I've tried both, but haven't won with any faction in the Crusaders campaign... keep getting distracted by other things. A few days ago, though, I start up as Jerusalem, and THIS time for sure I'll see it through!

Playing on H/H and it's been a lot of fun. The Turks have left me alone entirely -- we even were trade partners for awhile until I was informed suddenly that we were at war... maybe they tried to assassinate one of my units? Anyway, I've had my hands full with Egypt. I can see how the KoJ *can* be an easy faction, in that you can corner the Egyptians, but on Hard the Egyptians start off sending lots and lots of troops for Ascalon and the rebel province to the south. The Mongols have emerged, and I'm still trying to finish off the Egyptians before I get attacked in the east.

Antioch would have more problems, potentially, with the Turks & Byz, and later with the Mongols, but I seem to remember that the Turks were fairly passive when I was playing Antioch. In my current game the Turks actually have some scary-looking units, like JHI, running around in big stacks.

If you do the long campaign, the KoJ will eventually have to go east, as Baghdad is a victory condition. So you won't just be fighting the Egyptians.

Of course the bigger factor is the faction colors. The Templars look brilliant in my battles, so I'm glad I went with them. And, as they have a bit more "heavy cav" focus than Antioch, the KoJ can really have some excellent cav-charge battles against the Egyptians or Turks.