Most underrated Civ?

[CIVPhilzilla]

A lot of people think expansionious suck in this game, nothing could be further from the truth. If you are on a large pangea map, getting all the goodie huts filled with really good things, like techs units, even settlers or cities. Plus you can meet everyone so quickly and reap the rewards for selling contacts to other civs.

 

[Jormurgandr]

The Iroquois are a highly underrated civ, IMO (or were; my Conquests copy hasn't arrived yet. =/).

As others have stated, expansionist can be a very powerful trait under the right conditions, and religious is also very useful.

In addition to a solid trait combo, they have an excellent UU; it has the attack power of the swordsman and the mobility and retreat abilities of the horseman. Horsemen cannot run from them, and swordsmen are easily outmanuvered (in most circumstances). Because of their speed, reinforcements arrive very quickly.

The only bad thing is that, if you want to get the most out of your mounted warriors, you may have to initiate an early GA. That isn't too bad, though; the earlier you establish a mighty empire, the more points you'll get in the end, and the MW is one of the best early UUs for that purpose.

I usually play from regent to emperor. With the bonus units the AI has early on in deity, early conquests are harder, and the mounted warrior is less effective.

 

[sabo]

America.. I won my first Deity game as Americans. Funny thing is.. it was the first time I played the Americans too. You can't beat those traits for expanding quickly early on and building terrain improvements for more gold and sheilds...

 

[budweiser]

I said England. Expansionist gets a good start and commercial is good in the middle of the game. Most games are decided by the beginning of the third age.

I dont know about C3C.

 

[tjhooker]

How come everybody thinks Americas underrated? Wouldnt that mean that many people are playing with them, thus making them a first or second choice? And therefore not underrated?

Well, I have not played with each and every civ, but I guess Commercial trait is a bit underrated.

 

[Kaiser_Berger]

Korea, for sure. They're a science powerhouse, despite their crappy UU. Pretty much Greece without the hoplites. In that aspect they may be even better, as with Korea you don't have to worry about a despotic GA...from a UU, at least.