u/mr_fobolous

Just want to rant and get it off my chest. To give context, I've gotten as high as Platinum with Mongol and have successfully played as Japan.

I've been trying to play China for the past month and boy oh boy did my ranking drop. I dropped all the way down to Bronze 1 afterwhich, I gave up. I want to be good as the Chinese and try really hard to figure it out and just can't - to be competitive as China, there's just too much investment into all the wonders. Once the other player got their Cavs up and going, it's over.

I have to say though, the Hand Cannoneers are awesome. I managed to survive into a really late game, and the combo of Hand Cannoneers, Nest of Bees, and a few tank units slaughtered the other player's Cav army. It was really satisfying to watch.

The challenge I am experiencing is simultaneously trying to gather resources asap to build the necessary wonders, build defense, and build an army sufficient enough to defend my base so I can survive into the late game - which is a really hard balance to achieve especially against civs with Knights in Feudal like France.

But anyways, kudos to the players that are able to successfully main China. I've started playing as Zhu Xi and is bulldozing my way through Bronze and should be in Silver soon.