I listed them all just in case. It was a hard decision for me, but I went with the Byzantines. Alot of my decision was based on the original game and my fond memories of playing with them.
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I listed them all just in case. It was a hard decision for me, but I went with the Byzantines. Alot of my decision was based on the original game and my fond memories of playing with them.
Byzantines! :2thumbsup:
I plan to start my first campaign with them.
Had to vote for a new Faction so I went with Venice...
I guess I should add that people should vote for whatever reason they want, eg. it's thier home country or ancestry, they liked playing with that faction in the original, they like its untis, or they like studying the history of that particular faction. I do realize that no one has ever played with (for instance) milan before. And I do think that the BYZ will be the runaway favorite.
My 2cents.....
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BYZANTINES!
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And Almohads, but I would give a 1 up to the Eastern Romans for their interesting playing style and troop types.
I just hope MTW2 does the Byz more justice than MTW.
Like more unique units, and I think they should have a spearmen that specializes in something than their vanilla flavoured 1 in MTW.
It would be interesting to see how the Byzantine troops look like now and how will their appearance progress as the years go on into the 1500s, that would be nice.
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Byzantium wins, but only just. The Holy Roman Empire will be more interesting to play than in original Medieval with two Italian factions.
spain:2thumbsup:
England, me being English, and the fact that they rule, Billmen and Longbowmen the ultimate combination, i think they will be my first campaign, but i have always had a little soft spot for the Byzantines
Byzantines, followed by the Danes. Although I also like the invasion armies (Mongols and Timurids), which are unfortunately unplayable.
I don't really like the currently big countries that much (England, France HRE, Spain are all a bit 'meh' in my eyes), but that's because I love the underdog and like to change history a bit ;).
I actually like the Byzantines for the opposite reason. I enjoy "roleplaying" history, so factions like Scotland and Milan (although they are really interesting) aren't quite as enjoyable as Byzantium.
The Turks. They were arguably the best faction in MTW, so one could assume they will be the best in M2TW, but who knows.
I gotta say, it has to be the Scots. I'm looking forward to finally returning the favour of being able to banish the English from the British Isles just like I did as the English to the Scottish rebels countless times in the first MTW. :)
Spain for when I'm inexperienced as they have so many advantages. However I think I'll enjoy Venice more once my proficiently increases. I can't wait to use them to conquer Genoa and dominate Mediterranean trade. :2thumbsup:
That´ll depend a lot on the units the factions get, but I tend to favour the north-western European factions, England France and Germany. I like my knights in shining armour and armies that clank when they move.
HRE are the best because of their heavy cavalry and infantry.
The TURKS! Without question. This is of course entirely based on my fond memories of them in MTW. With so many trade-rich provinces nearby, you could pretty much do whatever you wanted. And the units were amazing... you could create almost any type of army configuration you wanted. I also really liked their colors, for some reason.
After taking out Egypt and Byzantium, I always invaded... Spain!:laugh4: Don't ask why, I just loved taking the other side of the Mediterranean I guess.
Guillaume
Sorry -- accidental double post!
egpypt:2thumbsup:
Turks without a doubt.i am gonna conquer Vienna and i am gonna massacre the papal states
Defiantly the Danes, be aware when the vikings are comming:thrasher: :thrasher: hehe
Turks, as they were my favorite in the un-moded MTW. Hopefully they will be as fun in MTW2. So even though it might change once released, its currently the Turks that I am looking forward to playing.
well i love knights and infantry and england has the best foot knights there is plus i love the billmen they can rape any mounted unit there is:laugh4:
I voted Danes because of my ancestry.
"God spare us from the fury of the North-Men!!"
I love to start out as the Danes in Early, carve out a small Baltic centric empire and then concentrate on shipping / trade / and building infrastructure.
By the late 1100's i'm flush with cash and by the early 1200's I've got ships everywhere, naval superiority and lots of full stack armies idling in the home provences.
Then the Mongols show up and start to savage the Hungarians / Polish / Turks etc.
I usually let them do the dirty work then sweep the eastern half of the map clean (ever seen what V+ A+3 W+2 armored huscarls do to Mongol heavy cav? :skull: )
I won't be voting 'til I find out more about the factions. It'll probably be between England and the Turks, though.
HRE, i just like how they're in a bit of a tough spot with enemies on all sides. This based on my mtw experiences ofc.
Byzantines, followed by English, because I am English but Byzantines are too good to resist.
Byzantines first, to create a new roman empire, then russians to create a slavic empire and then the turks, to finally convert all those infidel christians by force. After that, probably venice and the danes.
there is nothing to say more :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Caravel
I'm gonna have to go with Russia, The Russian High era campaign was the most challenging and fun campaign I had in MTW, trying to defend against the Mongol onslaught, so I say them just for that reason.
And their units from the preview look top notch and much more variety than MTW.
In alphabetical order:
Byzantines
Danes
Egyptians
English
Scots
Spanish
Venitians
Gee, can you tell I'm having a hard time deciding? ~D
Got to love England
Time to unite the United Kingdom the take france
From the dusty steppes onto gates of city of emperors city of Constantine the Great city of Constantinople. It shall fall into our hands we'll rise a new empire by the help of Allah. Carry proudly Sultan's banner, Ride the horse over three continents, lead the valiant Janissaries to victory, hit the drum again and spread fear into your enemies heart.
This winter battlefields will shake under the feet of Ottoman armies.
Basileia ton Rhomaion!! :2thumbsup:
I cannot tell you until I actually play the game...
The Turks for sure. The best in the Medieval world. I like to defeat crusaders and make alliances between islamic factions. Become a powercenter of eastern europe and ruler of the islam. Trying to making historical borders of the Ottoman Empire. :2thumbsup: So get the city of constantinople and change its name to Istanbul :charge:
I think id have to go with the danes. They're by far the most enjoyable faction ive played as. Excellent naval superiority, and in a good spot to take lots of rebel provinces. Ace troops, and a good position on the map put the Danes at the top for me.
I did enjoy playing as the Byzantines, egyptians and hungary, but the Danes still take it :D
Im also quite intrested in playing some of thge new factions, ie. Scotland, and the unconquerable portugal!!
Wait, you've played the game already?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fate
Turks make the game a bit unfair. I will play as the Danes! :2thumbsup:
I think he means in medieval 1 :PQuote:
Originally Posted by IrishArmenian
Poland, but I can't vote for it because it's not in the country's list ! :dizzy2:
after Poland I will take Venice and after a muslim faction but I haven't decide wich one yet
@ Scriba, sorry about that, I thought when I was making the poll I had them all listed. My bad.
YA!
i went with venice because i like the look of the venetian heavy infatry, they're well armoured but effective against armour.
btw i didn't get the beta testing thing so if anyone's got a screenshot of the venetians choice of units on custom battle that'd be great ;)
OK, I've added it now.Quote:
Originally Posted by scriba
The Byzantines for sure.
Although it's nice to see the Scots as a full fledged faction in this incarnation of MTW.
It always feels good to play the Underdog
I wanted to say Turks, since they rocked in MTW, but Spain is an interesting choice. Now with Portugal as a faction, and the fact that there are so many factions in close proximity with Spain means that the Iberian Peninsula will be a place of many battles
A lot will depend on the game itself, but my favourite MTW1 faction is probably the Byzantines, followed by the Turks, followed by the Danes.
I used to be a big heavy infantry fan (and still am) in MTW, however, Rome showed me the joys of horse archers, which I then brought back to Medieval.
I vote Turks! After them, I'll probably be playing as Russia and Poland. Russia was a fight for survival in MTW. I have many fond memories of my brave halberdiers holding off the Golden Horde with insane numbers of casualties on both sides.
Being the English always flames the passion for my countries history in me, so I just have to go with the English. This time I've got some Scots to sort out too :laugh4:
What the chap above said. The English. Now we got both frog and haggis eaters and their kings to slaughter -- from afar, with ourcowardlyexcellent longbows!
Oh. hmm...~:doh: I feel like an idiot.Quote:
Originally Posted by hoetje
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Originally Posted by IrishArmenian
Nah just a mistake it can happen to the best.Don't feel like an idiot :laugh4:
Well, I did vote for the Mongols, but as far as I know: we won´t be allowed to play them? Right?
Right.Quote:
Originally Posted by Subedei
BTW did anyone have the BETA Testing thing!?
Ok, so what do you guys think of the Timurids? what advantages do they give as a faction and what good units do they have?
Damm!Quote:
Originally Posted by hoetje
I played a Turk campaign in MTW to the 1400s, but never had the time to finish it (RTW came out). Really looking forward to playing as them.
Off Topic
Am I missing something? Is this directed to people on this forum who are doing beta testing? Or has there been some sort of development that I've missed?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sun of Chersonesos
On Topic
Well, given my rather inept handling of economics, the advantage the Timurids will have in my games is that I won't be able to play them! :laugh4: As far as units go, I don't think that they've provided much insight on the Timurids as of yet. I'm gussing a lot of HA...?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sun of Chersonesos
Guillaume
indeed :no: :shame:Quote:
Originally Posted by Subedei
I voted for the Golden Horde, they have a special place in my heart :p
Too bad they wont be playable in the campaign but it's alright, I'll have to play the crap out of them in Multiplayer/Custom.
Byzantium, surely. Though the new Italian city states look tempting... And what happened to Aragon? They didn't take them out just to have Scotland, did they? :inquisitive:
More like Aragon was removed in favor of Portugal. So there will still be the 3-way war on the Iberian peninsula, just as in the original MTW.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ellesthyan
All things being equal, however, I'd really like to see Aragon in the game as well. All that has more to do with the faction limit, however, which for some reason is much lower this time around. (I believe the faction limit in Medieval 2 is 21, whereas the faction limit in MTW is 30.)
I'd also like to have seen Aragon included. It wouldn't exactly hurt, even if they were a non playable faction that the player could mod in later. Better than nothing.
It was, initially, a much more important faction than Portugal, who I feel have been added due to the "new world" aspects, that come into play later.
Except that Portugal didn't colonise North America.
Yes, but they paved the way because of Henry's school and their ships.
come on the aztecs! can't wait to see jaguar warriors pouncing on slow moving heavy platted knights!
rrrrooarrr!!! :2thumbsup:
The Danes all the way. Followed closely by the English (for the longbows) and the HRE
And that they still colonized brazil. plus, they had a few famous explorers. Like Vasco de Gama, even though he salied to the real india (and not the india columbus discovered)Quote:
Originally Posted by IrishArmenian
Egypt of course :2thumbsup: , I am an Egyptian...!
Regards/Ahmose
Considering Portugal will be in game and that i expect it to be somewhat similar to Spain unitwise, and since Spain was one of my Favorites in MTW... i have high hopes there. However, my absolute favorite faction to play in MTW were the Turks with their wonderful unit rooster.
I also always prefered sea empires than land heavy ones, like HRE.. i always avoided central Europe... and i understand there were some nice troops there to be found...
Yes, Pedro Alvares Cabral discovered Brasil, and Magalhães (Magellan) was portuguese, although working for the Spanish when doing his circumnavigation. Before those there were plenty of others that went south along the African Coast, paving the way to Vasco da Gama.Quote:
Originally Posted by A. Smith
Sadly, No Eire. I think rite now it is split between the Scotti and the Rus.
I think the HRE are the best.They have heavy units.You can easily smash france and then invade england and you could conquer the iberian peninsula and the head east and vest to finish all
The "best" faction in everyones opinion is going to be different. It all depends on how you play, where the starting location is (how many enemies are they bordering, do they have rich provinces), and what units that faction has. The HRE, for example probably has among the best units (I'm going by MTW1 here), but in my opinion has a horrible starting position being surrounded by many other countries. It is not exactly rich to start out with either. So as you can see, everyone is going to have a different opinion on who is the "best."
I voted for the Timurids (i was also the only one :2thumbsup: ) although i heard that theyre not going to be playable. :wall: Please let them be in, please!
Alif :dizzy2:
They'll be in, but they won't be playable (along with the Aztecs, Golden Horde, and the Papacy).Quote:
Originally Posted by AL ZABIDI
I voted for Byzantium but I like France and HRE too.
The mongols will rule the world :jawdrop:
:charge: TURKS! Because they have good fighters, the sipahis and of course the Janissaries. Lets not forget they were the first to bring down walls with cannons! And so could invade Constantinople. To push your borders against Europe is so fun! And not to mention, I am Turkish :laugh4: .
They did not invade Constantinople because of cannons.
Somebody just left the door open
They did? Well maybe, but as far as I know cannons were first used against walls at that battle. But I can't say if I'm right cuz 50% of what they teach about the Ottomans here in Turkey are biased :wall:. Unless you go to university... I believe it is similar in other countries too.Quote:
They did not invade Constantinople because of cannons.
Somebody just left the door open
Not like the Ottomans defeated everyone, but like they got defeated at this battle because of bad weather conditions, and here they won a glorious victory. All victories are glorious, and all defeats are because of bad weather conditions :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4: what nonsene
I might be a taking it a bit too far, but thats how it is until 8th grade. I hate how they make people nationalists with this kind of stuff.:wall: Nationalism sucks. (did I change the topic a bit here? :oops: ) :laugh4: