Remember Me? Wiki Arcade Advanced Search. Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 Last Jump to page: Results 1 to 30 of Thread: Holy Roman Empire. Total Awards : 8. Holy Roman Empire The Holy Roman Empire is playable right from the start, without the need to unlock it or edit any files. Please note that the guide is not up-to-date for the latest patch. Re: Holy Roman Empire I'll take a crack at this one from observations in my campaign: Overview The Holy Roman Empire often abbreviated HRE , corresponding approximately with modern-day Germany, is one of the most complicated and strangest entities in Europe, having being everything from a confederation of petty princelings to among the most powerful nations on Earth during the course of it's history.
As far as M2TW is concerned in it's a quite large but somewhat fragmentary faction smack-dab in the middle of Europe, surrounded by both enemies and opportunities. Unit Roster Fairly conventional during the Early and High eras, with knights, sergeants and crossbowmen in castles and militias in cities.
Look out for the Teutonic Knights guild. The HRE comes into it's own late in the game, with a number of powerful unique untis including Gothic Knights heaviest of the heavy cavalry Zweihanders and Forlorn Hope heavy infantry with greatswords Landsnechts excellent mercenaries including pikes, musketeers and swords and Reiters one of the few gunpowder cavalry units in the game Their choice of artilliery and naval units is similar to that of other Northern European factions.
Starting Position The Empire's central position has a number of ramifications: the player can expect to be attacked by several factions at least early in the game, but also has numerous options as to where to expand. To the west you have France and England - they seem more likely to get bogged down with each other initially, but will likely become a threat later on. To the North is Denmark, which has little choice but to attack you and almost certainly will. To the East are a number of independent settlements, such as Magdeburg, Prague and Zagreb.
Beyond them lie the kingdoms of Poland and Hungary. The game recommends that you capture at least some of these settlements, although this will certainly bring you into conflict with both of these factions. The southermost Imperial settlement, Bologna, is surrounded by these factions. Diplomacy My own experience is basically don't bother: Your central position and Papal unpopularity see below make it very difficult to be everyone's friend.
