Re: What is the easiest nation to play?
 

Easiest nation to play is the one you have played the most.

Best nation to start with to learn the ropes is one with little magic diversity and obvious strengths to take advantage of.

Niefel if you want to play with blesses, Abyssia if you want to just burn everything to the ground, and C'tis if you want to just spam skeletons at everyone forever and ever.

Now, there are tricks to any of those nations, but they each offer a relatively straightforward start up and power ramp up, and you don't have to mess around with much outside of your particular magic paths (Water/Death for Niefel, fire/blood for Abyssia, and Death/Nature for C'tis).

But yeah, generally, just pick one nation, read some guides on it, and play a dozen SP games (don't have to play them very far even) to get a feel for how you think it should run.

Re: What is the easiest nation to play?
 

Depends on your playstyle. Some nations suit some players better than others, for example, Ulm and Abysia are both nations that I like to play and fit me well.

In EA Vanheim and Helheim are good nations that have excellent line troops even without the sacreds, so you can try those. Ermor as well.

In MA, Ulm, Arco, Pythium, Ermor (but the communions and undead reanimation give it a bit of a spin, so a bit advanced to get the synergies going). Man is also a good choice, as is Marignon.

Try things, play around with them. DON'T start with EA or LA Mictlan or with the other tricksy nations unless they are really your style.

Re: What is the easiest nation to play?
 

I'd say Niefelheim personally, read a guide once,use some sort of bless and it's a piece of cake.

Re: What is the easiest nation to play?
 

I would say Ashdod now, its a breeze to play and you will probably win your very 1st game (SP).:)

All other nations may disappoint afterwards thou...:(

I can't say I have really noticed the population eating negative effect but then I just played them with a E9 N8 and recruited Adon's and Zamzummites.

In the MP I am in a Adon after being severely horror marked got attacked by the doom horror, hunter of heros and went half a dozen rounds with him. He nearly killed him, reducing the hunter to 25hps before failing his MR check vs the soul slaying weapon. One more hit and he would have been a hero...:D

Re: What is the easiest nation to play?
 

I think there is a difference between "easiest to play" for a newbie, and easiest to win with. To me the easiest to PLAY might be something like LA Ulm. Mostly just worrying about armored armies, and not magic or quirks particular to specific nations.

Re: What is the easiest nation to play?
 

I agree Gandalf. To me easiest is the nation which requires the fewest clicks to do well with.

Thus any one focusing on communions is right out ;)

Re: What is the easiest nation to play?
 

Ok, how about Ulm or Man then. That seems like the most drop kick of nations.

Re: What is the easiest nation to play?
 

Yes those strike me as correct.

Its like in RPGs or someone learning DnD or something like that. I tell them start as Human, Fighter. Maybe even Human Barbarian. Why? Because you already know how to play human barbarian. :)
That way you can learn the game first, and the specialties later.

In Dom3 it would seem to me that Ulm or Man (slap head for forgetting Man) would come already filled in with much of the basic "what do I do with this" information. The units are recognizable without a history degree, the abilities are obvious, etc.

He might not win. And would feel like there is so much more they could do. But thats good. Then he moves on gradually into the fun stuff. :)

DejaVu on this conversation: what are the nations that the demo is limited to?

Re: What is the easiest nation to play?
 

Thanks everyone! Yeah, I guess easiest to play was what I was looking for. My brother and I are just starting and I was looking for a nation with fairly straight-forward strategies.
As I know you all know, this game can be very overwhelming in the beginning.

Re: What is the easiest nation to play?
 

My recommendation is MA Marignon. It has familiar human troops, and gives you a chance to get used to magic with their powerful battle mages.