I don't disagree that Domination is more *trivial* with England on Continents than Denmark, because England is virtually custom-made for that kind of domination, but Denmark can do it without teching Frigates, and that's absolutely worth something. And they clear their own continent really fast. IMHO, faster than England, because England's UU doesn't kick in until Machinery, whereas Danish catapults are effective immediately. Once your continent is cleared you can start the invasion at Astronomy with berserkers and siege units.
I guess I look at it differently. What makes a civ upper-tier at Domination for me is whether they have a better-than-average ability to execute an *early* Domination run, IE without teching artillery or frigates. *Any* civ can effectively win by beelining either of those techs. Similarly, any civ can win with an XB rush. The important thing is simply: Which civs give you *advantages* at doing so? Denmark's UA and UU are *absolutely* an advantage for such a victory.
With that definition, all of the following civs are excellent for Domination: Mongolia and Arabia for mounted ranged rush, China, England, Maya, Babylon, Inca, Poland, Assyria and Germany for XB rush... Persia, Zulu can do it multiple ways, and yes, Denmark too. I might throw Sweden in there too because of their synergy with Honor. That's a long list, and I might put 5 of those civs ahead of Denmark for Domination, but it's in the mix. Yes, they're bottom-tier for peaceful games... but that wasn't my point.
And, now I guess I have no choice but to announce the Denmark Pangaea Diety Challenge. Putting your money where your mouth is and all that.
I'll make a separate thread.
Oh, and that 7 salt map thing? How could you think I wasn't a Deity player?? You do realize I got t137 artillery on that map, right? I'm not claiming to be top-tier, but still. Getting Artillery that fast without cheating is pretty damn impressive, I think. Have you done it?
Oh, and sure, 4 opponents down by t191 isn't super-fast, but it's not exactly bad for Deity lol. I just got unlucky because Sweden had insane production and had the GW, so he spammed units so fast I couldn't penetrate for 20 turns, due to splitting my army to go after Attila simultaneously. I quit because (for better or worse) I now get bored when it looks like I won't finish a Domination game by t220. Why? Because I've won *so many times on Deity later than that*.
I admit, I've never executed an XB rush on a Standard Deity Pangaea map without having to tech to the Industrial for the last couple civs. But, claiming that you can one-turn snipe a capital with Denmark isn't *unrealistic*. I'm claiming it can be done because I've done it. Yes, I've never finished pre-t200 with Denmark, but I'd never finished pre-t200 on Deity until about a month ago with ANY Civ. But I have played Deity Denmark a lot. For better or worse, I got all the way to Deity without reading forums, so I executed my first Deity Domination runs starting with catapults, because I didn't know about CB rush as a tactic. So, yes I'm qualified to say that it can be done. Admittedly, I had Steam Power (for the extra move) and cannons when I finished my Domination runs, and it's possible that the extra movement point made all the difference. But I HAVE since then invaded other continents with XBs and taken capitals, so I'm 100% confident that the same can be done with Denmark even easier.
By the way, if you know so much about Deity domination with Denmark, I assume you've played with them a lot... right? Did you even try them at all on Deity, or just decide they sucked?