Carthage. I'm enjoying this Civ.

[Aramis]

I tried playing Egypt once, and had a fairly good start location w/ luxury resource nearby and horses and iron not far away (essential to me), but I was dissapointed in my inability to produce a rather effective army very early. I worry about neighbors and want both offensive and defensive capabilities in the Ancient Era.

Rome is good for that, but the payoff is that workers are so slowww. I must group them in gangs of three to get anything done without trying my patience.

China has possibilities, but only plyed it once in a short (as it turned out) small regicide game at diety level (I'm proud I lasted as long as I did).

America is good, too, but the Scout is useless--it has a short lifespan (i.e. barbarians too close to escape).

Carthage remains my favorite, but I intend to try them all, some day.

I love huge games @ warlord or regent (doesn't appear to be much of a difference between the two), with raging barbarians, large archipeligoes (sp?) and Acc. Prod. Carthage seems perfect for this. France has the same attributes, but a later UU. I try to move quick from musketmen to riflemen so the French UU doesn't appeal to me. Carthage UU is great in the ancient world, and I LIKE the early GA. It's challenging, yet rewarding.

We all have our own styles.

Long Live Us Debating Them!

Goodnight--RMDS

[Azeem]

I find China's Industrious stats to be very useful. Its "Rider" unit (in Single play only) is quite good as well - its got decent stats and it isn't overpriced.

If only they got rid of that hideously ugly Mao leaderhead...

[player1]

Originally posted by rmds
I tried playing Egypt once, and had a fairly good start location w/ luxury resource nearby and horses and iron not far away (essential to me), but I was dissapointed in my inability to produce a rather effective army very early. I worry about neighbors and want both offensive and defensive capabilities in the Ancient Era.

War Chariots always give good army.

But, of course, 40 shields Barracks hurt a little bit.

[The Mad Monk]

America is good, too, but the Scout is useless--it has a short lifespan (i.e. barbarians too close to escape).

The scout can be very good very early on, before the barbarian camps start popping up; that said, I just use the one initailly supplied when I use an expansionist civ.

[Odin]

I was playing on a huge world map in a PBEM game as Carthage and I had a Punic War going on betwwen me and Rome. I laid seige to Rome and took it as well as about a third of the Roman Empire using my Mercs for pillaging, starving the population and cutting off access to iron and luxuries, and attacked with swordsmen and horsemen. I got a few more cities in a peace treaty, and a lot of roman workers to add to my cities. I entered a golden age from my Mercs, and a productivity boom from the roman workers I added to my cities. I eventually distroyed Rome during the rennassance and won via spaceship victory in 1780.

[Gangerolf]

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