Which Civ are you going to play first?
Which Civ looks like its gonna be your favorite the first time you load up M2: TW?
I'll list all of the ones that are known. Don't just vote in the poll;
explain why!
- England
- France
- Scotland
- Holy Roman Empire
- Denmark
- Spain
- Portugal
- Milan
- Venice
- Papal States
- Sicily
- Poland
- Russia
- Hungary
- Byzantium
- The Turks
- Egypt
- The Moors
- The Mongols
- The Tumurids
- The Aztecs
For me it's going to be Spain, because I love Spain and used to live there, and also because they were my favorite in AoE3.
Last edited by Lorenzo_H; 05-24-2006 at 15:17.
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Re: Which Civ are you going to play first?
Venice.
I don't think the Aztecs and the Pope are playable.
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Turks and online... very curious what CA did now with them.
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England, I always wanted to beat the French in medieval war.
and I think it will be easier to defend than anywhere else
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England or Egypt because i like them.
Re: Which Civ are you going to play first?
England - because they have a fairly simple, defensible strategic location (map corner, mainly on an island) but should have the reach to go elsewhere (e.g. the Holy Land). Also, they get the stereotypical medieval units (knights, MAA etc) but with one or two nice specials (longbowmen & billmen).
If it is anything like MTW, though, I expect I'll end up having more fun as France and HRE. Similar unit roster, but tougher strategic position - especially HRE.
Byzantium could be fun provided it is weaker and has more historical units than in MTW. If it is like WRE in BI, they will probably be my favorite faction: facing Crusaders, Mongols and then Ottomans; now that's what I call a challenge.
Re: Which Civ are you going to play first?
Mongols because they have been my interest for so many years and also because I am hoping CA will finally do them some justice this time around
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Well thats an easy one for me,
It will be England
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Re: Which Civ are you going to play first?
Most likley England because i am english, or try and restore roman imperial glory with Byzantium and use the awesome Varangarian Guard.
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Scotland or England
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I fell in love with the Italians in M:TW and Venice in XL so I'll try them first. I don't want a management mess like I'd have with the HRE and it will give me a chance to quickly take over Northern Italy. Spain will also be nice but once I have Iberia I'll probally loose interest.
Reinvent the British and you get a global finance center, edible food and better service. Reinvent the French and you may just get more Germans.
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I shall step up to command the Glorious Mother Country, Vive l'Ecosse, Alba gu Brath, and Scotland Forever!
It was not theirs to reason why,
It was not theirs to make reply,
It was theirs but to do or die.
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Re: Which Civ are you going to play first?
I will probably play Poland. Not because I have any particular attachment to the place, but because I think of Poland as being an historical underdog caught between two great powers for most of its history and I like the idea of trying to turn history on its head. Also, I like to play the underdog. Also, Poland is a fairly tough faction to play. Also, because I played Poland in MTW and I'd like to compare the experiences.
My next choice after Poland would probably be Britain.
This is all assuming I actually decide to buy the game, of course...
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Holy Roman Empire
Scotland
Hungary
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Spain - Love those Jinettes.
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Jinetes? What are they? In AoEIII Jinetes were a Portuguese Royal Guard (unique) unit!
Also, why is Byzantium so popular? Someone explain the appeal to me! Is it so some tired crusaders who are getting beaten up by the Arabs can come and sack you?
Re: Which Civ are you going to play first?
Apparently you haven't played MTW yet. Jinettes were the Spanish equivalent of horse archers, only with javelins instead of bow and arrow. They were fast, had 4 armour piercing missiles that they threw at relative close range and had great fighting stats for their cost. You loved them when playing Spain, you absolutely cursed them when you fought against Spain.
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Why? Because they had a unique unit roster. They had almost no units in common with other factions, and their units were quite powerfull (varangian guards, kataphraktoi, byzantine cavalry,...). And on top of that, they have very good emperors and heirs. It isn't uncommon to see a high valor byzantine emperor with, let's say, 6 command stars, 8 influence, 6 acumen and 5 dread. (the feared jedi generals)
Last edited by cutepuppy; 05-28-2006 at 09:46.
Re: Which Civ are you going to play first?
Jinetes were awesome, even if MTW didn't have a proper horse skirmishing mechanism. I used them even after I had arbalests, halberdiers and lancers.
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