AGE I
i) 1 vill Herd huntables( you will need two by colonial)
ii)rest gather crates until you hav queued 3 vills-then hunt with all but 2 vills
iii)gather 100 wood in crates in wood and build house with 1 of crate vills
iv)queue 3 more vills and put all on hunts
NOTE: you should have 1 shipment by now. Ready for it? ....
Ship 300 food. I know, but it gets you to colonial faster
v) age up with 400 wood immediately
AGING TO COLONIAL
i)put 5 vills on wood-you need 250 as soon as possible
ii)when you are approaching the 250wood mark, send a vill(or 2) forward and build a blockhouse near your opponent.
iii)put two of wood vills on gold, rest on food
iv)queue 3 vills - but save enough food for a batch of musks on age up!
AGE II
i)queue 5 musks immediately and send 13 strelets
ii) build another 5 musks after the 1st batch - musks get priority over vills for food! new vills go to food.
iii) send in the army at around 5:30 - if you want, you could attack after the first batch of musks and have the others follow, it's up to you!
iv) keep sending in musks - send in cossacks to find his hunts+, if your lucky and he hasnt got his barracks up when you attack, look for a barracks being built away from tc
NOTE: It is completely up to you how much you delay vills to make musks and/or strels if the need arises ( i stick with musks as they have much better siege.But if your musks fail and you drop attacking, there is not much point in continuing as your economy is raped at this point.
v)Keep sending in musks, ship 700 wood and use it for houses, another blockhouse, stable, its up to you.
NOTE: I generally destroy military buildings, followed by towers, then houses, and only when you have 20+musks go for the tc.
Well that's it. I am only a casual player - 2nd lieutenant - but I have found this strat to be quite successful - mostly against ffs and slower civs, but can be used against some slower rushes(around 8mins). Please, this strategy is not perfect, i want you to improve it, please leave tips. I couldn't care less if you think your better than me, and would beat me using this strat - that's really great - but I only want to know if this strat, in the hands of a pro, would measure up to those of other civs.
Thx.
Congratulations Serge - Winner of the FFA Spring Series 2008
[This message has been edited by LordPatrick18 (edited 02-07-2007 @ 02:29 PM).]