Scotts are weak... and here's why

[dumas]

I know that you can play Scotts (or any other faction) against the AI and win. But taking the human factor out of it, they are just terrible. (moderator edit)

All the Islamic factions have enough rebel lands between them to keep busy for a while. When they do meet, they're evenly matched.

Byzantines are rich as hell with good units.

Italian factions have similar good units coming out of their cities so they're evenly matched.

Russia isn't even touched in the beginning. When they do meet another faction, they're able to match (or better) the opposing units. Same for Hungary and Poland. That area is evenly matched.

Iberia (Spain and Portugal) are evenly matched.

France and HRE are evenly matched.

England has a powerful and unique line of archers.

So what does Scots have against their neighbor England? Nothing. They start out with one city, and outclassed in all of their units compared to England. Again, I know that if you play against AI, you can beat anything... but imagine if all the factions were played by human players. That's why I think Scotts are the weakest faction in the game.