Can´t say which is the worst civ to play since I tend to play the huge maps with 16 civs,that takes time,loads of time.So not enough to try all of them.
I agree on India.They are treacherous,attack with no provocation what so ever.I was playing China,on my continent it was Greece which was getting way too strong,they swallowed mighty Egypt,large parts of the Roman civilization,destroyed America (which was only being led back to world power by generous Chinese support and trade,wanted to use ´em as a buffer and ally
),after that came Japan.
They destroyed just about every civ on our continent,leaving me in the middle,my back to the sea,all around me to north,west, east I had a border with Greece.Just India remained in the south-west,naturally Greece attacked,India would have gone down like all the rest,but we supported them,at first by blocking Greek movements towards Indian cities,cheaper trade deals and lastly by intervening.Wasn´t that risky though,since Greece had fallen behind in Tech,160 Cavalry,destroyed by just about 20 newly built tanks and loads of artillery.
In the latter stages of the war Greece was down to 8 Cavalry,70 Rifleman remained,and they introduced the Infantry,so was preparing for a peace treaty.Had pushed all the Greek borders north,back to their homeland and a small pile of powerless Greek cities remained in the east,the remainders of America and Iroquois.Allied India was saved and China too,might have gotten nasty should Greece have settled from war,and got all those cities working properly and catching up in tech. For some reason Persia declared war on me,guess they didn´t like me getting too mighty,we did have a good relationship before that though.They got the French to ally with them,np since France is far in the east, and their ironclad navy is no match for battleships and subs,but then...France allies with India!India declares war on China!!!
Evil ba****ds.
They are no real threat but how can they repay my generousity like this ffs?!What´s more,our alliance against Greece had seven more rounds left on it.
Anyway,India really is treacherous,always polite but backstabbing.Greece,however could they lose and fall behind so far?They seemed to be mightier than everyone else.Am not sure if Greece always plays like this,they beat everyone on the continent,if they had made a peace I could imagine them having been undefeatable,yet their warmongering destroyed them. Russia is dangerous in the beginning but usually falls behind technologically and in infrastructure.England could be strong but tends to get destroyed by France or someone else in the middle of the game.Hate the Zulus,they expand rapidly and are a pain with their warriors and they have so many of them, moving fast on my defensless cities,early in the game.
In general,think that a lot of the warmongering enemies are dangerous in the beginning of the game,but lose out in the technological race or often get destroyed by another rival who is just as bloodthirsty.Their policy seems to be just as dangerous to them as to other nations, they fight,expand rapidly,but at some point fall behind in infrastructure and tech.All one has to do is survive till then.
What about Greece though,do they usually keep up?
