Vagrant Knight: Becuz peeps is dumb. naw, really, whats so bad about carth that puts them in league with Greece? Lets see wha tthey have against them:
1. No economic bonus.
2. weak-arse bronze age archers.
Okay, point 1 is irelevent as hittite has no economic bonus, and it makes out damn good. So whats the reason? people see the Elephant and academy bonus and think: "Great Greece meets persia" However! carth has some strong points:
1. Camels
2. Supra-kickin academy units
3. Kick assin' iron age that no player can make fun of or treat with disrespect.
Why does their iron-age rule?
1. Supra Eles.
2. Supra-FG
3. Supra-Cents
4. Balls/heles to deal with enemy Eles if you opt for it.
now how they stack up against rivals:
Shang: Puh-lease no contest, shang smears carth in bronze, or hamstrings'em and picks'at'em in iron with priests, scythes and HA
Phoen: Almost as good as Shang vs. Carth, problem? not really, however should carth survive with decent res it cans tomp phoens little arse around like a ragin' elephant, which it happens to posses.
Assy: Yummy..Camels vs. CA? thank you for wasting your gold. Academy against CA/priests: hey i luv free stuff. Iron age vs. iron age? ACK!
Yamster: ROFLMGDPAOTISFFICBI! Yama is screwed all over besides its almost irelevant bonus with Villies, and its Boat Bonus is great, but what can you do to iron-carth? what can you do to prevent iron carth? NOT MUCH!
Hittite: Hmmm..in bronze..your bad off, but in iron..hittite now loses on all fronts, cuz those HA don't chew up EA/WE fast enuff, and your priests blow.
Sumar: much like hittite, however even bronze is a dangerous and forelorn time..why? lesse: You got camels, they got camels, you got CA, they got nuthin, you got..oh wait, those camels wasted ya, NM.
Persia: hmm? the crack-head civ vs. the steroid civ? errr...depends on who has first blow and who takes most damage fro mthat blow.
Greece: pathetic, greece bronze bloweth, greece iron is to slow to stop the WE hordes and HA that'll follow-up any succesful smash.
Mace: are we laughing yet? mace has two things goin' for its bronze-age: Comps, and ST...sadly, those won't stop the camels that get there before their ready, or the hopers who are massed out ready to swarm
Palmyran: hmm..toss-up, prolyl palmy will win, their faster, and have more selection
Choson: Ok, this is a joke..no nobility, no camel, no hope.
Egyptian: hmm....toss-up, egypt got great priests, but their camels are average, and their chariots still git murdered by camels.
Ca are good, but you need walls, and slingers chew wallsand CA, or just let the Camels in.
Minoan: defentatly minoan all the way..carth has nuthin!
rome: Coem on, what does rome have that means they'll win? Hops beatcav, swords, and towers..which is about what roman bronze is!
Bablyonian: these guys bad...its a slow shang, with killer towers. So who wins? babsie likely