Well, I went and played 3 games as French this morning and they were all against Germans and I have to say every game I felt like I was fighting an uphill battle against a superior civ from the start.(even though I won one)
ESO : Pcfreak8
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice, but in practice there is." -Jan L. A. van de Snepscheu
A pessimist is usually right and never disappointed.
Any history buff knows that nothing stops a cannon like a good uppercut. - BeatnikJoe
Here were some of the factors that killed me:
-He starts with a stronger eco and has the 2 settler wagon
card in age 1 putting him well in the lead eco wise.
-The free uhlans with shipments, I send 9 skirms and he gets 9 skirms and 3 uhlans.
-The mercs, he gets more for the same price.
Is there any advantage the French have that they can use to win because as far as I see they are outclassed in pretty much every way in a ff war and they are now too slow to rush even with natives.
When I asked this question in the expert chat channel they just said you have to play better and there's not much you can do. Though they did give some useful tips for killing those bastard blackriders that seem to kill anything...
ESO : Pcfreak8
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice, but in practice there is." -Jan L. A. van de Snepscheu
A pessimist is usually right and never disappointed.
Any history buff knows that nothing stops a cannon like a good uppercut. - BeatnikJoe