Best 'small Successor'?

[Maion Maroneios]

I'm looking to start a new campaign with one of the successor states, but hate starting with big empires, so not AS or Ptols. Which do you all think is the best (and most fun) to play?

I say you go for Makedonia if you're not very experienced with phalanx-based factions. They have lots of potential, hold a strategic position on the map and have excellent troops to choose from. You just have to outlast Epeiros and crush the Koinon Hellenon at the beginning and after that, the possibilities of expansion are endless.

And guys, Hayasdan isn't a Successor Kingdom.

Maion

[madbriton]

I'll allow Hayasdan and KH if you like

[Maion Maroneios]

OK. Even so, I still keep my initial suggestion. For the same reasons aforementioned.

Maion

[Rahwana]

Baktria, although it was the campaign that I play now. Well, great unit rooster and good bodyguard in the late game

[Tyrfingr]

Pontos, every day in the weak!

[Bucefalo]

I say Pontos too

[vartan]

My favorite successor is Makedonia. They're hella fun to play!

[option]

Epeiros. Pontos would be more fun if their roster wasn't garbage, but most of it is. Hayasdan is cool too, but hard given that you start right next to the AS heartland.

[Irishmafia2020]

Epiros or Makedonia are great if you want a Mediterranean based campaign, as is KH. Bactria I highly recommend if you want something... different.

[Julius Augustus]

All hail Makedonia! Makedonia is a great faction to do. They have a challenging starting position, but if you make it through the start, you have great possibilities. Makedonia has sweet elites(Peltastai Makedonike, Hypaspistai), sweet waaaarg choppa troops(Basternae, Agrianikoi Pelekuphoroi, Thrakioi Peltastai), sweet phalanxes(Argyraspides, Hysteroi Pezhetairoi), sweet heavy cav(Hetairoi, Hippeis Thessalikoi), and sweet Greek units(Hoplitai, etc.). You can pwn those annoyinng Spartans, burn the Acropolis of Athens, kill elephants, restore Alexandros's body to it's right resting place, and get awesome allied armies of Thracian romphaias. But that's not the best part. No, the best part is being able to send the dog-sucking Romani filth to their ancestors. Sacking Roma 5 times. Burning down every destroyable building. Each time. Watching as the flames rise. Then leaving and coming back 20 years later with a full stack of Basternae when Roma is rebuilt. There is no sweeter sight than that of a falx slicing through the fancy armour of the Roman legions, watching as those bast**** fall to their deaths from the walls. Watching with joy the slaughter of thousands of pathetic Barbaroi, as all of their fancy armor does not protect them from the falxes of the Basternae. Watching as unarmored troops kick the ***es of well armored Romans. Watching as their arms are cleaved from their bodies. And then sacking Roma again. That is the best part of any Makedonia campaign. All hail Makedonia!