What's your favorite M2TW faction?

**TevashSzat** · 02-02-2007, 02:48

Sicily, awesome muslim archers and one of the best factions to blitz with. Take northern italy, and the byzantine empire at the same time

**PaulTa** · 02-02-2007, 03:54

Russia- Russia seems to be designed for those of us that like to turtle and take the campaign slowly. You get a nice position in the corner of the map, and can generally avoid contact with just about everyone if you don't go too much further than Kiev (don't take it either). The only ones who start wars are the Poles, but peace treaties with the Poles are always economically benificial.

Once you hit your late game units, you become really powerful.

**IrishArmenian** · 02-02-2007, 06:38

Originally Posted by PaulTa

Russia- Russia seems to be designed for those of us that like to turtle and take the campaign slowly. You get a nice position in the corner of the map, and can generally avoid contact with just about everyone if you don't go too much further than Kiev (don't take it either). The only ones who start wars are the Poles, but peace treaties with the Poles are always economically benificial.

Once you hit your late game units, you become really powerful.

I am an avid Russia player, but I play the opposite with Russia. My western Border stays at roughly Vilnius and Kiev while I consolidate power in Eastern Russia (Volga+Sarkel) and then I head down through Georgia, into Armenia and then take Mosul. At this time the Poles attack, and I really just have to swamp them down with large amounts of Kazaks, seeing as their units are superior to mine in the early stage.
The Middle East has very rich cities, ripe for the sacking!

**zstajerski** · 02-02-2007, 11:35

Russia
Dvor cavalry and dimounted dvors

Not to mention the tzars guard

And with gunpowder: the best hand gunpowder unit in the game Cosak Musketeers!!!

**Darkarbiter** · 02-02-2007, 11:36

HRE for having more then 5 provinces..... OH SNAP.

**grinningman** · 02-02-2007, 16:19

I like the Moors as they generally have weaker units than the Christian equivalents, so tactics tend to be more important. I also like the Christianity vs Islam conflict on Iberia. And I like camels

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I had great fun exploring North Africa and finding a way through the desert the first time I played M2TW.

**Empirate** · 02-02-2007, 17:02

Gotta be merry olde Englande! I just love Longbows, and DEKs rock. Besides, it's nice to have to crush the frogs in each and every game!

**Maurus** · 02-02-2007, 20:07

The Byzantine empire, awesome position once you consolidate, and the most cool looking units in the game

, finally, it's a real challenge after the 1250's withouth gunpowder

**Frankmuddy** · 02-06-2007, 05:41

Originally Posted by PaulTa

Russia- Russia seems to be designed for those of us that like to turtle and take the campaign slowly. You get a nice position in the corner of the map, and can generally avoid contact with just about everyone if you don't go too much further than Kiev (don't take it either). The only ones who start wars are the Poles, but peace treaties with the Poles are always economically benificial.

Once you hit your late game units, you become really powerful.

My campaign went just the opposite of that. Within ten turns I found myself swamped with agressive polish armies and spent the next two hundred years fighting continual wars with the Poles, then the Danes, and then the Hungarians, one after the other with only brief pauses. Still, it is a lot of fun, and I think the Russians excellent balance of infantry and cavalry archers is about the only thing that's allowed me to fight back effectively. It's also a lot of fun to use woodcutters to ambush knights and enemy generals.