So, I was looking around the EU3 forum a while ago and noticed that someone had posted a useful guide to choosing which country to play as.
See the original topic here.
I thought I'd start a similar topic to help out players who are new to Rome. Often, I see topics by people asking "what is the best country to start", or sometimes I see people choosing an obscure tribe and becoming disillusioned with EU Rome due to the difficulty. Hopefully, this thread will help newcomers in deciding the best nation for them. Obviously, I can't do this alone, so I'm asking all you good, good people to give your opinions on each country (from any scenario) and I'll update it in this post. Try to include some valid pros and cons, government type, when the faction is playable from and maybe a bit of historical info if you like (keep it short, though! Haha)! This is for vanilla Rome (Rome & VV) v2.32b only. No mod nation info, please. Sorry!
Hopefully, we can get a definitive A-Z of factions for newcomers to browse and inspire Rome veterans to try a new country. I'll update the list as soon as possible.
Thank you to King Richard XI for the inspiration for this thread.
Ok, I suppose I should get the ball rolling...
Arverni
Government: Military Tribe
Available: 474 AVC
Pros:
Also Try: Any other Celtic tribe.
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Egypt
Government: Despotic Monarchy
Available: 474 AVC
Pros:
Also Try: Seleucid Empire
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Judea
Government: Federal Monarchy
Available: 612 AVC
Pros:
Also Try: Cyrenaica
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Macedonia
Government: Aristocratic Monarchy
Available: 474 AVC
Pros:
Also Try: Pontus, Bosporan Kingdom
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Parthia
Government: Federal Monarchy
Available: 507 AVC
Pros:
Also Try: Armenia, Numidia
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Rome
Government: Military Republic
Available: 474 AVC
Pros:
Also Try: Carthage
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Seleucid Empire
Government: Despotic Monarchy
Available: 474 AVC
Pros:
Also Try: Egypt
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Sparta
Government: Aristocratic Monarchy
Available: 474 AVC
Pros:
Also Try: Pergamon, Bithynia
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Tylis
Government: Military Tribe
Available: 474 AVC
Pros:
Also Try: Rhoxolani
See the original topic here.
I thought I'd start a similar topic to help out players who are new to Rome. Often, I see topics by people asking "what is the best country to start", or sometimes I see people choosing an obscure tribe and becoming disillusioned with EU Rome due to the difficulty. Hopefully, this thread will help newcomers in deciding the best nation for them. Obviously, I can't do this alone, so I'm asking all you good, good people to give your opinions on each country (from any scenario) and I'll update it in this post. Try to include some valid pros and cons, government type, when the faction is playable from and maybe a bit of historical info if you like (keep it short, though! Haha)! This is for vanilla Rome (Rome & VV) v2.32b only. No mod nation info, please. Sorry!
Hopefully, we can get a definitive A-Z of factions for newcomers to browse and inspire Rome veterans to try a new country. I'll update the list as soon as possible.
Thank you to King Richard XI for the inspiration for this thread.
Ok, I suppose I should get the ball rolling...
Arverni
Government: Military Tribe
Available: 474 AVC
Pros:
- Begins game with access to Iron
- Is surrounded by same Culture and Religion
- Strong military laws
- Can be used to unify Gaul
- One-province minor
- Slow tech progress
- Low civilisation value
Also Try: Any other Celtic tribe.
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Egypt
Government: Despotic Monarchy
Available: 474 AVC
Pros:
- Strong economy
- Strong military
- Excellent resources
- Great manpower
- No access to horses
- Begins game at war with Seleucid Empire
- Best resources are at the edges of the territory
- Egyptian culture
Also Try: Seleucid Empire
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Judea
Government: Federal Monarchy
Available: 612 AVC
Pros:
- The most powerful religion in the game
- Wealthy home province
- Limited characters
- Pinned between the Seleucid Empire, Egypt and Nabatea
- No access to military resources
Also Try: Cyrenaica
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Macedonia
Government: Aristocratic Monarchy
Available: 474 AVC
Pros:
- Strong starting provinces
- Excellent resources
- Strong economy
- Strong military
- Powerful ruling family (Ptolemy)
- Northern colonisation blocked by Illyria and Tylis
- Begins game at war with Tylis
Also Try: Pontus, Bosporan Kingdom
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Parthia
Government: Federal Monarchy
Available: 507 AVC
Pros:
- Elephants and Horses as starting resources
- Begins with casus belli against the Seleucid Empire
- Strong (if small) starting army
- No chance of barbarian invasion
- Begins game in a state of starvation
- No foreign trade oppertunities
- Weak economy
- Weak military
- Poor foreign relations
- No room for expansion
Also Try: Armenia, Numidia
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Rome
Government: Military Republic
Available: 474 AVC
Pros:
- Highest Civilisation capital in the game
- Strong Economy
- Strong Military
- Lots of room to expand to the North, North-East and North-West.
- The titular, familiar nation.
- Poor foreign relations
- Unique Culture and Religion
- No access to horses
Also Try: Carthage
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Seleucid Empire
Government: Despotic Monarchy
Available: 474 AVC
Pros:
- The largest country in the game
- Strong economy
- Access to lots of resources
- Greek culture
- Poor manpower
- Mismatched culture / religion in provinces
- Begins game at war with Egypt
- Strategic resources too spread out
Also Try: Egypt
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Sparta
Government: Aristocratic Monarchy
Available: 474 AVC
Pros:
- Begins game with access to Iron
- Good relations with surrounding Greek nations
- No threat from barbarians
- THIS. IS. SPARTA!
- Poor military
- Poor economy
- Open to invasion from surrounding nations
- Begins game with a poor character pool
Also Try: Pergamon, Bithynia
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Tylis
Government: Military Tribe
Available: 474 AVC
Pros:
- Strongest tribe in the game
- Strong military laws
- Begins the game with a large, diverse army
- Begins the game with a powerful Chief
- The nation's captial is in a tactical hotspot (Thrace)
- Begins the game at war with Macedonia
- Begins the game in a state of anarchy
- Extremely low manpower
- A cultural "fish out of water"
- Strong barbarian threat from the North
Also Try: Rhoxolani
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