Faction you hate (or dread) fighting the most?

**AqD** · 04-13-2009, 21:18

iberia and sw.... (german). It's not their soliders but the trees....... CA should allow me to cut down all the damn trees!

**seienchin** · 04-14-2009, 15:23

Originally Posted by AqD

iberia and sw.... (german). It's not their soliders but the trees....... CA should allow me to cut down all the damn trees!

Ｉｔｓ　isnt CAs fault. Vannila has no Problem with trees... Its the EB Team, who made that incredible amount of trees.
By the way the Team made rivers in the forests which causes CTDs if you ambush an army there....

**Aulus Caecina Severus** · 04-14-2009, 16:37

I want Illirian faction instead of hate Saka

And another german faction instead of Britons

I hate Britanni because they are very powerful against my poor Aedui.

**Tarkus** · 04-14-2009, 16:45

Nothing really new here...but I...hate...the Saka. I'm in a Baktrian campaign and they just won't die. Their HAs are killing me.

**IrishHitman** · 04-14-2009, 17:46

In my current campaign:

1. AS.
They bore the hell out of me.
Easy to beat, but doing so is like a chore.

2. Pontus.
Cheeky bastards, they are.
Not hard to beat, just show up at inopportune moments like after a long siege by AS, then taking a city for a few turns before my counterattack....

3. Sarmatians.
Sarmatian noble cavalry aren't just arrow-proof, they're f***ing bullet-proof!
It's damn easy to take their settlements though, but they're just not worth the trek north....

4. Lusotann.
Not normally annoying, but they've managed to forge a massive empire in France and Spain, so they've become a second AS. Tediously boring repetitive stack wars in the Alps and Po Valley.

**HunGeneral** · 04-14-2009, 18:35

It looks like most of us aggree that AS is a greek for "huge country spanning many continents with an endless stream of thre troops heading towards you..."

It also seems most of us agree on the old saying: "Never mess with the nomads and if you do then expect the worst..."

**IrishHitman** · 04-14-2009, 18:45

It also seems most of us agree on the old saying: "Never mess with the nomads and if you do then expect the worst..."

I messed with the nomads.
I love messing with the nomads.
I need to mess with the nomads to gain steppe armies necessary to fend off annoying barbarians on my Western front, on the cheap.

**soup_alex** · 04-17-2009, 03:35

Originally Posted by Tarkus

Nothing really new here...but I...hate...the Saka. I'm in a Baktrian campaign and they just won't die. Their HAs are killing me.

Indeed >:|

I might just pack in my Baktria game (temporarily, at least), because they (Saka) are just so flipping annoying. I've gone as far north as I care to, for now, am maintaining a peace with the Pahlav, and grinding my way through India and Iran. Naturally, the unbelievably-wealthy Saka Rauka have quickly rolled over the local independent tribes on their borders, and as they're perfectly content to remain at peace with Pahlava and Sauromatae, Baktria is the poor sod who has to deflect their attentions every time they're feeling a little braver.
If I'm lucky, I might be able to manoeuvre an army into position to fight a bridge battle against them, and only have to pay about half a stack of regular troops in order to scare them off (in order for this strategem to stand a chance, I have to bring about an even share each of the most veteran slingers and the best-armoured phalangites I can afford, plus FM). If not, they'll either rampage through my farmland and/or block trade lanes, or lay a siege (which, while they cannot win, being ALL CATAPHRACT HORSE ARCHERS OF DOOM, will cost me dearly, and them hardly at all).

Sometimes, I dream of the old AoE "torpedo#" cheat...

**Cute Wolf** · 04-17-2009, 07:16

Actually, I didn't hate anyone particular, but when I play as Aedui or Avernii or Sweboz, I HATE SAUROMATAE!!! Their HA's pwned most of my infantry most of the time...

**athanaric** · 04-18-2009, 17:33

Originally Posted by Cute Wolf

Actually, I didn't hate anyone particular, but when I play as Aedui or Avernii or Sweboz, I HATE SAUROMATAE!!! Their HA's pwned most of my infantry most of the time...

Try recruiting "Medininkas" (don't remember their current spelling), Baltic Frontiersmen. They are the only "barbarian" archers with decent range (187, should be more or less equal to most Nomadic HAs) and ammo. That they have spears for melee doesn't hurt either.

**Arutima** · 04-18-2009, 02:04

Ptolies.

They usually attack you as soon as one of your province touch theirs. And if you are playing as the romans, when you reach asia minor, The yellow death usually have the biggest empire ever, going as far as india

**HunGeneral** · 04-18-2009, 17:24

Originally Posted by IrishHitman

I can't send my Macedonian forces over quickly enough.
Steppe armies do the job quickly.

Thats for sure. If you want speed, efficiency and few losses - you need nomad warriors (prefereably Hrosemen).

Originally Posted by Cute Wolf

when I play as Aedui or Avernii or Sweboz, I HATE SAUROMATAE!!! Their HA's pwned most of my infantry most of the time...

I can understand that - Celts and germans lack quality missile troops and horsemen to fight well against nomads (the other problem beign lack of armor for most units). The thing that makes Sauros hard to beat is the distance - to reach there settlements you need many turns and if they attack you on open field and there is no hill nearby then one must prepare for heavy losses...

Originally Posted by Maion Maroneios

Also, drop by at my Social Group, the Romaioktonoi (Roman Killers). We are in dire need of fresh blood.

You know you Romaioktonoi could use some nomads aswell - the only thing that kills romans faster then a charge of Hetairoi or Elephants is a charge of Nomad cavalry (pluss a rain of arrows as preperation - proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8tfKDcQyzM - Enjoy)