Which is the most powerefull Faction and why?

[Basilios II Voulgaroktonos]

I think that you cant say that there is only 1 powerfull faction because it depends in the territory.The Egyptians for example cant fight very easily in europian soil because their units are for very big and open terrains (as they are not very heavy)so taht they can do manoeuvres and avoid the heavy infantry of the enmy.in the western Europe i think England is because they have the best archers very good foot soldiers and their cavalry is the same of the other major europian factions.in the east i think the Byzantines because they combine the mobility of the eastern forces like horse archers and light cavalry and the power of some heavy units like the Varangian guard or the Katarfracktoi.

What is for you the most powerfull?

[Furious Mental]

Lichtenstein!

[Subedei]

Lichtenstein!

Don´t tell...it is a secrect

[Redtemplar]

But powerful where in game or in medieval history?
In game:
- England, because the creators like them,
- HRE because they are united and they have a lot of provinces at the beginning.

[lars573]

The HRE only have 4 provinces at the start. Austria, Bavaria, Tyrol, and the papal states. In fact I don't think any one faction in M2TW starts out with more than 5 provinces.

[Phil17]

I think the english will be pretty powerful, due to their archers and starting position. But beyond this i dunno .

[Faenaris]

Lichtenstein!

Because of "Sir Ulrich von Lichtenstein"? :)

As for the topic: Isn't it a tad early to start asking who the most powerful faction is? Right now, we can only speculate.

[edyzmedieval]

The English. CA favourises them.

And the Byzantines also...

[Geoffrey S]

Bartix with Uranos Death Ray!

[CrownOfSwords]

Dont forget the Danish have very powerful units in the begining of the game. Each faction has its own strengths personally ive always like the Byzantines the most they have a well rounded unit line up.

[Roman_Man#3]

Because of "Sir Ulrich von Lichtenstein"? :)

well im not sure if someone mentioned this before, but their is a tiny european country/kingdom, im not sure which, called lichtenstein. IIRC, it was destroyed in world war 2 or something, but it has dissappeared otherwise.

[Orb]

The Byzantines should, by all accounts, be one of the weaker factions. Their military was outdated, their position weak, they were suffering repercussions from the lunatic Diogenes and also the invasions of Guiscard, which had circumstantially resulted in Alexios draining his treasury to tie up the Normans.

The Seljuqs should be powerful, as should the French, I think.

Egypt was too problematic, after Shahanshah died, the place disintegrated for a while.

[Don Jacopo Caldora]

It truly is hard to say who will be the most powerful faction, at least until the game is finally released.

But ultimatly, the most powerful comes from being the faction that can best manage their economy and also must gain control of strategic territories that will aid in their defense.

The value of the money is self explanatory, can't afford an army worth anything without being able to pay for it, whether self built, or hired out as mercenaries.

The strategic territory will come from 1: location, an easy to defend point, or able to send troops to aid provinces/armies in trouble with ease. and 2: Providing unique resource/economic advantages to the owner that allow for more $$ or better armor/weapons.

Whoever can gain control of the $$ and the proper provinces will have the advantage when seeking to control the world.

[Faenaris]

well im not sure if someone mentioned this before, but their is a tiny european country/kingdom, im not sure which, called lichtenstein. IIRC, it was destroyed in world war 2 or something, but it has dissappeared otherwise.

Indeed, there was a small kingdom of Lichtenstein. It still exists though (it is called Liechtenstein), a small country squeezed between Austria and Switzerland. It's a bit like Monaco: small, but lots of rich people. :)

I was referring to "Sir Ulrich von Liechtenstein" because I had seen "A Knight's Tale" the night before and I was still smiling about it. A very funny movie and I had hoped some of you had recognised my reference.

[azraeltheFallen]

I would defiantly say the Danes, they have some easy conquerable lands up north(sweden, norway) and then they have some superb infantry in the beginning and they really only have to worry about HRE in the beginning, whitch already got enough problems with other factions...DANES!!