how much do macadonians kick tail!!!!

**Duke John** · 07-16-2005, 21:13

Why flame when people resort to name-calling? They already lost.

**edyzmedieval** · 07-16-2005, 21:16

Indeed my brother,

They have lost the war.....

Back to topic.

The Seleucids are the most powerful from the Hellenistic world.... Their Cataphracts and those Elephants combined with phalanxes make them the most powerful faction in the game....

**Silver Rusher** · 07-16-2005, 21:23

Originally Posted by edyzmedieval

Indeed my brother,

They have lost the war.....

Back to topic.

The Seleucids are the the most powerful faction in the game....

O contrare, I do believe you are referring to the Egyptians....

**King of Atlantis** · 07-16-2005, 22:09

the eygptions are fake and weak. The good thing about them is they have a very cheap phalanx unit, but any phalanx woks good.

**Conqueror** · 07-16-2005, 22:48

Egyptians don't really have any weaknesses. They get phalanxes, regular infantry, good cavalry and excellent archers (pharaohs bowmen are just sick. I've seen them beat numidian legionary unit in MELEE combat). And then they get normal chariots and missile chariots.

Seleucids are very good except for one weak spot: they don't get any decent archers of their own.

Macedonians get good phalanx and good cavalry, but that's about it.

Overall, Egypt > Seleucids > Macedon. But I think Seleucids are the most fun to play, both for the challenge in surviving the early game, and for the great joy of training those elephants later

**MerlinusCDXX** · 07-18-2005, 18:38

"Seleucids are very good except for one weak spot: they don't get any decent archers of their own."

that's what Cretans are for

**Betito** · 07-18-2005, 20:11

Originally Posted by MerlinusCDXX

"Seleucids are very good except for one weak spot: they don't get any decent archers of their own."
that's what Cretans are for

But that's just the point: They can't train good archers, so they must rely on mercenaries, which sometimes are not avaiable in the required amount...

Still, i get your point: Seleucia can cover effectively this weak spot, given their location.

I think the Theurophoroi(heavy peltasts) and the sarissophoroi(light lancers) are the only troops that are superior to any seleucid counterpart (actually there might be no direct counterpart). But, seriously, with katatanks and elephants, seleucids don't exactly miss those troops.

**LestaT** · 07-23-2005, 04:33

My Roman armies are punishing the Dacians (now down to their last city) when my ally Macedonia decides to stab my back... Luckily my Principees are all battle hardened now so their phalanx and hoplites are no more a nuisance to me ...