Your choice of faction: a "rational" explanation

[L.C.Cinna]

Started to play a Pontus campaign and it's really really great:

- you really have no money in the beginning and have to be quick to take some towns around you in order to make money, shouldn't lose too many soldiers because you can't rebuild.


- great cultural mix of persian, greek, celtic and steppe features.

- you can create great armies with huge variety of troops including some of the best units of the area even in your factional buildings.

[konny]

I have started a new campaign as Makedonia because,

- They are one of the few factions that really have a "mission" in the game.

- As soon as Greece is under controll the game will still be challanging but not difficult beyond frustration.

- The territories where "subjugation" is available is stretching from Italy to most of the former Persian empire.