Quote Originally Posted by Vladimir
I disagree with this. When playing Armenia in Early I went on a ransom war against the Egyptians. It took a while to get enough units built to where I thought I could stand a decent chance I attacked as soon as I could. Having no trade resources I built up some low level farms and that nice 100 man strong AP infantry.

I've played with the Irish too but the Armenians were the best: Sandwiched between three superpowers, low on cash and short on luck. The best thing I like about them is that they have a catholic navy.
I agree the Armenians are interesting especially their infantry, Armenian Heavy Cav, good archers. Curious in your very early years did you go ahead and take Georgia from the rebels while watching the Turks and Byzantines go at it? Access to nomad archers, Alan Lt Cav, and Steepe hvy cav are appealing as well in BKB mod. Will have to try the "chase the sultan" tactic and hope that the Turks leave me alone. I know recently in an aborted Turk campaign I made the mistake of hitting the Armenians very early in the game (like in the first 3 moves) to get them out of my backyard before I went after the Byzantines and they handed me my head on a platter! Have a lot of respect for their army just hate their location. Will have to give that at try, thanks