I’m curious to see the community’s answers on this topic and if anyone agrees with my personal pick. This doesn’t have to be most Overpowered or Underpowered, just the one that you don’t like playing at all.
For me, it’s The Indians. I just don’t get them.
The “villagers cost wood” gimmick always throws me off in the early game.
Their roster of units is kinda counterintuitive and very focused on the population heavy elephants.
Are 4 different elephant units really necessary?(5 if you count the Brahmin, 6 if you count the Sufi War Elephant which is available via Shipment)
The sacred cows mechanic is just a worst version of the Japanese shrine.
They have my least favorite wonders, monks and consulate allies of the 3 Asian Dynasties Civs.
The Haudenosaunee are my second least favorite, followed by The Aztecs in third. Hauds are a little bit bland when compared to the other Native American civs and the Aztecs fell limited since they don’t cavalry or artillery, but hopefully the upcoming patch will make them more interesting.
(first off OOF my favourite civs are haudenosaunee, india and aztec)
for me its france and germany. both have gimmicky villagers, they both feel very one dimensional with limited builds and options, and with germany especially, I’m always getting housed. Shipments always feel too slow, their early age 2 is micro heavy, i despise crossbowmen in every regard and like neither uhlans nor war wagons. They also both feel very vanilla with nothing about them being memorable or particularly fun
Awe. India is one of my favourite civs to play - I’d play them more if they were viable in the late game, but their lack of an ability to make up for their slow train times makes them useless in treaty games and largely non-viable in FFA games, which are the two game modes I solely play.
I don’t like the Lakota the most, but that’s because I am Lakota and can see all the issues with them, and I hate how useless their economy is.
Other than, I hate Japan. They have passive auras on passive auras on random buffs on random buffs. Too much stuff going on - whoever made it was a weeb who wanted to overload Japan with as much stuff as possible.
haudenaushaune. I love their units and overall apperance, but im always short on ressources. I can play every other civ cassually/‘just for fun’, but with hauds its always a fight and im stressed even against worse players. Forest prowlers and light cannons are easily in my top 5 favorite units, but getting them is such a pain.
(Also assigning villagers from your already miserable eco to the CP feels bad)
I like France, even though I do admit that they can be rather OP. But I agree with you on Germany, the free Uhlans bonus can be a pain in the ass to manage and their unique units are pretty bad when compared to other european civs. Of the european civs, I think Germany is the one that needs an overhaul the most.
It’s funny that your likes and dislikes are basically the completely opposite of mine. Gameplay wise I quite like the Lakota, but I understand that their representation still needs a lot of polishing. And I love Japan, it’s OP, yes, but it’s pretty fun to play and well designed. The issue is that clearly the same amount of care was not given to most other civs.
I feel that the Hauds just need a little push on their economy. Maybe allowing their healers to use the CP to free more villagers for other tasks or maybe replacing that awkward mining system with something more practical and interesting.
im surprised to see the dislike for india. I’ll agree when I first tried learning india they felt underwhelming and overwhelming simultaneously but once you have the basic 6 min open down by heart (7 vills to wood, trickle, age, market, trickle, 300 export) and rehearsed India is a powerhouse.
OMG, the hate to india😢 its one of my favourite civs with Aztecs (I play treaty the most).
Maybe I like them cause few people use them. I cant play Japan, USA or Sweden, there are always players with this civs in the match.
If I have to choose one, maybe Inca. They take too much from aztecs, I see their units weaker than aztecs and I dont like that their units cost wood.
