It gives a really bad feeling to me to have a civilisation in hands which is just plain worse than an other civ.. not just on a specific map, but overall.
Compare Franks and Teutons..
What do franks have that teutons don't?
- Stronger knights ("free bloodlines", slightly more hp, husbandry, more LOS)
- Cheaper castles (but not a UU you like to castle drop with)
- and some minor upgrades like Herbal Medicine, Architecture, Dry Dock
What do teutons have that franks don't?
- much bigger farm boost than the frankish bonus
- imperial wood upgrade
- Siege Onagers
- Ring Archer Armor
- complete Monastery with monk bonus
- Guilds
- Squires
- much more useful team bonus
- stronger defensive structures (no architecture, but UT and BBT!)
- quite handy LOS and attack bonus for TCs
- also handy free murder holes
- can garrison 10 population in towers
- and some minor upgrades like Sappers, Heated Shot + Keep
Both UU are extremely situational; probably the TK is stronger than Axethrowers.
No light cavalry is hardly a setback with bloodlines, Teuton trash game is stronger thanks to Ring Archer Armor and Squires..
Compare Franks and Teutons..
What do franks have that teutons don't?
- Stronger knights ("free bloodlines", slightly more hp, husbandry, more LOS)
- Cheaper castles (but not a UU you like to castle drop with)
- and some minor upgrades like Herbal Medicine, Architecture, Dry Dock
What do teutons have that franks don't?
- much bigger farm boost than the frankish bonus
- imperial wood upgrade
- Siege Onagers
- Ring Archer Armor
- complete Monastery with monk bonus
- Guilds
- Squires
- much more useful team bonus
- stronger defensive structures (no architecture, but UT and BBT!)
- quite handy LOS and attack bonus for TCs
- also handy free murder holes
- can garrison 10 population in towers
- and some minor upgrades like Sappers, Heated Shot + Keep
Both UU are extremely situational; probably the TK is stronger than Axethrowers.
No light cavalry is hardly a setback with bloodlines, Teuton trash game is stronger thanks to Ring Archer Armor and Squires..