The Best faction?

[acheronsbane]

Carthage Rulez! Only played Julii and Carthage though. But for me its enough to judge that the no Julii, pre-Marian or post-Marian reforms can withstand an elephant charge from any direction. elephants are too darn scary. combined with a lot of cavalry and some infantry and missile units, any carthagian army is unstoppable.

[Mountaindew]

ive only been playing for a little while, but i believe im able to make my own opinion...

from the factions ive actually played,
brutii, julii,egyptians,parthians,greeks,britons...i would say that the britons...i loved the light chariots...its fun to see fleeing troops amid a mass of arrows flying from all directions...i didnt really like the egyptains cos it was the most annoying to manage...damn you squalor and pop. booms! parthia is a lot of fun to play, the only game played on medium (yes, im a n00b...all other campaigns where on easy )

[Aldaceleb]

Armenia.

[B-Aaaargh]

Discussing about all these pro's and cons of every faction makes me think about what would be ''THE ULTIMATE ARMY'', made up from all kinds of different factions...

Spartan hoplites fighting alongside Egyptian chariots.
ok it is'nt possible in the game, but it would be cool for another thread

[ah_dut]

Even then...I disagree, Spartans are good but head to head silver sheilds or bronze sheilds, hell even levy pike will beat them head on...
As to chariots, give me elephants any day, far more useful

[Arrowhead]

Germania are so good!

Even then...I disagree, Spartans are good but head to head silver sheilds or bronze sheilds, hell even levy pike will beat them head on...

What are you talking about? Spartans are the best hoplites in the game!

[Ar7]

It all really comes down to the lenght of the pointy stick and pikeman have a longer one.

A quick test

120 phalanx pikemen vs 80 Spartans, head to head, no flanking or stuff like that.

Result, all Spartans dead and not a single pikeman even got a scratch.