Taken from the 1399 start, who are the most over-powered nations in your opinion, and who are the most under-powered?
For me:
Over-powered:
- Castille: 2nd best navy at game's start, as well as one of the best armies. An all-around power-house. A fairly isolated position in the European context, which is advantage enough without the massive land/naval buffing. Its kinda the same here for England, who has the best navy at game start as well as having the capacity to build up a formidable land force as well. But at least the English have the French to deal with.
- Burgundy: Take Bar, rule the world. Seems that way in any case. You link the two parts of the kingdom and you can basically bitch-slap whoever you want. Was Burgundy ever really that powerful?
Under-powered
- Aragon: Vassalise "super rich" Italy and you're still barely scraping by on the income. Was Aragon really that far behind Castille pre-union. In fact maybe my views on Castille (above) are a bit clouded because of how far ahead of Aragon they are at game's start.
- The Ottomans: Self-explanatory. Get cluster-f***ed almost every game I play. If its not the GH and Timmies, its Castille (and the rest of Europe) beating the living hell out of them. I don't think they fall into that lucky nations options that you can click on before the game starts. They very rarely survive in my games, but I suppose its the same for a lot of Muslim nations.
Disagree? Probably. Its just a impulse thread off the top of my noggin, but I welcome criticism. Its the only way I'll learn.:blush:
Please suggest other nations as you see fit.
For me:
Over-powered:
- Castille: 2nd best navy at game's start, as well as one of the best armies. An all-around power-house. A fairly isolated position in the European context, which is advantage enough without the massive land/naval buffing. Its kinda the same here for England, who has the best navy at game start as well as having the capacity to build up a formidable land force as well. But at least the English have the French to deal with.
- Burgundy: Take Bar, rule the world. Seems that way in any case. You link the two parts of the kingdom and you can basically bitch-slap whoever you want. Was Burgundy ever really that powerful?
Under-powered
- Aragon: Vassalise "super rich" Italy and you're still barely scraping by on the income. Was Aragon really that far behind Castille pre-union. In fact maybe my views on Castille (above) are a bit clouded because of how far ahead of Aragon they are at game's start.
- The Ottomans: Self-explanatory. Get cluster-f***ed almost every game I play. If its not the GH and Timmies, its Castille (and the rest of Europe) beating the living hell out of them. I don't think they fall into that lucky nations options that you can click on before the game starts. They very rarely survive in my games, but I suppose its the same for a lot of Muslim nations.
Disagree? Probably. Its just a impulse thread off the top of my noggin, but I welcome criticism. Its the only way I'll learn.:blush:
Please suggest other nations as you see fit.