The English, Most popular faction ?????

[william the bastard]

For my own, i am agree with Adrian II a couple of provinces in a safe area with goods for trade. Build army and economy quietly and wait and see..

[Rayaleh]

I adore the English, mainly because I heavily admire the British Empire, and Englishmen like Cromwell and the Black Knight. I'm trying to force myself to only play them, ever.

[Havoc]

i think this "corner-games" are far too simple, when i play such a corner-faction i invade some provinces in the middle of the map and try to stand there (a lot of fun).
normally i start from a heavily attacked position and try to grow while beein attacked - i like challenging games (only play on expert - and with the byzantines at late-age this is very challenging)

[Sinner]

I usually play the English, partly because I am English and partly because the 2 features units - Longbowmen and Billmen - fit my style of play, prefering light to medium infantry over heavier units or cavalry. I usually only have a couple of cavalry in an army - one of which is the general in most cases, often royalty - using the longbows to compensate for my army's lower mobility compared to cavalry-heavy opponents.

As for playing 'corner games', well I tend to try to quickly gut the French, while also pinch a few extra regions when I can, mostly for trade, troops or strategic importance. With a scattered empire, held together by relatively fragile sea links, I often have an exciting time, getting to fight most factions.

[CherryDanish]

The English are good. Enhanced Billmen are devastating to GH cav and enhanced longbowmen destroy about everything. I had bad luck with the hobilars (in early they were pretty good, but they got destroyed in high). Some of the early fights are really fun when you're outnumbered BADLY by the French and you still manage to win. I have also enjoyed the Byz when playing aggressively early. The combo of treb archers, heavy cav and extra large sword units against mostly spear weilding opponents in early is incredible. I hated the Almos, of course I didn't play aggressively enough and I didn't understand the strength of some of the units. I'm partial to my Danes. The simplicity and risk it takes to build fast appeals to me as does the unit roster. The Huscarles are powerful infantry that spell victory with a capital H.

[maestro]

I always used to play as the English for many, many moons.... mainly because I'm English rather than for any tactical reasons. I think now that I've played the game to death my favourite Faction is the Danes. I just like where they start and they suit my gaming style

[Commander ElTee]

I conquer Maestro, the danes position and the murderous viking units in the beginning make them my favorite. However you cant beat the spanish in terms of taking it to the muslim world, the byzantines fail told hold my attention in that regard. Does anyone else play the egyptians or the turks they are rather fun occasional, i also like waring in the desert enviornments. The english were my first faction, I just cant play them anymore because every possible scenario has been visited with that faction.

[Placid Tramp]

i'd say i play the English most of the time for two reasons:

1)Billmen
2)Annihilating the French