King of the World #22: Gilgamesh

[The Oz-Man]

The only thing I dislike about Gilgamesh is that if you're playing as him, you don't get to end up on the map with him and therefore you don't get to see him do the "grab the camera and shake his head no" thing he does when refusing trades.

Stone cold, that man. God. King.

 

[Brian Shanahan]

1) Pro is no longer crap now that we know how to Engineering rush. Pro crossbows and half cost castles are actually uber for treb rushing. Also if lacking Iron, you still get Vultures + trebs.

Pro is still 100% worse than the next worse trait, as a) humans do not get into situations where they're using it often. Even defending humans tend to be mobile, and b) it only makes AIs slightly harder to crack when it comes to an offensive war.
I'd take Shaka (EXP/AGG) over Wang (FIN/PRO) in most situations (comparing 2nd/3rd best and 2nd worst to best and worst), how lowly do I rate Pro (and I don't rate AGG well either).

 

[framserv]

Giggles is too underated around here, mainly stemming from the old 'OMG Pro is crap therefore anyone with Pro must be crap' mentality.

....

No one is more versatile and adaptable as giggles is.

I have to agree with bhavv, Giggles is flexible and powerful even though protective is still pretty much useless.

After being inspired by the start I gave this a go. The map is massive and I am sorry to say I got bored - it seemed so easy to keep up in tech while steadily vassalling one neighbour after another. Giggles has a really powerful start location here.

 

[The Oz-Man]

Nothing useless at all about Protective--particularly when Gunpowder comes around.

 

[Mouthwash]

*sigh*

Good times. Gooooood times.

 

[mtrein]

Wish Neal would come back. His last activity is 5 years ago, so I don't think it likely though.

 

[Jaaboo]

Aw, all his pictures broke too. I have no idea what happened to him but I loved these series and his writing.