As Massalia you start with 3 military trees, and with some expansion in the region (gaelic and italic tribes) you will be able to unlock another 3 more
I am so loving this 2.0 update, Been playing it nonstop since release! Between this and now Ancient Empires mod for Attila total war dropping today, I'm in heaven over here!
I don’t think I’ve even played Rome yet. There are just too many interesting nations... Doesn’t help that most of the time I just wanna play Sparta lol
Rome gets all the best events because the devs want Rome to expand like OTL. I am currently doing an Antigonid Kingdom --> Macedon playthrough. About 100 years into the game, I allied with Rome. Even before they expanded out of the Italian Peninsula, they could supply me with over 40k troops, which were critical to me winning against Egypt and the Seleukid Empire. I made sure to vassal feed to remain under 500 territories. Soon, I will be able to attack Maurya to conquer the last 2 territories needed to form the Argead Empire. Rome also seems to be prone to rebellions, but they always manage to win. Being allied to them, I get called into war whenever this happens. Since Rome loves building cities, I can always make a lot of money by sacking the cities of rebelling nations, even if I don't actually manage to gain land for myself or my allies.
@@perseusjackson3637 Tbh I always do this in Total war Rome 2. Except rome there is retarded, I legit have an entire spartan army and navy help them win their wars, and they still can't pull through. I also just continue to conquer Alexanders empire. Hoping that towards the end, theres a massive showdown between Sparta and Rome. I guess I can try to do that in Imperator. They play a custom battle of Rome 2 for to play the simulated battles of Imperator.
Aksum is my fave tbh, I did a Jewish aksum run once where I conquered everything south of Egypt. Sadly Egypt had conquered most of the diadochi and was twice as strong and draining all my resources just to fend him off every time he attacked, so I had this really good looking nation kind of chilling under Egypt.
My favorite country to play recently has been the Gallic tribe of Parisia. In the grand scheme of things they are pretty weak, but have the advantage of starting with the city of Lutetia, some good land for playing tall, and at the crossroads of 3 regions meaning you can get a lot of levies early on
Hello man, i love your imperator rome content, it helps me a lot to learn the game as a noob. Also i am a fan of the seleucid but struggle to play them, it would be great to see at some point faction guides to help new players getting familiar with the mechanics
I've only played the Bosporan Kingdom out of these, but it was a blast. A tip for those playing it as a beginner (which I really recommend): you can build forts on all the major river crossings between the Crimea and the Danube and make your realm pretty much impenetrable to outside powers (Thrace survived and really enjoyed trying to invade me in my game).
I played as the Bosporan Kingdom for my first full run through. It was very fun but was very heavy on the independence wars because of mixed religion and culture.
I just started playing the game about a week ago, I’ve really enjoyed Sparta (it’s a very satisfying challenge) and Osismia (They have a great levy composition, have safe defensive positioning, and can form Armorica very early for a better government form, oh, and they can easily abandon gaul and just go to Brittania.)
After 2.0 epirus and even massalia most of the starts are unplayble due to rome just really wanting to stomp the player And rome kinda likes to take greece before starting punic wars
I think the most interesting part of Kush would be conquering them as India going thru Axum and up into Egypt the soft underbelly of the Roman Empire. Skipping all the Macedon drama. On the other hand haven't played the game in a while not sure Naval and diplomatic capabilities are capable of that.
Byblos was my favourite. Taking advantage of the diadochi wars, starting as Byblos (one of the 3 phoenician cities, but as byblos you have a unique trait) with some careful maneuvring you can take occupy north and south phoenicia in the opening war, take the 2 other phoenician cities, and form phoenicia. My second favorite was Sarmatia, and conquering the Bosporus and turning into my main region.
@@IMortage I haven't played it yet in the latest update, haven't played the game in months actually. I just really like the scytho-sarmatian tribes. I wish they got an update, imo Sarmatia should be a formable kingdom. Sarmatia itself wasn't a thing, there were various Sarmatian tribes. Unite the Sarmatians!
Top 5 Positions to go to for Migratory Tribes. I really like playing them to make the play even harder. I once played a germanic tribe that settled in modern day Morocco and nibbled on Carthage and Co. Was my favourite Playthrough.
@@RealmBuilderGuy I feel stupid now. I could have reached an achievement with the playthrough. No, I played with a Non-vandal Nation. But I like that location and will start one again.
There's a Parthia at the start, but it's not *the* Parthia (it's just a hellenic Seleukid vassal in the same region). You can form the Parthian empire by starting as one of the Dahae nomads on the Caspian coast, but it's a bit of a journey to get there.
@@andresvkfouri in order to get Arsaces, do you have to form Dahae as Parnia specifically? (Since he was a member of the Parni Tribe of the irl Dahae). Or can you even do it with Scytha proper and get Arsaces?
I think that, in Gaul, an argument could be made for Biturigia. Indeed, "Biturigia" means "kings of the world". Moreover, there is an incredible French book series called "The Kings of the World", by Jean-Philippe Jaworski, set in ancient Gaul (which is very unique) . The book series is Amazingly well made, and just playing the kings of the world is a good boost to your ego. Sadly, it would seem there is no english Translation, so it might be a impossible to read if you're not familiar with French. A shame, honestly, cuz the book series is insane. Though, if you can familiarize yourself with Bellovesos (main character, legendary founder of Milan, who apparently went through the Alps), it's fine.
Best cultures video? IE which cultures have the best levies? Also, how to consider the value of various levy types, IE what makes war elephants better or worse than light infantry, etc.
I challenge you to play a single city-state game and try get 1k pops :P. I really enjoy those kinda let's plays. Just a suggestion no pressure but would think it would be cool. Maybe even somewhere really hard like try colonise the Isle of Man with one pop, release as client then switch to them and try build up. I'm afk so can only play vicariously through youtubers such as yourself :p
