Which faction for next campaign?

*votes Romani*

Originally Posted by Fondor_Yards:
At the end of today, I'll pick a faction from whoever has the most votes. *but that might mean I have to play as the romans, gasp!!!! That would be my first roman campaign since my first ever as the Brutii*

Hopefully this will help force the decision. Romani are well worth it. I was avoiding them, since vanilla, but decided to take the plunge with 0.8, as cunctators minimod seemed to offer all the incentives I needed (ironically I got so far through my campaign before I realised it had installed in the wrong directory that I have ended up playing without it:oops: )
They are very fun, though I opted to bring forward the Marian reforms to 200BC, as my game would have stalled otherwise.

Have yet to finish my first long EB campaign (because everytime I get almost there... EB has something new for me so I just start all over again.) Anyway, Casse would be my next try. For one thing you're pretty isolated and have to see to the Eleutheroi first. Saba would be a good one too, I think. Just for the fun of watching other factions see how they do, and trying to play it a not the Total War style.

ROMA VICTA

-K COSSACK MAXIMUS

Yay Rome!

Curses, looks like I'll be finnaly trying out my hated enemies. Installed the first cohort mod, changed the reforms a bit, so everything will be ready tomorrow.

Go the faction that you are least historically familiar with.

You might just learn something, and isn't that the overall point in the end?

Well i know you say you dont like easterners, try baktria thats a challenge to fend off from pahlava and arche seleukeia with only archers, skirmishers and pantadopoi phalangitai, all this managing and watching your economics closely so you dont go into red numbers, also late in the game the unit selection of the baktria empire is nice!i mean elephantes indikoi, baktria agema, etc its nice without forgeting some nice mounted steppe archers as auxiliary units!try it its been the best campaign ive already had!also try ptolemaioi maybe theyre rich and have a lot of land, but only a few cities can really produce a decent army, and well you have to fend off from the arche seleukia and well it depends on hoy many turns it takes for them to betray you but also from karthadastim, good luck on your next selection, the barbarian factions are just excellent, great unit rosters but like someone said before its fun as long as the other factions around you plan doing something!so good luck choosing your next campaing man!!!

Originally Posted by SwebozGaztiz:
Well i know you say you dont like easterners, try baktria thats a challenge to fend off from pahlava and arche seleukeia with only archers, skirmishers and pantadopoi phalangitai, all this managing and watching your economics closely so you dont go into red numbers, also late in the game the unit selection of the baktria empire is nice!i mean elephantes indikoi, baktria agema, etc its nice without forgeting some nice mounted steppe archers as auxiliary units!try it its been the best campaign ive already had!also try ptolemaioi maybe theyre rich and have a lot of land, but only a few cities can really produce a decent army, and well you have to fend off from the arche seleukia and well it depends on hoy many turns it takes for them to betray you but also from karthadastim, good luck on your next selection, the barbarian factions are just excellent, great unit rosters but like someone said before its fun as long as the other factions around you plan doing something!so good luck choosing your next campaing man!!!

I never said I didn't like the eastern factions. Baktria and the Saka are two of my top 5 favorite factions. But I had just played a 70 year long Saka campain, taking everything up to Mazaka in Asia Minor, and didn't feel like doing that again. After over 500 victories vs the Seleucids you get a little tired of killing them. Exspecially when they just keep sending wave after wave of full stacks at you.

Pick some one Celtic I would say.

I voted Casse

I really enjoyed my Aedui campaign, although waiting for the first reform was hard, and when I got it it was mostly regional troops in my territories farthest from the front! :laugh4: On the other hand, those Carnutes were awesome. If I did it again I'd play the Casse, and sit on my island until at least the first reform, hoping to hit the second before the game's end.

Wolfman25, I think it's too late, he decided to play the faction that got the most votes, and the Romans are far ahead of our beloved Celts. Ah well, they're fun too.