which is your favorite medieval faction?

[Motep]

Which is your favorite faction and why? Mine is the byzantines because of the conflick with the turks and the fact that they were once the roman empire.

[Motep]

I realize that I forgot poland...please notify if I forgot any other factions.

[Arciel]

I voted for England since they have that nice, cozy corner in the northwest of the map to sit back and relax and build up a trading empire. Or they could use the Isles as a base to stage their massive invasion of the mainland.

Btw, your spelling of Aragon is correct although I think that Novogorod should be spelt as Novgorod.

[Samurai Waki]

Forgot the Danish.

[Rhyfelwyr]

SCOTLAND the brave!

[Jxrc]

The HRE for the challenging starting position. Could add gothic unit but since I always start in early I hardly ever get the opportunity to use them.

[Dutch_guy]

A tie between the Italians, Turks and Germans.

Love the starting positions, and unique units (think Italian Infantry. Janissary heavies and Gothic Knights.)

[professorspatula]

Be warned, there are expert English longbowmen waiting in the shadows to sniper anyone who doesn't vote for the English. However, at about 11am-3pm they're usually down the pub drinking copious amounts of lager when they should be working, and from 3.30pm to 5pm they're watching 'Countdown' and 'Deal or No Deal' on TV so you might escape their usually deadly gaze at those times. They used to be builders.

[Motep]

Im sorry about the mispellings and forgotten factions...I havnt played in a looong time

[Kralizec]

Right now it's the Almohads. Though I like playing as the Byzantines and English too.

[shizzernockers3]

the byzantines cause they seem like they will be the hardest to play

[Martok]

Alas that I can only vote once! [sigh]

The Spanish remain my favorite faction in MTW, with the Egyptians right behind them. The Byzantines, Danes, and English round out my top 5.

Motep the great: You forgot the Sicilians. I doubt anyone would vote for them, though, so it's probably not a big deal.

[SCRIBE]

Which is your favorite faction and why? Mine is the byzantines because of the conflick with the turks and the fact that they were once the roman empire.

Correction friend, they are, some people say in a way, but they are essentially the Roman Empire, minus the Rome. Its thanks to those 18th-19th century scholars that gave that derogatory term.
Its like saying, if Earth had an empire (maybe in the next 1000 years), and Earth was...ahem...taken or no longer liveable, we would still be called earthlings or humans by extraterrestrials (if their are any).
Mind the farfetched story...

I can't forget about the Moors and their lovely hazel-eyed women.

[Jesenjin]

You forgot Sicily... you.... you.... you.... whatever i am not mad any more

[Mithrandir]

Camels, Almohads.

[Motep]

I have already apologized for forgotten nations...which is a 3 now. The polish, sicillians, and the danish.

[naut]

Bohemia, XL.

[dacdac]

Novgorod!!!!!!! They are awesome. Nothing compares. It is the best, that is why it is caps on the voting sheet.

[satchef1]

You forgot the Swiss!
Would have picked them because im not that big a fan of big, powerful nations tbh
Overall it wouldt have to be either Scots, Norse, Armenians or Serbs

[Incubus Dragon]

I find the Hungarians to be very versatile - good cavalry options whilst maintaining the traditionally strong foot soldiers of christendom. That said, that's MTW and VI - I don't have MTW2 yet - need to wait until its release over this side of the pond.

[Ituralde]

I'm missing Venice... I know, I know Italy is there but that's just not the same for me. Venice had much stronger ties to Byzantium than say Milan oder Genoa.
So I would have cast my vote for Venice!

[dacdac]

why doesn't anyone pick Novgorod, what's wrong with you people!!!???

[Craterus]

Right now, it's the Turks. Playing a campaign as them right now, and I really enjoyed blitzing the Egyptians.

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

Germany,Poland or Italy. Very Good Starting Postions, Can win usally in 100-200 years,which is pretty good (with cheats :-) :-/)

[Rocketman]

Definately the Byzantines.

[macsen rufus]

Well, I voted for the Turks, because of all the cool hybrids - I like my Ottos and various horse archery-types, and of course the Janisseries when they are available. Also no hassle from the Pope.

But really my favourite faction is the one I happen to be playing at the time (right now that's Genoa in XL), but I also love the English (when you can get the Longbowmen out of the pub .... thanks for a good belly-laugh, ProfSpatula!!), the Mongol Horde and the Armenians in XL, and Irish and Welsh in VI. Oh, and Crimean Khanate in PMTW as well....

So, if I like horse-archer armies so much, wonder why I've never tried the Hungarians yet???? Hmmmm....

[SCRIBE]

Well, I voted for the Turks, because of all the cool hybrids - I like my Ottos and various horse archery-types, and of course the Janisseries when they are available. Also no hassle from the Pope.

But really my favourite faction is the one I happen to be playing at the time (right now that's Genoa in XL), but I also love the English (when you can get the Longbowmen out of the pub .... thanks for a good belly-laugh, ProfSpatula!!), the Mongol Horde and the Armenians in XL, and Irish and Welsh in VI. Oh, and Crimean Khanate in PMTW as well....

So, if I like horse-archer armies so much, wonder why I've never tried the Hungarians yet???? Hmmmm....

Nice selection, macsen, by the way what is PMTW? Pagan Medieval Total War?

[Martok]

Nice selection, macsen, by the way what is PMTW? Pagan Medieval Total War?

Pike & Musket Total War. You'll find it the Hosted Mods section of the forum.

[Taedius]

As someone else said, it's usually the faction I'm playing at the moment... I had a good campaign with the Aragonese last week, that was fun. But now I've just installed xl, so I'm going bananas with all the new factions. Can't make up my mind.

[Taedius]

...caved in, and voted for the Hungaryans. Versatile unit roster, fun position.