Best faction

[Æðelflead Ðe Bad At ðis Game]

What is the best faction?

[Raizong]

Originally posted by Tan Y Castell Welsh Cakes:

What is the best faction?

well for unit roster the overall best is Strat Clut, because they have the best cavalry, the best archer, the best spearman, not the best but decent infantry. You can hold enemy infantry with yours, since they can hold till your cavalry or archers aid them even against the most elite infantry. You can easily crush any enemy cavalry with yours or spearman, since no one but you has access to your elite cavalry and your elite spearman can take on any cavalry, as for archers all Welsh factions have access to longbowmen but every other nation has no chance against them. Thus, I would pick Strat Clut for unit superiority.

[Mile pro Libertate]

Strathclyde does have a very powerful roster.

It really depends on play style though.

In picking a faction, it's not only about roster, but cultural traits, position on the map, and campaign victory conditions. Each of the five cultural groups has distinct advantages over the others, and as a corollary, that means each will have weaknesses or extra obstacles to deal with that the others do not have.

[ComradeSpade]

Originally posted by RobG4:

Originally posted by Alestair:

Because early Viking units absolutely rape early Celt units. And only get stronger from there.

Because it has Longphorts, which upgrading opens the Trade techs, and Thrall markets, which are + trade, so that from the start Economy is booming.

Because like all Viking units, can win sea battles against much larger stacks. Want fun early? Declare war on the Welsh factions and wipe them out as they cross the sea, then conquer their open lands.

Because you can conquer all of Brega by turn 2 and have the most prosperous province in the game turning out 1300+ per turn while the next highest province is @ half that. Mana is no slouch either.

Because you get a Diplomatic bonus from the start that grows huge over time.

Because Rognvald. Love that dude.

The sea kings in general are extremely strong but late game they fall far behind with their unit roster using them in a multiplayer battle you'll have someone wipe the floor with you because they just don't have the same armor ratings they don't have any units with kite shields which debufs melee skill and projectile protection and their cavalry is garbage also if you're playing on legendary the sea sickness has basically no effect on the ai im not sure how it scales with the other factions but either way the welsh and the English both beat them with unit roster the only reason they're easy in battles early game is because Irish units are generally pretty bad

[ComradeSpade]

It really depends how you like playing and things like difficulty youre playing on or players youre playing but generally id say in terms of potential to be the most powerful I would say either Mierce or gwined/strat clut people may be wondering why I said mierce instead of Weslex and thats because western doesn't get any unit buffs in their faction features but mierce actually gets plus 10% battle speed which is actually quite strong considering one of the biggest limitations on infantry is speed and they have extremely strong cav that gets even faster with that buff and welsh factions because longbowmen are incredibly powerful you can completely embarrass the ai factions on any difficulty if you learn to use those they also have teulu spear guard which are outstanding and balanced melee troops and the best cavalry in the game

[easytarget]

I'm betting OP has not been waiting four years for an answer.

[dulany67]

Originally posted by easytarget:

I'm betting OP has not been waiting four years for an answer.

Maybe he's very, veerrryyy patient.

[easytarget]

I'll admit we can't rule out that possibility.

It does make me idly wonder whether Valve keeps all threads ever made in steam forums active forever?!

If they do I find that both reassuring and terrifying.

But on the upside steam forums could well be just one of Gabe's experiments testing whether millions of humans (most of which exhibit less intelligence than goldfish) pounding away at keyboards into the ether for millions of years will ultimately produce another Shakespeare.

[Mile pro Libertate]

Originally posted by easytarget:

I'll admit we can't rule out that possibility.

It does make me idly wonder whether Valve keeps all threads ever made in steam forums active forever?!

If they do I find that both reassuring and terrifying.

But on the upside steam forums could well be just one of Gabe's experiments testing whether millions of humans (most of which exhibit less intelligence than goldfish) pounding away at keyboards into the ether for millions of years will ultimately produce another Shakespeare.

Something that I think will be very interesting going forward is that internet dialogue and online, multimedia activity will soon enter real historical territory.

In other words, forum threads and such can only be as old as the internet infrastructure hosting it is itself, that is to say, not that old. A thread made in 2005 wasn't very old at all, sociologically speaking, in 2010, or even 2020, heck even a thread on some forum from like 1998 wasn't truly that old till recently.

But, we are approaching a time now where threads will be thirty, forty then fifty years old. This will allow for a very interesting social dynamic that is basically unprecedented.

Like if a bunch of guys were sitting around an office break room talking about Nixon in the waning of his Presidency of the U.S.A., that conversation is lost to the ether; but these kinds of conversations today tend to happen in text, whether on a forum, a YouTube thread, a blog comment thread, or text messaging, making their retrieval at least technically feasible, if not downright easy.

So looking back on people's thoughts on, say, Donald Trump in 2020, will be possible in 2070, fifty years later, in a way entirely different from trying to look back in 2020 to something from about fifty years earlier (c. 1970).

That will be really odd to experience, IMO.

The social media thing is going to have a really weird transition too. Currently, the oldest social media exploiters are not technically that old, but that window is closing fast.

Like, say you're a young woman who basically monetizes her looks, ie. goes after simps: even assuming she got started right when the infrastructure made this feasible (c. 2010), that's twelve years, so an early-twenties something woman is now in her thirties. What is going to be funny moving forward, is that these women will soon be in their forties, fifties, etc. Similar with the men. Say some guy monetizes doing stupid stuff online: how's that going to go as he ages?

In other words, are people going to be watching a 60 year old "Dude Perfect" doing stupid crap? Lol. How about a fifty year old woman doing a lap dance on Chaturbate?

Obviously, the most likely scenario is that these people will retire from their "careers," and we're beginning to already see that. The thing is, for like every three who "made it" and did make a "career" as such, there were like seven hopefuls who failed; and of the three who did pull it off, it'll be surprising imo if even one of the three manages to actually handle their money and affairs well going into later life, as opposed to just becoming a misery index statistic.

People see social media metaverse as something alluring and viable now largely because it has not had enough time to manifest an end state: it's all about dreams and hopes, potentials and what-ifs, not long term, sober results.

Very soon though, we'll be entering a period where there will have been enough time lapse to broadcast, publish and post not only the "journey," the young-and-hopeful side, but the actual results, ie. people getting old, fat, malinvestment, disillusionment, diagnosed with "old people" medical stuff, and (what will be especially interesting to watch) *competing with same personality types of a younger demographic*.

It's going to be sad, and it's probably going to even get ugly in many cases.

[ComradeSpade]

i was searching for what the best unit in thrones was stat wise so i didnt have to compare a bunch of them on google and this popped up as like the first result so i had a geez

[pit]

same bro

[srscorpion]

Originally posted by samael75:

Originally posted by Englebert English the 2nd:

What is the best faction?

Oh,oh,oh,dumb questions time!!! Can i join? What is the best color? What is the best food? What is the best music?

Green; Tacos; Reggae

[easytarget]

I approve of these answers.

[Dark Angel]

I think yiou need to think flavors rather than factions son, but keep it up, yeaer lernin somthin good her, ya herd

[Dark Angel]

depends on what you want to do.