I think the best one is Brutii:juggle2: but its alot more fun and interesting:book: to play with the Julii and the Scipii is kinda them both in one
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I think the best one is Brutii:juggle2: but its alot more fun and interesting:book: to play with the Julii and the Scipii is kinda them both in one
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Originally Posted by dakar97BG
I say the Juli is the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!For I will be Emperor!!!!!
Really is there a need for 30 exclamation marks? What are you, twelve?
The Brutii knows what is best for Rome, what more can you ask?
Brutti have the best position for expansion into the richest area of the map and the best bonuses. Scipii kind of run ut of steam if you go only for Carthage and neglect take from the Greece turf. Julii by far the most interesting from gameplay. Overall, Romans way to easy, as is the whole game of course.
As always, the best Roman faction is the one you have the most fun playing....:shrug:
Purely mechanically speaking there can be no argument against the Brutii. The Julii are red though and we've been spoon fed that Roman=Red, despite red dye being very costly and scarce at the time.
I should say though, that Carthage's roster is formidable. Their Sacred Band Hoplites are superrior to any other phalanx unit apart from perhaps armoured Hoplites or Spartans. The Sacred Band Cav is decent, although no Cataprhact, and they get elephants. Ultimately the Seleucids will have a slightly better roster but if Carthage manages to take Sicily for itself it can become much stronger much faster.
If you rush with them Carthage is one of the easiest factions, even easier than the Romans perhaps. The trick is to take Tingi and then Numidia proper while allying with the Greek Cities and attack the Scipii stack that besieges Syracuse and crash them in battle over and over. Just crush the Romans outside Syracuse a few times so they don;t get Syracuse till you get your Spanish armies on Tingi and the Numidian capital (about 10 tunrs max), after which you can take Messana and Syracuse and you are set for world domination with huge trade profits from the Spain/Balearics/north africa/carthage/Sardinia/Sicily trade routes. Invade Italy from the South and crush the Romans before they reach the reforms while finishing off the Numidians - which is pretty easily accomplished. By the time you reach Arretium you can begin a second campaign either in Spain aiming for Gaul to get rid of the pesky barbarians or over to Egypt, but can leave Egypt for later too.
I refrain from training Elephants as the battles are a fiasco with them on. The only time i did (very hard /very hard) i had 2 units of armored elephants and a bunch of round and long shield cavs. The elephants charged and the cavs game behind to mop up - every battle took something like less than 6 minutes against full Roman and Gaulish and Spanish stacks. Since then, i've never trained elephants again.
I say the Juli are the best.
The Juli ares ones that you would make a empire with.
for one day,I will be Emperor.
Kid :clown:Quote:
Originally Posted by Napoleon The Emperor Of Europe
I favour the Scipii, since they will concetrate their power onBlacksCarthaginians
Ah,But you get the fun of defeating the gauls and Spanish,and the britians.Quote:
Originally Posted by G. Septimus
naa, I played the campaign 4 times (SPQR, Julii, Scipii, Brutii) and I found Scipii the best and/or the easiest to be. I just find desert-fighting much easier. Dunno why