Quote Originally Posted by Red Harvest
Switzerland was tough...NO money, no ports, just those awesome SAP's. It was winnable though if you could get some revenue going through war.
Whoa. I believe it would have been. For some reason, I never got into the all factions mod I found for Medieval. I think it was because things never quite displayed right in the opening menu. I'm sure once you were past that everything was normal, but I could never do that. That's why I'm very grateful that Rome seems more forgiving on that point. Every faction has a intro movie, (even if a lot of them are the same) and thanks to our hard working modders, everyone has a faction leader and I'm sure everyone will have a description soon. I'm excited!
You should try the Spanish in RTW. I've been playing them on very hard. No money, no ability to train units of any worth early on, and the Julii and Gauls always attack me en masse at the same point. Maybe the third time will be the charm.
Eh....I already have. I was . Ouch.

Carthage is a huge step up from those guys. Man.

And you're right about naval warfare. If a patch ever teaches the AI how to use its ships effectively....Carthage will be a dead faction walking.