Which Faction Should I Play as Next?

[Aemilius Paulus]

Play as the Getai, naturally. You say you are tired of fighting with phalanxes? Then wipe them out with Drapanai or a host of other excellent units.

Have you ever typed a post without including either Getai, Dakians, or Drapnai?

Forget about the Romani. After you've played Pontos successfully, the Romani are just too easy to take seriously, as you can field practically endless amounts of stacks and still make tons of money, with no real threat. There won't be any challenge at all unless you vigorously impose clear, restricting rules to make it so, and that's no fun.

Yeah, that is really the only downside of playing them. Otherwise, they have the most unique & developed everything, including troops, skins, building trees, voicemod, traits, offices, a nice location, rich history, etc, etc.

Really, the EB Team put more effort into them than the next three or four most-worked-on factions - if not more. Most other factions hare a great deal, but Romans are neither Hellenic, "barbarian", nomadic, nor anything else. Qarthadastim had the chance to be equally unique, but we simply do not have enough information on them, as they were the losers of Punic Wars. And still, I would rather go with Romans . Carthies never were militaristic, highly organised peoples. Mercenaries are hardly unique.

It is not about whether you love Romans or not, it is simply the gameplay quality factor.