Choosing a Faction for a full playthrough

[Dustindesrctin]

I Can't seem to stick with a faction to play as because I always get bored and want to switch ti a different faction I'm saving Mordor for 3.0 but I just don't know who I want to stick a full playthrough with. as I only have a limited playing time a day I want to stop wasting my time only getting to turn 50 and then switching . So far I've had the most fun with the dwarves but I'd like to hear your guys opinions before I try again -thanks

[Dava2710]

I played Rohan the only time I've not forsaken my campaign before round 100, but I wouldn't recomend it. Their infantry is weak and their cavalry is just average in my opinion.

[Dustindesrctin]

I played Rohan the only time I've not forsaken my campaign before round 100, but I wouldn't recomend it. Their infantry is weak and their cavalry is just average in my opinion.

Yea, I hate Rohan

[jinjo]

I played Rohan the only time I've not forsaken my campaign before round 100, but I wouldn't recomend it. Their infantry is weak and their cavalry is just average in my opinion.

rohan is easy, just blitz isengard and that's all.
then, it's your choice, crush mordor or OOTMM

[jinjo]

try to play as dale

[Dustindesrctin]

I think I will play as dale, Ive heard good things about them. thanks!

[The Mouth]

I find the dwarves extremely fun to play and once you get the guards of khazad-dum and get an army with at least 3 of them you become almost unbeatable in a melee and archers can't do much against them (Besides Elven archers).

[Dava2710]

I don't see how they could harm them with those 150x100cm shields

[Makus]

aye, dale. Facing rhun can be a challenge (but reminds me of the fights in vanilla), but once you beat those dragon-lovers back, theres no stopping the mighty dalesmen!

[Vifarc]

I want to stop wasting my time only getting to turn 50

Silvan has an interesting campaign:
You have to compete with Dale in taking wood settlements, you have to fight against OoM and Mordor, then gundabad and Saruman, and often Rhûn when on the way to Mordor plains.
BUT you have to wait very long for getting your heavy troops (far more than high Elves as Silvan has a tougher economy), so you could find this less fun; once you have Ents and heavy troops, the game becomes easy and maybe less fun in the reverse way.

[tonplan]

Try Eriador. It has a lot of rebel settlements hanging around which gives a hectic beginning. From there you have a choice of attacking Isengard, Orcs of Gundabad or OoMM. By the time you get bored with this faction you get to reemerge Arnor and receive better looking units.
You get to play two different factions without stopping the campaign.

[Lothar135]

Dale is the hardest faction in TA imho. You should try it. It may be a challenge but it is definitely not boring

[wesnoth.hero]

Dale is cool, but it is also hard to stand against Rhun, if you try them, forge alliances with the Silvan Elves, the Dwarves and Gondor, trust me, you will need them

Playing Eriador is also fun, but Aragorn is their king, and I hate him

[nein]

gondor in 2.0 is my favourite campaign, endlesss tacks of mordorians and haradrim to kill on bridges...

[Smaug]

gondor in 2.0 is my favourite campaign, endlesss tacks of mordorians and haradrim to kill on bridges...

Thats my definition of boring.

[Lothar135]

Thats my definition of boring.

Same here...

[nein]

bridge slaughter is my favourite total war past-time, especially against gigantic orc armies which I can burn to a crisp with catapults. Still each to their own I guess.

On the other hand, if I could not force them into bridge chokepoints and had to manually grind their armies down in field battles/sieges it would get boring quickly. In 2.0 Harad rarely attacks barad harn, meaning I can send an expeditionary army across at will to bait their lazy stacks into a bridge fight. I can also force mordor to attack me on the osgilliath bridge by blocking the cair andros access points with infantry units.

bridge battle heaven

[pojansetan]

i feel vh/vh kind of boring now..whenever AI got garrison script, still i can beat them easily. i hope KK will improve AI performance next release. i as gondor can defeat harad at turn 87 only....no mumakil ever foot on my land

[metsikhovne]

rohan is very easy. eriador always was quite inteesting to play. but when it becomes arnor it sucks cuz there is still banner of eriador everywhere.

[Atlanton]

I'm in the same boat as OP, but more because I can't grasp the factions tactical/strategic strengths and weaknesses.

For example, Rohan is clearly cavalry armies and the Silvans are clearly archers.

But what is typical composition for Dale? or what's the difference between Isengard, Mordor, Gundabad, and OOTMM? Are Dwarves just short Norse?

I should probably load each up to get a sense for them, but it seems like it takes quite a few turns to get into each faction's stride.