What faction are you most looking forward to play as in Campaign?

Hey dont forget us over in England!

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Originally Posted by Martok

As long as the Muslim factions have some more beefed-up units, and/or their mounted missile units can manage themselves this time around, I'll be very happy! The Egyptians are my 2nd favorite faction in MTW, but it really sucks having to baby-sit my horse archers all the time. I rarely play the Turks at all, just because managing that many horse archers would drive me stark raving mad.... :dizzy2:

At least Rome's engine has skirmish mode, so the HA's aren't so bad to manage.


Holy crap! ~:eek: How on earth did you manage that?? I've been able to destroy an entire faction with just one Crusade (especially if I'm the Spanish taking out the Almos), but I don't think I've ever conquered more than 5-8 provinces with a single Crusade/Jihad army. What was your Crusade's target province, anyway?

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Pure luck, pretty much.

I'm playing the XL mod, so my map's a bit different.

I'd wanted to stomp the Almohads out of Spain, so I set my Crusade marker to Morocco. I wanted them stopped, but still remaining as a buffer between me and the Egyptians. I conquered a couple of provinces to the south, but not Grenada. For some reason, it let me go north instead of south, so I wound up going through France, Italy, and the Byzantines, gathering men all the way. Finally wound up in Turkey, and managed to crush the Turks and Egyptians before making my way to Morocco.

That was insane. o_o

Portugal.

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Originally Posted by Templar Knight

England, smashing Scotland and then taking control of the British isles, build up an effective navy and then go from there.

Then I'll go Scotland and do the same.

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Mwahaha, exactly what I want to do!

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Originally Posted by KukriKhan

Wnat to see my Aztec warriors marching down the streets of Rome, London, Paris & Moscow. :)

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You'd have to wait until some 1250 the date of founding of Moscow

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Originally Posted by freebard

I'm looking forward to control my warmachine janissaries and elite spahis on the battlefield. I can hear the drums of the Mehter Band from now. Yes, yes... it will be an amazing sight while besieging Constantinopol.

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Well, in my opinion besieging Constantinople won't be amazing sight:laugh4:
Why? Look my favourite factions above~;)

I will start out playing the Byzantine to get the feel, and then complete my first game as the Huns.

mfberg

Any Italian faction. They were easily my favourite factions to play in MTW (I love going around colonising the mediterrannean), especially the Sicilians. I would like to see the Sicilians in this new game, and I am very much looking forward to trying out my colonisation with the RTW movement system.

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Originally Posted by mfberg

and then complete my first game as the Huns.

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Huns? Surely you must mean Mongols.

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Originally Posted by Silver Rusher

Huns? Surely you must mean Mongols.

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I believe he meant the Hungarians. Those of us who've played the original MTW often refer to them as the Huns, just like we often refer to the Almohads as the Elmos. ~;)

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... couse its not logical that only Denmark is up there in the north. Its not like everything above Denmark was a frozen wasteland.

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Amen, brother. :shakehands:

I would first play with the smallest and weakes faction I can find. I get more attached to such factions than I do to great powers. Then I would try something from East and Central Europe (if my first choice hadn't been there). Probably Poland or some Russian state. I'll definetly try out the Tartars as well...

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... couse its not logical that only Denmark is up there in the north. Its not like everything above Denmark was a frozen wasteland.

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Amen, brother. :shakehands:

I would first play with the smallest and weakes faction I can find. I get more attached to such factions than I do to great powers. Then I would try something from East and Central Europe (if my first choice hadn't been there). Probably Poland or some Russian state. I'll definetly try out the Tartars as well...

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... couse its not logical that only Denmark is up there in the north. Its not like everything above Denmark was a frozen wasteland.

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Amen, brother. :shakehands:

I would first play with the smallest and weakes faction I can find. I get more attached to such factions than I do to great powers. Then I would try something from East and Central Europe (if my first choice hadn't been there). Probably Poland or some Russian state. I'll definetly try out the Tartars as well...

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couse its not logical that only Denmark is up there in the north. Its not like everything above Denmark was a frozen wasteland.

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That's right! Give me Norway to play with :wall:

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Originally Posted by King Yngvar

That's right! Give me Norway to play with :wall:

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If there will be a nation above Denmark than Sweden

I want to play the French......or the Seljuk Turks. I want this game to be a real winner. I am quite excited!

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diBorgia

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If there will be a nation above Denmark than Sweden

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Where do you get that information from? Do you know something about the remaining 9 factions we heard about or are you just making assumptions based on nothing?

Think Romania's gonna be there?

I wanna play the Byzantine Empire!!

I want to play as Russia first, as they are the mix of Eastern and Western Tactics and the are the closest to Armenia (or the Byzantines, but they are more greek). Then will play Scotland because I wanted to play as Eire, but they are not in game.

The Byzantines because I wanna see if I can turn back the Turkish tide.

Probably England, I cant wait to see all the knights and longbowen in the new game, the graphics look awesome, I cant wait untill it comes out, ill probably get it the first day it come out.

France, I think.

It'll be a good test of the diplomacy/campaign AI, see how much of an improvment there's been. An early alliance between France and Scotland is going to be strategically crucial for the Scottish and a very good idea for the French, so if the AI can't keep that alliance it'll certainly be telling.

Timurids
Venice
Ottomans
Byzantines
all the others

Mongols, Byzantines, Holy Roman Empire, Venice.

Hungary

Egypt I think, going to succed where they failed ie. wrestling control of the sea back from those money-driven Italians, stop the Mongols before they cripple Islamic civilization and colonize the Americas(as a bonus).
Or... I will be the French and go crusading! Or I'll play as the Turks and conquer all of Europe.

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Originally Posted by Antiochius

If there will be a nation above Denmark than Sweden

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I disagree because Denmark at the time controlled Sweden, Norway and Finland as part of the Kalmar Union.

Oh sorry actually I have researched more and this actually did not happen until 1397 (lasted until 1521). Sorry! Yes maybe include them.

it's got to be PORTUGAL!!!!

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I'm really looking forward to playing the Venetians. First off, because I really like Venice, as a city, and also the Venetian Republic and their history in general. In the game it's also the challenge of having a small kingdom, which does not have many avenues of expansion, being surrounded by Milan, Papacy, Hungary, HRE, Sicily, Byzantium. You have to be really careful and build up your economy with great care. Merchants fit perfectly into their style of play and I'm really looking forward to try to dominate the world financially instead of militarily.
It also gives me the opportunity to rectify some of the faults the Serenissima made, concentrating immedieatelly on the New World and not allowing some Spanish or Portugese to claim naval supremacy over my Venetian navies.

Cheers!

Ituralde

If MTR: AOA (starting date 1054) is up and running next year :laugh4:

1) Duchy of Normandy - Turn William the Bastard into King William the royal b...I mean Conqueror.

2) Normans of Sicily - Turn Robert Guiscard from an adventurer to a Duke and fight the Holy Roman Empire and Byzantine EMpire as well as Muslim Emirate in Sicily.

3) Byzantine Empire, empire stretching from Italy to Armenia but with a weak weak army, practically defenseless...

4) Venice, build a nice chain of port enclaves and start trading baby!!

5) Turkish Sultanate, unite the Muslim World under the Seljuk banner

6) Danes, regardless of Christianity, start raiding and pillaging neighbours indiscriminately :2thumbsup:

If MTR: AOA (starting date 1054) is up and running next year :laugh4:

1) Duchy of Normandy - Turn William the Bastard into King William the royal b...I mean Conqueror.

2) Normans of Sicily - Turn Robert Guiscard from an adventurer to a Duke and fight the Holy Roman Empire and Byzantine EMpire as well as Muslim Emirate in Sicily.

3) Byzantine Empire, empire stretching from Italy to Armenia but with a weak weak army, practically defenseless...

4) Venice, build a nice chain of port enclaves and start trading baby!!

5) Turkish Sultanate, unite the Muslim World under the Seljuk banner

6) Danes, regardless of Christianity, start raiding and pillaging neighbours indiscriminately :2thumbsup: