But in reality, I believe Chinese to be a top civ purely because of their versatility and ability to expand much more quickly than other civs thanks to build time. I was going to place HRE here, but after seeing all of the eco advantages the French have, even compared to the power of the prelate, on top of early knights, stronger crossbows and good late game siege, I think they are going to be extremely potent in the right hands.Ĭhinese.

The only real weakness I can think of is that they are susceptible to an all in siege attack, due to having only 2 possible landmarks.įrench. In my mind, they have the greatest balance of eco and military advantages, decent water gameplay, strong rush potential but also good late game scaling. I also want to learn French as a back up civ for the matches on Arabia in the tourney, and Delhi sounds fun too if they are able to survive early game.Ībbasid. Lmao jk, I’m obviously waiting to play loads of Chinese, like a ridiculous amount. I’m really excited to play the English, I can’t wait to spam longbows and stand on top of my enemies resources until they give up. Lol it’s all good fun though, here we go! I hope that relic will be quick to adjust things from the get go, so that we wont have to deal with 1 dominant civ played every ladder game.Īnother early ranking thread. The different eco bonus will hopefully lead to different feels for every civ, giving the game longevity. In the end, it will come to down to numbers but im really exited. They have really good landmarks in generel, espacially for castle age (the towncenter is just great). English have the option to pressure early with longbowman. Also really strong eco buffs and the keep influence for reduced cost, will make this civ top tier.Įnglish: Who knows how many balance changes have happend since stress test. So the civ with best cav will probably be top tier. I think they will top tier.įrench: From what weve seen so far, cav will be the strongest unit type in the game. Also potential for rushes with rams due to free siege tech. Im looking forward most to mongols and rus.Ībassid: Insane eco bonuses, espacially later.

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