Epirus and Macedonia

[TW-fanboy]

Well, these two factions are similar in many ways. At the moment, I want to reforge the Alexandrian empire and will either take Epeiros or Macedonia. But I can't decide which of them I should use. All in all, I like Macedonia more than Epeiros, but Epeiros has Pyrrhos, a cousin of Alexander the Great. And these "the last descendant of Alexander" atmosphere is great.
I know this thread: http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showth...EB-Governments and according to this, Macedonia is better to recreate Alexanders empire because it can build type 2 governments everywhere in the Hellenistic world.

[Carpathian Wolf]

I had to make the same choice. Macedonia has reformed phalanxes and heavier cav. Epirus has elephants and slightly less heavy but faster cavalry. Aside from that they are pretty identical.

[Unintended BM]

Makedonia has a better AOR for pikemen. Eperios isn't restricted by waiting for the March of Time, so you can take Italy at any time. That's about it, besides everything already mentioned.

[Carpathian Wolf]

Any site which shows AORs for different factions and units?

[Unintended BM]

The EB recruitment viewer that comes with EB 1.1. Also, this.

[MisterFred]

I prefer Molossan Agema to other heavy cavalry (fantastic stamina) - very small recruitment area though. Also, Elephants! So fun!

The downside to Epirus is that, in my opinion, their government types suck. Administratively & in terms of supply lines, Epirus is a lot harder to manage than Macedon.

In roleplay terms, I think it comes down to this: Epirus is the better choice for a Hellenic Alexandrian revival (royal blood ties, closer loyalty to the homeland, need to send troops to the front from Hellas), whereas Macedon is the better choice for a Hellenistic recreation of Alexander's empire (better at using locals, rather than native Hellenes, for administration and army service) and their royal line is more clearly a successor line, rather than traced to the old royalty of Macedonia.

Epirus is a better choice to repeat Alexander's conquests. Macedon is a better choice to implement Alexander's (reported) governmental ideals.