Not sure what faction to play as

**Hoplite7** · 12-24-2007, 04:13

I'm in faction-limbo again.

I finished Danish campaign, and I'm pretty sick of Northern Europe. That leaves me with Moors, Sicily, Turks, Spain/Portugal, Egypt and Byzantines.

Moors are OK, but I hate their position on the map. Sicily is a strong choice for me, even though it will just drag me into Europe again. I tried the Turks, but they are basically horse-archer only, which got boring. I hate Spain/Portugal army rosters. Egypt is another good one, with OK infantry, calvary, and horse archers... but Egypt is kind of easy like in RTW even on VH/M. Byzantines are another strong choice, but are lacking in the infantry department and cannot jihad/crusade.

As you can see none of them are that great! Which would you recommend based on experience? I'm looking for the most challenging but also some diversity...

(I don't have Kingdoms)

**Cheetah** · 12-24-2007, 05:20

Hungary!!! IMO it is as challenging as it can get esp if you play it chivalrously. Also there is variety, at first it mostly HA with weak inf but later on you get DFK, pav.spearmen, chiv knights i.e. everything you need for a good heavy army. It is also at the cross-roads you can go wherever you want. Into middle europe, into Italy, to the east or even to the north!

**WhiskeyGhost** · 12-24-2007, 05:27

Ditto on the Hungary suggestion, for almost the exact same reasons

**Hoplite7** · 12-24-2007, 05:55

Hmm I never even thought of Hungary. Just took a look at their unit roster and they have probably the most balanced of all of the factions. And they are Christian. I always dismissed them, I thought they were orthodox and the battlefield assassins always seemed quirky to me.

So I'll probably play as them, although there must be a catch somewhere in their faction.

**Cheetah** · 12-24-2007, 06:06

The catch is that they are hungarians!!!

Well, the only catch I can think of that they do not have strong city H2H infantry. The best unit you get from cities is pavise xbow (it took me while to find out that they have pavise!!!), and later on arquebus and hussars (very nice unit!). So all your strong H2H inf comes from castles (DFK/DCK, pav.spearmen). But this just gives a challenge compared to lets say italian factions where you can do the whole game without castle units.