Can anyone reccomend a faction?

[tapanojum]

I'll cast my vote for either Getai or Pontos.

Pontos - Easily one of the toughest factions to play, perhaps even THE toughest. It all comes down to many years you can stay allied to AS while building up huge armies of your own for later invasions of Anatolia. The big issue though, trying to build an army with constant debt...

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I'd say Hayasdan is much more difficult than Pontus. With Pontus on VH/M, my first time around with them, I will easily able to hold off AS/Ptolemy in Antioch while conquering all of Greece.

With Hayasdan, (played 3 times), I always seem to go broke and end up in a stalemate with AS and Pontus without being able to expand.

[artaxerxes]

I'd recommend Ptolemies. Always seem to have a naval superiority over me, for some reason. And there are no men in green anywhere near them, at least to my knowledge. Apart from dresscode and the potential ease of their position, I think that's the one that fits your description the best.