Quote Originally Posted by Thrudvang
I've been getting pretty annoyed by the fact that almost every non-roman faction sucks..

I've tried all the ones I thought would interest me and they all have some huge ass disadvantage that makes the game no fun.

Germania - Britannia's chariots vs. Germania's spear warbands
Carthage - Being attacked every single turn and having to play defensive with really shitty units
Egypt - Chariots again and all the starting armies are really really lame and you get attacked on the second turn (damned rebels beat me)
Greece - A combo of all the above (more or less)
Is this a joke ?

The Egyptians have incredible wealth, population (which both translate in a huge army very quickly), their chariots are insanely powerful for their price, and they have no real enemy close by (a lone province of Numidia on the west, and an over-stretched Seleucid empire on the north, that will anyway be attacked by everyone two turns later).
And you say they are so disadvantaged they aren't fun to play ? 0_o

As for the Greeks, they got one of the best infantry of the game (which can even be superior to the mighty urban cohort as long as they aren't flanked), and starts in the richest part of the map. Their only real trouble is how they're scattered, and that they will take the Romans, and possibly Macedon, head-on right from the start.

As for Germania... Please, the Britannia's chariots are a joke. They are between "pityful" and "pathetic". Don't tell me you can't stop them.