i absolutely felt in love with Pergamon, and i actually think is the best faction to play in the game (keep in mind that i play only factions who starts with 1-2 settlements because i think is too easy to play as Rome/seleukidai/ptolemaioi etc and i rly like to start as an underdog) and thats why u should give a try:
-Great starting position: as Pergamon you can expand everywhere, from anatolia to asia or Greece the middle europe or even north africa, the start is pretty hard but thanks to the diplomatic bonus with hellenic factions u can make all greeks and seleukidai your friends and focus on taking bythynia and pontus province and then expand from this
-AMAZING roster: pergamese roster has everything u want: good starting melee infantry and hoplites (galates epikouroi and pergamon hoplites and phalangitai) melee cavalry (pergamoi hippeis) and missiles units (phrygioi peltastai and mercenary rodian slingers) and AMAZING late game and post reform units (pergamoi epilektoi peltastai, xystophoroi, thorakitai hippeis, somatophylakes hippeis and thorakitai, pergamoi thorakitai, pergamoi thorakitai holpites and syntropoi dynastou) which are very unique and very very powerful aswell; also u have easy access to very good AoR units such as cappadocian xystophoroi rodhian slingers etc.
-historical background: when i want to start a campaign i like to play as something which could have been a great empire(i rly dont like to conquer the wolrd as sparta or syracouse, doesnt make sense to me) and i mean ur the heir of Troy
Does anybody else plays as Pergamon and what are your thoughts on my points?