YOUR Favourate Civ

[Alexander great]

You got to tell which is your favourate and the reasons.

Basically my favourate is the Aztecs.Those Jaguar warriers can beat an early enemy quite easily.I have destroyed 2-3 civs alone with it.or atleast beat to submission.

 

[thetrooper]

Currently Korea. Or commercial civs in general.

Why? They adopt well to my builder-style.

 

[SuperBeaverInc.]

Ottomans. Awesome UU and traits. Followed by the Vikings, because the Berserks absolutely dominate.

 

[TimBentley]

Iroquois: agricultural, commercial, mounted warrior. Also they start with alphabet and pottery.

 

[Ringo Kid]

My favorite civ is the Greeks, due to the Hoplite. They can gain you an early advantage that allows quicker expansion. And that stronger start allows you to go either military or builder as you prefer.

 

[Aabraxan]

There are still many civs that I haven't tried yet, but so far, China. Industrious, militaristic, and the Rider. It's a warmonger civ with a UU in the early MA. Hit your GA, pump out a ton of Riders and sweep the continent.

 

[adog]

Iroquois, for basically the same reasons Tim said. Celts second, I love the gallic swordsman.

 

[Son_Of_Dido]

Seafaring is my favorite trait, so my favorite civ is naturally a seafaring one, and in fact I'm sure my personal top 10 list would be dominate by the Seafarers. Carthage and the Byzantines are constantly fighting for #1 with me; Carthage brings probably my second favorite trait (Industrious) to the table, along with what I think is an underheralded starting trait combo: Alphabet and Masonry. Do you realize you're only two researches away from Currency that way? Getting marketplaces that much earlier, AND a tech monopoly on such a valuable tech (and perhaps on math too!) makes it pretty easy to fill out the rest of the tree via trade. Downside to Carthage is that its UU is expensive, unavoidable, and thus will trigger an early, perhaps even Despotic, Golden Age (although at least it'll hold your ground; being the best defender of the Ancient Era).

The Byzantines counter with Scientific (probably my third favorite trait behind Seafaring and Industrious), which is powerful in many ways, and the Dromon, which is probably my favorite UU and could possibly be the best. Especially when you are a Seafaring Junkie who loves to play archipelago.

And while Militaristic is one of weaker traits in terms of game mechanics, its probably the best/funnest trait in terms of "getting into character". While I'm pretty militaristic in my strategic approach anyway, it's just plain more FUN, for some reason, to play a militaristic civ and take that approach. Throw in my good friend Seafaring, and another "perhaps the best" UU, and you've got the Vikings, another favorite civ of mine, (though I'm cooling off on them as I inch my way up the difficulty ladder).

The raw power of the Agricultural trait puts the Dutch up there too, along with another factor: The Agricultural and Seafaring trait combo is very good at AVOIDING triggering golden ages via wonders. So you can build them and not get that undesireable early GA. Unless somebody attacks you in the middle ages and runs aground on that 1/4/1 defender, but again, it comes in the middle ages and is contigent on a strategic resource, so you can avoid it until you're ready for the Golden Age too.

 

[Doom666]

Ottomans. Awesome UU and traits. Followed by the Vikings, because the Berserks absolutely dominate.

+1

Bronze working for starters, and free Philosophy, or was it code of laws...

Sipahis own everything up to middle industrial, and there's the industrious/scientific traits. ^_^

Plus, they make great shishkebab!!

 

[Bartleby]

...and free Philosophy, or was it code of laws......

The first civ to discover philosophy gets a free tech...you can choose which one.

I can't really pick one favourite civ, but I'm a sucker for Agricultural.

 

[gmaharriet]

Iroquois...same reasons as Tim and adog. I also enjoy playing other civs with a fast UU like the Celts, Ottomans, Russia and China.

I think I might also like Japan if I could EVER find a start for them that contained iron for Samurai...my computer never seems to give the Japanese any iron.

 

[Norton II]

Guess I'll jump on the Iroquois bandwagon, too. They've got the best starting techs, a very powerful trait combo (possibly the strongest), and one of the best UUs. The Maya are another favorite of mine, even if their UU leaves much to be desired. The Celts are my favorite for 100k (IMHO gallic swordsmen and agri > bowmen and sci) and are good for everything else too (maybe not so great for 20k, though). France is my favorite non-agri civ; although their UU's not so great, they have the strongest non-agri trait combo.

Note to Alexander great; many of the civs we've referred to have different trait combos in Conquests than in PTW. Some of them, like the Maya, are only in Conquests.

 

[qummik]

Persia. Faster workers and free techs. The UU comes just in right time, when there is no more room for expanding.

 

[Smellincoffee]

Generally, the Aztecs. Nice color, unique city names, and they've interested me since seventh grade. For practical game-playing purposes...the Greeks. Greek history has fascinated me since elementary school, their colors are OK, Hoplites are a wonderful resource, and the traits are excellent.

 

[Scratcher]

As I prefer to play small or standard pangaea maps I find the Iroquois to suit my play style. I usually research the wheel first to find those horses, then beeline for the philosophy republic slingshot. By this time (hopefully around 1600bc) I have finished expanding and just pump out the Mounted Warriors and can win by conquest or domination in quick time.

I also enjoy China, Arabia and the Ottomans all for their fast UU but the earlier availability of the Mounted Warrior, for me anyhow, gives the Iroquois the edge.

 

[JIM JOIN JUMP]

Ottoman, who needs tank when you could mass those Muslim Cowboy and own.

 

[archimandrite]

This is almost a gripe on my part but right now I'm having difficulty playing anything but Iroquois. For relative newcomers to Demi/Deity with a "builder" outlook, there aren't so many choices unless you stack the map somehow. Not so wild about the UU, though. Would have preferred a cheap defensive one.

 

[adog]

^^^Defensive units are pretty useless in this game. The mounted warrior is probably the best UU in the game.

 

[Xanikk999]

Celts are my favorite now.

I absolutely adore agricultural (except in RnR it sucks with 3 food consumption there) and i like religious for cheap happiness buildings and no anarchy.

And the UU is superior to the mounted warrior btw.

It has 3 attack 2 defense and 2 movement. Its sort of like a mounted swordsmen...

 

[Scratcher]

^^ as I attack in numbers, I do not intend to be defending when using the Mounted Warrior. So paying 20 shields extra for that additional 1 defence of the Gallic Swordsman is in my opinion not worth it.