what's your favorite faction

[Wolfman]

Why do you think they are evil?

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.

[PershsNhpios]

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.

[Theodotos I]

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.

[tapanojum]

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!

[Aaldaemon]

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 , but my favorite faction remain ever the Seleucids... Semper Seleukeia!

[Barae]

Hayasdan and Casse!
Hayasdab cause I love the persian way of fighting and Casse cause they simply are fun to play

[Eyes330]

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.

[gamegeek2]

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

[The Celtic Viking]

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.

[Happy balroae]

casse and sauromate
casse because i like the heroes and british regional units
sauromate because of the horse archers

[Victor1234]

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.

[AlexanderVII]

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

[The Fuzz]

Baktria is so much fun to play as, so I have to go with them. Every now and then I role-play with mercenary units and send them to the Hindu Kush to die if they served me poorly. Nothing like a frontier post with earthquakes to lower costs!

[satalexton]

I like to play as the Makedones and crush Roma every few EB years...Oh I never -take- Roma...oh no. Killing them is fine, but why would a self respecting makedonian want to live in the barbaroi hive?

[Prussian to the Iron]

1. As Sabyn Wal Jau
2. Epirus
3. Romani
4. Makedon