Russia: Most entertaining campaign

[emcdunna]

So many people think russia sucks, but I just want to say that they are a very fun faction to play with many interesting quirks that make them more interesting to play as.

First, their economy sucks at the beginning but if you put all taxes on lowest and just focus on economics, after 50 turns (you wont be invaded by france for a long time) you will be insanely wealthy.

I think a lot of players find the reduced accuracy of russian units to be a major turnoff, but its really no big deal. the difference between 35 and 40 accuracy is very small, plus your infantry all have that INSANE charge bonus, so when you charge in, you can really chop stuff up. This forces players to attack instead of sitting back and camping while the dumb AI just walks up to you getting killed.

In a russian army, grenadiers dont suck, the insane close combat abilities they have go very nicely along with the rest of russia's forces

Also, the unicorn guns are rediculously good, using them is amazing as they just blow apart all sorts of enemy troops.

Another weird thing i noticed is that they have lower leadership... but thats a good thing (wait what is he talking about?) well the thing is that in campaign, if a unit flees off the map then they ARE NOT destroyed, so russian units that are almost dead will flee, whereas french troops would stand their ground and die. This is a good thing, as it allows your armies to retain experienced troops instead of often losing entire elite units and having to replace them with regulars (which also takes time and money).

Also, they dont suffer attrition which is a godsend sometimes.

[El Mouse]

XD I love Russia conquered Ottoman Empire in the first 20 turns a little bit difficult because I didnt want to lose a general I m going to conquer France, in the next 30 turns too easy but if France conquer me I will do the same as the history burn my country so they dont get anything from it

[76561198051514398]

I <3 playing as Russia. I enjoy invading the smaller countries around me for an economic boost.

[The Last Monke]

They don't suck. They have unicorns, their units are the bravest and their infantry is number one when it comes to melee fighting.

[Not a Seagull]

russian empire is hard to mobilize, cuz of the giant amount of land which you control
really important pro is that they have cold resistance, which gives you an edge over the germans, austrians on their own land in the winter (which is entirely covered in snow).

Also, i used the russians to get an achievement where you have to declare war on all nations on the first turn (forgot how it's named). Because they have an army starting somewhere in austria, and they can quickly gather a stack of 8 units in moldavia to keep the ottomans off.
The victory regions are quite close to you, and you will be attacked only on 1 front (a really large one, that is, but the coalition will be busy fighting france for a major part, which takes off weight from your shoulders)

[Ziggy Rotten]

Russia is certainly my all time favorite.