i just wondered what the most liked faction was :2thumbsup:
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i just wondered what the most liked faction was :2thumbsup:
Makedonia:balloon2: , Quarthadastim:balloon2: , Epeiros:balloon2: .
EDIT: Hey, post 272 and I said my favourite factions!
See my sig...
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I pretty much have no favorite faction. I love all of them.
So you have 21 favourite factions.
20, I can't play the rebels.
I only play Rome.
Koinon Hellenon, fun watching units, specially barbarians run straight into my Spartan phalanx.
It seems to change to whatever faction I'm currently playing, so right now I gotta say its the Hayasdan. Something about those reforms, HAs, and the absurd difficulty level makes them rock.
Saka, Baktria, Pontus and Hay:balloon:
:gathering:
I don't know for the moment because ineed to start playing eb so i was just wondering which faction was the most liked
I've now completed with Seba, Carthage and Bactria.
And I rekon Carthage was the most fun to play with...
so its Carthage all the way:2thumbsup:
Take a look at my signature, although every faction is really admirable in EB.
Any of the Nomadic factions, Pahlava, SakaRauka, Sauromatae, but I'm a horsearcher/heavy cavalry fan. Also really like the Getai, though all of the factions are well done and seem interesting to play, though I'm not the biggest fan of the phalanx.
If you've similar inclinations, Pahlava and Saka Rauka are great cav factions, but they don't leave you in the dust when it comes to infantry though (reforms needed, the Pahlava reform is a little more complicated to get than the Saka reform). Sauromatae is a bit harder going on the infantry dep't. Getai have great "barbarian-style" infantry, and easy access to horsearchers along with some "pseudo-phalanx" infantry. Their heavy cavalry aren't that great though, but not bad (certainly not as poor as the Romani cavalry).
Makedonia, Qarthadastim, and the Koinon Hellenon. I also really like the unit roster for the Getai, though I have yet to play a true campaign with them.
Definitively, Romani and Bactria.
Arche Seleukeia
Epeiros
1. Arche Seleukeia.
2. Makedonia
3. Pontus, Pahlava, Carthage, Koinon Hellenon, Epeiros
those are the ones I love so much that I can never bring myself to destroy any of them when they are AI... and that's kinda a problem ;( ;)
4. Baktria, Hayasdan
5. Ptolemaioi, Getai
Getai
Arche Seleukeia
Karthadast
1. Arche Seleukeia
2. Romani
3. Makedonia
The Eleutheroi.
God love them, they never give up - I think the grey little bastards have killed over twice as many of my men than all the other factions put together.
They have the best generals in the game, and they always defend their city squares like true madmen.
Desert, plain or Alpine mountain, they are always the most painful and dreaded enemy - they ambush your singular units en route to the main army, and kill off your best generals when they are retiring home to the capital.
By far the most realistic, tactical, brave and unrelenting faction.
Pontus, because they have a Perso-Hellenic Army and Casse, for their awesome starting position.
I would've said Lusotanna if it weren't for the cripplingly high unit costs.
I am playing the Lusitannan and although the units are expensive the resources of Iberia pay for them :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Olaf The Great
Favorites so far:
1. Carthage
2. Lusitannan
Although to be honest its a tie at this point.
1. Ptolemies
2. Carthage
3. Koinon Hellenon
I like all the factions in EB. Here's just a few that I really like.
1. Casse. The first faction I ever played consistently in EB (0.74 days. ah the nostalgia) I still have a soft spot for those brave blue men.
2. KH. Like STuNTz2023 said. There's something about watching a disorganised barbarian rabble charge into my perfectly lined phalanx.
3. Sweboz! Never really got that far with them but i just like feeling evil and the overall dark atmosphere the germanic forest gives (on the campaign map that is).
4. Getai. They're close to thracians! I love thracians!
5. Bactria. A nice blend of India, Persia, and Greece. East meets West.
6. Karthage. Diverse armies kinda like bactria good economy. Plus Hannibal Barca!
7. Saby'n. I just like them. Sure their armies aren't on par with those of their greek or persian neighbors. But I still like them.
8. The sons of Aeneas!(Romani) I love attempting to conquer the world as them.
9. Lusotannan. I like their units. and i like iberia. I've always wanted to start a campaign were i conquer all the iberian tribes who aren't under the influence of Karthage or greece. Then moving my capital to Numantia.
10. Pontus. I like their unit roster. They're are kinda like the jack-of-all-trades faction to me when it comes to their units.
11. Hayasdan. Riding with my loyal subjects to subdue those filthy perverted greeks and restore the persian empire! ( I always get crushed by the Silver death after attempting this sadly.)
12. Saka. Good calvary. Later on when the reforms hit gain good infantry (sadly i never made it to the reforms. stupid crappy steppe economy). Well balanced.
Arche Seleukeia and the romani.
Why do you think they are evil?Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolfman
I don't know really. Not so much evil but mysterious to me. Dark, Unknown, Ancient. Their warriors sort of give me that feel. I've always liked learning about the Barbarian peoples that were able to defeat the mighty roman empire.Quote:
Originally Posted by Centurio Nixalsverdrus
Ha! Not so mysterious when I plunder their spooky little towns and trample the estranged spirits from their pale bodies with my wing of horse!
They stay on their side of the river, and I'll stay on mine.
(My favourite player faction is the Arverni).
I love the pride shown in the noble Gallic armour, the headress, the emblems and customs.
A very gallant culture really, and I pity the Arverni because of their terrible fate in every game I play outside of Gaul.
Pahlava definitely. I've finished campaigns as Baktria, Qarthadastim, Getai, and Pahlava(all 1.0), but they were the best. Horse archers are incredibe. Armored horse archers even more so. :yes:
Hayasdan! Because it's the only faction that I never seem to be able to win as!
Started a campaign as Saba today, in the 250's BC. Really fun starting position, once you get past the initial boring decade of building mines in your cities and having almost no fighting done!
Almost no one seems to like the Sauromatae (bar the I like them all people) hehe. I wonder if that's because of a lack of city improvements/city size cap, horse archer hatred(in some cases), or lack of identification with them hmmmm....
I myself wasn't a big fan till I started playing them :yes:, but my favorite faction remain ever the Seleucids... Semper Seleukeia!
Hayasdan and Casse!
Hayasdab cause I love the persian way of fighting and Casse cause they simply are fun to play:grin3:
Saba!
Mainly because I like fighting against overwhelming odds and an army based around skirmishers and light infantry. It's also quite satisfying when you win a battle with inferior troops and send the greeks scurrying back to their safe cities.
Hayasdan so far, can't praise my recent campaign with them enough.
But finding my current Makedonia campaign interesting to. :)
1. Baktria - I just love the concept of "indo-Greeks", plus the campaign really has a frontier feel to it...
2. Makedonia - Like Rome, but harder and more Hellenic...
3. Saba - How can you not enjoy conquering Ethiopia?
That just made my dayQuote:
Originally Posted by Irishmafia2020
Saka (I had a great campaign which inspired "Of Mail and Men" a while back, search the forum for it), because of their challenge and amazing empire-building capabilities for a steppe faction.
Arche Seleukeia because I love doing a Persian redux with Hellenic units to boot.
Qarthadastim because they are the first faction I played as, their units look so awesome (and their capabilities are as good as their looks), and they have so many options, from African expansion to "Colonizing" the mediterranean by taking random cities along the coast, to just landing a fullstack next to Rome.
Honorable mentions: Koinon Hellenon, Sweboz, Getai
Arverni (quelle surprise, huh?), followed by Aedui, Sweboz and Casse. Their story, their units, their location and the heroic feeling that the Celtic units give me is just what I like. I also like Sab'yn.
casse and sauromate
casse because i like the heroes and british regional units
sauromate because of the horse archers
Arche Seleukeia.
1) Amazing unit roster
2) Satrap system
3) Lots of ethnicities for generals
4) Hellenic building tree
5) Founder-cult worship
6) No waiting for reforms
7) Very difficult at start
8) Very difficult as you expand (due to distances)
Definately the best faction out there for me. :2thumbsup:
1. MAKEDONIA (Rulers of the world) always
maybe in the future other Macedonian factions:
2. Arche Seleukeia
3. Ptolemaioi
Always with one goal. To unite Macedonian empire again and kick Roman a...s :knight:
Sweboz!
Epeiros are great for doing a Hellenic migration campaign, since after 270 or so they were irrelevant and thus don't upset the historic balance of power in Greece by removing them.
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Originally Posted by QuintusSertorius
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Originally Posted by QuintusSertorius
Aye, very true, I'm thinking of relocating them to India for fun. My own version of an Indo-Greek Kingdom starting 272BCE. :2thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by QuintusSertorius
People change, even me. :laugh4:Quote:
Originally Posted by Swordmaster
What's really worked is that Pergamon, despite being a Hellenistic Successor didn't use phalanxes. Plus they're in an interesting location.
I'm sure phalanxes will become your mainstay once you become a Seleukid strategos. It's an acquired taste, much like horse archer-based warfare is, but a very rewarding one, too. Perhaps, one day, Quintus.Quote:
Originally Posted by QuintusSertorius
Not sure I can see it. I've got a real loathing for pikes and phalanx-tactics. Something distinctly unheroic about them, which is kind of the point.Quote:
Originally Posted by Swordmaster
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Originally Posted by QuintusSertorius
too true... I've never liked phalanxes either...
and about my faction.... I'll have to go roman :2thumbsup:
although there's something about baktria that keeps me interested in starting a new campaign (those late bodyguards...:cool4:)
I didn't like phalanxes either, until I started playing with them. There's something tragic about seeing an elite phalanx being eaten up by pesky skirmishers, much like the Seleukids being eaten up by their pesky neighbours.
why this was posted here?
we should make this a poll in the main page ,kinda like "what's your age" thread , it could bring interesting results :2thumbsup:
Definitely the Seleucids. I just love the idea of a huge Empire that houses a myriad of different cultures within its borders. And I've always had a soft spot for the orient and the "East". A faction wich have the strong, disciplined armies of Alexander mixed with local "persians" and locals is just kick-ass. And I love the roleplaying-possibilities with the Seleukids. With all the different ethnic groups and soldiers under your command the possibilities are endless! And ofcourse, the Hellenic governmental system. And, most important, the colours on their "uniforms". The black/white/gray/brown/red colours on the Hellenic units are just to die for :yes:. Makes them look "imperial" in a sense of way, in my opinion.
But the Macedonians are also pretty cool I think. I enjoy fielding armies of Pezhetairoi combined with Taxeis Triballoi and Thraikioi Rhomphaiaphoroi. The Pahlava are also pretty neat. They're also a very cool "eastern" faction, but with more focus on horse-archers and cataphracts, wich is fine by me! Besides, their horse-archer armies simply steamroll everything, awesome!
Saka :yes: they just slaugther every1 on the battlefield with their archers:2thumbsup: ...and Getai
:D
Gotta stand up for Sauromatae right now^^. They're just awesome! I just love uniting the steppes from the black sea to the sakas first and then going down to the south and crushing all those hellenes from the east. Really awesome to sack and destroy all those huge cities you don't have to keep. (I made almost 100.000 mnai by looting Seleukeia!!). Besides I just like Sauromatae better than Saka, don't know why.
Other cool factions: Carthage, Sweboz, Arverni and Koinon Hellenion (really nice to kick those makedonians out and then 'rescue' the greek colonies all around the Mediterrinian)
Romani...
since yesterday, the Pedites Extraordinarii make that faction totally worthwhile for me
I love the 1.0 Lusotannan faction. There are some new additions in 1.1 which I really would like to play
Koinon Hellenon not for the obvious reasons , but simply beacuse I really enjoy the hoplite armies , mind you without the spartans in them .
I hail from the land of the helots .
I also enjoy very much the Arverni and the Aedui and Sweboz , my kind of "barbarian" warfare , and I recently realised that horse archer armies even though they are killer against the computer ( and I imagine in the MP also in the hands of a very skilled player ) are not my kind of thing . I enjoy more to clash head-on with masses of infantry, and depending on my mood I choose either the KH or the Arverni/Aedui/Sweboz .
If we're talking about cataphracts , well , that's another thing , I sure like cataphracts .
I also dislike the slow moving phalanxes of the Maks, Epeiros , Seleukos and Ptolemaios though as a KH player I envy the Makedonian cavalry . Besides , my peltasts shred phalanxes . yay .
Satyros
I'm definitely a Mak player, although Baktria is a close second. Phalangial armies and I just sort of go together - they're either a steamroller or they lock up a portion of the battlefield, and everybody just loooves the hammer and anvil. Makedonian ability to recruit those killer Thraikioi Rhomphiaphoroi right next to the homeland is really awesome too. Baktria I like because they have most of the great Seleukid units (except the higher-end phalangitai and those insane armored thorakitai monsters), plus they don't need a reform for their kataphraktoi, and their starting position is a lot easier for me to manage. I like to start small and get big; larger starting factions like the Qarthadastim, AS, and the Ptolemaioi are kinda hard for me to ease into.
Pahlava, but their cavalry reaaly very expensive .... but they worth :-)
and of course romans, there cannot be one who did not play with them...
two eternal enemy I like them both if I choose infantry playing romans if I bored with infantry I play with pahlava and watch how catafracts are deadly....
in history sassanids even managed to conqured the old achamenid empire they dominated the anatolia (asia minor) even captured egypt ....
parthia attacked and dominated syria and also anatolia but they were all temporary ...
sassanids compansated parthian weaknesses they used a standing army and revived immortal so I hope there could be a chance to play with sassanids in eb....
Lusotanna all the way, they just have so much character and a different style to anyone else
Baktria close behind due to their fun roster with access to Greeks, Easterners, Nomadic types and Indians...
Ive enjoyed all the factions Ive played with though, its great that you can role play the bigger empires also, it keep the logistics from getting boring. :oops:
AS, Macedon and epeiros.
1. Baktria - Like a 'Best-Of' for EB: Heffalumps, HAs, Phalanxes, and grest foot archers. Oh, and decent slingers as well. Almost the perfect faction.
2. Makedon - 2 words: Alexandros Megas.
3. Romani - I just like them. Great Infantry. Sadly missing any decnt cavalry though.
4. Saka - Like Baktria, a fantastic mix of units, and a well-protected starting position. Until I mod the Baktrians BG to use their bows, SR also have the best in that department as well.
Can't say. They are all so well done, every one is interesting.
Aedui and Ptolemaioi. Ptolemaio have an awesome starting position without being to large to make the first few turns tedious to me like seleukeia, and a good unit roster with elite phalangitai galatians and good cavalary troops plus I always loved Egyptian history. I don't know why no one seems to care much for the ptolemaio as there always at the bottom of polls about favorite factions, europa barbarorum depiction of them is just far and away the best of any of the other mods out there as well, just superb.
I really like the Ptolemai as well...I even wrote an AAR about em :) Good for you!Quote:
Originally Posted by kepta
Baktria - because of their unit rooster, have almost everything, Indian units, elephants, HAs...,
KH - many types of units, possibility to field various types of armies, great roleplay possibilities - you can use armies dependant on nationality of your general, access to many nice regionals, you will fight enemies with different tactics, you can reclaim colonies, conquer Persia,
Makedonia - I like phalanx armies and factions that are not so big at start, my favourite diadochi kingdom,
Aedui - a lot of units, again various enemies - the game will not be boring, reforms, (I like them a little more than Arverni and Casse, but I like these two too),
Pahlava - my favourite eastern faction, I like their specific government system and units.
These 5 are the top, but all factions are apealing in some way
Romani, because you get to ki... err, meet so many different cultures.
The 'barbarian' factions get a little boring in my opinion after you manage to survive the struggle in the beginning, which is very very nice since it provides many a challange and some nail-biting AI turn waiting :)
Had a lot of fun with many factions, but my favorites are Aedui, Sweboz, Arche Seleukeia and Baktria, in no particular order.
It's sometimes even more challenging to maintain a large barbarian empire in the later game, as you're getting attacked from all sides and don't have the economy of the civilised factions.Quote:
Originally Posted by schlappi
Romani are my absolute favourite in EB, just as they were in RTW. My next best-liked factions are: AS, KH and the Carthaginians.
Baktria - very stylish ensemble of units with that exotic touch, I like the region and the overall uniqueness of the faction's culture too
Carthage - great unit roster with a lot of flexibility and i like the culture (will be even better when the Carthaginian voice mod is finally done!!)
Pontos - also very flexible unit roster and very very challenging starting position
Romani, Makedon, KH and bizzarely the Sabaeans, a real nice change to the northern factions if you ask me.
I am sad now. So noone here like teh Sweboz? Ive only seen like 2 or 3 ppl of .org that do, it makes me feel sad and kinda alone:no::shame:
I'm a fan of the Sweboz, only faction I have actually completed the VCs with. I do prefer Pahlava, the Romani and Saba though....
1. Arverni/Aedui
I love the fact that when you get enough reforms, you can rewrite history with your own Celtic legions of mail-covered Gauls and heavy cavalry. No more of the Gauls being run over by everyone. Celtic revenge.
2. Casse
Another Celtic faction? What's there not to love? (except chariots. not loving chariots.)
3. Lusotannia
It's ridiculously hard to spell, but a hybrid Ibero-Celt Empire washing across the world (especially Italy) makes me smile.
4. Sweboz
I just really love the barbarian factions. The fact that you have infantry from every tribe and they are all excellent, cheap line troops makes the Sweboz a very fun faction to play.
5. Carthage
It's just fun to beat up on the Romans.
I really like heavy infantry. And heavy cavalry. So if there was some sort of Sauromatae-Gallic cavalry, I think I would die of happiness.
Umm a quick question? Do you know how to get troops like The Cherusi Swordsmen, Chatti Clubmen/Spearmen, and Gaut Spearmen? If so can u plz tell me???:help::help:Quote:
Originally Posted by kekailoa
Cherusci are available in the province to the west of your starting one (factional MIC4), Chatti in Arctaunon (i.e. S-W, factional MIC2-3), Gaut in Scandinavia and Gotland (factional MIC3).Quote:
Originally Posted by Olaf Blackeyes
1. Ptolemaioi
2. Kart-Hadast
3. Makedonia
Also, do any of you guys ever get the feeling that a faction is "evil"? I always get that impression about the Seleukids, not sure why though.
KH! I love to reconquer all the Greek colonies!