Worst Nations in Each Era

[Tyrant]

Originally Posted by thejeff

Since I'm playing them currently, I'm curious why EA Atlantis is considered so bad. They are certainly not "insufficiently amphibious", since they don't have any aquatic only units. Basalt Kings are good thugs/borderline SCs.
Is it just because they lack Astral/Death/Blood for the late game?

Absolutely right, my bad, Atlantis' problem is not lack of land power, it's that they are inferior to the other two underwater powers in the sea, I expect they'd be fine if they were the only water nation in play or had an isolated sea start.