I will sign up as Team 2, then, though I still need someone like a dedlurker to go with me.
Regarding bans:
War Elephants can bring Medieval-age warfare at Ancient Age timing. Because WEs are STR8 while Spears are only STR4, you essentially cannot counter WEs until you get to Maces (Which is a losing battle as WEs cost less), Pikes (At Engineering!) or your own WEs. So it's heavily unbalancing and puts anyone without easy Ivory in deep trouble. I vote for a blanket ban on Elephants.
Nukes basically obsolete conventional warfare all together and turn the game into first-strike "drop nukes, laugh" warfare. There really isn't any way to defend against nukes. So it is both unbalances and unfun. I vote for a ban on Elephants.
Financial is usually banned a lot due to the fact that it is by far the strongest trait in the game: 1 commerce on anything getting 2 is an amazing boost that other traits usually cannot match well, especially when paired with another strong trait. This is because the boost is powerful, passive and can snowball into boosts that outdo other people's trait boosts.
India is usually banned because the Fast Worker is so much better than any other UU. The Inca, similiarly, have a far better UB than anyone else, though that is more debatable. The Fast Worker can snowball into any other advantage quicker than other UUs because it's speed just means it snowballs and snowballs. The Terrace is like being Creative on top of your other two traits and is just in general quite strong early on.
I recall an old banlist was all Financial leaders except Wang Kong + Sury banned. I think this is a good place to start or use if nobody has any other ones they would like to see gone.
Regarding bans:
War Elephants can bring Medieval-age warfare at Ancient Age timing. Because WEs are STR8 while Spears are only STR4, you essentially cannot counter WEs until you get to Maces (Which is a losing battle as WEs cost less), Pikes (At Engineering!) or your own WEs. So it's heavily unbalancing and puts anyone without easy Ivory in deep trouble. I vote for a blanket ban on Elephants.
Nukes basically obsolete conventional warfare all together and turn the game into first-strike "drop nukes, laugh" warfare. There really isn't any way to defend against nukes. So it is both unbalances and unfun. I vote for a ban on Elephants.
Financial is usually banned a lot due to the fact that it is by far the strongest trait in the game: 1 commerce on anything getting 2 is an amazing boost that other traits usually cannot match well, especially when paired with another strong trait. This is because the boost is powerful, passive and can snowball into boosts that outdo other people's trait boosts.
India is usually banned because the Fast Worker is so much better than any other UU. The Inca, similiarly, have a far better UB than anyone else, though that is more debatable. The Fast Worker can snowball into any other advantage quicker than other UUs because it's speed just means it snowballs and snowballs. The Terrace is like being Creative on top of your other two traits and is just in general quite strong early on.
I recall an old banlist was all Financial leaders except Wang Kong + Sury banned. I think this is a good place to start or use if nobody has any other ones they would like to see gone.