What faction do you use?

[Shadow]

What factions do you guys usually use in multiplayer?

[King Ragnar]

I use mainly factions with phalanxes, like macedon, thrace, greece they are my favourite 3, i hate when people choose the typicla rome spam army which is just sad, all tey have preatorian cav urban cohort and archer auxilia, it isnt fun fighting againts those armies.

[Craterus]

To try and keep myself a balanced commander, I just go through the factions.

Start at Julii, go down to Thrace. Start over again.

[Taurus]

If I can see what faction the other player has chosen before mine then I try to pick a faction that I think can counter it.
Other than that I just pick a faction at random or cycle through the factions.

However I am really into Carthage at the minute.

[NihilisticCow]

Seleucids or Carthage are the ones I use most.

King Ragnar - I'm a bit confused that you list Macedon and Thrace as two of your favourite factions. Surely these are pretty much the two weakest phalanx factions - Thrace especially? If you play multiplayer, you'd know these are not good choices to play against skilled opponents. Also how is a Roman taking some cavalry, infantry and archers spamming?

[Craterus]

I was a little confused by that statement too. Archer Auxilia, Praetorians and Legionaries work very well when used together (and effectively).

But, these armies are quite boring because it ends up that all the units are the same. That's the thing with the Romans though; they are very repetitive.