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1. Japan (gotta love Mil/Rel and Samurai. The ultimate in conquest and cultural consolidation)
2. Mayans (quicker irrigation, cheaper granaries, bonus food in capital. Can easily spread like The Plague)
3. China (Mil/Ind is still a favourite combo for me. Riders fire up a well-timed golden age and can conquer territory much faster than anyone at the time except the Arabs)
4. Germany (nearly as good as Japan at cultural consolidation of conquered territory. That and the utter coolness surrounding Germany in general)
5. Rome (again, coolness factor. Plus a good UU to boot)
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Are any of the new CIV's in conquests any good. With two of these as caracteristics like industrious, militaristic, expansionists, or commercial. It seems Mayans are popular. I can't wait til I get conquests like next week or something. I have some other favorites that I use but my 5 still stay the same.
Ottomans - industrious (when it was the best trait) and possibly the strongest UU going
Carthage - industrious (not in C3C) and a UU that lasted until riflemen
From C3C
Dutch - agricultural and seafaring so something for any map and another good UU
Sumeria - agricultural (scientific is a pretty good second trait) and a UU that gives half price spearmen so you can build plenty of horsemen to attack.
I really like my 2 C3C choices and will always have a fondness for Japan as the first civ I really did well with. My PTW choices aren't as good in C3C but still not poor civs by any means.
Before I got C3C, I usually played as Aztec. I haven't played as Maya yet. I liked playing Sumer in the Mesopotamia conquest. I played Mesoamerica as Inca three times. I expanded the city name lists for Germany, Scandinavia, England, Spain, and America with names I have a connection to, but so far I've been playing as the Germans against the others. I haven't played as most of the available civs, and I think there are some I haven't played against yet, or at least had much contact with. I don't care so much about the Traits of the civs, I mostly care about exoticness or genealogical connection. I suppose I should pay more attention to the Traits.
1. Maya (Agricultral + Industrious + enslaving Javs + Barb farming = extreme expansion and production)
2. Byzantines (just had good luck with 'em; Seafaring is good, too)
3. Aztecs (when I want to be a little more warlike early on and still expand quickly)
4. Mongols (did really well with them in a PTW game once with Keshik assaults)
5. Japan/China (tied; generally good warmongering Civs in my book)
Can I buck the trend and just say my favourite from each stage in the civ3 saga
Vanilla civ3 its the Romans for me every time, in fact I'd bet 90% of my games were played as the Romans pre PTW.
PTW saw 8 new civs and the one that really interested me and still does was the Celts, gotta love that Gallic Swordsman. Even better now in c3c, or so I believe
In C3C, so far I think its the Byzantines, though a little too early to tell for sure. Great traits and an excellent early naval unit.
Other civs that stand out for me are the Egyptians, Persians and the Babylonians, all from the original. I really like the Arabs and the Ottomans from PTW.
I suppose my favoured historical period is ancient times around the med and the middle east, hence most of my choices
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My favorite from Civilization 3 No Bloody PTW or C, is the Aztecs, with the Germans as the runner up. My favorite from PTW is the Scandinavians. For C3C, it's the Incas so far.
Well, I'll be the first schmuck to put this one on my list.
Spain. The UU is extraneous, it's about the traits.
Not my #1 fav, but definitely a strong trait combo, IMO.
For the other 4? Umm...
Carthage - Like someone else said, build your spearmen once and keep 'em until Muskets at least, maybe Rifles. Nice. The Seafaring boni are nice too. And Industrious? Super nice.
Celts - the PtW Celts - haven't tried C3C yet, but GSs just rock. If I don't have horses, these little red-headed stepchildren will go get them for me no matter how much I tease them about their pants.
Egypt - I love Industrious(or did) and this was my first full-epic Civ - an obvious newbie choice, but still strong
Japan/China - 6 of one, half a dozen of the other. Great Chivalry UUs, good traits.
Edit: Hang on a minute...
2. Mayans (... cheaper granaries...
Really? How did I miss that? Really? That's crazy!
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