Guess it depends on how you play them.
I am in 2 games turns in the 80's and 90's and right in the hunt and we just finished one from exhaustion that was in the ninties that had another 50 turns to get to a winner.
What you say is basically true about troops, but sometimes the parts can become bigger than the whole if you know how to use your strengths.
Anyway, I have always played Arco and have had good success in games and have enjoyed this nation immensly.
Wanna have a good time....try playing with some of the best players and play against Helheim, Sauro, Caelem, Niefl etc and out last a lot of them.
It doesn't matter if you win the game, just being there at the end is good enough with a nation like Arco for me.
