Thread to abuse Commodore's map balancing skills

[Dicorion]

My vote is for Willem of Sumeria too.

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EDIT - and I vote for using ironstar's post for our selection in the main thread.

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[Catwalk]

Daring Cat of Holy Roman Empire! I'm still convinced it'd work great for us with awesome mid-game economy, but I acknowledge that we won't be doing that. My backup vote is for Willem of Sumeria. Do we need an official poll, or is this sufficient to post our vote?

[Krill]

Willem of Sumeria it is. I don't actually think the UU is that much trash if we might be fighting WE, so long as we have cats it's a better clear up unit than a regular axe, and will defend better in a city or on a forest. I'd consider it to be a buff for this game.

More comments on the start later, right now need to go out.

[ironstar]

And just as predicted, team Parkin chooses HC

[Krill]

I'm betting Egypt>Izzy>Sury now...

[ironstar]

Bismarck of India perhaps?

[ironstar]

Anyone care to explain to me the finer points of synergy in Pacal of Vikings? I fail to see it. Also fishing/hunting start. Gotta say I don't get that pick at all.

[Square Leg]

I can only assume they want 3 move galleys for island harassment and decided on pacal since he was available... Darius of Viking would have at least had a bit of synergy. That said, pacal is a strong leader and the Vikings are going to be pretty good on this map so independently, they aren't that bad.

[Krill]

Fishing/Hunting though, suggests they are settling for the fish and maybe that they can get the fish and get deer as well?

[Gaspar]

Yeah, given we're talking about a Commodore map, Vikings are pretty shrewd. Start techs are obviously lousy, even when they work since they're lowest possible beaker count, but Commodore loves him some islands so TP have a lot of value.