Pangaeda: New Age - the redheaded stepchild of Dom2?

[Nagot Gick Fel]

Originally posted by HotNifeThruButr:
Ahem, I've found that New Era Pangaea is an excellent theme.

I find it a bit weak when compared to the default though. And it seriously lacks diversity in its units, for me New Era is a theme with only 3 units and 3 leaders to pick from. Hmmm, and after a while the only unit I keep recruiting is the Cataphract. Even Ulm offers more variety.

BTW, isn't it odd that the new Pan loses an earth magic level as well as the maenad magnet effect? Shouldn't it be the other way around? New Era uses steel almost as much as Ulm, which means smiths, which means construction, which means earth magic. I think moving that 2nd earth from the basic Pan to his New Era cousin would help balancing the themes.