Stainless Steel best faction?

[mnm42905]

What would yall say that the best SS faction is for campain?

[Inardesco]

You're all wrong. Its either the Eastern Roman Empire, cuz the Seljuks dont even try to attack you even though they have twice the numbers or the Crusader States cuz well, you just gotta whack some Seljuks and Fatamids.

[Virian]

If you want some good ol Islamocide then SPain is for you. You have all the muslims you would want to kill so you can just do an Alexander and push to whatever city is nearby without a worry+ crusades. France is usually easily pacified into not attacking you, Aragon in not a real threat from the middle game on unless they conquered france and portugal is easily dealt with.

[Tom]

England you can conquer most of western europe without much issue

[Zap Rowsdower]

England is the most godawful annoying faction to play against however, especially as Scotland (which I forgot is another of my favorites). They spam Yeomen and Longbowmen and now with SS they have the ability to deploy stakes immediately at any time, not just in the prebattle stage, so it is much more difficult to harass them with cavalry and as a light infantry heavy roster youre automatically at an extreme disadvantage. It is not impossible by any means, but it is extremely annoying and youre inevitably going to lose a lot of men in any encounter with them. I know england is known for deploying the longbow but not so much in 1220 like it is in game. Plus England is honestly just boring to play as, since no one can really do much against you and youre pretty much free to do whatever you want.

I still enjoy the Cumans as one of my favorites, but they undoubtedly have a better campaign in the 1100 start since they are the mounted archer power and you don't have to worry about the Mongols yet, and can have a fun time fighting against the Rus factions at your own pace, rather than being forced to invade the rus to save yourself from the Mongols.

[Tom]

in SS ive barely seen the mongols get as far as hungary and poland

[Virian]

Hmm, speaking of Poland what do you guys think of Poland in SS?

[Tom]

havent played it i saw their unit list for SS it has some good feudal units mid game but its kinda like vanilla i dont even think they have polish nobles you know the guys who throw javilins from horseback

[Virian]

Hmm, also just finished an M/M Crusader states early campaign... It was the easiest campaign ever as I finished in less than 70 turns. it's basically catholic paradise if you ask me. You're surrounded by enemies the pope will love you if you kill them, you can call crusades on them and they're your neighbours meaning you get the first pick at the settlements and can conquer 2 or 3 of them until the other crusading armies get there and then you also get the crusade target.

Their roster is heavy on militia infantry( spearmen and Marines or whatever they're called) then local troops that fit the holes in your early missile problems qute nicely with a core of religious fanatic cavalry and infantry I've taken to call Islamic-Terminators... I mean holy ♥♥♥♥ those guys are hardcore and exterminating fatimids had never been easier.

It also represents the best place you can have a catholic faction... away from any other catholic factions , meaning that you will never be in danger of being excomunicated which is always the biggest annoyance with them(poor HRE and England).

[Inardesco]

Why dont you try vh-vh crusader states instead...every faction is easy on medium-medium.

[Virian]

In VH the AI get morale boost if I remember right and I usually go for shock and awe strategy to break the enemy quickly... or at least I try to. If the enemy had a much better morale than my troops then I'd be toast from turn 20.

[Inardesco]

You can still chainrout the ai on vh difficulty. The ai bonusses in Med2 arent as ridiculous as those in new Total War games where units from first tier barracks slaughter top tier units.

Primarily the bonusses they get on the campaign ensures a more challenging aspect to the mod.

My Crusader States vh-vh campaign saw the biggest battle I've ever fought in Med2. Three Seljuk armies vs three of mine. Had to call in 2 under ai control and at the end, the entire hill was littered in bodies.

[Sinclair]

Probally the Roman Holy Empire, they got a big starting territory and there provinces are pretty resource rich(mines and such).

[Zap Rowsdower]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Virian:

Hmm, speaking of Poland what do you guys think of Poland in SS?

I love poland, but I usually start on the 1100 camaign, I've never really tried it in the Late one. Late is where you get more access to their unique units, but Early you are able to expand more and build up since there are more rebel regions and you don't have to worry about the TO, and you can still use Piast Nobles and strezelcy which are good early units.

In general I prefer starting with the early campaign (unless the faction only appears in the late campaign like the TO), because it feels more like youre starting from scratch and need to build up, where as in the late campaign it often feels like you are jumping into the middle of a game that someone else started.

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Tom:

in SS ive barely seen the mongols get as far as hungary and poland

Maybe it has to do with difficulty, but I usually see them expand pretty far and I play on vh/vh. But it does vary quite a bit from game to game.

[Tom]

the mongols and timurids get at least 10 to 20 stacks most are full stacks its unreal how you can beat them if you own the towns on the far east side of the map

[Washington]

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