Favourite Unit

[Emperor Mithdrates]

I've done one of these polls before but it got abandoned after about 12 replies. Hopefully this one will be more successful as i believe it is a very interesting topic to discuss. So.

Out of the whole RTW game, what is your favourite faction?

Also tell me the tactics and strategies you like to use with them and why you even like them.

I love Lybian spearmen because they're one of the only spear units on the game that isnt a hoplite, and is still civilised. I use them sometimes as flank-guards for my Hoplites or as cannon fodder to through at the enemy and weaken them up.

what about you?

[Zasz1234]

For me, my favorite unit is the Longshield Cavalry of Carthage. Seriously one of the best cavalry in the game. I think they are technically light, but they are more like medium and when upgraded they are as good as heavy. Using them I absolutely spanked the Romans.

My favorite trick is nothing special, but I would make armies of a general and maybe 6-9 more units of Longshields. Then I would split them into teams of two and then do the bait and chase with the Roman legions. Get the unit to chase the unit in front and hit it with another unit from behind. Withdraw before they start to fight back and they will chase the unit that attacked. Repeat with other side, alternating until golden brown.

I got a lot of well experienced cavalry and some phenominal cavalry commanders.

[Shieldmaiden]

The classic Greek Hoplite, for its wall-of-spears battle line use and because it sums up ancient warfare, for me.

Otherwise I'd have to go for the slightly ahistorical German Berserkers and Wailing Women, or Briton Head Hurlers, all for my favourite - terror tactics

[Emperor Mithdrates]

The classic Greek Hoplite, for its wall-of-spears battle line use and because it sums up ancient warfare, for me.:

It sure does, but without regular infantry (who can actually run with their weapons out) your flanks would be destroyed by flanking.

[Spartan198]

The Greek City-States.

While I just love those vanilla Spartan hoplites for their stats, I've always thought they looked like priests in bronze caps. So my favorite vanilla unit would be Armored (or Armoured, for all you U-loving Brits out there) Hoplites.

[Quirinus]

The Greek City-States.

While I just love those vanilla Spartan hoplites for their stats, I've always thought they looked like priests in bronze caps. So my favorite vanilla unit would be Armored (or Armoured, for all you U-loving Brits out there) Hoplites.

Agreed. The armoured hoplites, with their Corinthian helms and bronze hoplons, look cool and is relatively useful-- unlike a lot of GCS units, the armoured hoplites actually fare pretty well in auto-resolve.

Other than that, my other favourite unit is probably Parthia's Persian cavalry. Awesome horse archer that works equally well as light cavalry, and not too high-tier either.

[Shieldmaiden]

It sure does, but without regular infantry (who can actually run with their weapons out) your flanks would be destroyed by flanking.

Yes, and isn't it exactly why the Phalanx gave way to more flexible formations and tactics historically?

[Emperor Mithdrates]

Yes, and isn't it exactly why the Phalanx gave way to more flexible formations and tactics historically?

true.