of Emperor.
Voltaire, a famous philosopher of the enlightenment said:
"The Holy Roman Empire is not Holy, not Roman, and not an Empire."
HRE - I like the two handed sword units and gothic cavalry plus it is my family heritage
Portugal - Great unit roster and fun starting area
Turkey - Its fun/different for me to play fully mounted armies, plus Janissaries and a challenging starting location
detroitmechworks
03-25-2007, 20:48
SCOTLAND!
Cuz if it's not scottish it's...
Seriously Though, they have a GREAT starting position, (three fairly easy rebel settlements right off the bat.) and excellent "Highlander" units. (Seems to me that Highlanders and Highlander Nobles are a tad more effective than their stats would suggest)
The trick is to stay on offense. (At least that's what I find.) DON'T give england ANY time to consolidate and get their longbowmen, etc. (It's worth an excommunication to get them out of the British Isles, Imho.)
Rhyfelwyr
03-25-2007, 21:00
Scotland the Brave! Two in a row for the good guys! ;)
make it three in a row for the scots!
(actually, i've never played m2tw, as my computer crapped out in fall and i'm building a new one at the end of may. but i'm almost half scottish and they have a lot of fun units from the looks of things. and anyways, who says you have to have played something to have an opinion on it? after all, you can enjoy professional boxing if you've never hit anyone.)
llewellyn
03-26-2007, 08:23
scottland dope army in beggining and pikes
HRE
The only army whose colour scheme doesn't look like it was designed by a blind drowned rat :laugh4:
Seiously though, their starting position makes for a very interesting game.
Erik Bloodaxe
03-26-2007, 10:28
Voltaire, a famous philosopher of the enlightenment said:
"The Holy Roman Empire is not Holy, not Roman, and not an Empire."
I agree with MR. Voltaire and Intranetusa. When did he lived?
Imperator Palustris
03-26-2007, 11:02
There's this cool mod that let's you play with Flanders! I'm Flemish, so I love it! Long live the Lion of Flanders!!!
:2thumbsup: :beam:
But if I have to choose a vanilla faction then I choose England!
Long live England! God save the king!
:knight: :applause:
Spain, because its the first faction I have played so far. I thinkt I'll try HRE next though.
King of Kings
03-26-2007, 17:04
Voltaire, a famous philosopher of the enlightenment said:
"The Holy Roman Empire is not Holy, not Roman, and not an Empire."
yeah ive heard of that before cant remember where though.
Lorenzo_H
03-26-2007, 17:50
Voltaire, a famous philosopher of the enlightenment said:
"The Holy Roman Empire is not Holy, not Roman, and not an Empire."
lmao I love that, nice un!
Artimus the Conquerer
03-26-2007, 18:13
Ive gotta go with the Moors... I have a slight desert cavalry addiction... plus being muslim, no inquisitors!!!
My initial favourites were the Danes (carried over from MTW) - I liked the variety of infantry units and they have some decent cavalry too (including those Norse War Clerics that can be trained in cities). But after playing the Turks they take the prize for me - great missile cavalry (including those Sipahis than can do a passable job of charging infantry units after expending their ammunition), a great hybrid unit in the Ottoman Infantry which does a decent job of flanking when they're used up all their volleys, and those fantastic Janissary units that can be trained in cities. I now have hardly any castles as cities can pretty much produce anything I need - Sipahis, Janissary infantry and archers (don't have musketeers yet) and Saracen militia for garrisons. The only thing I use my castles for are for training naffatun.
Agent Smith
03-26-2007, 22:49
For me it's a tough call.
I'm Ukrainian by heritage, so playing as the Rus is the obvious choice. I'm a big fan of the Dvor as well as a unit. The Russian late period helmets are very cool as well, reminiscent (sp) of the Gaul's helmet that fought Maximus in Gladiator. Not very historical, but cool nevertheless.
But, as for military tactics, I'm not a horse archer person. I love spears and infantry tactics, and I am a huge fan of Greek history and their hoplites. So, Scotland is as close as you can get to phalanx warfare with their pikemen. Plus, they are Scottish. It doesn't get any better than that (except for, well, Ukrainians like me).
Evil_Maniac From Mars
03-26-2007, 23:42
Voltaire, a famous philosopher of the enlightenment said:
"The Holy Roman Empire is not Holy, not Roman, and not an Empire."
Voltaire said that in the 1700s. In the Middle Ages, the Emperors were crowned by the Pope (some of them, anyways), conquered Northern Italy (and were in posession of Rome at some points, if I recall correctly), and was most certainly an empire, if a bit loosely controlled.
Kansas Bear
03-27-2007, 00:17
HRE, not bad, but every one and their dog can/will attack you
England, nice island to build forces and send them to the continent
Scotland, if you really dislike the English...
Hoplite7
03-27-2007, 00:29
England, by far. Great fun steamrolling over the Scotts and French. Since the start of my campaign, I've never once been at peace. It was so much fun conquering everyone in my path. The unit selection fits my style perfectly as well. Using stakes is fun too, especially when against the Mongols in front of breached gates.
RoadKill
03-27-2007, 00:50
Wow you guys are all lame.... FRANCE ALL THE WAYwith our destoryingly powerful calvalry nothing stands in our way. :whip:
SoxSexSax
03-27-2007, 00:51
Poland, due to start location and Polish Noble cavalry.
Czar Alexsandr
03-27-2007, 03:55
Hmm. Well I'm from English descent but my favorite faction is by far Russia. Something about the steepes is just interesting to me.
In my opinion the Dvor is the best horsearcher/archer the Cossack is a good musket and swordsman, and the Tsar's Guard is a very good cavalry unit. And I love the axe shock troops. Plus being Orthodox means no pope begging you to do whatever he wants. It offers you a very challenging game to. Thosse armoured catholics to the west.. the Mongols and Timurids to the east. And lossing just one of thoose worthless pieces of land hurts the ego. I think it's the most fun.
DisgruntledGoat
03-27-2007, 04:10
Portugal. Early game they have the powerful Jinetes with decent infantry (the javelineers). Middle to late game they have the INCREDBILY powerful Almughavars, aventuros and portugese arquebusiers.
HRE
The only army whose colour scheme doesn't look like it was designed by a blind drowned rat :laugh4:
Seiously though, their starting position makes for a very interesting game.
Only the Byzantines are eye sores with their bright purple scheme.
I wish we could change/alter the colors a bit.
HRE, not bad, but every one and their dog can/will attack you
England, nice island to build forces and send them to the continent
Scotland, if you really dislike the English...
I am English and my favourite faction are the Scots! Arrrrggghhh!
HoreTore
03-27-2007, 13:15
The turks! Gotta love the ottomans... Besides, they let me jihad, which is sooooo much more fun than crusading.
There's this cool mod that let's you play with Flanders! I'm Flemish, so I love it! Long live the Lion of Flanders!!!
Stupid Flanders...
Sorry had to say it! :clown:
Portugal! Their starting position is interesting and the roster is astounding.
Aventuros (top notch pikemen and damn good general melee)
Musketeers
Portuguese Arquebusiers (gunpowder than can melee is fun)
Swordsmen Militia (you mean I can have cheap, effective swordsmen defend my cities for free?)
Jinettes (perhaps the single most awesome unit in the game)
Basilisk (there goes the neighborhood... there goes another neighborhood...)
And don't forget the infantry javelins too! Oh yeah... not to mention Conquistadores.
Portugal in control of Iberia can be an impossible nut to crack, and their units are amazing. The tactical diversity of the roster allows you to field armies using a variety of tactics, or armies that mix them all. Portugal is perhaps the best nation for combined arms tactics. That's especially sweet because any mercenaries can easily find a use in any Portuguese army without changing your tactics.
Byzantines. They're old school.
PrestigeX
03-28-2007, 21:29
I really liked playing as spain and portugal. I think that they can have a bit of trouble in the early period because you get javelins, then amulgahvars which is annoying because u'd think an upgrade would get u some decent spear man or something...
but once u get going and get new lands.. Amulgavars on the walls are wicked because the javelins kill a lot when the enemy is in range and they can do well in melee. Also, putting ur javelins behind ur heavy infantry helps so that while the enemy's 3rd. 4th ranks are waiting to fight they are being hit with javelins while my heavy infantry is fighting their 1st-2nd line.
The both have jinettes and a good variety of horse/infantry and missile.
Scot's Pike General
03-29-2007, 01:24
SCOTLAND! You have to love the scots noble pikemen!
Frederick_I_Barbarossa
03-29-2007, 01:30
Currently having a blast as Milan...
So many factions, so little time...
I've played England and Milan, where I liked Milan the best.
Frederick_I_Barbarossa
03-29-2007, 21:53
I just tried Portugal for the first time late last night and WOW...talk about a ton of fun...so much more fun than Spain
English since that's the only faction I've had time to play with :D
Rocketman
04-17-2007, 23:27
Mine is HRE mainly because its says its Roman (and i know there German),and it actualy gives your faction leader the title of Emperor.
Forgive my ignorance of M2TW, but does it not give the Byzantine leader the title "Emperor"?
adembroski
04-18-2007, 03:51
Scotland... despite my love of heavy cavalry... probably because I'm Irish-American, so I have twice the reason to dislike the English;)
I've only properly played Scotland, England and now Spain. Scotland and England are both too easy as you're fighting out of the corner. Spain is entertaining as you acquire the Pope by default - you have to pump out priests to stave off the heresy and they quickly turn into cardinals. Look forward to playing Turks and Egyptians, but havent wiped them out yet.
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