What i mean is, do you stick to a tried and trusted army composition or do you allow the aor system to dictate your armies depending on what can easily be recruited in that area?
e.g I play as the Hayasdan
At a very early stage you end up at war with Seleukids. This is a war I have chosen to pursue to the end, taking me east into Persia, west to asia minor and south into the middle east.
unfortunately the Ptolomaio declared war on me, again that is something I am pursuing to the end taking my armies deep into nubia and stretching west as far as kyrenaia.
Next the Carthaginians declared war me! pursuing them has stretched my nascent empire right across north africa and into sardinia and corsica.
With such stretched supply lines it is impossible for me to have any consistency in army composition.
Bearing in mind that the Hai "homeland" region is quite small, and that many of their unique troops require high level barracks which i really have (e.g armenian medium infantry require level 4 - which i dont think i have anywhere yet). It is hard to follow any "national" patter with my armies. Hayasdan can be considered a good cavalry faction. The family bodyguard units are excellent heavy cavalry, and they theoretically have access to horse archers (though the distance from where I can recruit them in the caucus mountains to anywhere else, means that they are hardly readily available.) Therefore the only consistent factor in my armies is the presence of the generals heavy cavalry.
I actually really enjoy the style of play that is forced on me by the aor system, it requires you to be a versatile general and make use of what is available, it provides a lot of variability in the battles you face. E.g in Egypt I am now heavily reliant on the native Egyptian infantry, in north Africa vs the Carthaginians I am having to make do with a rag tag collection of skirmishers, a few heavily diminished horse archer units and one or two Hai generals, in the middle east, asia minor and Persia I have at times been able to make use of more heavy troops such as the medium phalanx and jewish infantry.
So I am wondering do many people play like me or do they strive to have a consistent roster for their faction?
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