Faction??

[Teleklos Archelaou]

It'd be great if fans got some descriptions organized about the best reasons to play as some factions and the drawbacks of playing as them too - for this kind of thing. If it was done well, we could put it up in the FAQ as a "I'm new - which faction should I play?" type entry.

You guys all play it more than the team gets to anyway after all!

[Saeon]

lol that would be very helpful though i'm not that new :P. I'm just interested in a bit of a challenge to keep me sane during my exams

[Moros]

None of the western factions are really a challenge. Tough Lustonnan migth become difficult if the carthies get strong and aggresive while your empire isn't build up yet. However during my Luso. campaign they didn't attack me. When I was strong enough I kicked them out. Didn't play much further tough. However I think most westerbfactions are fairly easy. The real difficult ones are in the east.

[Saeon]

I see well what would you say we're the most challenging factions then :P i am think that Hellion looks pretty tough??? I prefer to start out with smaller factions personally 1 to 3 towns is enough to start with for me :P

[Spendios]

Try Baktria you get 3 provinces to start, rich provinces and a very cool units roster.

[Teleklos Archelaou]

Hayasdan and Pontos are great too if you want a challenge. They are among the toughest in the game outside of the nomads.

[Saeon]

Are the normads hard to play i dunno why i never had them down as that tough???