But with the kind of cavalry Russians have, it will not be hard to destroy the Mongols and Timurids. Later, on the game, they need to be wary of the Mongol and Timurid invasions, as these two are the harder forces later on the game. Their starting is difficult, but one it gets going with its mobile horse archers, there is little stopping to them. Russian cavalry are the killers in this game, the infantry as modest and nothing is special about them. Radoslav (Age: 29, Position held: Bishop)ДЄntonina (Age: 20, Position held: Princess) Initial Agents: Chernek Gretchen ( Age: 20, Position held: Spy) Mikhail (Age: 25, Position held: family member) Prince Vladimir (Age: 28, Position held: Faction Heir) Initial Generals: Grand Duke Ysevolod ( Age: 50, Position held: Faction Their starting location if far north near the Baltic Sea and only they only begin with one capital city, Novgorod, under their command, which is a town level settlement. This might be due to the way CA has made this game, for Russia and Byzantines, even the highest pity priest have chance of turning into a heretic. Also one things I have noticed is that, the orthodox priests, for some reasons, even with and 8 pity, have chances of becoming a heretic. The disadvantage is that, they are more likely to be attacked by the catholic nations, since they would also not have to bear the consequences as their religion differs from another. Firstly, since it follows an orthodox religion, they are spared from the headache of joining a crusade and the pope, which is an advantage as the pope will not try to stop and mess with Russians to do its bidding. This serves as an advantage and disadvantage because of two reasons. They are also one of the two sole factions who have an orthodox religion to their name, the other one being the Byzantines. And even if it does, it is not worth the headache of capturing these settlements because of the time used to develop these settlements. The Russians start with just one city in the beginning, with the ability to expand in any direction, but this is made hard due to the fact of their location, because mostly, the city located in the Russian steppes are far and take a lot of time to travel and also, the cities located to the eastwards of Novgorod are just small towns and do not provide much resources. Defending Russia from multiple crusades is a very real possibility. Being a Christian faction will not protect you from the whims of the papacy as orthodox Christians are seen in the same light as pagans, Muslims & other heretics. While Russia is not well endowed with quality infantry units (especially in the early stages), the Russian cavalry is of excellent quality, perhaps even the best cavalry roster available in the game. The Russians have huge distances between the cities to cope with but this can be as much of a blessing as a curse as their enemies also have to deal with these distances. It was no different in medieval times when Christian Crusades and Mongol invasions had to be dealt with. The Russians have a history of absorbing foreign invaders within the vastness of their country. File:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/user/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/msohtml1/01/clip_image002.gif The above is the official banner of the Russians in Medieval II Total War.

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