They´re not that good. They´re 12/14, 2HP, little charge. they´re only 40 guys instead of the normal 80, and they´ve very short spears, with an almost-melee range.And they take 2 turns to train. Only good point: bonus vs. cavalry.
Whats your Favorite faction?
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Tank_Guy#3
Lion of Lehistan
I have had the most success with the Greek Cities. Almost immediately was at war with nearly every faction (not by my choice). I think it was Macedon, SPQR, Julii, Brutii, Scipii, Thrace, Carthage, Pontus, and Seleucia (not sure if there were any more that attacked me). Now only Carthage and Selecia are still alive. The best hoplite unit for Greece is the Spartan Hoplite, the Armoured Hoplites kept getting massacred even when I outnumbered the Roman army I was attacking (even if the General was more skilled, and versus an enemy captain no less). Now that all my armies have exclusively Spartan Hoplites, I have yet to lose a battle with them. I also find that I make a lot more money compared to other factions for some reason.
If you can survive long enough to get some of the latter units that Seleucia can produce, you will be doing quite well for yourself, I love those cataphracts!
Parthia is a so-so faction, while I like a wide variety of cavalry units, I still require a good base of infantry. Though my most recent game with them has gone better than I have hoped, and my demands for Seleucid cities have all been accepted, and I have every river crossing, bridge, and mountain pass covered with a fort with a good number of troops present (greater garrison's to the south, and I have been having an on/off war with Egypt for the last dozen or so turns).
If you can survive long enough to get some of the latter units that Seleucia can produce, you will be doing quite well for yourself, I love those cataphracts!
Parthia is a so-so faction, while I like a wide variety of cavalry units, I still require a good base of infantry. Though my most recent game with them has gone better than I have hoped, and my demands for Seleucid cities have all been accepted, and I have every river crossing, bridge, and mountain pass covered with a fort with a good number of troops present (greater garrison's to the south, and I have been having an on/off war with Egypt for the last dozen or so turns).
Tank_Guy#3
Lion of Lehistan
Kal'thzar said:
This is true, but they are almost identical to regular old hoplites. When you zoom in on them and Armoured Hoplites, there is very little difference. Though I forget the stats of the two off hand.
i like the selucids, egyptians and the parthians.
the parthian infantry is worthless. i like just building lots of infantry to overwelm the enamy and just hold the line. thats realy all the parthian infantry is good for.
but i Love parthian calvery, nothing like useing cheap crapy troops to hold the line as u have hourse arches move to the flanks and rear to hammer them with arows, then a good old charge with cataphrats.
the parthian infantry is worthless. i like just building lots of infantry to overwelm the enamy and just hold the line. thats realy all the parthian infantry is good for.
but i Love parthian calvery, nothing like useing cheap crapy troops to hold the line as u have hourse arches move to the flanks and rear to hammer them with arows, then a good old charge with cataphrats.
It is still better if you just use those armies as garrisons and you never engage in sieges. You should batlle far from cities with small armies of elite cavalry, and withdraw from the field if the enemy comes too near your horse archers.
Are you really autisick or is it a joke?
Are you really autisick or is it a joke?
Lance of Llanwy
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I like Pontos, in both vanilla and EB. Challenging position and very interesting culturally. They rock much harder in EB though, thanks to Kappadocian cavalry....hehehehe. Sexy charge bonus for light cavalry...
Dark Ascendant
Darkness Ascending...
I like playing as the Romans, Seluecids, and Germans.
The Romans have the best melee infantry, with their armor, and the pila. They've also got powerful cav, decent missiles, and gladiators which are made specifically to take stone walls. All three factions are ready to expand on their neighbors without worrying about their borders. I like the Brutii, because Greece is the most interesting battleground, and the Mars temples. I also like the Julii, because these guys have the best temples for law and order.
The Seluicids are the exact opposite of the Romans. They have to worry about every border. Their territory is split into different regions. They have enemies on all sides. And that's what makes them so fun! These guys have the most interesting early game. You haven't lived until two militia hoplites side by side in a street kills about 8-10 peasants, nubian spearmen, and chariot generals without any missile support.
Their troop roster is the most interesting, with powerful catas, horse-killing phalanxes, flexible legionnaires, and oddball units like elephants and chariots.
The Germans start poor and their cities have **** growth rates. So what do you do? Take other people's lands, of course!
Spear warbands are better than the regular warbands and a wall of them make battles very simple against other barbs. When you get bigger cities, it gets really interesting. Armour-piercing chosen axemen, chosen archers, gothic cav, and of course, beserkers. Out of all the barbs, these guys are the only ones with infantry that can eat legionairy cohorts for breakfast. These guys are my favorite barb faction.
The Romans have the best melee infantry, with their armor, and the pila. They've also got powerful cav, decent missiles, and gladiators which are made specifically to take stone walls. All three factions are ready to expand on their neighbors without worrying about their borders. I like the Brutii, because Greece is the most interesting battleground, and the Mars temples. I also like the Julii, because these guys have the best temples for law and order.
The Seluicids are the exact opposite of the Romans. They have to worry about every border. Their territory is split into different regions. They have enemies on all sides. And that's what makes them so fun! These guys have the most interesting early game. You haven't lived until two militia hoplites side by side in a street kills about 8-10 peasants, nubian spearmen, and chariot generals without any missile support.
Their troop roster is the most interesting, with powerful catas, horse-killing phalanxes, flexible legionnaires, and oddball units like elephants and chariots.The Germans start poor and their cities have **** growth rates. So what do you do? Take other people's lands, of course!
Spear warbands are better than the regular warbands and a wall of them make battles very simple against other barbs. When you get bigger cities, it gets really interesting. Armour-piercing chosen axemen, chosen archers, gothic cav, and of course, beserkers. Out of all the barbs, these guys are the only ones with infantry that can eat legionairy cohorts for breakfast. These guys are my favorite barb faction.
Tank_Guy#3
Lion of Lehistan
I downloaded Rome Total Realism awhile back, and now my favorite faction is the Macedonians. The mini-map is slowly turning black (I'm advancing effortlessly on all but one front, the worthless Spanish are slowing me up though).
Dreadnought
Deity
For Roman factions, I find the Brutii easiest to win as, get all the wonders and just steamroll the east. The Julii are the funnest IMHO because you fight the barbarian hordes (sometimes at least)
Comraddict
C.IV
Tank_Guy#3 said:
You have few wonders, one that counts is in the Rhodes.
Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
My favorite Roman faction would be Scipii. I like it because they are the hardest IMO of the Romans.
This is how my last game as Scipii went.
I took Sicily first, grabbed both of them in the first twenty turns or so. That put me at war with the Greek Cities and Carthage. I then built up a lot, and hopped from Sardinia and Sicily to Tunisia, and just eliminated Carthage. The Nubians and Iberians declared war on me for no freaking reason, so I took them out too.
Now, I run from the Pyranees down and across to that desert town SE of Cyrencia. The Egyptians violated our alliance, and thus began the Egyptian Wars. Those were hard. We went back and forth, Afrika Corps style, from the Gulf of Sidra to Alexandria. I lost many legions, as did the Egyptians many thousands of men. Oh, and unit size is 40.
I took S of Greece, too, because I was at war with the Greek Cities still. The Julii and Brutii had pushed down through Macedonia by then, so our borders met up, it was nice.
I made peace with Egypt, after they took Cyrencia again, which put me in a supremely bad position, most of N Africa was in danger at that point.
I then proceeded to build the greatest army the world had ever seen. It consisted of 15 armies, fully loaded. Marius' reforms has been the norm for a while, but I had my obsolete armies on border duty in Northern Gaul, where my new border was. The Gauls had attacked me, so I walked all over them.
Anyway, I landed my supremely huge army at Leptis Minor, and from there marched on Egypt.
Egypt fell so damn easy, I just bulldozed on, right up to Damascus, and across and down to Susa. That's when the Senate asked me to commist suicide. Naturally I told them to shove it, and thus the Roman factions declared war on me. Thank God my fleet was at Cyprus, I loaded up my boys and sent them back to Italy, and every city in the Empire began to build my new army, since this one coming back was a shadow of the Grand Army of the Republic.
I came in to Italy from the North, and the Julii and Brutii put up a good defence in Tuscany, but were ultimately no match for my steamroller. Of course, in true conquering fashon, I burned Rome. At that point, I already had the provinces I needed, and thus won when I took Rome. End of game.
This is how my last game as Scipii went.
I took Sicily first, grabbed both of them in the first twenty turns or so. That put me at war with the Greek Cities and Carthage. I then built up a lot, and hopped from Sardinia and Sicily to Tunisia, and just eliminated Carthage. The Nubians and Iberians declared war on me for no freaking reason, so I took them out too.
Now, I run from the Pyranees down and across to that desert town SE of Cyrencia. The Egyptians violated our alliance, and thus began the Egyptian Wars. Those were hard. We went back and forth, Afrika Corps style, from the Gulf of Sidra to Alexandria. I lost many legions, as did the Egyptians many thousands of men. Oh, and unit size is 40.
I took S of Greece, too, because I was at war with the Greek Cities still. The Julii and Brutii had pushed down through Macedonia by then, so our borders met up, it was nice.
I made peace with Egypt, after they took Cyrencia again, which put me in a supremely bad position, most of N Africa was in danger at that point.
I then proceeded to build the greatest army the world had ever seen. It consisted of 15 armies, fully loaded. Marius' reforms has been the norm for a while, but I had my obsolete armies on border duty in Northern Gaul, where my new border was. The Gauls had attacked me, so I walked all over them.
Anyway, I landed my supremely huge army at Leptis Minor, and from there marched on Egypt.
Egypt fell so damn easy, I just bulldozed on, right up to Damascus, and across and down to Susa. That's when the Senate asked me to commist suicide. Naturally I told them to shove it, and thus the Roman factions declared war on me. Thank God my fleet was at Cyprus, I loaded up my boys and sent them back to Italy, and every city in the Empire began to build my new army, since this one coming back was a shadow of the Grand Army of the Republic.
I came in to Italy from the North, and the Julii and Brutii put up a good defence in Tuscany, but were ultimately no match for my steamroller. Of course, in true conquering fashon, I burned Rome. At that point, I already had the provinces I needed, and thus won when I took Rome. End of game.
no i realy am.. y are u even questiong it.. i have a mixed filling of being a bit offended and whear have u been.. nearly every one hear already knows of it :STakhisis said:
allso imgoing to add the persians to my list from the alexander add on..
IMORTALS ROCK!! thay arnt the greatist infanty, only average. but thay have bows!! its like infantry and archers combined into one!! thay may not have asmany arows as archers, but still usefull for softening up the enamy!
thay have elaphents, allkindsa good calvery, and persian sythed chariots!
allso the indians are realy good.
insted of haveing a general on hourse back, he rides an elaphant!!
i whould say the jullie are the easyesit.Dreadnought said:
what u need to conquer is nothing but unorganized barbarians. thear troops can very easly be betan in battle.
the only problem i find is all the land is total undevaloped. so u have too pour lots of money into them to make them up to standers. witch can at times be realy expensive
