Seleucids overpowered?

**Jasaray** · 08-01-2007, 20:37

I do not believe they are overpowered, in fact i think they are probably the best balanced faction in the game in terms of unit variety and stats. They have access to some high quality unit's but nothing i would call overpowered, its a shame teh otehr hellenic factions don't have a similiar flexibility . Apart from Rome and egypt the other factions seem a bit underdeveloped/weak to me.

**redriver** · 08-01-2007, 21:19

germans are overpowered.. they get best early units and some great late infantry ones...

**Caius** · 08-02-2007, 00:24

I dont think that Seleucids are overpowered, in campaigns, they always are destroyed.

**CaoCao** · 08-02-2007, 10:12

I would not call them overpowered, as so much as they are unbalanced. They are very hard in the begining but once they defeat Egypt, and consolidate Anatolia. They just wait for there more and more powerful units.

**I of the Storm** · 08-07-2007, 09:21

They have one of the best - if not THE best - unit rosters in the game. But they need it, because in the end game it's mostly you as the seleucids vs. the roman factions.

**mkirchner** · 08-07-2007, 17:02

I am playing as Egypt on hard/hard and I obliterated the Seleucids whenever I fought them. I agree it was during the early game. My Bowmen and slingers would slaughter their Hoplites and my chariots and horsemen would kill the fleeing remnants. I was usually killing 80% or more of their forces to less than 10% of mine whenever we met. However they did fare better in Urban Combat but I still kicked their butts.

**DthaV** · 08-10-2007, 03:10

I think they are very hard, i'm currently playing as egypt and they are
my mortal enemy. Although I have not yet been able to develop chariots yet.

They are very agressive in campaign mode.Plus currently they hold two wonders to my one.