I just don't really get cav. I like having units that can gather, and then fight when I need them to. I guess that just how I play though, maybe I should just use a different civ

Yes, Mace is a little different and tough.  But you have strong p1 allied cav that only cost food.... you can unlock slingers p1.  Yes you should also notice although Mace p1 units are "weaker" they are cheaper and train faster... mace is more about eco early on and getting to p2. We didnt want civs to play practically identical to one another.   I can show you how to play to each civs strength, we can team up against the AI.  And Im sure there are people better than me who could really play into the strengths even more.

Sorry, I meant change Macedonian I mean javelineers/archers are pretty bad, at least early game, like with Macedonian. It is hard starting out with archers being the only non metal guy

I don't want you to change Rome! Again, I would have to watch you play, play with you to give you some ideas.  But Rome is definitely one of the stronger civs that doesn't need too much help. What makes spearman horrible units? So then should we change the tribal units that start with spearman/javelineers? I think we should play some games together so you can see how each civ can be quite strong.

Oh, I didn't realize that. How are you supposed to get going then, just get a bunch of units, then go to P2, or have horrible units? If you want me to change it, I can