Quote Originally Posted by kamikhaan


Come on! Best faction, hands down, is Hungary! You get to fight the horde in whatever manner you choose to, plenty of rebel provinces, a mix of eastern cavalry/horse archers and western chivalry! Plus, they start with two provinces that have Iron, they can get Moldavia easily for Avar Nobles, and, if you play your cards right, you can get a very nice 'triangle' of territory stretching from Venice to Kiev to Constantinople, making for a very wealthy empire indeed. Plus, the almighty bridge leading to Kiev from the west all but saves the average Hungarian player from the Mongol threat.
I agree that Hungary are indeed one of the best factions, though the poll question was "Which faction(s) do you play as?", which is why I have replied as such.

Anyone who hasn't tried Hungary yet though really needs to give them a go. I didn't bother with them after about 3 years of owning the game. Finally I was bored one day and decided to give them a go. I discovered that they are a superb faction as they are the only catholic faction that has horse archers and a special horse archer unit of their own and as such can fight battles in the Turkish fashion. It wasn't long before the Hunnic Horde had taken most of the east.