I still don't see why Scutarii are so great, either. You have to play offensively with Carthage unless you've got onagers, because they've got nothing but slingers and javelineers.Ĭarthage gets Spanish Mercs, too. Should this go in the strategy discussions?Ĭarthage's worst point = it's missile units. Well, after making you laugh your guts out with my biggest post and first thread, I hope you give your opinion on this. I'm working on one, but it's not going so well. And it can't be too long until someone devises a great Spanish strat. The only place where Spain really sucks is in multi player, but otherwise their a good choice. The romans or Egyptians are the late game threats depending on how you conquered. Now which factions are a threat? Gaul is propably the single biggest threat through the early game. There is always the ever presen opsion of mass migration to a rich land such as Greece or Italy if you're confident in your armies and abilities.

But in the end, you'll end up going against the Romans. There are many choices on which way you should conquer Africa or Europe. Spain doesn't have a 'great' navy, but you can make do. While Spain isn't necessarily(sp) rich, this can be fixed. Carthaginians usually don't try to capture Corduba back since the Scipii and Julii wipe them out. They don't have any overly powerful enemies in the beginning since the Gauls are fighting the Julii, Germans, and Britons plus you. They start controlling 4 provinces, more than the Romans. They get good infantry bull warriors, scutarii, and can get the best mercs in the game (in my opinion), Spanish mercs.

Missile units equal to those of the Carthaginians. Why does everyone think that Spain sucks? They get average cav, okay, they can't get good high level cav but so what.

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