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Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men. -
This thread inspired me too to try the Byzantines. First game I tried with them I put it on 80% water but alas got the damn stringy pangea as well. That game was hard because I really didn't use the Byzantines advantages, in which case they are a very poor civ choice
So the next game I got a nice archipelago with big fat islands. It was an Standard sized epic with two of my friends and 4 AIs. Now I see the power...
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My Girlfriend plays as them all the time and she always ends up winning due to culture. Of course thats because we have a nonaggression Pact."Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."
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Just played the Byzantines in a MP game (random civs) against the Incas. No horses, no iron.
They suck.
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Heh - they're hard to do anything with even WITH horses or iron.
"Got the rock from Detroit, soul from Motown"
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Well, at least they're not the worst (*COUGH*Hittites*COUGH*)... that's something, right?Comment
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The Hittites can be solid.
If you get 4 ancient era SGLs
-Arriangrog want tank...Grog Want Tank... GROG WANT TANK!
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3-Man Chariots can be a solid unit in the right situation. Good defense, good for pillaging. Not very flexible though... no jungle and no mountains. Once I was the Hittites stuck behind a large jungle between me and my opponent. That didn't go so well...Comment
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The Hittites are MUCH better than the Byzantines IMO, if only because of the expansionist trait."Got the rock from Detroit, soul from Motown"
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Unless you're stuck behind a jungle, which means no (good) mobile units and no GA...Comment
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If you're stuck behind a jungle, you don't need mobile units.
The lack of a GA is no more of a problem than Persia without iron or China without horses."Got the rock from Detroit, soul from Motown"
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Meh. Horsemen can take out units with a chance of retreating if they're losing (think sentries) and it's not likely the jungle will exist forever.
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Bumped for Ision's attention.
Ision, hats off for this excellent series of articles. I notice that over on the Other Site the series now has many more civs covered. Theseus already suggested how a homepage of all these on Poly could be a good inclusion on the Must Reads.
As much excellent work has been done, posting the new ones here would be massively appreciated. I think you get a better class of response on this site too - but then I'm biased
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