Top 5 - Most Over-Rated Factions - Total War

[@MelkorGG]

I am VERY Sorry about the Mic issue for Number 4. XD Here is what happened: The music that played before I had to edit, slightly, to avoid a copyright issue. Turns out, I must have edited my commentary for the rest of 4th Point also, and it was too late to fix by the time I noticed. Sorry, but I hope some of you found it funny at least. : )

[@Gongas2Kill]

priceless

[@bramlinssen6940]

It's pretty funny lol

[@MKfoxbat]

Point 3 Do not inhale helium before you make an entry in a list

[@liamlyons6645]

Mate the fact it’s a mistake makes it the funniest thing I’ve ever seen hahaha

[@stormrunner4081]

No this needs to stay it’s just so funny

[@gudigoat2463]

I’m sorry I just couldn’t take melkor seriously when his audio went really high 😂😂

[@anthonyantinarella3360]

Hitting puberty during quarantine...

[@krishnakantbhatt9947]

And the 2nd point is presented to you by... DRUUUUMROLLLL Alvin and the chipmunks

[@weenniethepoop5667]

it's ya boi, alvin chipmunk with another top five!

[@herroberbesserwisser7331]

Chipmunk Melkor isn't real he can't hurt you! Chimpmunk Melkor: 2:30

[@coolthefool1]

Herr Oberbesserwisser My ears oh the horror of my high pitch giggling

[@quiprinceps1149]

2:21 YEAH RIGHT! The audio didnt mess up here, THATS HIS ACTUAL VOICE! HES ONE OF THE COWARDLY GNOMES!!! HE ESCAPED OUT OF THE TOWERS, GET HIM!!!!

[@Bickdickrandy]

😂😂😂

[@Aemond_One-Eye]

1:10: "I don't really like missile cav." 20 seconds later: *recruits three units of missile cav*

[@jagotiberan2181]

Jameson Nevitt saw that too, was like wtf 😂😂

[@21Arrozito]

"I really don't like missile cav" This explains why he's kind of shitty at Medieval 2. Missile cav dominate in Medieval 2. You can rout whole armies with a half stack of missile cav.

[@lugiasimply6054]

I fucking love Missile Cav, especially in mods

[@tommyortiz6623]

Any mobile ranged units way too OP maybe that’s what he means? 🤷🏻 but yeah they are hella annoying only way take them out is lot of light Calvary I personally do not use them I like using infantry and bowmen

[@ivanvoloder8114]

@@21Arrozito Missile cav is my favorite type of unit and Byzantine was the one to introduce me with. After that I play cavalary factions only with Russia being my No.1.

[@gramboni0624]

Me about to start my first Seluecid campaign: "They get legionnaires? Sweet!" Jump cut to turn 30 where I've destroyed every faction around me with militia because I've been under endless sieges and cant build anything else.

[@boshengjones1778]

@@TryToHardForFun The easist way for the seleucids is focus on egypt. Kill Egypt first, you can afford to lose every province you started with, if you kill eggy. Every other option for the seleucids is putting yourself into a harder mode.

[@RJALEXANDER777]

@@boshengjones1778 Interesting strategy. How to play as the Seleucid Empire... Step 1: Become Ptolemeic Egypt. Step 2: Win.

[@spbkoon3385]

You should have focused on building certain military buildings in certain cities to get to good stuff faster. For example, baracks in Antioch and archery range in Susa or Memphis. Also, being proactive about your wars helps a lot.

[@frisianmouve]

You can get your general in Ephesus to recruit a mercenary army and start taking settlements from there, I defeated Pontus with a ragtag group of Cretan archers, rhodian slingers, mercenary hoplites, barbarian cavalry, barbarian spearmen, scythian horsearchers and falxmen

[@Dan-uf2vh]

and legionaries are one tier higher (final tier) than romans would get them (penultimate tier); on that tier romans get to use urban cohorts (for the record legionaries are the more cost effective, 1 turn to make, kings of auto resolve)

[@drosso4956]

The gods of seleucia are punishing you for your transgression melkor

[@janfarkas8953]

Indeeed

[@selder_7]

It’s not the gunpowder that crushes the natives when you’re new Spain, it’s the cavalry. They have none and almost no counter to it

[@jamieslingsby9907]

yup, i took an army of nothing but conquistadors and pretty much went from one side of the america's to the other. won every battle even when outnumbered by like 10:1 and overran thousands of them.

[@sethcoleman2906]

@@jamieslingsby9907 cavalry un medieval 2 is just plain dominating. Legend of total war demonstrated that

[@warwickthekingmaker7281]

Look at the battle. Melkor has no idea how to play medieval 2 well. He places his cavalry in reserve instead of being proactive and has his gunpowder units simply stand in front of his melee infantry until they are engaged. That way you are relying solely on melee infantry to win the battle for you which is a really bad idea. Melee infantry can be great but not for winning battles by themselves. They pin enemy units so that ranged units or cavalry can win the battle

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

Natives: No no no you can’t just get on horses and rout us that easily! 😡 Spamish: Jajaja, Horse does: Clop clop

[@esclavodelsistema9783]

@@warwickthekingmaker7281 this

[@caiawlodarski5339]

Did i just hear Alvin the chipmunk lecture me about the selucid empire ?

[@codyh9175]

I agree, Seleucids are overrated for beginners, but for people who are experienced, they are a massive powerhouse. Definitely my favorite campaign in vanilla. Surrounded by enemies, with a powerful empire, it's really quite fun.

[@richardthomas5362]

I would jump on Parthia immediately, driving them out of the Iranian highlands. Armenia is usually next, while holding off the Egyptians. Once Pontus is gone I can roll up Egypt and move west with the irresistible might of a tidal wave.

[@codyh9175]

@@richardthomas5362 I like to do that too. Taking out the northern neighbors so that I can focus all efforts on Egypt.

[@zord1352]

I'm the one who focuses south first because after Egypt, there is no more space and have to turn back. If I go north first, turn back south, then turn back again, I would make my army March too many times and I'm just too kind of a person to not to exhaust my beloved man :)

[@codyh9175]

@@zord1352 respect

[@rovsea-3761]

I think you just kill all of them to be honest. The Seleucids are actually really strong economically.

[@skov1949]

Can we get more of chipmunk MELKOR?

[@MelkorGG]

XD

[@bo1bo1bo1unlosode]

Never thought Bizantium or the Seleucids as a powerful faction as i have always seen them being steamrolled by turn 6

[@041mikey]

Classic ai mismanagement

[@emaniajr6553]

Plot twist. The voice got high so no one could understand the apology for underminig the SE.

[@jasonlupo4117]

How do we know it was really him? XD

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

About byzantine missile cavs, their best unit of the category, the vardariotai, are excellent. Do not fear making them charge lines of archers or light infantry, they'll be fine. Just don't forget to send a swarm of priests in any province you want to conquer...

[@rorschach1985ify]

My issue with the Vardariotai is they are too available compared to the Byzantine Lancers and Kataphraktoi which were the real powerhouses of the Byzantine Military. They have a nice roster but the way it is laid out in the campaign puts too much focus on Horse Archers when the Byzantines in real life were not as proficient in them as others, only using them as Mercs or as a hybrid type of horse archer lightly armored cav. The buildings for Cities and Castles are too focused on HA and not as much on Good infantry and cavalry which you need to go through too much work to finally get and by then it should be over. I also wish Med 2 Byzantines had actual good Spearmen because their strongest spear unit is way too damn weak for a faction that historically was pretty good with them.

[@oivanurminen8946]

I need more helium voice, I need it now!

[@Randomstuffs261]

I thought you were about to mention Numidia... but then i remembered that numidia is not "over-rated" ... it is merely *ACCEPTED* as the most superior faction in the series

[@VanadzorImSirac]

nah its armenia

[@Randomstuffs261]

@@VanadzorImSirac How dare you

[@zord1352]

@@VanadzorImSirac you ruined my childhood!

[@VanadzorImSirac]

Imagine not having cataphracts #armenia

[@Randomstuffs261]

@@VanadzorImSirac Imagine being weak enough to *need* cataphracts #Numidiagang #Doesnotneedcataphracts

[@bramlinssen6940]

HELP a cowardly gnome has narrated part of your video! I think you should take a look under your desk melkor.

[@MelkorGG]

Ha ha : )

[@herroberbesserwisser7331]

Maybe the fez helped him.

[@blakeprocter5818]

LOL That audio glitch during Seleucid makes it sound like you are taking the piss! Haha

[@kippies66]

Plot twist: Melkor deliberately messed with the tone of his voice because he actually loves the Seleucids so much to the point of obsession. Therefore picking them as an overrated faction to disguise it, but giving himself a silly voice so no one actually remembers his actual criticism. Foolproof plan!

[@louisk6637]

Liked bc of the audio screw up. We need more videos with helium melkor.

[@flarek9686]

I mean if you are going to play the Romans in RTW you have to pick the Julii. The TRUE Romans.

[@azarlgor]

True Romans? You mean the Senate, right?

[@Maria-sr6zz]

I’am The Senate

[@esclavodelsistema9783]

@@azarlgor i dont like purple romans. Red romans are just better

[@PoorManatee6197]

The thing with spain in the americas campaign is that you can hire native mercenaries, they arent the most elite thing but they give you numbers to engage the enemy while destroying them with artillery and cabalry. So if you only count their normal roster i will agree it is very lacking, but if you count the mercenaries they are incredibly OP.

[@Zach-mw5so]

Thanks Melkor for your channel. I found you a few days ago before the Total War Steam sale. Watched some videos and I ended up buying all the total wars on sale on steam. Massive discount but lockdown is making me bored. I won’t be bored now. Thanks again

[@PeterTeal77]

ERE is powerful because you don't have to fight any wars you don't want to. You can peace out of 3/4 of starting wars and end the visigoths by turn 3. Then just turtle up throwing cash at and allying sassanids and huns while your empire rakes in cash. Also with greek christianity + libraries you can max out techs way before any other playable faction making civic management and high-level troop spam trivial. I think they are misunderstood because everyone focuses on the unlimited cash thing.

[@flaggy185]

Melkor in number 4: Prepares to explain why the Seleucids are over rated Audio mess up Seleucids fans: *Well, well, well...*

[@scottblackburn7192]

Man if only Byzantium could be assessed in its Stainless Steel form. It's so much more fleshed out and unique in it's roster than in vanilla and the campaign is also far more interesting with the addition of the Cumans into the previously barren steppe. SS Byzantium holds up.

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

The Timurids. Laughs in "sallying out" then sitting behind towers to bomb their forces in impunity for an entire hour.

[@artamir6605]

Your editing and video creativity have really gone up a level. Great to see. Was so much fun to watch.

[@tobysullivan3510]

5:48 we’re blessed with a vision of our Lord MELKOR

[@randomhistoryfan5749]

The selleucid empire is good, IN THE LATE GAME. But really, in the early game, they suffer under novice/ new players

[@timothyernst8812]

I think a big part of Byzantium's popularity in Medieval 2 is actually due to how ridiculously overpowered they were in Medieval 1. For a lot of people it was the first faction they completed a campaign with. Then with every new game, the vets would hype the Byzantines or suggest them to new players, and it basically became a trend. I don't understand all this hate for horse archers though. Easily the best unit category in the game and the Byzantines easily have the best one. If they have a weakness, it's that their campaign is boring. It's relatively easy to complete the long campaign long before the Mongols show up. God only knows how many full stack armies of Venetian spear and crossbow militia units I slaughtered with a half stack of vards.

[@KingMichiPL16]

Name of the epic music at 2:08?

[@MelkorGG]

Verdi's Dies Irae

[@TheTomray94]

The Seleucid voice bit is the most hilarious thing I have heard in a while 😂😂

[@goatruso3198]

Hold on, how do you select multiple units and disband them all at once like you did with the Seleucid milita cav? I need to know how to do that so badly, the endless clicking is draining my soul.

[@idontlikerome2744]

MELKOR: We have Byzantium... Anyone with good character: So you have chosen DISLIKE But for real, thx Melkor, u made me chuckle

[@rovsea-3761]

The Seleucid starting position is actually great. Because they're centrally located they can just expand in every direction and conquer the entire southeastern third of the map.

[@lordblenkinsopp1537]

@Melkor I bought Rome 2 and Attila thanks to the sale, with all DLC. Which faction do you think I should start with for my first Rome 2 play through?

[@MelkorGG]

Rome for sure. It's designed to be New Player Freindly :)

[@lordblenkinsopp1537]

MELKOR Thanks, I just wanted to know because it is very different from the older titles. Also I agree with what you said about the Julii, during my first play through, I almost lost the civil war because I had all of these undeveloped barbarian regions where I couldn’t recruit troops

[@ajavierb2078]

NO NOT THE SELEUCIDS!!!!! Dont you dare!! Stil love your content btw.

[@Natural.Traditionalist]

Another fantastic video!!! Keep up the good work!

[@jacobj869]

Just wanted to say that Byzantium isn’t a successor state to Rome, but a continuation of the Roman Empire. Not the same.

[@yacinebenchoubane3645]

WHAAAAT ?????? SELEUCIDS????????? I'M DONE *TRIGERRED*

[@TheGoldennach]

2:33 I like the chipmunk sound of Melkor XDD

[@cactuscoe9096]

Melkor took a deep, deep breath before posting this video

[@MelkorGG]

Oh Yes! XD

[@napoleoncomplex2712]

This was worth it just for the squeaky voice. Can you do a helium- intoxicated stream/video?

[@MelkorGG]

XD

[@fettfan91]

Your next video should be entirely in that chipmunk voice, that was hilarious.

[@ΒασίλειοςΚαϊμάκης]

MELKOR: number 5 Byzantine empire Everybody at 20 kilometer radious: take it back, take it f*cking back

[@milkman6883]

Wait So you didn’t ONLY put the Byzantine ONCE BUT TWICE You were definitely paid in Turkish Coin

[@radgoncan]

Was searching for this comment.

[@szeklergeneral4266]

hi i love your channel and the attila content you post its great that i found this channel. will there be more vids about 1212 ad?

[@MelkorGG]

There will be more. Not sure when or how many, but there will be : )

[@thatadambyrne]

That voice change is generally the funniest thing ever

[@aqhat3702]

We all saw this coming

[@damjan4435]

Most underrated faction - Carthage, it's rated very highly, but for it's glory, no rating is good enough

[@princeniccolo8299]

Lol. I’ve been obsessed with the Byzantine empire lately after I delved into their history a bit more. I’ve been looking high and low for every game, movie or documentary out there. Surprisingly, there’s really not much out there. Because of this I found it particularly funny when your first mention was Medieval 2’s Byzantines haha.

[@Krafanio]

There are a bunch of good books about the Eastern Roman Empire. I suggest you "Constantine XI the inmortal life of the last Roman Emperor". Prettt good book.

[@princeniccolo8299]

PixelPixeliado P.P I’m definitely gonna check that out, thanks!

[@Krafanio]

@@princeniccolo8299 Your welcome, it's pretty good. There are other books that talk about the end of the Roman Empire in 1453 against the Ottomans. But this book for me is more direct about the topic of the last emperor of the Roman Empire. Take care buddy and enjoy the reading.

[@Zach-mw5so]

@@princeniccolo8299 Read John Julius Norwich’s “Byzantium”. It’s a 3-volume history from the Tetrarchy to the fall of Constantinople. It’s also available as a condensed 1-volume “A Short History of Byzantium”

[@deutschamerikaner]

I do agree the Seleucids have a tough position, but it does make for a fun campaign

[@ajavierb2078]

Same thoughts

[@jasonlupo4117]

Exactly. I would go so far as to call it the "ultimate" Rome: Total War campaign for that and a few related reasons; maybe that's just me.

[@whakabuti]

I couldn't hear anything you said about the Seleucid Empire over the sound of my laughter XD

[@markghostproductions3697]

So. Melkor is secretly a Chipmunk. Who knew?

[@lifes3ps]

Why don't you like missile cav/horse archers?

[@dershogun6396]

did you just call "byzanrium" the "successor" of the roman empire??? Byzantium IS the roman empire.... reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@DrYnroh]

You hitting byzantines and selucids killed me Your "there goes the other 50%" was fkn hilarious too Good job man

[@Geshiko-GuP]

i also dont really like missile cav...if i have any sort of missile unit i want them to be behind my melee units, while my cavarly flank the enemy, but with missile cav..not only is it not fit of being behind my units, it also doesnt charge at my enemies, i expect my cavarly to be able to smash into the enemies sides..sure they might be OP..i used em once before and they where very good..but i prefer a more "brute force" strat for my cav..and for my archers a support role..i cant just combine both..brute force and support is the exact opposite of eachother

[@DOMDZ90911]

1:23 They ARE the Roman Empire.

[@MelkorGG]

It does not count. The Roman Empire died once it felt it could no longer call itself the Roman Empire. (It all comes down to the arguments made by the sources you read)

[@Krafanio]

@@MelkorGG The Roman Empire was in the need of 2 administrations west and east, both were the Roman Empire, Constantinople was called the Nova Roma = The New Rome by Constantine the great. When one of this 2 parts of the same empire fell the other was what it was left of the empire. They never call themselves anything else but Romans and their empire Roman Empire. Because THEY WERE the Roman Empire until the end of the empire in 1453, even the description in the game says so idk how if you like historical titles can be so anti-historical about them. There was never a Bizantine Empire, just the Roman Empire, the legacy of August that star in the city of Rome and end in the Nova Roma in Constantinople.

[@thunder_chunder6491]

Chipmunk Melkor! Is something I didn't know I needed to hear.

[@stefanstoyanov7460]

I really like your Donald Duck interpretation.

[@KirkWilliams300]

Surprised Holy Roman Empire from M2TW and Teutonic dlc wasn’t considered, I love being them (zweihanders are neat) but I think they are over rated

[@FlushedNoob]

If you ever do a role play game and you ever have the campaign characters talk please use that super high pitched audio.

[@MelkorGG]

THat could be funny XD

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

With the Julii you only capture barbarian settlements who are not very populated, so you need to constantly keep a strong presence in the city or the town, slowing your advance

[@IrishPennant0311]

The Julii gets tedious because I like to play semi-historically and mirror Rome’s expansion. Half the time, the Britons have engulfed the Germans and have expanded all the way to Russia. The rest of the campaign until the civil wars is nothing but Gauls, Spaniards and Britons. It just gets dull.

[@koolaidman2702]

Juli are the best roman faction. Red Can expand anywhere since the Gauls dont attack for a long time You can cuck the scipii by rushing Sardinia, Syracuse and Carthage which has them confined to their starting 2 cities. If you arent the wealthiest roman family you are playing them wrong. They are in a position to expand anywhere not too far to go north, not too west to go into greece, and not too north to go into Sicily and Africa. Even the AI Julii always take Sardinia within the first 7 turns from Carthage How does a settlement "reward" make them overrated? If anything it adds to the challenge since if you start the civil war and ignore every other route of expansion only going to Gaul, Iberia etc it adds to the fun of beating the trashy green and blue romans. Take Segstica turn one Send the faction leader army to Syracuse (Scipii take a good 5+ turns on average before they siege it. Send army to take Caralis (Sardinia) then once syracuse is gone take out Lilybaeum. Siege Carthage and you have a big city normally by 260 BC with enough money to finish off Carthage and start cutting off the brutii in greece

[@zord1352]

Also send another army to Greece!! Use there mercys to fast conquer and cut brutis route. Wonders are also a gr8 boost :) Finally someone else who plays the Juli with the good way! Going just north is just for lategame fun for civil war.

[@knightinspace2562]

Criticizes Seleucid Empire - promptly has audio struck down and sounds like he's inhaling helium for the rest of his point... ;)

[@Smaug2b]

I forget that byzantium has no gunpowder unis

[@mellon4251]

You could do some videos on Third Age: Divide and Conquer to get some new topics 😃

[@martind5653]

It's just money? Money wins wars my friend.

[@oesophagus5614]

you need 3 things in war, money, money, and more money

[@Splicer87]

I don't think I've ever heard that accent with a chipmunk voice before.

[@RJALEXANDER777]

The Yorkshire accent really moved it from odd to hilarious.

[@MartinGreywolf]

SPain in Kingdoms depends on one thing, and one thing only: do you know enough about how the morale system works to stack enough bonuses to make EVERYTHING rout the second it gets into melee? If yes, it's a cakewalk. If not, you're gonna have a bad time. It's like Apaches, but with easier setup and not quite as crazy late game.

[@alexandrustan968]

I love the way you edit. I appreciate the effort that you put in those vids

[@emaniajr6553]

"But melkor whats with the dwarfs from warham.... . " Gets killed by Medival 2 fans.

[@esclavodelsistema9783]

M2TW>>>Warhammer

[@ecargfosreya]

So with the Eastern Roman empire you said money doesn't matter but for the Juliei you said they're weaker than the other factions because they are poorer... Am I missing something?

[@svon1]

amateur , i play the Julii conquer northern italy and Salona & Segesta for the mines ,save some money for a few turns, recruit 3 armies as soon as possible bankrupting myself in the process sent one of them with ships straight to egypt one of them to carthage and one to greece trying to steal as much land from the scipii and brutii as possible and than i focus on the barbarians at the end :) P.S. if you want something greater than a victory if you conquer 50 regions and get both senate and people to max approval you will get a message that you are Romulus Reborn , which is such a high honor, i count it higher than victory , especially since most dont that this message even exist

[@benedictjajo]

I don't know, I only play the Greek factions in Rome 2. I usually have two armies supporting each other, 1 army full of pikes and cavalry for field battles and another army of Swordsmen,archers and siege unit for capturing walled cities. Even the the levy pikemen can hold against far superior units. So, technically the pike phalanx is overpowered especially against AI who charge them head on.

[@richardmaldonado2536]

Humble Pelican depends of the difficulty and some mods

[@tonymaloney7096]

Melkor is very smart. As a northern boy, he knowS the secret to calming the seleucid fanboys by drinking yorkshire tea and inhaling helium to divert anger with humour

[@seankinsellasean]

id buy rome 2 if the unit cards wherent so awful looking, is there a mod that makes them better?

[@MelkorGG]

XD Yes, there's several Mods out there, and I agree with the unit cards, they kept me away for a while.

[@ramiromen6595]

I would say Rome in Rise of the Republic. Don't get me wrong , it's my favourite mini campaign in the series alongside Charlemagne and i enjoy Camillus faction a lot but i have seen very few people actively using the reformed roman military as the starting hopilite based roster is quite usefull; and getting the reformed units should be the main point of RoTR.

[@siryassenius1783]

Yeah, I get what you mean. I just got really anxious that somehow the Principes and Triarii are gonna be worse than the Centurae and the hoplites. (I just got base game Rorarii PTSD) so I waited quite a while to recruit them. Until I managed to defeat an entire migrating horde with just the reformed garrison. After that I just completely autoresloved my way through Taras and the Greeks.

[@ke-mob634]

02:20: Was that one of those slave gnomes? xD

[@flukiie8321]

I bet you wont like this.

[@joelmaynard5590]

Overrated is not bad and I do agree with the list. Personally speaking I would have just put in factions from warhammer because an overrated game will have overrated factions lol.

[@Krafanio]

1:22 No, thet were not the successors of the Roman Empire. They were *The Roman Empire*.

[@yourtotalwarmaster3635]

holy shit 2:20 MELKOR on drugs

[@J4R0D]

France in Med 2. My friend swears up and down they are the best but I have beaten him with every faction in MP. Including the Aztecs.

[@adolfhipsteryolocaust3443]

They are the best you're just the better player

[@dot2562]

Juli is as dull as you want to make it, I like sending an army over to Greece and trying to snag some wonders first, send 1 to Egypt early on grab their capital.

[@thunder_chunder6491]

Massalia modded is a beast one of the only times I painted the map was with them.

[@Adjusting1]

Hope for #1 Teutonic Order in Teutonic Campaign

[@aaronlockley9207]

MELKOR you killed me with that "unlike/unsubscribe" clip LMAO

[@jumperwilli7770]

2:24 Hahaha I like it the sound that way

[@franekzaj4030]

And you don't know how to play Spain in America's. You have Conquistadors. They broke every unit in fight one against five. The Spanish dragoons are also one of the most powerful units. You can't use gunpowder in Med 2.

[@michaelmoran9020]

When I play a roman faction I intentionally expand in the wrong direction because I know the AI isn't going to try and take my own stomping ground off me and it strangles one of my rivals early.

[@21Arrozito]

Lol, you put your artillery in front of your infantry when you had a literal hilltop right behind you to put them on.

[@ebercondrell6603]

Chipmunk MELKOR was not what I came for but it is what I stayed for.

[@MrlspPrt]

About the Spanish campaign: it's funny, but powder doesn't help Spanish too much when fighting Aztecs, they were too few to win that war and powder in the XVI century has too little use compared with iron (or even bronze, Aztecs hadn't skills using metal). The true factor here in México (and also with the Incas) was the Aztecs were hated, so Tlaxcala (another city-state) sided with Cortés and gave him 10k soldiers. The Spanish army were at most 1k fighting against thousands of Aztecs. With the Incas was the same: two brothers fighting for the throne when Pizarro arrived. I don't thing the Aztecs could win here, but they were thougther than many believe, and Cortés had luck when Tlaxcala sided with him.

[@gosman6945]

Just say the cowardly gnomes took over part of the video

[@spencertaylor-sputtaylor3937]

Hot take possibly because my first ever campaign wasn’t with the Julii, my first was with the Brutii. Having done many campaigns with all the Romans at this point I’d say the Julii are actually my least favorite Roman faction to play as. Love the color as it’s more historically accurate but otherwise the Brutii are my favorite and this Scipii and are my favorite color blue, and they actually have fun opponents at beginning especially with Carthage. My thing with the Julii that I don’t like is that fighting barbarians is never my favorite in many cases those factions feel too easy. To be fair my favorite thing about the Julii is that if you do focus on the Barbarians at the start that gives the other greek/eastern factions time to actually build up and become a fun challenge when you do get to them.

[@Ottocide]

I have the new theory. Number 4 contains Melkor's *ACTUAL* voice, and he needs to edit it in every video so no one find out. But you have failed!!! Your secret is out!!! Muahahahaaaaa! We all still love you tho, squeaky boi