Talk:Civilizations (Age of Empires III)/@comment-60.240.231.127-20100920075004/@comment-3225604-20140224091609

I agree with Papermaniac of the point that no civilizations are the best. It depends how you play it. However, playing some civilizations can be difficult, while some are quite easy. For me, if you want me to give you a good civilization to start with, try the French and the German. For the French, the resource gatherer is more advanced than the normal settlers, and this means you can age up fast and have a prosperous economy in the early game, which is good for building early military. Same with German, but German has a mediocre unit, which is the Uhlans. You may use them to raid other people's bases, but they have a relatively low hitpoints which they can be dealt easily onwards.

If you want to try something hard, try Portuguese and Dutch. They are the civilizations which boom very late in the game, especially the Portuguese. However, they possess medium-good military.

If you want to do some carnage, try the British and the Chinese. The British offers 3 Li'l Bombards in a shipment, which is good for massacre, and the church advancement also includes skirmishers, which is good to wipe out the infantry entirely. The infantry is also spectacular, but don't train pikemen because they suck in my opinion. Musketeers are better alternatives, and can be upgraded to imperial status. For me, British cavalry is so bad that Hussars and Dragoons aren't good. Don't consider training a lot of them. Actually, a vast number of infantry can overwhelm the artillery. For the Chinese, there is a card that offers the Irregular to remain the health. Some players claim that Irregulars are unlimited, even though the pop size is over 200. Some players train a lot of Irregulars and start doing some slaughter. If you want to make the slaughter look more spectacular, include the Natives as well, but they don't really good in my opinion.