Top 3 Eco civs

[GrizzGolf]

What do you guys think are the top 3 eco civs?

[Kampfschwein Fjonda]

Byza and Goth, because the savings simply have no end.

#irony off: You need to specify if you want eco for a 10 min rush, a 20 min rush or a 60 minute boom - bonus and bonus is not the same.

[spaceweezle]

Not sure how I would place top 3, but I imagine Chinese would fit in there somewhere. Persians seem pretty solid also.

While technically not an eco civ, I personally like Lithuania for the starting food. I've managed a 7:56 click with no hunt. Perfect for my playstyle.

[Vemonia]

I agree with Fjonda. It depends what you want an eco for.

If you want general booming, without theorycrafting too much, I would guess Vikings, Cumans, and Khmers.

If you are intetested into booming civs, I can recommend this thread:

https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/best-eco-civ/169922/37?page=2

Originally posted by spaceweezle:

Not sure how I would place top 3, but I imagine Chinese would fit in there somewhere. Persians seem pretty solid also.

I would personally put Chinese more between 5 and 10 (also behind poles, malays, bengalis), and Persians between 10th and 20th.

[Percussigant]

In a vacuum, I would say Chinese (in the hands of a competent player), Hindustanis, and Burgundians. But as others have said, the theoretical best isn't necessarily the best fit for your playstyle, or the best in every circumstance.

[They always leave]

Idk but if my partner picks Franks there is 99.9% of chance that we will lose.
It's surprisingly hard to play with easy civs.

[76561199232607771]

Originally posted by Ellisar:

It's surprisingly hard to play with easy civs.

*It's surprisingly hard to play with noob partners.

Fixed that for you.

[123]

Teutons for team games, persians for nomad

[yuzhonglu]

Sicilians have a shockingly good econ for games that go past 20 minutes. In longer games they have a wood bonus that rivals the Celts and their fast TC and Castle build times is equivalent to the Briton cheap TC bonus.

[Ezio_AOE]

Poles - the farm bonus is op, also +gold by farming stone
Chinese - +2Vills and alot cheaper techs
Hindustani - Cheaper vills, just insane for the whole game and deserve a nerf

[GrizzGolf]

Thanks guys!

[DesertRose92]

Chinese - in open maps +1 Villager in Dark Age, +2 Villagers onward; weaker in closed maps as you tend to research Loom later; cheaper eco techs, more food on farms
Hindustanis - Food saving on Villagers
Poles - Farm bonus and Stone/Gold bonus

[Percussigant]

Originally posted by 123:

Teutons for team games, persians for nomad

For nomad games I would much rather have spanish or malians than persians personally