Final Feedback (for my current game)
I am basically done with my Colonial Bulgaria game... will edit if something major happens in the final turns.
---Spain---
AI Performance: A+
Balance Rating: F
In my game, Spain managed to only hold off Cordoba for a while. Then Portugal spawned. Following the Cordoban conquests in Luistania, Spain took full advantage of the sprad out forces. They managed to take a number of cities including Porto, Toledo, and Valencia. Cordoba then collpased. Spain rampaged through the independents. They also took Sardinia and a couple of north African settlements. Later, a war with France saw them controlling Bordeaux, Tours, and Paris. They also took Lyon in a war with Burgundy (my vassal).
---Portugal---
AI Performance: F
Balance Rating: F
Never spawned for more than a few turns. Never managed to respawn either.
---Cordoba---
AI Performance: B
Balance Rating: A
Cordoba did better than usual in this round. They managed to pressure Spain up until Portugal's spawn. They then conquered Portugal. Later, as Tunisia, they managed to found a couple of cities and expand their micronation.
---France---
AI Performance: A-
Balance Rating: B+
France was OPd early in my game. Taking all of historic France, and all of Burgundy for a time, the French were set to be a top 5 power late game. Only a combined English-Spanish assault made this a non-reality for them.
---Burgundy---
AI Performance: C
Balance Rating: B+
Burgundy did fairly well as an independent nation in my game. They managed to fight the French, and survived for quite awhile. Eventually, they collpased. A later respawn with only Marseilles and Lyon saw them becoming my vassal. They did manage to take Dijon and Bescanon (2 tiles east of Dijon) after France's collpase.
---Genoa---
AI Performance: C-
Balance Rating: D+
Genoa is vastly UPd. They never expand peacefully either. They simply build their cities, and then sit there. Easy pickings for the might of my Bulgarian Empire.
---Venice---
AI Performance: D (due to bug)
Balance Rating: B+
Venice started well in my game. Unfortunetly, a large Venetian stack got stuck near Ragusa. 1 E by 1 NE. Founded one city, culture flipped another. Still, they managed to remain relatively high in points, tech, and military prowess.
---Germany---
AI Performance: A
Balance Rating: C-
In my game, Germany was OPd. Why? Poland collapsed early, and never pulled a respawn. As a result, the Germans grew quite powerful in the east. While not on top the entire game, Germany was easily a top 5 power.
---The Netherlands---
AI Performance: D-
Balance Rating: C
The Dutch never saw action in my game. Well, I suppose they did. The Germans conquered them very soon after the spawn. They also went Catholic as a nation due to the lack of a Reformation.
---England---
AI Performance: A-
Balance Rating: A
England is perhaps the best balanced civ in the game right now. They managed to succesfully unite the British Isles without any problems. On the mainland, they only held Normandy late game. By pacting with Spain, England manage to remain a strong power in west Europe.
---Denmark-Norway---
AI Performance: B+
Balance Rating: A+
I take back what I said about England. This civ performed wonderfully acurrately. They colonized Norway, Denmark, and Sweden. After Sweden spawned, they fought without managing to retake any cities. They were also in a war with England for a long time, but nothing happened on either side of the war.
---Sweden---
AI Performance: C+
Balance Rating: A
Sweden had an uneventful game. Spawned, made the Norse life horrible, fell to mediocracy.
---Lithuania---
AI Performance: A+
Balance Rating: A-
For being Lithuania, this civ sure managed to do well. They acted similar to a second Muscovy without the Polish pressure. They expanded all the way to the Black Sea via the former Kievan cities. They also fought a war with Muscovy for most of the game...both sides held their own.
---Muscovy---
AI Performance: A-
Balance Rating: B+
Expanded fast thoughout Russia. Tried to fight Lithuania, but failed. If anything, Muscovy lost ground. Still, they were a serious force to be reckoned with during this game.
---Austria---
AI Performance: F
Balance Rating: D-
Austria never really did anything in my game. Briefly, it appeared they would conquer a collpased Hungary, but nothing actually happened. They ended up collapsing themselves.
---Hungary---
AI Performance: B
Balance Rating: B
Hungary expanded to it's historical borders in my game. Managed to do quite well. Until they fought me, that is. Hungary collapsed after I took their capitol. Later, they did respawn. They grew about as powerful before offering to become my vassal.
---Bulgaria---
AI Performance: N/A
Balance Rating: D
Bulgaria is way OPd. As long as they defeat the Byzantines, nothing stands in their way to world domination. A huge production base and a unsaturated area make their start one of the strongest. Not to throw a curveball at you here, but a Serbian nation (as a full civ) might actually be the best solution. I realize it would be a lot of work, but I can't figure out how else to balance Bulgaria.
---Byzantines---
AI Performance: D-
Balance Rating: A
The Byzantines blew their empire, as usual. Not much to report here.
---The Ottomans---
AI Performance: A
Balance Rating: C+
The Ottomans should have a different spawn point. By spawning so close to the Balkans, they manage to conquer one of the best areas in all of Europe. I personnally fought them back, but they still managed to conquer all of the Middle East, Anatolia, Crimea, and Donets province on the east Black Sea. Top 5 power at the end.
---Arabs---
AI Performance: B
Balance Rating: B+
Collapsed right after the Germans conquered Jerusalem. Respwned and then kicked the Germans out of the Middle East. Later, they collapsed again.
--Minor Points---
1. I can't create Vinland despite having North America access. I got it through other colonies, but I still wish I could build it as a minor colony.
2. If a non-Catholic nation founds Protestantantism, there is no reformation.
3. Mongols (barbarians) stop conquering once they collapse Kiev. Historically, they attempted both Polish and Hungarian conquests, so this isn't real accurate.
This is just from my game... I am thinking about trying a Genoa game next. Will do the same thing with that one if I have time.
) mind on some unreachable city (in UK, perhaps) and cannot find a route to get there. He fixed it for many civs -- looks like Venice is not in that list.
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