What is the worst faction in your opinion?

**IliaDN** · 05-18-2005, 12:20

There are lot's of talk about the best faction , and what is the worst in your opinion?
I think Gauls are boring , because they lack specific units , and so their battle tactics is boring.

**King Arthur** · 05-18-2005, 13:29

. hmm interesting question IliaDN
i have to say taking into account not just the army but the whole faction eg location shrines etc i have to say thrace ,
they have boring units although a strong cavalry, and again boring battle tactics ,
in my experiance always envolvolving onagers from range fring at you and wating for you to come to them, and they also are bordered by weak factions eg dacia and scythia making the campaign to easy at the start.

although i would agree Gaul come a close second

**Dutch_guy** · 05-18-2005, 13:38

Yeah Thrace I find to be the least interesting of all the factions.
With Dacia as a close second, I like the units but I don't like the location at all.

**Craterus** · 05-18-2005, 16:12

Thrace and Gaul (challenging campaign but no unique units except foresters).

I don't like Numidia either. The distances between towns is horrible, but you gota learn to live with location. Numidia has a pretty nice roster of units.

**The Stranger** · 05-18-2005, 16:20

what no unique units, damn foresters are the best archers in game

**The Stranger** · 05-18-2005, 16:21

worst faction definitly is Scythia, i hate them

**_Aetius_** · 05-18-2005, 22:33

I think most of the barbarian factions are boring, even Parthia and most factions in the east are boring, mainly becaue of poor units but also because it seems whoever you go the AI attacks you right away and doesnt leave you alone which is annoying.

As Rome or the Greeks/Macedonians you can withstand such invasion's due to your vastly superior units early on but as say the Gauls then getting attacked from everywhere is harder to withstand which mainly ruins the game, so I find myself playing only one or two different factions because it bores me the way the AI just goes for you I simply cant be bothered playing an already less than interesting faction in such conditions.

**professorspatula** · 05-19-2005, 01:02

Egypt has the least appeal to me, although Thrace are probably a close second. Egypt has a silly army, Thrace has a very limited and unexciting range of troops also. And their colours are dire. Although I don't like Parthia. Their infantry is near non-existant so it's down to horses and horse archers in particular. Horse Archers are utterly boring and a chore to micromanage. And if you win a battle with them, you don't get much satisfaction from it. But I still like Egypt the least.

**lilljonas** · 05-19-2005, 02:27

At the top of my head, the two most annoying features of a faction is to not be able to make anything but standard roads and wooden defences. Germany is all right, though, because of their roster, and somewhat interesting situation. Scythia is OK, though reeeally easy, and therefore boring. Boring, but not bad. I think Dacia takes home the gold medal in being a bad R:TW faction. Nothing, even the challanging economy, can make me interested in marshalling these brown dudes from the middle of nowhere. Thrace is a close second, and third would be spain, just because they are so utterly boring to play with. It's like a dumbed down carthage.

**PseRamesses** · 05-19-2005, 13:47

Numidia and Scythia are sooo dull!

**Viking** · 05-19-2005, 13:58

Hey! Why does everybody flame Scythia? They`re boring, but far from the worst.

The worst factions, in my opinion, are all the roman, Thrace, Numidia and perhaps Dacia.

**The Stranger** · 05-19-2005, 16:04

Originally Posted by _Aetius_

I think most of the barbarian factions are boring, even Parthia and most factions in the east are boring, mainly becaue of poor units but also because it seems whoever you go the AI attacks you right away and doesnt leave you alone which is annoying.

As Rome or the Greeks/Macedonians you can withstand such invasion's due to your vastly superior units early on but as say the Gauls then getting attacked from everywhere is harder to withstand which mainly ruins the game, so I find myself playing only one or two different factions because it bores me the way the AI just goes for you I simply cant be bothered playing an already less than interesting faction in such conditions.

no gauls are great if you play it right. their unit selection is boring but the fight with julii, germania, carthage and spain is very exiting