How to always win a 4v4 using ALL or LATE era.

[Dionysus9]

Yes, you are correct thats a big problem Elmo. It affects tourney and non-tourney games alike. That being said, this is more an issue of sportsmanship and/or ignorance to me. We are stuck with the game as patched, so we must work within that framework.

The easy way to "fix" this problem is for people on the same team who want these types of armies (which I agree are "the best", [which is actually nice because its a balanced army with teeth]) to take the same factions. For example, on team 1, have 2 spain and 2 portugal. On team 2, have 2 milan and 2 venice.

My guess is that if you asked the teams taking the "big 4 factions" to accomodate you by taking a double-faction (rather than hogging all 4 of the best factions) then they would do the "right" thing and even things out.

This may be unintentional on their part, because I tend to avoid duplicating a faction taken by anyone (even a team member) yet I also tend to pick a good faction if possible. In the future I will consider duplicating a faction already selected by my team so that the other team can have some good units too, if its an issue. I also guess that most new players dont have a clue what factions (letr alone units) are/arent good and so don't complain-- compounding the problem.

BTW, you are right, Janny Musks and cossak Musks are EXPENSIVE and die just like everyone else when they are shot by a musket bullet.