Your Favorite Nation/Theme

[Keir Maxwell]

Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
Man, Pangaea, Ulm (with Black Forest)
Hmm something psychological in that list. All underdogs with heavy capability toward sneaking armies.

Though I would seriously question describing Pangaea as an underdog.

My favourite race/theme to play so far is Pangaea. Centaur Warriors rock - fast, quick to build, sneaky, powerful, enough HP's to survive zap bangs, and berserk!! You have all the commanders you need to make things work (fast ones, stealthy ones, troop producing ones , Mass Protection casting ones) and the ability to easily produce lots of supply items and cast Mass Protection to turn your army into a nightmare. As the game goes on use your increased resource base to produce Centaur Cataphracts for extra crunch to deploy in the middle of the battle.

I know alot of people rate Minatours and Satyrs but I think they just slow down your expansion and make life complicated - go for lotsa fast troops and forget the slow ones. Speed and power - hard to beat.

I also think that the Pan are widely misunderstood as there seems a commenly held view they arn't much worth playing in an order race (what you need to use Centaur Warriors - must have gold). In practice you go for a weak dominion with Pangaea, its easy to boost with cheap temples, and your Pani spend most of their time in others dominion. They produce a steady flow of Maenads to deploy in the center on hold and attack to take archery while your Centaur Warriors ride in from the flanks. Add to this the Pani are stealthy, give a healthy suppply bonus, can cast Mass Protection later and Panic earlier.

So for me it has to be Pangaea. While the magic may be a bit weak as the game goes on its very useable early and the combination of power, stealth, and speed has the ability to challenge the best and suits my style even better than Vanheim.

Cheers

Keir