WOW what a cool game

[Leviathon]

if you have read my prev posts you will know that this is the first time i have ever played any of the total war games and wow am i impressed i started my first campaign last night and made a big mistake in trying to take over spain (silly me) but i shall learn from my mistakes lol, anyway is there any difference to the way the game is played if you play as the vikings and what would be the best campaign to do being a begginer ofcourse?

Also any tips on this game would be well noted thnx

[Caerfanan]

if you have read my prev posts you will know that this is the first time i have ever played any of the total war games and wow am i impressed i started my first campaign last night and made a big mistake in trying to take over spain (silly me) but i shall learn from my mistakes lol, anyway is there any difference to the way the game is played if you play as the vikings and what would be the best campaign to do being a begginer ofcourse?

Also any tips on this game would be well noted thnx

What's the TW game you're playing? Med 2 our Medieval Total War: Viking Invasions?

I don't know much of M2TW yet, but I could say, for MTW that any faction has its pros and cons. And every faction has its differences, the various units leading to different behaviors on the battlefields! So, basically, you're doomed. Because you will have to play dozens of campaigns to forge your own opinion!

[Leviathon]

What's the TW game you're playing? Med 2 our Medieval Total War: Viking Invasions?

i am currently playing MTW: Viking invasions

You are referring to the Viking campaign? That campaign is played out on a different map (of the British Isles) and centres arounf Anglo-Saxon England at the time of the Viking raids. There are many different units and most of the uinits from the original game are not included. The tech tree is also very different, and in some ways better than the original. The Viking and Saxon Huscarle units are among the deadliest in the entire game.

For a beginner I recommend you go for the early era and nmot the high or late eras. The Egyptians or the Almohads are good starters. There is no Papal interference to worry about less immediate enemies bordering your lands. Another faction for a new player, though debatable, are the Byzantine. They have good income, many provinces and some very good units such as Kataphraktoi, Trebizond Archers and the Varangian Guards.

For a catholic faction you definitely want to go with the Spanish. They also have good defensible lands, good units and their ownly immediate enemies are the Almohads and the Aragonese. The establishment of a strong navy is important for most factions, but moreso for the Spanish. The conquest of the entire peninsula is also a must, which means rebel Portugal, Navarre and Valencia as well as Aragon need to come under your control fairly early on and the Almohads need to be forcibly ejected from Cordoba and Granada.

The Almohads are a faction than build up quite well on what they have, combined with the acquisition of Valencia, and Portugal. It is important to deny these to the Castilians.

thankyou for you advice i will try this as you have said hopefully after i have it mastered i will start playing on multiplayer

p.s thanks for the welcome

[Caerfanan]

i am currently playing MTW: Viking invasions

Argh!!! I'm stuck playing the viking campaign. About to play probably the picts on hard. I'll try to get to the mounted xbows!!!

[Vladimir]

Good, my favorite faction!

[caravel]

IMHO the only factions worth playing in VI are the Irish, Welsh, Picts and Scots. The rest are relatively easy due to the Huscarles.

[caravel]

if you have read my prev posts you will know that this is the first time i have ever played any of the total war games and wow am i impressed

Welcome Leviathon, to the .org, and to the Main Hall in particular.

i started my first campaign last night and made a big mistake in trying to take over spain (silly me) but i shall learn from my mistakes lol,

You have a sound philosophy there.

anyway is there any difference to the way the game is played if you play as the vikings and what would be the best campaign to do being a begginer ofcourse?

You are referring to the Viking campaign? That campaign is played out on a different map (of the British Isles) and centres arounf Anglo-Saxon England at the time of the Viking raids. There are many different units and most of the uinits from the original game are not included. The tech tree is also very different, and in some ways better than the original. The Viking and Saxon Huscarle units are among the deadliest in the entire game.

For a beginner I recommend you go for the early era and nmot the high or late eras. The Egyptians or the Almohads are good starters. There is no Papal interference to worry about less immediate enemies bordering your lands. Another faction for a new player, though debatable, are the Byzantine. They have good income, many provinces and some very good units such as Kataphraktoi, Trebizond Archers and the Varangian Guards.

For a catholic faction you definitely want to go with the Spanish. They also have good defensible lands, good units and their ownly immediate enemies are the Almohads and the Aragonese. The establishment of a strong navy is important for most factions, but moreso for the Spanish. The conquest of the entire peninsula is also a must, which means rebel Portugal, Navarre and Valencia as well as Aragon need to come under your control fairly early on and the Almohads need to be forcibly ejected from Cordoba and Granada.

The Almohads are a faction than build up quite well on what they have, combined with the acquisition of Valencia, and Portugal. It is important to deny these to the Castilians.

Also any tips on this game would be well noted thnx

For the most part you will pick things up as you go along, feel free to ask your questions here as they arise.

[Derfasciti]

if you have read my prev posts you will know that this is the first time i have ever played any of the total war games and wow am i impressed i started my first campaign last night and made a big mistake in trying to take over spain (silly me) but i shall learn from my mistakes lol, anyway is there any difference to the way the game is played if you play as the vikings and what would be the best campaign to do being a begginer ofcourse?

Also any tips on this game would be well noted thnx

Welcome to the forums and welcome to Total War. Medieval Total War is indeed a VERY fun game. I'm currently going to replay Viking Invasion although as what faction I don't know.

For VI i suggest the Saxons as the easy faction to play first. They have a pretty good starting position and their lands are rich. Be prepared to try to make an alliance with the Mercians at first and the Vikings as the vikings especially can kick the crap out of you if they really want to. the Welsh should be conquered fairly quickly and then get ready for a very long war with the Mercians. Personally I just go with the faction I feel more interested in at the moment. I don't care what their units are like and rarely use too advanced tactics to win battles. I guess I'm just a noob.

On the main game, Early England is probably one of the easiest. Spain also has a lot of merits once you conquer all of Spain. Really it all comes down to what you want to do. If you're big into history, role-playing a faction might be a lot of fun and it might not matter if England or Spain are pretty easy to play.

Have fun and I hope this helped!


edit: A general tip: If you find yourself losing battle after battle, don't fret. I still lose many battles and I've been playing on and off for quite a while. Patience and the enjoyment of the game is what counts. Losing a lot make all those great victories all the more enjoyable too.