Vikes are among the best all-round civs considering all types of maps. They are top 5 in most maps really, and the best on many maps with enough water.
It's the best civ according to my playstyle, when I play with them I almost only win. Only noobs say they suck because "lol they don't have heavy cavalry and halberdiers".
Infantry power + good archery and siege + top notch eco FTW.
"Mayans are just simply better than Aztecs in Imperial Age.
They get plumes (which are far better than Aztec Arbalests), better Eagles, better spears, can get thumbring and ring archer armor for their Skirms, can get Galleon (Why the hell don't Aztecs get Galleon I will never know"
Not that much the case in AoFE. Their skirmishers get +1 attack/+1 range with Atlatl tech in Castle Age (best Skirmishers of the game), which will cause some trouble to Plumed when massed, without spending one gold.
And in AoFE, swordsmen-line get +2 bonus against Eagles, which means that Champions get +8 bonus against Eagles. Even with El Dorado researched, an Aztec Champion will deal 17 + 8 + 4 (Garland Wars) - 4 (FU Eagle Warrior melee armor) = 25 damage to an Eagle Warrior, which is huge: in 4 hits the Eagle is dead.
And I don't even count the Aztecs Siege Onnies which also flatten Plumed easily when micro correctly. IMO it's a tie in Imp between them. In maps with no relief where Plumed can't take advantage of hill bonuses (maps such as Arena or Salt Marsh), I will definitely go for Aztecs and not Mayans.
Viking aren't a bad civ, I just don't like using them in post imp if there's absolutely no water to be found (Black Forest, Arena). Arguably best on water, but I feel like Japanese are just as good on water, and stronger on land (gunpowder, keeps, best trebs and FU HCA minus bloodlines, slightly better horses) and Samurai are awesome. Eco is a different story, but it's not like the Japanese have no eco bonuses. Their fish boats work faster, and cheaper eco buildings give a nice boost in dark age. I think in terms of my strongest civs, Japanese rank on my top 5 along with Celt, Goths, Franks and Aztecs.
No champs get +6 in aofe, dont believe me download geni editor and look ursellf that how i get rofs speed and all that other stuff, for the op in question most of the fe are bad, and by bad i dont mean **** i mean not op not very good, which to many could be a good thing, its a bad thing for me since imo the new civs are very bland
oh and feanor please explain how magyars are op, is it the fact that they have no real eco bonus especially in maps where they are few wolves?
my number one depends on if im playing a closed or open map, but since im mainly a BF/Michi Player ill go ahead and use that list
1. Koreans (11 range siege onagers is just hella amazing. I use to hateeee these guys, my least favorite civ, until of course i played them on Michi using BBTs and Siege Onagers and War Wagons, damn did I kick ass. Now theyre my favorite civ!)
2. Mongols (super quick siege onagers and CAs? Hell yes.)
3. Goths (INFANTRY SPAM, fun as hell, who doesnt love these guys? my friend hates em cuz he loves to wall and they only got palisades)
4. Spanish (conquistadors are awesome, these guys use to be my favorite civ until I broke out of my shell and tried other ones)
5. Saracens (Mameluke is one of my favorite units, throwing scimitars off a camel is kinda cool, plus that nasty 130 health these dudes are monsters massed up)
6. Turks (use to hate them because they were super crappy when you ran low on gold, sometimes unit production was faster than trade production, but then i learned to love them after getting them ALLLLL THE TIMMEEE on random michis....)
7. Mayans
8. Chinese (who doesnt love chu ko nu + scorpions?)
9. Huns (i love catching people off guard with CA's in BF!!)
10. Vikings (these guys had to make the list, i dont like water maps and i especially hate them on land maps, because infantry is so god dang weak! theres is a little better though with the health bonus, and i won tons of games by getting them by random choice, which is why theyre #10)
23. Japanese (HATE THIS CIV SO MUCH!!! This civ, along with vikings and turks, I ~ALWAYS~ get them. ALWAYS. 4 games in a row i'd get japanese. The others, like vikings and turks, i grew to like. not these guys, if its not goths im not interested in using infantry, in a multiplayer match at least. always get my ass handed to me when i play them, i guess im just not good with nippon)
Vikings.. they're the easier civ to play than huns for me
Spanish.. faster building seems to help me, plus their army is not anything to scoff at
Britons are so simple but I like them
Franks are also simple, but same.
Huns are fun in DM, but I feel disdain for them in RM.
I sort of like Italians, but I feel like they could be more interesting. nothing really comes to mind when you play them. Maybe that crossbowman
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