Ok, this is a strat that i tried and suceded on ESO with Ports, however it requires a medium level HC, a good know how to build base and a lot of pacience and a good Defence

I call it the Azure Tower Defence
(in honor of another game that i played and that inspired me to do this strat)


Ok Basic cards
- Cheap Outposts
- Improved Buildings
- 700 Gold
- 1000 Food
- 1000 Gold
- Fort
- Heavy Fortifications
- Factories
- 2 Organ Guns
- 2 heavy cannon
- 2 outposts

Recomended Cards
- 700 Wood
- 700 Food
- Land Grab
- 16 Muskets or 12 cassas
- 8 muskets or 8 or 9 cassas
- muskets or 8 xbows

The idea of this strat is to build cheap towers and defend the base so hard that your enemy will waste more to attack and you almost nothing to defend. Until 4 age where you will sudently have all defensive upgrades for free. And if done correctly it can turn the tide
Also its a all or none, cause if you go into this strat there is no turning back.
It's best used in maps where you start with more wood, and if possible a very,very,very next to town TP, plus i say that if you have a water map please dont go in this strat, but use the Fish boom.
Some parts are up to you to decide depending on situation

1st collect crates
- build house
- have 14~15 of Population vils
- Send Cheap Outposts
- Send Improved Buildings
- Collect treasures, and mainly those who are about Wood (to learn how to collect treasures more heavily guarded, i suggest you read the notes about it in the Sticky)
- Age up with 500 food
.................... Until this point its simillar to many other begguinings of ports

During age up
Every vil,exept 4 or5, to wood... If you got enought wood build towers so that they can cover each other and around the TC...
(i will edit this post with images as soon as possible)the second shipment should be arriving is Improved buildings
Age 2

-Upon Arrival you should have 1 (and one in ways of being constructed) or 2 towers.
-If you see that you are low on food you can shift one or two vils to food to boast your eco, but beware not to hurt your tower defence
-Collect crates Build 5 to 6 vils send to food and gold.
-Build TC on the perimeter of the towers so that you can have defence
-Build market if possible and with new TC and food production you should be able to build some more vils to gold. Research the basic gold wood and food, if you have the resources to do so.
- Send the third shipment or 2 towers if enemy has just attacked or is FF or something or 8 Xbows or 6 muskets if you think that with your defence you can pound them .... Most of cases i would go to towers.
- Remember to continue Tower production, i cannot say when to build because that depends on the enemy so whenever you are able do it
-send 700 gold and advance exiled prince ASAP
You should be around 8 to 10 mins or so but while at it if you designed your base correctly you should be able to counter every attack

..... Another thing cover the mines with TC close together and ring the bell, but micro the vils, so that if some vils can continue production while the enemy attacks it helps
Another thing is to search for hunts a little away from base cause your enemy will search around your base to kill hunters. always put explorer relatively near hunters to spot enemys before so that you can run with your vils

Fortress,
- Ship fort and put it at the center of the base
create more vils if you need or you can start a little military production, dont compromise your aging cause then your opponent will mass falcs and its over.
Cassas and organs and muskets should do the trick
- Ship 1000 gold or food depending on your stocks
(you need at minimum 10 on food and 10 on gold.. of course depending on how the game started and how you managed and how strong is your opponent you may need more vils... Strongly recomended)
At the time you age you should have already replaced the fallen towers with new ones and you should have 5 or 6 at least
You should be Industrial at 15 with a shipment
-Heavy fortifications then when my opponent came with falcs he was crushed by my cannon towers OP TC and OP fort and my units then its your option to increase eco with factory or 2 cannons or 16 muskets or 12 cassas, then build military and VOila

Now Remember that if you have a TP you recive more Shipments so the base will be easier to defend and you will take less time. This is better than F.I. because you actually have a chance vs big raids. TP is almost essential against the medium player.

I didn't spcify the number of houses so you should build as necessary.
Time is not so specified because i do this more of instinct than a mecanical thing

GOOd LUck and good replies, not super hero stuff, and i know that the way to expose can be improved

[This message has been edited by Turk Janissary (edited 11-28-2007 @ 10:46 AM).]