Rise of Nations: Strategy should be civilization specific
Any season player will tell you that the choice of civilization will make or break your game. This is all the more true in multi-player games. When our lot started playing, we quickly realized that certain nations are way much better than the rest. Soon, some of us developed their styles around certain civilizations. Amongst the entire lot, one of us could never figure out which is his best civ. He used to play the same with any civilization … soon it dawned on the rest of us, that this is the way the game is to be played. You need to be as good or as effective with any civilization. What needs to change is our choice of strategy.
For example, if you are Aztec, then you have to be a war-monger. You cannot stay in peace. If you are Greeks, then you have to boom and race ahead in terms of ages. So on and so forth. Some civilizations are well rounded. The Americans, Dutch … Indians … I think they are very well balanced to suit any strategy.
I know some of you may not agree, but I think the winning player is the one who can choose the right strategy with the right game play style with the right civilization. That’s the trick.
I think civilizations matter the most during the first half of the game.. i.e. upto age 5 or 6.. after that every team is powerful as others. And, really.. it doesn’t matter what civics i get..(sometimes, it does matter
).. i just decide whether to go for boom or to go for rush!! 
Vipul
15 Jan 10 at 1:46 pm
Yup I agree. It matters. So I was on a flyer in that game.
Chinese super booming. I also agree wit vips. He’s somewhat right. 
Ameya
15 Jan 10 at 1:49 pm
@Vipul & Ameya – I say it goes on till next ages as well. For eg, Ameya in that game I was Maya who have the best infantry in the last age (special unit). Prashant was British (who also have special units infantry and air support). Bygones anyways
What I am saying is that certain civilizations should decide your decisions rush/boom. An Aztec rush stands a better chance of succeeding than a Lakota one for instance!!
Prasad
15 Jan 10 at 10:00 pm
Ya I agree. But who’s gonna wait till the last age to attack u?? hehehe. And as that game is concern,I was Chinese and I purely boomed in that game.I’m sure Ur aware about the consequences when some1 attacking after a super boom.
That too King AMEYA !!! heheheh
Ameya
22 Jan 10 at 10:56 pm
@Ameya – Think back and tell me, you were Chinese that’s why you could super boom better. Had you been Mongols or Aztecs, then you could not have super boomed
Prasad
23 Jan 10 at 8:51 pm
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24 Jan 10 at 7:08 pm
in my opinion, one of the better civilizations is Bantu. Especially if u can build the Colossus and have the peacock resource. you can get 325 population limit. That means you can comfortably have 100 citizens or more pushing all of the resource caps to the limit and building you a very strong economy.
Dill
27 Feb 10 at 10:52 pm
@Dill – I agree, Bantu can be quite powerful given the peacock and Colossus, the fast moving infantry and the ultra-cheap cities. Booming seems to be their natural game, and that’s what I was saying … try to do this with Aztecs and you will see the difference. Some civvies just need to attack, while with others it is wiser to boom.
Prasad
28 Feb 10 at 7:02 am