Who Is Your Favorite Faction?

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I haven't seen a thread like this in here so... I guess I'll start one...

Who Is Your Favorite Faction?

Oh... and if there is already a thread like this... I am very sorry...

And... what a GREAT mod... I think this might be my new fav. mod... (Sorry... RTR...)

I forgot some factions names... so sorry if I spell anything wrong...

[CountMRVHS]

For some reason I find myself enjoying the Men of Darkness. Rohan is great for gigantic cav charges, and RK has some interesting troops, but I just find Rhun, Harad, and Dunland to offer such interesting options that I keep going back to them.

Of course, Adun. & Harad get bonus points for having Big Monsters. I like Rhun's wains a lot, and their horse archer potential. Dunland just has crazy screaming wildmen, which is cool. They're sort of the underdogs, in my miind.

From most favorite (top) to least favorite (bottom), probably something like this:

1. Rhun
2. Dunland
3. Rohan
4. Harad
5. Adunabar
6. RK

When the whole map comes out, I'm thinking it will look more like this:

1. Dwarves
2. Dale
3. Elves
4. Rhun
5. RK
6. Rohan
7. Adunabar
8. Dunland
9. Harad

Why did RK and Adunabar get a little boost? Well, both of those factions seem the most likely to take over the largest chunks of Middle-earth, so with the North opened up, I imagine I'll have great fun burning & razing my way through Rivendell, Greenwood, etc. as Adunabar, and defending it all as RK!

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My fav. factions from top to bottom...

1. Gondor (I like to name RK Gondor)
2. Kingdom of Adunabr
3. Kingdom of Rohan
4. Empire of Harad
5. Rhun
6. Dunland

My favorite have always been Gondor... I just love every aspect of them...

[luke11]

My favorite factions so far:

1. Rohan
2. Gondor
3. Dunland
4. Adunabar
5. Rhun
6. Harad

When FATW 3.0 comes out I anticipate it will be something like this:

1. Dale
2. Dwarves
3. Rohan
4. Elves
5. Gondor
6. Adunabar
7. Dunland
8. Rhun
9. Harad

[Tia]

Aundabar, when FATW 3.0 comes out it will probably be the Dwarves.

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I can't WAIT for the release of FATW 3.0...!

[Stark1]

1. Reunited Kingdom - by far the coolest faction with killer units and settlements
2.-4.
Dunland - I like to play as them as they are somewhat underdogs. I usually let AI handle buildings and buildings and armies and just send huge stacks against Rohan and RK to be slaughtered
Harad - Cool desert empire with some nice units
Adunabar - An evil empire, orcs and cultists seem quite fun
5. Rohan - I don't like all cavalry armies but I should try that once also. And they at the start have all of theirs historical lands so there isn't anything to reconquer.
6. Rhun - I hate fighting their endless stacks on the northern plain with no natural chokepoints to fortify. And their units seem boring (except Khandians)

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I think they really need to add the Elves and Dwarves into the campaign...

It will definitely make the campaign experience better...

[jackx]

Dunland. They have a very Howardian feel to them, and beating all these civilized people into pulp with sheer ferocity and rage is quite satisfying for my inner barbarian.

"Barbarism is the natural state of mankind, [...] Civilization is unnatural. It is a whim of circumstance. And barbarism must always ultimately triumph."

Unsurprisingly, Rhûn then gets to be a close second - they actually edge ahead of Dunland in terms of fierce visuals, but in terms of gameplay, they fall behind, as their campaign starts can be rather tedious and generally lack the against-all-odds intensity of playing as Dunland.

[Elphir of Dol Amroth]

They will do that in 3.0, just have some patience.

My favourite faction list:

1. Reunited Kingdom: It's really fun to take some ships, merge them together, put all your Men-at-Arms of Dol Amroth and Swanknights into the boat and just raid the coast of Harad/Umbar.
2. Rohan: I've always liked the geography of the Riddermark, it's really fun to defend, and you'll get attacked from both sides, which makes it challenging as well.
3. Adunabar: A very interesting mix of Numenorean soldiers, some Shadow sholdiers and of course the Orcs. I also like the background story of this faction, with the New Shadow and the Mouth of Sauron.
4. Rhun: Although in the beginning it's just some rebel settlement sieges, in the end it gets more interesting. I also like most of their units, especially the guys with the cool helmets.
5. Dunland: Unit wise they aren't to good, but gameplay wise you only have two enemies that surround you from start, which makes it interesting.
6: It's just not my type of faction, I never liked desert factions in Rome Total War either. For me the Harad campaign isn't challenging enough, at least not in normal 2.6, in WOM it's a different story of course. It just has two many settlements, most of the time I rather like to start with like 2/3 settlements.

[Thangaror]

For some reason I like Dunland. Gameplay is very challenging for their units are but crap and, compared to other factions, you'll always have some horrible losses in battle. Luckily the AI is unable to form well-balanced armies, else Dunland was pretty much unplayable.

Though the complete opposite of Dunland I also love the RK. Just putting my men in shield wall formation and wait for the enemies onslaught is great.
Another faction which is real fun is Rohan. Especially the economy is really difficult to handle at times.
Adûnabâr is great for the antagonistic character of their units. First you cast all this orc rabble against the enemy and then "pick the raisins" with your cultist units.

I haven't played Rhûn that much for the first turnes are terribly boring. Also there is no must-have unit and in opposite to Dunland their units are much stronger.
Harad is pretty boring, too, their starting position is too strong and their armies are slightly overpowered (Scarlet Shields! I hate them!). Well, at least "my" Haradrian armies are too powerful, for I usually edit their stats and give them a small boost. I think it's weird that the Haradrian best soldiers (Umbar Guards) are weaker than RK's Men at Arms.


As for the full release, I really wait for the Elves. Of course. I mean, they'll kick ass! Dale will also be very interesting and I'm really curios for their full unit roaster.
A faction that unfortunately didn't make it into the game that I'd love to see are the Variags.

[Wambat]

So far I have played Dunland and Adunabar. If Dunland had access to Trolls, and I really don't see why they shouldn't, they would definitely have my vote as best faction. Unfortunately, only Adunabar has trolls, so they get the first spot.

I love playing at great disadvantage, and you don't get more disadvantaged than these two factions in WoM. Dunland has the worst troops and economy, and never loses this quality for the duration of the game. It can become quite addicting to set up huge stacks of War Hounds to throw at opposing armies and wear them down over successive battle; though, technically, this is self defeating as your hounds never gain experience.

Adunabar starts off with aggressors from every angle, without good defensible borders and without the troops to defend the borders and without the money to support the troops you have. Your suppoed "Men of The West" armies melt like butter before the RK armies, and I have never been very impressed with their showing against the supposedly lesser armies of the Harad and Rhun. But, boy! once you get those Trolls rolling it is really fun to start watching the enemy armies fly!

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The next release will be very intresting...

[SiberianDvor]

sorry my post is irrelevant, but this is a mod for rome or medieval 2?

[Tia]

Rome
Edit: Welcome to TWC!

[Blatta Optima Maxima]

My vote is more unit-wise than campaign-wise.

1. Harad (resemble the persians - catas, good archaz, and... MUMAINGKIL!!!);
2. Rhun (I like steppe warfare);
3. Rohan;
4. Dunaland;
5. Adunabar;
6. RK.

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Yeah... this mod is for the Kingdoms expansion of Medieval 2 Total War...

You have to have Kingdoms in order to play this mod...

[luke11]

I have to add, the faction that I would want to play the most is the Halflings...

[Stark1]

Yeah... this mod is for the Kingdoms expansion of Medieval 2 Total War...

You have to have Kingdoms in order to play this mod...

No, it's for Rome:Barbarian Invasion.

[Themea]

RK definiately. I am a huge infantry fan and the White Company totally sells it. Men-at-Arms are also top notch,