Carthage is junk, the UU is a straight nerf. It should never, ever, be picked if HA combat is likely.
Rome in this mod is not much better. Preats are stack and city defenders, UB does literally nothing.
Portugal on what is essentially a pangaea is no better than Rome.
That leaves England with the late game...everything.
If you intend to settle in place, I would probably not take England unless you intended to go BW first, and grow to size 2 prior to finishing the workboat (crab for 4 turns, silk for 1 turn then silk/plains hill forest to finish wb eot T7, revolt T11 worker eot T12 following slave). And then you realise it is no better than starting with different starting techs anyway.
No worries about delay in replies, I'm trying to get an essay finished and just don't care about it, so I'm procrastinating.
Rome in this mod is not much better. Preats are stack and city defenders, UB does literally nothing.
Portugal on what is essentially a pangaea is no better than Rome.
That leaves England with the late game...everything.
If you intend to settle in place, I would probably not take England unless you intended to go BW first, and grow to size 2 prior to finishing the workboat (crab for 4 turns, silk for 1 turn then silk/plains hill forest to finish wb eot T7, revolt T11 worker eot T12 following slave). And then you realise it is no better than starting with different starting techs anyway.
No worries about delay in replies, I'm trying to get an essay finished and just don't care about it, so I'm procrastinating.