Need info about Russia

[Mikhal]

Myself I wont start playing M2 before the summer holidays as that's the only time I can totally devote myself to it (at least I will get a bit patched up version by that time). Anyway I have some questions about the Russians as they are my faction that I will always play with.

- Is it true that these cool plate armored troops are Russians? on this video, the ones with metal masks: [URL=http://games.softpedia.com/progDownload/Medieval-II-Total-War-Russia-Faction-Movie-Download-11996.html[/URL]

- What's the flag like? is it the one with a yellow eagle on black background?

- They do have awesome shock cavalry right?

Feel free to share any other thoughts about Russia, but please, try to not spoil anything.

[TheImp]

I don't know what the russian flag is but it's not the yellow eagle, this one belonging to HRE.

[Shadow_Wolf33]

their flag is a pink teddy bear on a purple background, and their cavalry doesn't hurt because they are all armed with pillows and have a 'diving tickle' attack as their secondary

[Emperor Aurelius]

Shadow_Wolf shutup! We aren't inthe mood for stupidity! How dare you be so immature! Its not a teddybear on their flag its an OCTOPUS on an YELLOW background!

Good lord people like youruin everything....


Oh ya and its their INFANTRY that got the pillows!

[Faenaris]

Myself I wont start playing M2 before the summer holidays as that's the only time I can totally devote myself to it (at least I will get a bit patched up version by that time). Anyway I have some questions about the Russians as they are my faction that I will always play with.

- Is it true that these cool plate armored troops are Russians? on this video, the ones with metal masks: [URL=http://games.softpedia.com/progDownload/Medieval-II-Total-War-Russia-Faction-Movie-Download-11996.html[/URL]

- What's the flag like? is it the one with a yellow eagle on black background?

- They do have awesome shock cavalry right?

Feel free to share any other thoughts about Russia, but please, try to not spoil anything.

I can't answer the last 2 questions yet, Mikhal, but I can answer the first one.

The plate armoured troops are indeed Russians. They are called Berdiche Axemen and those are some nasty cookies to crack. In that video, they are upgraded fully, the "regular" version has chainmail and a "crusader style open helmet" instead of the face mask. Still, these axemen are the cream of the russian heavy infantry and a unit to be feared on the battlefield.

Once I boot M2TW again, I'll take a look for your other questions.

[Mikhal]

I can't answer the last 2 questions yet, Mikhal, but I can answer the first one.

The plate armoured troops are indeed Russians. They are called Berdiche Axemen and those are some nasty cookies to crack. In that video, they are upgraded fully, the "regular" version has chainmail and a "crusader style open helmet" instead of the face mask. Still, these axemen are the cream of the russian heavy infantry and a unit to be feared on the battlefield.

Once I boot M2TW again, I'll take a look for your other questions.

Hehe that's nice, i thought that i would have to rely completely on sucky cannon fodder when it came to infantry :)

and thanks for looking it up

[Lusted]

The Novgorod faction symbol is an orange orthodox cross i think on a blue background. They have loads of great units in their army.