Whats your favorite faction?

[Darth Nihilus]

I listed them all just in case. It was a hard decision for me, but I went with the Byzantines. Alot of my decision was based on the original game and my fond memories of playing with them.

[Reenk Roink]

Byzantines!

I plan to start my first campaign with them.

[Dr_Who_Regen#4]

Had to vote for a new Faction so I went with Venice...

[Darth Nihilus]

I guess I should add that people should vote for whatever reason they want, eg. it's thier home country or ancestry, they liked playing with that faction in the original, they like its untis, or they like studying the history of that particular faction. I do realize that no one has ever played with (for instance) milan before. And I do think that the BYZ will be the runaway favorite.

My 2cents.....

[SCRIBE]

BYZANTINES!


And Almohads, but I would give a 1 up to the Eastern Romans for their interesting playing style and troop types.
I just hope MTW2 does the Byz more justice than MTW.
Like more unique units, and I think they should have a spearmen that specializes in something than their vanilla flavoured 1 in MTW.
It would be interesting to see how the Byzantine troops look like now and how will their appearance progress as the years go on into the 1500s, that would be nice.

[Ignoramus]

Byzantium wins, but only just. The Holy Roman Empire will be more interesting to play than in original Medieval with two Italian factions.

[A jezy]

spain

[King Ragnar]

England, me being English, and the fact that they rule, Billmen and Longbowmen the ultimate combination, i think they will be my first campaign, but i have always had a little soft spot for the Byzantines

[Soulflame]

Byzantines, followed by the Danes. Although I also like the invasion armies (Mongols and Timurids), which are unfortunately unplayable.

I don't really like the currently big countries that much (England, France HRE, Spain are all a bit 'meh' in my eyes), but that's because I love the underdog and like to change history a bit ;).

[Ignoramus]

I actually like the Byzantines for the opposite reason. I enjoy "roleplaying" history, so factions like Scotland and Milan (although they are really interesting) aren't quite as enjoyable as Byzantium.

[caravel]

The Turks. They were arguably the best faction in MTW, so one could assume they will be the best in M2TW, but who knows.

[Jambo]

I gotta say, it has to be the Scots. I'm looking forward to finally returning the favour of being able to banish the English from the British Isles just like I did as the English to the Scottish rebels countless times in the first MTW. :)

[Vladimir]

Spain for when I'm inexperienced as they have so many advantages. However I think I'll enjoy Venice more once my proficiently increases. I can't wait to use them to conquer Genoa and dominate Mediterranean trade.

[Ciaran]

That´ll depend a lot on the units the factions get, but I tend to favour the north-western European factions, England France and Germany. I like my knights in shining armour and armies that clank when they move.

[Dracula(Romanian Vlad Tepes)]

HRE are the best because of their heavy cavalry and infantry.

[Guillaume le Batard]

The TURKS! Without question. This is of course entirely based on my fond memories of them in MTW. With so many trade-rich provinces nearby, you could pretty much do whatever you wanted. And the units were amazing... you could create almost any type of army configuration you wanted. I also really liked their colors, for some reason.

After taking out Egypt and Byzantium, I always invaded... Spain! Don't ask why, I just loved taking the other side of the Mediterranean I guess.

Guillaume

[Guillaume le Batard]

Sorry -- accidental double post!

[The Blind Samurai]

egpypt

[batu khan]

Turks without a doubt.i am gonna conquer Vienna and i am gonna massacre the papal states

[azraeltheFallen]

Defiantly the Danes, be aware when the vikings are comming hehe

[magnum]

Turks, as they were my favorite in the un-moded MTW. Hopefully they will be as fun in MTW2. So even though it might change once released, its currently the Turks that I am looking forward to playing.

[Tiberius maximus]

well i love knights and infantry and england has the best foot knights there is plus i love the billmen they can rape any mounted unit there is

[Loki]

I voted Danes because of my ancestry.

"God spare us from the fury of the North-Men!!"

I love to start out as the Danes in Early, carve out a small Baltic centric empire and then concentrate on shipping / trade / and building infrastructure.

By the late 1100's i'm flush with cash and by the early 1200's I've got ships everywhere, naval superiority and lots of full stack armies idling in the home provences.

Then the Mongols show up and start to savage the Hungarians / Polish / Turks etc.

I usually let them do the dirty work then sweep the eastern half of the map clean (ever seen what V+ A+3 W+2 armored huscarls do to Mongol heavy cav? )

[Nathanael]

I won't be voting 'til I find out more about the factions. It'll probably be between England and the Turks, though.

[Brighdaasa]

HRE, i just like how they're in a bit of a tough spot with enemies on all sides. This based on my mtw experiences ofc.

[Byzantine Emperor]

Byzantines, followed by English, because I am English but Byzantines are too good to resist.

[Sarmatian]

Byzantines first, to create a new roman empire, then russians to create a slavic empire and then the turks, to finally convert all those infidel christians by force. After that, probably venice and the danes.

[Bakma]

The Turks. They were arguably the best faction in MTW, so one could assume they will be the best in M2TW, but who knows.

there is nothing to say more :D

[the_mango55]

I'm gonna have to go with Russia, The Russian High era campaign was the most challenging and fun campaign I had in MTW, trying to defend against the Mongol onslaught, so I say them just for that reason.

And their units from the preview look top notch and much more variety than MTW.

[Martok]

In alphabetical order:

Byzantines
Danes
Egyptians
English
Scots
Spanish
Venitians


Gee, can you tell I'm having a hard time deciding?