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It is very important to get in there and harass as fast as you can. This strategy can be easily beaten if not done properly. But, if done properly, is very strong and hardcore. This strategy is simple to execute, but difficult to master.
This strategy works well against
Russia
Aztec
Iroquois
India
These guys all have a shooting barracks which makes them not the best target for a fast rush. But, you can still have a go against them and just try and avoid their shooting barracks until you have a big enough force to take it out.
All times depending on treasures. Best times and worst times you should be aging up around.
•Put 4 settlers onto huntables. Make sure you herd your huntables towards your base.
•2 settlers onto crates.
•Town Centre waypoint to food.
•Once the 2 settlers have collected all the crates (leave coin crate if you get one until you age up), do the following:
1 Mosque
2 Houses
1 Millet System Upgrade from Mosque (This will make your settlers produce faster)
1 Mosque
1 House/s
1 Millet System Upgrade from Mosque (This will make your settlers produce faster)
•Once those 2 settlers have constructed the buildings, send them to food.
•All settlers on food.
•Send "3 Settlers" as your first card.
•When you get 800 food, age up with the
•Put 3 Settlers onto coin.
•Send 2 Settlers to a forward location, and put on either food or wood, to build a forward base when you age up.
•All other Settlers food.
•Immediately collect the 400 wood with 2 or 3 settlers from food.
•Immediately send 5 Janissaries
•Once you get 200 Wood, build your Forward Barracks with the two forward settlers.
•With the other 200 Wood, build 2 houses with the settlers that collected the crates.
•Start queuing Janissaries.. If you can't afford 5, make as many as you can and make sure you can make 5 before they come out.
•Now, your 5 Janissaries will arrive from your HC just before your 5 Janissaries are made.
•You can either go in and harass with these 10 Janissaries @ ~5:15 or you can wait for the next batch of 5 to come and start to harass @ ~5:30. Remember, 8 Janissaries 1 shot kill a settler.
•Now, remember to keep ~4 Settlers on coin now, and the rest on food.
•Your third card will be "3 Hussars". Use this to destroy Ranged Infantry that are killing your poor Janissaries or use them to raid. Remember, this is your only Ranged Infantry counter until you get your artillery foundry or stable up, so make good use of them!
•Remember to keep the pressure up with your Janissaries and to keep producing them as needed.
•Send 700 Wood as your 4th Card.
•Remember, keep making Janissaries and harassing.
•. Now, if your enemy hasn't put up much of a fight, keep harassing and taking out buildings outside of the TC Range. If you think you can take out his whole town, go for it.
•If your 3 Hussars have died and your army is getting destroyed by Ranged Infantry, and you just can't take down buildings, retreat, and wait for "700 Wood" to arrive to start making Abus Guns and get a stable up for Hussars. While this is happening, keep trying to raid.
•When 700 Wood is being shipped in, spilt your Settlers out to Half Food/Half coin to allow for Janissary (100 food, 25 Coin), Abus Gun (50 Food, 100 Coin) and Hussar (120 Food, 80 Coin) production.
•When 700 Wood arrives, collect it immediately, and make an Artillery Foundry, a Stable if you think it is needed, and some houses.
•Start producing Abus Guns and keep on going with Janissary production like you have been. Also, start making some Hussars. You don't need to mass Hussars. Just a force of about 10 or so.
•When you think you have a reasonable force of Jans, Abus and Hussars, go in for the kill. Sit out of TC Range and harass his army, and buildings. When you think you can, go for his main town and go for the kill.
•If you are attacked after you have fallen back to retreat and get Abus + Hussars, make sure you use TC Fire + MinuteMen to defend. If you can just hold them back, follow the steps above, and you'll have a strong army of Janissaries, Abus Guns and Hussars.
•If you just can't seem to manage to take out their town, and have had many failed attempts of trying to attack again, just send in 700 Coin and head to fortress, and just slowly cripple them. For more advice of what to do once your in Fortress, head to my
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[This message has been edited by James246 (edited 10-31-2008 @ 07:25 AM).]