Best Civilization

[Ctulu]

Hey I like the Russians too, especially their spies who stay invisible, even if they perform an action! Great to harass the enemy
But still I prefer the Chinese

mmm, i'm beginning to see a patern here !
It seems I preffer communist countries, thank god the americans arn't included otherwise I would consider myself as an Imperialistic Pig
But then again, you should consider yourself likewise, it's an RTS after all

[ASSSSCAT]

But how can ANYBODY deny historical materialism whilst playing a game like this?

[bratsch_m]

I like playing as the Russians myself. The attrition is very nasty. Once you have both the Kremlin and the Colloseum, your enemies will suffer major attrition losses. In a multiplayer game, I had those 2 wonders and took out my opponent's supply wagons when he attacked me. His units each lost about 10 hit points a second, and died within a minute. What better defense is there than that? I also really love the Shock Infantry and T-80 tanks, they are quite tough.

I also play as the British a lot. I like the Highlanders and Lancaster Bombers, plus all the navy bonuses. It is easy to build a large fleet, and the Bombers make assaults quite easy.

Next game though I plan to try out the French.

[wilebill]

Great thread! What impresses me is that there are so many answers, this suggests that the civs are well balanced pretty much.

From my own bumbling play so far it has seemed like the Bantu have the edge on everybody because unless you can take out that extra city of theirs early on, by the Gunpowder Age they wind up with a 15% to 20% resource lead and you are doomed! Because the Bantu can spread and grow rapidly across the map they remind me of the Zerg from StarCraft ... or is that a bit of an extreme comparison?

[Imp]

The game has been out for six days. This hardly proves anything about balance =P

[Ctulu]

you are absolutley right, overal the nations are pretty well balanced, wich backs up my earlier statement!
It Depends solely on you and how you want to play!!!
And I dunno about the Zerg comparrison I never considered the Bantu as a murderous extraterestrial strong in numbers in your face and up your's threat

[Ctulu]

mmmm, beginning to like the Turks Too, their siege advantages R enormous and, you have to admit, that is what this game is about (4 me) + the 200% lowerd cap time + 33% off military research
....mmmmmmmmm MAMA

[albiedamned]

I quite like the Turks too, since my attacks are all about seige weapons.

[Flayer]

Originally posted by wilebill
Great thread! What impresses me is that there are so many answers, this suggests that the civs are well balanced pretty much.

From my own bumbling play so far it has seemed like the Bantu have the edge on everybody because unless you can take out that extra city of theirs early on, by the Gunpowder Age they wind up with a 15% to 20% resource lead and you are doomed!

Its all very well having an extra city, but Britain out resources everyone quite easily. You may have three cities producing a total of +100 food, while the British have only 2 but are producing +120. The main advantage of the Bantu free city is controlling larger tracts of territory.

Britains advantages are hard to spot if you are playing against them, but once you use the British you understand how powerful they really are. Its not ostentatios like Russian attrition visibly eating troops or Bantu city spam. Stiff upper lip and all, just get on with the job old boy.

[wilebill]

Britains advantages are hard to spot if you are playing against them, but once you use the British you understand how powerful they really are. Its not ostentatios like Russian attrition visibly eating troops or Bantu city spam. Stiff upper lip and all, just get on with the job old boy.

Ok, I will give them a shot tonight. I do like archers.

[Bridger]

If any civ is unbalanced i think it's koreans, i thought so in demo and i don't think anything has changed. They get 3 tech lines for free, plus huge ammounts of instant free villagers, faster repair and cheaper towers. Their economy has to be HUGE bonus early game. 8 free instant citizens by 2nd age!

[Ctulu]

If you say the Koreans are unballanced, play as them on thoughest or so, you should win all the time, if they have such an advantage ...

Every Nation (IMO) has an economic advantage, even offensive ones! It can be cheaper units, cheaper resource gathering, free gran's/smelters/sawmil, free techs, pop cap difference, ...., whatever, every1 has 1!!!
EVERY nation has its strong points! learn to use them to their propper intent !

[handyandy]

i only have the demo i but i like the egyptians as they get wonders cheaper, an age faster and can have 2 per city! i have only been playing on easy (i've played 4games!)

[Palpatine]

My favs are koreans ans Turks... . Have not tryed britain so far.

[Shift.Eh]

I love the Chinese, they just suit my style a lot.

I'd have to say I think the Egyptians seem somewhat overpowered to me. They just race to SoL and then it gets nasty (especially if you're Russian). I think they should really tone down the SoL... it's way unbalanced now.