The Byzantine Empire (Medieval 2: Total War)
Here I propose to discuss the Eastern Roman Empire.In my vzgyad Byzantium in the game a few nedorabotanno and weakened. In fact, in the 11th century (the beginning of the campaign in Madivala) Byzantium occupied a much larger territory than in the game. If you look at other historical game about the middle ages, even the old Knights of Honor, there LIE bigger and stronger.
Also learn more about the unique units.
1.) Cataphracts is one of the best heavy cavalry in the game.
2.) Where the Vikings? They were like the eternal guards of Constantinople?
3.) Roman infantry (later the remnants of the Legionnaires) in the Byzantine Empire, too, not...
4.) But the fleet really strong, but dromone or the firing of the court. It pleases.
The main advantages
In addition to the excellent cavalry and Navy, the Byzantine Empire, there is a magnificent unique buildings - public baths and aqueducts. These structures improve population health and increase its growth. It really helps to deal with the problems of the crowded cities in the later moves, and even when plague in the city.
Main disadvantages
Have a LIE there is one big weakness - the lack of gunpowder units, but the most common guns... It's really bad, but you can hire mercenary archers and cannons.
Additionally, the Byzantine Empire is at the crossroads of Catholicism and Islam, which is slightly complicates the game.
I consider Byzantium a powerful, unusual power, a game which is markedly different from gaming in the European countries. I think everyone who is tired of England, France, Germany, etc. should play for her.
Weakened of course! The Vikings are there but they are weak, Roman infantry... there are like Byzantine infantry, though hardly.
So I play for them, and think. And Byzantium really open America?=)))
Of course, really! IMHO really by any country!
And what about the Vikings... I can see them, but not immediately recognized, not as they had imagined. Thought they were similar to the Vikings. But they are completely different!
Thought they were similar to the Vikings. But they are completely different!
No, similar.
The joint between the Catholics and Muslims adds a very strong taste of difficulty in the game for Byzantium. All the neighboring countries, even with Alliance with them, often attacked in the back :) Yawn is not necessary. Wild money spent on maintenance 3-4 fleets for the protection of commercial Maritime routes, because without them there is no money and, especially in the gunpowder period to hire so missing small units. Some elephants with guns are 3000 gold, plus the content for the unit. Darkness. The complexity is incredible :) Now try the Pope money in envelopes to popolato, maybe a little easier to become Catholics, and climb and climb. Under lock and key Sofia all so odobreno the bones of Italians, Hungarians and the passing of the crusaders that nowhere the tent to break, so the army spend the night of the Varangian guard there, and tears vaunted Hiking feudal knights at the time, but it was too expensive, but in every advanced city you can hire. There is still a heavy Western knights, in my version of the game - sition. The European standard but fighting well. A relic of the Roman infantry Byzantine infantry - peasant, Yes they would have carried a few of each - that would be class! In short, if it for Byzantium without the diplomacy, the unions can not do, and this again in turn need the money.
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About the crusaders completely agree, very often the Hungarians and the Venetians go to the Holy Land on foot, through Byzantium, and with full armies Oh what a great temptation to take one of the Byzantine cities or castles! This creates huge problems, because to repel such a strike need a lot of money for the army! Muslims even harder - they can call you Jihad, even if it appears the Mongols and also to join it... even then what little I can save...
I saved three of the army of the Mongols and two Turkish in Constantinople. Then he caught up, and even added 
Well, if ONE attack is one thing... I, for example, Hungary has teamed up with the Turks and Egypt and helped the Jihad to seize Antioch! I hate it when they do that!
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I agree, I now have 1 full army of Jihad from the Turks and 1 from the Egyptians under the walls of Constantinople are, I'll go now and try to fight back, you may have...
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Easy? In what sense is easy? You mean territories a little? Then England, with its three provinces is even easier, and even Milan or Spain even more!
Uhh!.. And they came under walls King Castle. And they fought to the last man trying to burn the cradle of Christianity and only some of them retreated others perished in the terrible felling of. I was very lucky, playing with limitam time and the Turks never launched a major assault, only the Egyptians fought in the streets of the Capital. By the way, the first time I defended the great walls of the city with ballistae. There at the main gate of the second wall with three aisles, is very similar to the Barbican, only inside. Archers put, the passages are closed, and that AMBA Egyptians came, really Prince I lost heir... And the Turks, with almost the entire army is now without an ally to the walls go. The army have a stronger Egyptian, but I think the same result will happen if you join the army you can. It is difficult to fight with religious armies, they almost all stood to the last man, sorry can't Orthodox Catholics or Muslims anything to announce on anybody.
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Any faction can destroy easily if you are prepared for this, but that's to prepare and not easy!
Yes, I was there somewhere mentioned: unit of knights not sition(it is light cavalry), and lation, probably from the word
Latin.
Someone always changed? I've set a week ago set 1 course-winter course 1-summer, 2-stroke-1year and a new game started. So now at least we can build something in time, and with a couple of dozen strokes and gunpowder, another five-Mongols are knocking at the door, however, and enemies ustraivayutsya for this new time, I'm somewhere in 1140, and the Turks already have their heavy Janissaries began to hire, and they have Oh what strong. In short I do not know how the other factions, but Byzantium is very interesting with so much time to play.
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I also changed the time. At first I thought that with the time change also changes the time of the aging generals and family members. But it's not... Weird that by default, aging is one year for two moves, and game - two years per turn.
I also like to play as in the good old RTW at 2 moves per year. The campaign becomes longer, and accordingly more interesting!
right now I'm going to clamor for Portugal......Played current that for Poland, I think that for Vizantijsko Empire, the Mughals and Timurids as dog tired....at me all the time attack...keep as I can...
IMHO in the beginning of the game's most powerful units - Verdirame. Attack/defend almost like European knights, while still reactive horse archers. And once you can hire in Corinth, though slightly. Can seriously lucky on a mission from the Council of nobles, and if you give 4 of the detachment of Verdiyev, one of the neighbors count go nuts.
The Houdin immediately obvious which version you're playing reactive horse archers, they are called VARARITY (I have the official. translation) because we lived on the banks of the Vardar river.
What to do, I mean to build to hired waranga?
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Not waranga, and the Vikings. As I recall ADO to upgrade the barracks. And reactive, it promtovsky translation I guess. The idea is that from the English word missile means missile, reacting and including throwing
I played the original version, only the name they have a difficult, hell zapomnisz (the English have a bad habit of writing Latin names with a bunch of extra letters).
Jet - I mean run fast i.e. fast moving ie as jet planes or Coyote (from the cartoons) on roller skates with jet engines.
For baracskay guard need the proapgreyzhennye barracks in the city (just the city, not the castle).
Today I tried to open America Byzantium - did not work! 1301 the year, sailed from Palermo. Sailed to Spain, then across the Strait of Gibraltar and all! Green field then it does not float! As I understand it - from the Byzantine Empire not have the necessary ships. Is it possible to hire cannon ships of caravels?