Favorite Faction...... TO KILLL!!!!!

[Lancome]

Enough about which faction is better or which one is the worst to use. How about talking about which one is the faction you LUV to eliminate.

I would Definitely Say I like taking out HRE and Timurids... at least they provide some challenge in the game.

[Noncommunist]

The HRE? Usually, when I come across them, them seem to be on the verge of extinction. I think the most difficult time that I eliminated them was when I was in the Teutonic Campaign as Russia.

[Kadagar_AV]

Ok, let's see...

First of all, any arabic faction is nice. In my work I have been forced to go to arabic countries, and I really have not appreciated the experience or the culture.

On a sidenote: My ex-gf was english and it ended badly... So having my vikings plunder and burn english cities often gives me that extra thrill

But that is just me, and very personal reasons...

EDIT: I must rush to say people should not read to much into what I wrote. Yes I like stompeding all across arab nations ingame, but that has nothing to do with real world politics. Same as I would not bomb England cause my ex lives there;)

[Marauder]

Wow Kadagar, I'm glad to see this game helps you take out your frustrations =)

I personally like killing the French. Probably because they made the early part of my English campaign annoying with their constant backstabs and betrayals. Along that same line, finishing off Milan made me giggle internally with glee. I don't giggle out loud, bad form.

[Askthepizzaguy]

1. The Papal States

Excommunicate me for acting in self-defense? I decapitate you!

2. Milan

So warlike. So untrustworthy. Such a pain in the buttocks.

3. Byzantines

Those heretical Orthodox christians with their constant naval invasions... And that smug Emperor of the decrepit and long-despised Roman Empire. Time to cleanse Europe of their blasphemous imperial ways... AND SACK CONSTANTINOPLE AND RENAME IT ISTANBUL!!!

Allalalalalalalalalalalalalalaaaah!!!!

4. Portugal

They actually want to be put out of their misery, so I'm really just doing them a favor.

5. Mongol Horde

Only because it took so long for them to arrive, and for you to wipe them all out. Otherwise you're saddened they didn't put up more of a fight.

[Ratwar]

Destroying Milan is always fun, as is killing the Pope.

Besides that, I always love killing the Turks.

[Ramses II CP]

It has to be the Byzantines. They're in the way of all my crusades and my jihads, and they've got that fat, juicy capital just sitting there waiting for me to sack it.

The Pope gets second place, although I killed him a lot more in MTW than I have in II just because you can very easily buy him off now, if you're so inclined.

[woad&fangs]

Milan

They do nothing but spam crossbows and assassins to kill my generals. I make a point of exterminating all cities I take from them.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Stop bandwagonning my votes!

[Ratwar]

Stop bandwagonning my votes!

If it makes you feel any better, I think you lack honor for liking to kill the poor Byzantines.

Seriously though, this forum needs a winking smilie!

[pevergreen]

I hate Milan. Have for a long time ATPG, check my posts in here.

[Askthepizzaguy]

If it makes you feel any better, I think you lack honor for liking to kill the poor Byzantines.

Seriously though, this forum needs a winking smilie!

From 508 BCE until 1453 CE, The Roman civilization ruled through brutal conquest, practiced enslavement of the conquered populace, engaged in forced conscription, torture and bloody mass executions, ritual and spectacle human sacrifice and forced gladiatorial combat. The Emperors were known to live rich, extravagant lives filled with excess, greed, gluttony, wrath, sloth, and the most sickening and disturbing sexual practices recorded from that period of history, (see: Caligula) they murdered and conquered their way from the modern-day British Isles to the edge of Parthia, and for approximately 2000 years oppressed most of mediterranean Europe.

Come to think of it, the Byzantines aren't so bad after all!



EDIT: @Pevergreen

Oh Noes! You might have posted your hatred of Milan before I did, but I hated Milan before I even bought this game. Somehow.

[pevergreen]

Oh you've got me there ATPG. I'll go back to my cave now...

[Askthepizzaguy]

Ahh... playful banter. How I have missed thee.

for my 2800th.

[rossahh]

The Turks in BC - mainly because of the issues we had with them in the hotseat (oh yes Mr ATPG, it feels like I'm killing you every time I kill them in my SP games).


I always love to kill Venice. It takes so long to get all of their far-flung provinces that it feels extra special when they finally cease to exist.

[PBI]

As a Brit I am genetically preprogrammed to seek out and destroy the HRE and France at the first opportunity whoever I am playing as. I tend to steer towards HRE first, since the French have all those annoying castles and tend to be friendly with the Pope, whereas the HRE seem to be excommunicated almost by default, and taking their lands gives you an excellent central position to strike outwards wherever you want.

But conversely, whenever I am playing as a faction other than England, I seem magnetically drawn to lay waste to the British Isles. My nationality is somewhat confused.

I would also agree about taking out Venice, since doing so gives you all those nice islands and I do like to have an empire with little outposts all over the map.

As for factions I tend to leave till last, Poland and Hungary are up there. Polish/Hungarian Nobles + militia rubbish = boring, frustrating battles, and their lands aren't even worth it once you're done. Finishing off the Mongols is also a very annoying, incessant cycle of "Take their last city" -> "Mongols become horde, get a bunch of free troops from nowhere, and zoom off out of reach of your armies" -> "Spend 20 turns chasing the hordelet aimlessly around the map until they finally get around to taking another of your cities" -> "Take their last city". Repeat until bored.

[gardibolt]

Milan is always fun to wipe out; their overpowered crossbowmen are a serious annoyance.

Finally taking out the Timurids is also gratifying---there are so many of them, and they're so persistent and obnoxious.

[TheLastPrivate]

Has to be milan. charged a full stack of heavy cav on a militia xbow stack. Lost a lot of knights en route, but the impact was just too satisfying and worth the loss.

[seari]

The Moors

During the first campaign ever as spain, they were so annoying with their imams and missile cavalry that I hated them immediately. Now I kill them ASAP. Even during my campaigns with russia and the Turks, I start with killing a couple of moors, oh no i meant all of them

I don't like killing the English, just because they have sherwood archers. Sherwood archers look like Robin Hood which was my hero when i was a child.

[The New Che Guevara]

Venice,

leave 'em long enough they become a worrying superpower albeit buffer for the mongols and timurids. I've once chased them to Bulgar before as the English.

[Abokasee]

Milan deserve great big Bladed Frozen Frankferter of doom and gloom shoved straight up its... Bottom.

Byzantine requires a long hard garden rake to the face

Egypt needs a punt in the balls, WILL YOU STOP TAKING JERUSELUM BY TURN 12!!!

[Yoyoma1910]

Milan to me is more like a chore than a pleasure. They pick the fight, not I.


My favorite faction to destroy... Actually I just like to beat them all up and leave them pathetic helpless countries, more so than destroy them. What's the point of having a general who "Hates the English" if there are no English people to hate.

Besides, who am I to say my faction is so much better than another that these other people must completely cease to exist. Better to leave them around to realize that on their own.

[Askthepizzaguy]

I like killing the Hungarians, too. When Bran starts spamming those armoured knights and those missile cavalry forces... they become a PAIN in the arse.

[Yoyoma1910]

Actually, I've really come to enjoy wiping out the Scots. Mainly due to the fact that there's just something about a man in a kilt being tossed into the air by a cavalry charge.

[FactionHeir]

Right, please keep the bashing to ingame terms, and not generalize it to current day, as nation bashing does violate our rules here. Also, please keep political views to the backroom

Please continue.

Oh, and thanks for all your patience these days!

[oz_wwjd]

This is just sad,Why does everyone like killing the byzantines? Personally they are my favourite faction to play. I'd have to vote for the milanese/venice being my favourite faction to kill,as they don't ever seem to stop making war on me,followed closely by the mongold and the pope.

[Monk]

This is just sad,Why does everyone like killing the byzantines? Personally they are my favourite faction to play..

Perhaps because they represent the last guard of the Roman empire, crushing that is a very big claim to fame for your budding empire/kingdom in terms of "oh yeah, what now." factors. Not to mention they sit astride the land (and trade) routes for crusades.

Even considering all that however you can't deny the lure of Constantinople. If you can get passed the satellite provinces of the Byzantines they normally don't keep a huge stack guarding the city, so sacking it is a great option for the empire on the go who needs money. Just be prepared for the counter attack.

[TheDruid]

I'm Flemish : i always dislike the French and love the HRE
could history have something to do with it?

[Enron]

in the americas campaign the Myans. They use heavy infantry 99% of the time and are aggresive, it is a real cahllenge to take on 2 full stacks of heavy infantry and have a favorable outcome.

[Ferret]

2. Milan

So warlike. So untrustworthy. Such a pain in the buttocks.

How historically accurate...

I agree about whacking the pope, shows him his true power.