Thrones of Britannia has Gwynedd, with a strong mix of longbowmen, spears, and decent cav. They have natural barriers in the Welsh peninsula and their whole thing is uniting Wales. Baby's first settlement is the whole of the Welsh peninsula, and then Mercia.
I always recommend beginners start with the Western Roman Empire in Attila on hardest difficulty.... it separates the weak from the strong... *If my own son were to fail in his task, he would be thrown to the wolves*
I played the Teutons in Medieval 2 Kingdoms On vh vh I quickly rushed the Lithuanians with whatever I could muster First battle was my 1 full stack with 4 archers, 4 burgher pikemen and a lot of other starting units vs seven Lithuanian stacks I do not remember how many were in each stack exactly but enough for the AI to constantly rush me, leaving the artillery at the other side of the map for me to hunt with cavalry later That victory marked the start of a glorious campaign and I do recommend it Just choose hard difficulty for battles The AI get stupid bonuses that even made my dismounted Ritterbrüder feel like a waste of money...
For Shogun 2 its either the Shimazu Clan or the Chosokabe Clan. They both start on their own Island and basically you can spend most of the game securing your Island and then expanding as you see fit. Of course the fact everyone has the same roster and that the Shogun 2 AI is probably the best AI in Total War, will make it hard in Battles.
Maybe I just played wrong, but I find the Julii much harder later on Yes, you fight easy barbarians and it's easy to sweep them, but as a result you get very poor settlements with low stability so you're always having economic problems which the Brutii, being the richest it seems, will always exploits once the civil war starts.
Yeah you need population and ancient wonders to have a big ball rolling, for the civil war. I prefer to move 1 or 2 armies south as the Julii. I really like to snipe Corinth (as Scipii too) since thats the best wonder and forces the Brutii to go for northern Greece while I take the south (Athens, Sparta, Rhodes etc) and later go for Anatolia and/or Egypt.
@@niluscvp that sounds like a better strategy. I didn't focus on the south/east until it was too late and after a few misplaced sieges on Rome, I lost my entire empire
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Julii are the worst of Roman factions if you actually go North/West into Barbarian territory. The right way to play them is go East. Once you take over Northern Italy your borders are fairly safe (Massilia is as far as there's any point going), so go into Balkans, Greece, and Anatolia. You might have to race Brutii a bit, but AI is fairly slow, so you can grab most of Balkans and Greece just fine. If the game wasn't so derpy on modern hardware, I'd go play it again now.
niluscvp I actually sniped Carthage southern Greece and later southern Anatolia. With Cyprus secured I was able to invade and conquer most of Egypt while I had a medium-ish army hold Gaul and middle Spain. With that strategy I was able to win the game on hard
yep... i would agree with Egypt too ... good start location,falanx units ... poor barbarian kingoms as neigbors ... and world wonders right in the start
Miroslav Antonín I think the only real roadblock with them is you have the Seleucids to worry about early on but they’re about to explode from the vassal rebellions. And with Nabatea as an ally you can use them as a meat shield for a while as you just defend the extremely easily to defend Sinai peninsula. Once you secure Ethiopia and Libya you can basically send deathstacks of high quality units into Syria and the rest of the Middle East and eventually Greece.
Emperor of Mankind while foot companions and companion cavalry to get that authentic Alexander the Great flair does make Macedon my personal favorite faction Egypt is just in a better position geographically. It’s hard to compete with probably the easiest start in the game.
To be honest, I enjoyed the Seleucids more even when its pretty hard at the beginning with Egypt declaring war on you, and your satrapies declaring their independence.
Rome 2 total war. I chose Baktria. Get a elephant general and you wipe the floor with all the pyjama warrriors. The horse archers can be annoying. But your own ranged can deal with them easily
Actually as Baktria is so easy to just build your provinces early games because you have no one threatening you, make a lot of money and then push which way you like with a good army ( usually north, because I ally the eastern factions, ask them for gifts and trade agreements.
I guess for Thrones of Britannia you could see Wessex as the starting faction. I hope nobody starts playing tw with attila though, in my opinion the hardest and best total war.
Interesting topic. I think my personal choice for each game would be: Shogun - Shimazu, Hojo or Uesugi being the contenders, probably Shimazu as they don't have to deal with any real threats at the start (sure, Hojo will likely have half of Japan by the time you reach them but that will take some time), Uesugi and Hojo have each other to deal with (not to forget Takeda and Oda) Medieval - England probably, similar reasons as for Med II Rome - I agree with you about the Julii for pretty much the same reasons Medieval II - England, you gave the reasons, nothing to add. Empire - Britain is a good choice, but if you count the Italian Campaign for Napoleon what about US in Episode III in Road to Independence (Episode I and II being the proper tutorials, III is just a very easy campaign just like the Italian one)? Another contender would be Russia being in a corner, starting with an easy war, having one of the few fronts they do have secured by a dependable ally. However neither of those two really gives you much reason to actually learn naval matters. The Russian army also differs quite a bit from the standard European army in the early stages so that is another mark against them (and the main reason I don't consider the Marathas, they may be easy and straightforward but their army is too different). So I say the United States or Britain. Napoleon - France certainly. Even if you only count the main Campaign it still would be France as that is the one that really shows what the game is all about. Shogun 2 - Shimazu or possibly Chosokabe. Rome II - Agree with you on that one. Attila - I would say the Sassanids, big but not as big as the Romans, wealthy, powerful and secure, only thing is dealing with the White Huns at the start, but compared to what others have to deal with it is nothing. After that all the time in the world to figure out how stuff works and when Attila starts doing stuff, well you are big, strong and most importantly far away so any fights against him will be on the borders far from your core territory allowing you to see what Atilla is all about in relative safety. Warhammer I - Thorgrim, the Dawi are the best (and strong and easy to use). Karl Franz is certainly an option but the Empire will have to deal with more threats. Warhammer II - Tyrion. Lothern is wealthy and in a fairly safe position. Also High Elves are easy to use against the ai. Thrones of Britannia - Probably West Seaxe. Big powerful, wealthy and easy. The starting truce with East Engle makes things even easier as you can spend time figuring out how things sort of work without risking a war with them before you are ready. Three Kingdoms - I think I agree with your assessment
i agree with your assessments for most of them, though i'd like to include a few more as well. For Rome II I actually love to start out with the Iceni because of it's position, and same with the Date in Shogun II (although it takes a lot of planning to actually win with them)
Empire was my first Total War and what you said was bang on. The United States campaign was my starting point and it was fairly easy for a noob. A good starter campaign should allow a noob to achieve victory.
Hoplites (spartan and armored) are only good for defense. Fight me. Kidding. They're kinda unweildy tho and terrible at wall fighting, I prefer the fast and brutal legions tbh. Still love the greeks but always have trouble on the attack
@@bry756 technically you could jsut stack up on horse archers and kill everything that way if you know how to run away. i know of an AAR where he made Numidia the strongest empire in the world by spamming jav cav
Historically Gongsun Zan had the worst starting position in regards to security. He was the General tasked with defending an undermanned northern border against various tribes of steppe nomads threatening the realm.
don't play as the sassanids as a beginner. The only thing you will learn is how it feels to get everything delivered to you. Play the garmantians instead. They're abit harder *although that's not saying much* But atleast you'll learn something.
Does Egypt have a good economy? I’m new to total war and have been trying to get into Rome 2 cause the battles are fun and I love the time period, but Rome 2 unlike every other total war game I own (which are just R1 Medieval 2, and empire) I really struggle to get a good amount of money flowing. Do you have any tips for this?
I think Sassanids in Attila definitely qualify as babby's first faction. Start with a couple good provinces, and surrounded by satrapies in the corner of the map. Also the easiest food and sanitation faction by far.
When playing the Rome 1 Total War Campaign for the first time, I only played the Julii campaign until I took all the Gauls’ settlements and then immediately changed to playing the Gauls. I personally find the two Celtic factions a lot easier to play as because it is much easier to spam Swordsmen in the early game than Principes and that immediately gives you an advantage because most of your neighbours will be using inferior Warbands and Hastati (except the Germans with their ridiculous phalanxes but you can ally with them in the early game)
Toby Sullivan yes I’ve been doing a VH/VH Gaul campaign whilst in COVID lockdown and those German spear bands are a real pain. Have just wiped out Julii/Britain/Germania now at war with Dacia/Spain/SPQR
Robertl 1000 Great to hear you’re doing well despite the Germans, I feel the only counters to those Spear Warbands are Forester spam for Gauls and a 50-50 mix of Head Hurlers and Light Chariots for Britain
In Attila, the Garamantians are very noob-friendly, as they don't have any strong neighbors, and the Huns are too far away. Also, the Armored Camel Warriors are an underrated unit. They are extremely well-armored, have a fairly good attacking ability, have a slow but powerful charge, and are very effective at fighting other cavalry. And to make things even better, the Garamantians can recruit and hire legionary defectors, which can hold ground just like Roman legionary units. They are about as strong as Legio Comitatensis. The Garamantians also get a resource of gems. All in all, a strong faction, and I feel like the Eastern factions don't get enough love in Attila anyway.
Agree with all of these, though the one caveat with Gongsun Zan is that after securing the North-east, you have to either get on Yuan Shao's good side or take him out, and for a beginner that may mean doom. Regarding Napoleon, Great Britain in the Europe campaign is ridiculously OP. I think the most OP faction in any total war game due to monopolising the trade routes
Well i would say that for the Attila its easiest start with the sasanids ..even tho you are in war with white huns...you have lot of time to prepare ...,you start in good positions and with wonders .. you can also later take lands of your vasals .. and have good economy ...and from the DLC it easy play as the slav nation .. cuz the poison arrows .. .:D :D
My very first total war faction: The Eastern Roman Emperor in Atilla and I'm grateful for it since that game forced me to become good at total war right from the start.
I actually still haven't played Western Rome in Atilla not because I know that it will be hard to defend against all invaders, but hate managing buildings and shit for a lot of provinces. I might play it some day if I feel like it, but Idk we'll see
@@firstnamelastname-uw6vq When you play as that faction, there are entire regions that you will just have to give up just so you can hold onto a few vital regions
If you are a beginner in Rome 1, but are willing to listen to some strategic advice, I'd say go for Scipii, only defend against Carthage (maybe unite Sicily later on) and go full ham on greeks. That way, you hamstring Brutii come civil war, and Julii only get low quality settlements, often without naval trade. Greek phalanxes can't really stand against your fire at will hastati (third of a unit is dead before melee starts), let alone post-Marian legions. If you are reasonably good and like to live dangerously, you can attempt to also go against Gauls to hamstring Julii as well for the easiest possible civil war, but you need to very carefully consider where to send what forces at that point.
Well in Atilla i picked the Visigoths as my first faction, They are easy once you get the hell out of the Eastern Roman Empire, I marched to Italy and made my home there, Which was very fun due to public order and such, so Atilla isn't merciful to beginners even on lower difficulties, You have to balance Food and Public Order
I think the Maratha Confederacy is also a really good first campaign for Empire, mostly because you have a clear objetive, which is to conquer India from the Mughals, and since you start from the bottom of the subcontinent, with a client state, too, you don't have to worry about attacks from the rear. Worst case scenario, England will ship an army at your capital without any notice if it's empty, but it'd be easy to retake it
Shogun: Western Roman Empire Medieval: Western Roman Empire Rome: Western Roman Empire Medieval 2: Western Roman Empire Empire: Western Roman Empire Napoleon: Western Roman Empire Shogun 2: Western Roman Empire Rome 2: Western Roman Empire Attila: Yes, that's right: Franks. And Western Roman Empire. Warhammer: Western Roman Empire Warhammer 2: Western Roman Empire Thrones of Britannia: Western Roman Empire Three Kingdoms: Western Roman Empire Also applies to all DLC- and subcampaigns. Any questions?
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There is a problem with Rome in Rome 2, the Gaio Mario reforms which completely change your army which makes it a lot stronger but a lot more expensive and in need of high level structure and if you don’t know that and you’re not well prepared to have time and money to upgrade everything it gets pretty mental, i remember some years ago playing with Rome i got outstreched pretty fast and got a lot of enemies but thanks to pre-reform units being not so expensive and easily accessible with level 2 buildings i managed to get stable on most fronts and was very near to win in my most unstable front (I.E. western north Africa) then i got the reform and i couldn’t recruit new units if not waiting to get a lot of money and upgrading a lot of building, it didn’t help i didn’t keep in mind the higher maintenance and had to disband to many unit and found with a too small army for my frontlines, so yeah all good till you keep in mind to be at peace or in a minor war while you get the reform
Your #1 beginner faction was my beginner faction. I tried and failed with both of the other families. Then I tried the Julii, and several thousand hours in various Total War games later, I think it's safe to say it worked.
As an extension to England there's also playing the Irish in the UK based campaign as again they have their own island to hang out on while everywhere else goes to shit.
I would say the Eastern Roman Empire on Attila is very easy for beginners. They have almost limitless money once they get going, and can hard-counter the Huns by luring them to choke points, cities, forts, etc. The giant onager is just so OP against dense blocs of horse archers haha
In Warhammer I would say the Dwarfs. You start mostly just fighting greenskins from south and the Dwarfs natural tactics are the most common way to play the game against AI. Only bad thing with Dwarfs is that you never learn to use the cavalry though.
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I tried playing Dwarfs in WH2, Greenskins somehow teleported fullstack armies into my undefended settlements. Like I could walk all the way back and take them, but I still have no idea how.
The Sassanids in Attila. Once you deal with the White Huns, it's pretty easy from there since the Eastern Roman Empire basically falls apart with a single kick.
I disagree with your choice of Briton in Empire TW. Naval stuff and multiple colonial front lines (at home, at the Caribbean islands and in north America) aren't beginner friendly. The British are one of the easiest factions for a good player on a higher difficulty level, but just not simple enough for a beginner. A beginner should start with Prussia, Austria or Poland on a lower difficulty level. . It's similar in Rome. The Brutii are better/easier for someone who knows the game because they have the most potential, but they are less beginner friendly than the Julii which are more strait forward but just conquer undeveloped land.
I unironically suggest Western Roman Empire for Barbarian Invasion. You start with the most settlements (so it should be the quickest to finish a campaign)You're in a corner.All your neighbours are really tiny. Yes, you got to deal with rebels in your settlements, but every faction has to deal with that. Sure, you'll lose half your empire by turn 3, but imagine how hard it would be playing as those Huns. They don't start with any settlements, ergo they'll be much worse off if they lose half their empire. All the stuff that makes WRE hard to play is hidden from the newby player, so they'll assume all the other factions would be even harder to play since they don't have all of the Western Roman Empire's OBVIOUS advantages.
I would have loved Britain in Empire total war to have greater challanges such as Jaccobite Rebellions it would also serve as an opportunity for tutorial revolutions where you can either side with the Georgians and defend the house of hannover or side with the Jaccobites and reclaim the throne for the Stuarts
Very good Video, I've only played Rome, Medieval2 and Empire from your list. But i hardly agree that Britain is a very good starting faction. I woul add the Chosokabe from Shogun 2 as well to your list, because they have a very good starting Position. +They get the best "Cheap" Units in the Game i think!
began with them chaos bois. isn't italy the first campaign in a chronology?? it was pretty neat tho; never crossed the alps, was short on time. I learned some stuff about napoleon from that game. in Rome: BI the Franks were the closest thing to a beginner faction: build your settlement and army, then invade france once you get bored of civility; the frankish empire basically builds itself! even the huns are trickier than the franks in BI. attila is, of course, BI2... never played thrones of britannia
England is terrible beginner faction in Empire, maybe the worst recommendation of all, they have stupid amount of stuff to deal with. The right answer is someone with obvious land front, no navy to worry about, and no special problems. Russia, Marathas, maybe Sweden, are best beginner choices. England has a million frontlines at once. There's no choice worse than that. As for all games: * Rome 1 - Brutii or Egypt * Medieval 2 - Egypt or Byzantium (all Catholics have to deal with damn Pope excommunicating them) * Empire - Russia / Marathas / Sweden * Napoleon - Russia * Rome 2 - Egypt I didn't play others enough to have an opinion.
Well the Garamantians are a clear beginners faction for Attila. A natural border to the south, and it will take ages for the Huns to reach your territory (if they make it and aren´t defeated by their own recklesness).
Scippi eazyest you can kill carthege and they are super weak but when julli start to face bull warrior spain agaist spain even with marian refrorms you need to know a lot about the game to manage them
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rtw: Brutii, i cant imagine why the fuck you would have a hard time playing these guys. mtw2: the England, because i cant why the fuck you would have a hard time playing these guys
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Thrones of Britannia has Gwynedd, with a strong mix of longbowmen, spears, and decent cav. They have natural barriers in the Welsh peninsula and their whole thing is uniting Wales. Baby's first settlement is the whole of the Welsh peninsula, and then Mercia.
I always recommend beginners start with the Western Roman Empire in Attila on hardest difficulty.... it separates the weak from the strong...
*If my own son were to fail in his task, he would be thrown to the wolves*
I played the Teutons in Medieval 2 Kingdoms
On vh vh
I quickly rushed the Lithuanians with whatever I could muster
First battle was my 1 full stack with 4 archers, 4 burgher pikemen and a lot of other starting units vs seven Lithuanian stacks
I do not remember how many were in each stack exactly but enough for the AI to constantly rush me, leaving the artillery at the other side of the map for me to hunt with cavalry later
That victory marked the start of a glorious campaign and I do recommend it
Just choose hard difficulty for battles
The AI get stupid bonuses that even made my dismounted Ritterbrüder feel like a waste of money...
You are either Ultimus Romanorum, or you are dead, there is no third option.
i think im actually going to do that, just waiting for the next steam sell
I just got the game and although I’ve seen people recommending the Sassanids and others I really want to try west or east Rome.
@@alexanderthegreat1356 Sassanids, West Rome, East Rome, White Huns- they're all the best factions to play as, just have fun which ever you choose
For Shogun 2 its either the Shimazu Clan or the Chosokabe Clan. They both start on their own Island and basically you can spend most of the game securing your Island and then expanding as you see fit. Of course the fact everyone has the same roster and that the Shogun 2 AI is probably the best AI in Total War, will make it hard in Battles.
Let's see...
England. For any game.
Exactly, or Rome : )
@@MelkorGG *cough*
Western Roman empire
@@elang1702 on easy difficulty
@Rick K Yes. And Shogun 1.
Maybe I just played wrong, but I find the Julii much harder later on
Yes, you fight easy barbarians and it's easy to sweep them, but as a result you get very poor settlements with low stability so you're always having economic problems which the Brutii, being the richest it seems, will always exploits once the civil war starts.
Exterminate everyone
Yeah you need population and ancient wonders to have a big ball rolling, for the civil war. I prefer to move 1 or 2 armies south as the Julii. I really like to snipe Corinth (as Scipii too) since thats the best wonder and forces the Brutii to go for northern Greece while I take the south (Athens, Sparta, Rhodes etc) and later go for Anatolia and/or Egypt.
@@niluscvp that sounds like a better strategy.
I didn't focus on the south/east until it was too late and after a few misplaced sieges on Rome, I lost my entire empire
Julii are the worst of Roman factions if you actually go North/West into Barbarian territory. The right way to play them is go East. Once you take over Northern Italy your borders are fairly safe (Massilia is as far as there's any point going), so go into Balkans, Greece, and Anatolia. You might have to race Brutii a bit, but AI is fairly slow, so you can grab most of Balkans and Greece just fine.
If the game wasn't so derpy on modern hardware, I'd go play it again now.
niluscvp I actually sniped Carthage southern Greece and later southern Anatolia. With Cyprus secured I was able to invade and conquer most of Egypt while I had a medium-ish army hold Gaul and middle Spain. With that strategy I was able to win the game on hard
Rome 2 best starting faction
”Rome”
*laughs in Ptolemaic Egypt*
yep... i would agree with Egypt too ... good start location,falanx units ... poor barbarian kingoms as neigbors ... and world wonders right in the start
Miroslav Antonín I think the only real roadblock with them is you have the Seleucids to worry about early on but they’re about to explode from the vassal rebellions. And with Nabatea as an ally you can use them as a meat shield for a while as you just defend the extremely easily to defend Sinai peninsula. Once you secure Ethiopia and Libya you can basically send deathstacks of high quality units into Syria and the rest of the Middle East and eventually Greece.
Laughs in Foot Companion Spam
Emperor of Mankind while foot companions and companion cavalry to get that authentic Alexander the Great flair does make Macedon my personal favorite faction Egypt is just in a better position geographically. It’s hard to compete with probably the easiest start in the game.
To be honest, I enjoyed the Seleucids more even when its pretty hard at the beginning with Egypt declaring war on you, and your satrapies declaring their independence.
Perfect, the Julii were my first ever Total War faction lol
Same here. I think it is is the perfect intro as well.
Pontus
It helps that the Julii were the tutorial faction as well.
Green Acorn mine were Scipii and I loved them :)
Idk why but I chose the Brutii as my first faction and I still love them
Should have done April 1 version with wre bi as #1
XD
The only one harder is atilla version
@@monkofdarktimes tbh, not really, in attila you can always do the "burn everything fall back to rome/italy + carthage" strat, not the case in bi
So whatever faction is colour red?
XD YEAH!
Western Roman Empire ?
Takeda pride
Rome 2 total war.
I chose Baktria.
Get a elephant general and you wipe the floor with all the pyjama warrriors.
The horse archers can be annoying. But your own ranged can deal with them easily
Actually as Baktria is so easy to just build your provinces early games because you have no one threatening you, make a lot of money and then push which way you like with a good army ( usually north, because I ally the eastern factions, ask them for gifts and trade agreements.
Haven't ever played Empire or Napoleon, cause I m not that much interested at that time period, but over all I agree with your picks.
Yeah same. I want my spears and stuff. Leave the gun powder to the. Oh the modern times
I guess for Thrones of Britannia you could see Wessex as the starting faction. I hope nobody starts playing tw with attila though, in my opinion the hardest and best total war.
Interesting topic. I think my personal choice for each game would be:
Shogun - Shimazu, Hojo or Uesugi being the contenders, probably Shimazu as they don't have to deal with any real threats at the start (sure, Hojo will likely have half of Japan by the time you reach them but that will take some time), Uesugi and Hojo have each other to deal with (not to forget Takeda and Oda)
Medieval - England probably, similar reasons as for Med II
Rome - I agree with you about the Julii for pretty much the same reasons
Medieval II - England, you gave the reasons, nothing to add.
Empire - Britain is a good choice, but if you count the Italian Campaign for Napoleon what about US in Episode III in Road to Independence (Episode I and II being the proper tutorials, III is just a very easy campaign just like the Italian one)? Another contender would be Russia being in a corner, starting with an easy war, having one of the few fronts they do have secured by a dependable ally. However neither of those two really gives you much reason to actually learn naval matters. The Russian army also differs quite a bit from the standard European army in the early stages so that is another mark against them (and the main reason I don't consider the Marathas, they may be easy and straightforward but their army is too different). So I say the United States or Britain.
Napoleon - France certainly. Even if you only count the main Campaign it still would be France as that is the one that really shows what the game is all about.
Shogun 2 - Shimazu or possibly Chosokabe.
Rome II - Agree with you on that one.
Attila - I would say the Sassanids, big but not as big as the Romans, wealthy, powerful and secure, only thing is dealing with the White Huns at the start, but compared to what others have to deal with it is nothing. After that all the time in the world to figure out how stuff works and when Attila starts doing stuff, well you are big, strong and most importantly far away so any fights against him will be on the borders far from your core territory allowing you to see what Atilla is all about in relative safety.
Warhammer I - Thorgrim, the Dawi are the best (and strong and easy to use). Karl Franz is certainly an option but the Empire will have to deal with more threats.
Warhammer II - Tyrion. Lothern is wealthy and in a fairly safe position. Also High Elves are easy to use against the ai.
Thrones of Britannia - Probably West Seaxe. Big powerful, wealthy and easy. The starting truce with East Engle makes things even easier as you can spend time figuring out how things sort of work without risking a war with them before you are ready.
Three Kingdoms - I think I agree with your assessment
i agree with your assessments for most of them, though i'd like to include a few more as well. For Rome II I actually love to start out with the Iceni because of it's position, and same with the Date in Shogun II (although it takes a lot of planning to actually win with them)
Empire was my first Total War and what you said was bang on. The United States campaign was my starting point and it was fairly easy for a noob. A good starter campaign should allow a noob to achieve victory.
begginner: brutti best faction ever
50 hours later
discover greek cities and thier invincible armored hoplites
A Single Phalanx in the Way,
Keeps the Brutii Away.
Just bring some archers and onagers.
Hoplites (spartan and armored) are only good for defense.
Fight me.
Kidding. They're kinda unweildy tho and terrible at wall fighting, I prefer the fast and brutal legions tbh. Still love the greeks but always have trouble on the attack
@@bry756 technically you could jsut stack up on horse archers and kill everything that way if you know how to run away. i know of an AAR where he made Numidia the strongest empire in the world by spamming jav cav
Historically Gongsun Zan had the worst starting position in regards to security. He was the General tasked with defending an undermanned northern border against various tribes of steppe nomads threatening the realm.
I'd rather hear more about the historic games than warhammer to be honest
Especially more shogun 2!
Rome:
Brutii faction
Medieval2:
England
Rome2:
Egypt
Attila:
Sassanid Empire
Britannia:
West Seaxe
don't play as the sassanids as a beginner. The only thing you will learn is how it feels to get everything delivered to you. Play the garmantians instead. They're abit harder *although that's not saying much* But atleast you'll learn something.
Does Egypt have a good economy? I’m new to total war and have been trying to get into Rome 2 cause the battles are fun and I love the time period, but Rome 2 unlike every other total war game I own (which are just R1 Medieval 2, and empire) I really struggle to get a good amount of money flowing. Do you have any tips for this?
I think Sassanids in Attila definitely qualify as babby's first faction. Start with a couple good provinces, and surrounded by satrapies in the corner of the map. Also the easiest food and sanitation faction by far.
When playing the Rome 1 Total War Campaign for the first time, I only played the Julii campaign until I took all the Gauls’ settlements and then immediately changed to playing the Gauls. I personally find the two Celtic factions a lot easier to play as because it is much easier to spam Swordsmen in the early game than Principes and that immediately gives you an advantage because most of your neighbours will be using inferior Warbands and Hastati (except the Germans with their ridiculous phalanxes but you can ally with them in the early game)
Toby Sullivan yes I’ve been doing a VH/VH Gaul campaign whilst in COVID lockdown and those German spear bands are a real pain. Have just wiped out Julii/Britain/Germania now at war with Dacia/Spain/SPQR
Robertl 1000 Great to hear you’re doing well despite the Germans, I feel the only counters to those Spear Warbands are Forester spam for Gauls and a 50-50 mix of Head Hurlers and Light Chariots for Britain
In Attila, the Garamantians are very noob-friendly, as they don't have any strong neighbors, and the Huns are too far away. Also, the Armored Camel Warriors are an underrated unit. They are extremely well-armored, have a fairly good attacking ability, have a slow but powerful charge, and are very effective at fighting other cavalry. And to make things even better, the Garamantians can recruit and hire legionary defectors, which can hold ground just like Roman legionary units. They are about as strong as Legio Comitatensis. The Garamantians also get a resource of gems. All in all, a strong faction, and I feel like the Eastern factions don't get enough love in Attila anyway.
Julii were my first ever total war faction, some great memories
Agree with all of these, though the one caveat with Gongsun Zan is that after securing the North-east, you have to either get on Yuan Shao's good side or take him out, and for a beginner that may mean doom. Regarding Napoleon, Great Britain in the Europe campaign is ridiculously OP. I think the most OP faction in any total war game due to monopolising the trade routes
western empire in attila is a good faction for beginner ^^
Well i would say that for the Attila its easiest start with the sasanids ..even tho you are in war with white huns...you have lot of time to prepare ...,you start in good positions and with wonders .. you can also later take lands of your vasals .. and have good economy ...and from the DLC it easy play as the slav nation .. cuz the poison arrows .. .:D :D
My very first total war faction:
The Eastern Roman Emperor in Atilla and I'm grateful for it since that game forced me to become good at total war right from the start.
I actually still haven't played Western Rome in Atilla not because I know that it will be hard to defend against all invaders, but hate managing buildings and shit for a lot of provinces. I might play it some day if I feel like it, but Idk we'll see
@@firstnamelastname-uw6vq When you play as that faction, there are entire regions that you will just have to give up just so you can hold onto a few vital regions
I played mecedon when i first started rome total war (I unlocked all factions caz i don't like restrictions lol)
If you are a beginner in Rome 1, but are willing to listen to some strategic advice, I'd say go for Scipii, only defend against Carthage (maybe unite Sicily later on) and go full ham on greeks. That way, you hamstring Brutii come civil war, and Julii only get low quality settlements, often without naval trade. Greek phalanxes can't really stand against your fire at will hastati (third of a unit is dead before melee starts), let alone post-Marian legions.
If you are reasonably good and like to live dangerously, you can attempt to also go against Gauls to hamstring Julii as well for the easiest possible civil war, but you need to very carefully consider where to send what forces at that point.
Well in Atilla i picked the Visigoths as my first faction, They are easy once you get the hell out of the Eastern Roman Empire, I marched to Italy and made my home there, Which was very fun due to public order and such, so Atilla isn't merciful to beginners even on lower difficulties, You have to balance Food and Public Order
I think the Maratha Confederacy is also a really good first campaign for Empire, mostly because you have a clear objetive, which is to conquer India from the Mughals, and since you start from the bottom of the subcontinent, with a client state, too, you don't have to worry about attacks from the rear. Worst case scenario, England will ship an army at your capital without any notice if it's empty, but it'd be easy to retake it
Shogun: Western Roman Empire
Medieval: Western Roman Empire
Rome: Western Roman Empire
Medieval 2: Western Roman Empire
Empire: Western Roman Empire
Napoleon: Western Roman Empire
Shogun 2: Western Roman Empire
Rome 2: Western Roman Empire
Attila: Yes, that's right: Franks.
And Western Roman Empire.
Warhammer: Western Roman Empire
Warhammer 2: Western Roman Empire
Thrones of Britannia: Western Roman Empire
Three Kingdoms: Western Roman Empire
Also applies to all DLC- and subcampaigns. Any questions?
Troy?
@@legoyoda3546 Well we don´t know anything about it´s factions yet, but obviosuly it can only be Western Roman Empire.
“You can pick any Empire you want, as long as it’s the Western Roman Empire.”
What faction to pick in mount and blade bannerlord?
WowTholyn the Western Roman Empire
I would also say the 1st chapter in the Road to Independence in ETW is a great campaign for beginners. Nice video.
what's with the emojis in the thumbnail
I get double views whenever I put an emoji on the thumbnail. So Top 5 Types of videos will have them.
It's either that or my face in some painful position like other youtubers.
Take your pick, put either I got to get those extra views so I can eat XD
I agree, wome is a good faction😂
There is a problem with Rome in Rome 2, the Gaio Mario reforms which completely change your army which makes it a lot stronger but a lot more expensive and in need of high level structure and if you don’t know that and you’re not well prepared to have time and money to upgrade everything it gets pretty mental, i remember some years ago playing with Rome i got outstreched pretty fast and got a lot of enemies but thanks to pre-reform units being not so expensive and easily accessible with level 2 buildings i managed to get stable on most fronts and was very near to win in my most unstable front (I.E. western north Africa) then i got the reform and i couldn’t recruit new units if not waiting to get a lot of money and upgrading a lot of building, it didn’t help i didn’t keep in mind the higher maintenance and had to disband to many unit and found with a too small army for my frontlines, so yeah all good till you keep in mind to be at peace or in a minor war while you get the reform
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Your #1 beginner faction was my beginner faction. I tried and failed with both of the other families. Then I tried the Julii, and several thousand hours in various Total War games later, I think it's safe to say it worked.
As an extension to England there's also playing the Irish in the UK based campaign as again they have their own island to hang out on while everywhere else goes to shit.
or Wales
I would say the Eastern Roman Empire on Attila is very easy for beginners. They have almost limitless money once they get going, and can hard-counter the Huns by luring them to choke points, cities, forts, etc. The giant onager is just so OP against dense blocs of horse archers haha
Thats funny I started with the WRE lol
Easy first settlements in Medieval 2:
York
Breslau
Zagreb
Durazzo
Riga
Bucharest (Has garrison)
Easy settlements:
Smyrna
Rennes
Metz
Dijon
Ajaccio
Zaragoza
Stockholm
Oslo
Dublin
Caernavon
Inverness
Florence*
Tblisi
Dongola
Jedda
Sofia
Moscow
Helsinki
Cagliari
Tunis
Tripoli
Adana
Aleppo
The Russian Steppe settlements
Harder settlements:
Bordeaux
Thorn
Hamburg
Valencia
Antioch
Jerusalem
Kiev
In Warhammer I would say the Dwarfs. You start mostly just fighting greenskins from south and the Dwarfs natural tactics are the most common way to play the game against AI.
Only bad thing with Dwarfs is that you never learn to use the cavalry though.
I tried playing Dwarfs in WH2, Greenskins somehow teleported fullstack armies into my undefended settlements. Like I could walk all the way back and take them, but I still have no idea how.
The Sassanids in Attila. Once you deal with the White Huns, it's pretty easy from there since the Eastern Roman Empire basically falls apart with a single kick.
I disagree with your choice of Briton in Empire TW.
Naval stuff and multiple colonial front lines (at home, at the Caribbean islands and in north America) aren't beginner friendly.
The British are one of the easiest factions for a good player on a higher difficulty level, but just not simple enough for a beginner.
A beginner should start with Prussia, Austria or Poland on a lower difficulty level.
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It's similar in Rome. The Brutii are better/easier for someone who knows the game because they have the most potential, but they are less beginner friendly than the Julii which are more strait forward but just conquer undeveloped land.
I unironically suggest Western Roman Empire for Barbarian Invasion.
You start with the most settlements (so it should be the quickest to finish a campaign)You're in a corner.All your neighbours are really tiny.
Yes, you got to deal with rebels in your settlements, but every faction has to deal with that. Sure, you'll lose half your empire by turn 3, but imagine how hard it would be playing as those Huns. They don't start with any settlements, ergo they'll be much worse off if they lose half their empire.
All the stuff that makes WRE hard to play is hidden from the newby player, so they'll assume all the other factions would be even harder to play since they don't have all of the Western Roman Empire's OBVIOUS advantages.
Attila had a prologue campaign. It's about the Huns arriving and pushing out the Goths.
Glitchy but it does the job.
I would have loved Britain in Empire total war to have greater challanges such as Jaccobite Rebellions it would also serve as an opportunity for tutorial revolutions where you can either side with the Georgians and defend the house of hannover or side with the Jaccobites and reclaim the throne for the Stuarts
Very good Video, I've only played Rome, Medieval2 and Empire from your list. But i hardly agree that Britain is a very good starting faction.
I woul add the Chosokabe from Shogun 2 as well to your list, because they have a very good starting Position. +They get the best "Cheap" Units in the Game i think!
I’d say Zagreb can be a baby’s first settlement in Med 2 playing as Venice, but the battle is just a smidge harder than york
Sun Jian is also great for begginers in Three Kingdoms. Han territory ripe for the taking.
began with them chaos bois. isn't italy the first campaign in a chronology?? it was pretty neat tho; never crossed the alps, was short on time. I learned some stuff about napoleon from that game. in Rome: BI the Franks were the closest thing to a beginner faction: build your settlement and army, then invade france once you get bored of civility; the frankish empire basically builds itself! even the huns are trickier than the franks in BI. attila is, of course, BI2...
never played thrones of britannia
What is the sountrack music ?
England is terrible beginner faction in Empire, maybe the worst recommendation of all, they have stupid amount of stuff to deal with. The right answer is someone with obvious land front, no navy to worry about, and no special problems. Russia, Marathas, maybe Sweden, are best beginner choices.
England has a million frontlines at once. There's no choice worse than that.
As for all games:
* Rome 1 - Brutii or Egypt
* Medieval 2 - Egypt or Byzantium (all Catholics have to deal with damn Pope excommunicating them)
* Empire - Russia / Marathas / Sweden
* Napoleon - Russia
* Rome 2 - Egypt
I didn't play others enough to have an opinion.
Well the Garamantians are a clear beginners faction for Attila. A natural border to the south, and it will take ages for the Huns to reach your territory (if they make it and aren´t defeated by their own recklesness).
They also have the fertility bonus right?
I think if ur a descent player the brutii are the best because you are heading straight for all the wonders of the world
I agree that no faction in attila total war is easy to play
Are you going to do a lets play of Mount & Blade II Bannerlord? I think you'd like the game
Are you planning to do a attila vid soon?
Scippi eazyest you can kill carthege and they are super weak but when julli start to face bull warrior spain agaist spain even with marian refrorms you need to know a lot about the game to manage them
Sir can i ask your pc specs?
Sure.
Core i9-9900KF
8 Cores.
32GB Ram
Gefore something something 2070 Graphics Card with 6GB
3 Terabytes storage.
And it also comes with some pretty lights that I like : )
Total war atilla has no easy faction, baptism by fire !
Well my first Total war game was Attila and boy oh boy it was a hefti campaign 😵
XD Surprised you would have stayed in the community after that. : )
@@MelkorGG well 😀 it's quite fun
Number 1 should have been the Seleucid empire.
For beginners that would be the worst considered their starting position
Why not Prussia from Empire: Total War?
If you don't believe me, then look at the gentleman spam
Boys quick question in Rome: Total War, how do you take out British charioteers?
Use archers, heavy infantry, or pikes
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rtw: Brutii, i cant imagine why the fuck you would have a hard time playing these guys.
mtw2: the England, because i cant why the fuck you would have a hard time playing these guys
I disagree on rome total war, the brutii are without a doubt the easiest faction in the game.
Boyyy from where is that accent?
cutie
I love you man but look at the state of thumbnail
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Ahhh, the days before I had my artist : )
MELKOR Oh you have an artist?
Damn melkor moving up in the world
Total war Warhammer is the only total war game I would never play
It is quite fun for a few factions. But some are really terrible to play with
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Let's see.....
Not france.....
Just don't play them, they're shite
Had to dislike as you called the United Kingdom , England.
In Empire it's called Britain, and I wrote England/Britain