The most fun that I have had playing M2TW

[Budwise]

Playing with the Custom Campaign Mod, I found that I wanted to try something new so I pick to play as the REBELS. To make this work at all you have to cheat for a lot of money at start because if you don't, you will run out without building really anything.

Well, what changes is the following

1. Diplomacy is meaningless, not only can you not recruit diplomats but even if you could it wouldn't matter because you are at a state of permiwar with everyone.
   
2. You start off with over 50 territories.
   
3. You can finally take on all of the nations you normally would have to migrate to take on (Timurids and Aztecs) easily.
   
4. Things like Religion, Excommunication, Random Rebellions, Pirates, Heretics, and some other things that I am forgetting but will add later are no longer a problem and when others have problems with these, it benefits you.
   
5. No need to worry about "Relations" anymore.
   
6. You can control Heretics and its your religion. Its kinda funny how you can build churches but your religion is always around -90 on the summary screen.
   
7. Generals are very hard to come by so when you get one you tend to protect him more so you can buy mercenaries with him.
   
8. One of my favorites on this list: Seiges, you are always being sieged and attacked and will have to face off against sieges from everyone. I just wish that I had Longbowmen.
   
9. Unlike the Aztecs, you can build complex buildings that help with community happiness as well as build order for troops. You can create different buildings in different areas. For instance, I built the aztecs temple AND a racetrack in Spain.
   
10. Troops are the same as buildings, although I have yet to see or build a longbowmen in my lineup, time will tell if I could build longbowmen here and Panzerphants over there.
    
11. Since I did cheat moneywise, I cannot comment on the financial aspect of this time.
    
12. You do not need to waste troops on garrisons unless your afraid of an attack from a neighbor.

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My game so far, you start off with territories EVERYWHERE but they aren't aligned in any way yet. My first turn I studied the map and thought if I could take over Scotland, Russia, the Middle East and the Danes with the rebels in that area, I would be well set off for a blitz and hold campaign. Unfortunately, I nearly broke my teeth in Scotland. They hold off EVERYTHING I throw at them and I only got Edinburge when I transported troops from after I finished off the Danes but they still have a big stack in York.

The Danes, as you have read earlier, were a pretty easy fight, I used all the troops that I could find in the areas in the north as well as a few in the east and south and converged onto their homeland. The fight wasn't that hard and I was expecting a lot worst after my disaster in the British Asles.

After which around turn 7, France went on an all out to take the territories that I have took troops from to help out with the Danes conflict so I used what I had left there and transported them to take on England in their home island. So far, that going great.

My war against Russia ended on turn 8 but they did hurt me in the east, Russia is gone as well.

Egypt on the other hand has been a complete pushover and should be finished up within the next two turns.

Will post pictures later, I would suggest trying this.

I am trying like hell to be able to recruit something other than militia but so far its only turn 8 and peasants, militia and simple archers is all I can muster at this time.