Which Vikings Faction should I play as?

[Acebrandon117]

I don't know weather to play as the Geats, Jutes, or Danes. I know the Geats are immune to snow attrition but how useful can that be? I know the Jutes have dispoiler which is very handy because I get money for every unit I destory, and the Danes get better Naval Ships and thier troops don't get seasickness or sea attrition but again how useful can that really be?
How good are these faction in comparision to themselves?

[Metadragon]

In Vanilla? Probably the Danes if only for the Huscarls and better ships i guess but mostly the huscarls. For some reason the Geats don't get them and instead get thrall javelins which are lame, good for small scale defense though.

The best trait is cold blood though. Winter attrition applies for like 2/3rds of the map and seasockness only applies to like 1/5th of water map.

Get a modest mod that makes their rosters identical and then play the Geats.

And lastly attack your neighbors. Hrefenost has lumber which you should not bother with. Instead make it another useful building. Once you have Scandza its up to you. I usually make friends with the Barbarians to the south and attack Britain.

[Acebrandon117]

Originally posted by Metadragon:

In Vanilla? Probably the Danes if only for the Huscarls and better ships i guess but mostly the huscarls. For some reason the Geats don't get them and instead get thrall javelins which are lame, good for small scale defense though.

The best trait is cold blood though. Winter attrition applies for like 2/3rds of the map and seasockness only applies to like 1/5th of water map.

Get a modest mod that makes their rosters identical and then play the Geats.

And lastly attack your neighbors. Hrefenost has lumber which you should not bother with. Instead make it another useful building. Once you have Scandza its up to you. I usually make friends with the Barbarians to the south and attack Britain.

Thanks for the info.
But Danes don't have Huscarls only the Jutes have Huscal units. Thats why I mentioned them.

[Metadragon]

Originally posted by Acebrandon117:

Thanks for the info.
But Danes don't have Huscarls only the Jutes have Huscal units. Thats why I mentioned them.

Ah then the Jutes. Huscarls are borderline OP.

Though Hirdmen are very good too. They both stand their ground and carve through units. Better on the charge though and shieldwall. Just wonderful units.

[Delacourt '27]

Geats is "easier", they have 2 armies and 1 navy, since it's possible to take out the other 2 Vikings on first turn, and Hirdmen is common to all 3 factions. And that no Winter Attrition will give you an early advantage without using army tradition to be immune to the winter.

[Acebrandon117]

I forgot to mention that I am playing on legendary.

[Teh_Diplomat]

The immunity to winter attrition - especially after climate change event hits; is a massive bonus and is why I chose to play as the Geats. It's already happened in my campaign and I can essentially expand to Northern Italy and have winter for 2/4 seasons.

[Herrius Le Crabe Québécois]

Play the geats, be the white walker of total war: attila!

[Zeno]

Originally posted by Acebrandon117:

I don't know weather to play as the Geats, Jutes, or Danes. I know the Geats are immune to snow attrition but how useful can that be? I know the Jutes have dispoiler which is very handy because I get money for every unit I destory, and the Danes get better Naval Ships and thier troops don't get seasickness or sea attrition but again how useful can that really be?
How good are these faction in comparision to themselves?

There is no Viking faction you SHOULD play. Play whichever you feel suits your style and you like.

I personally loved to play the Gaets.