posted 03-09-09 08:05 PM EDT (US)
I didn't get much feedback on this BO when I first posted it so I thought I'd re-do it. Tell me what you guys think. This is for Vanilla btw.
Abus Gun BO
This is just a BO for the Ottomans to be used in team games, where u can have your abus protected by muskets, rods, or pike.
Civs that this works best with:
Spanish, they have 8 pike and 7 rodelero shipments which make them a good choice. A good general guide for this is the Spanish Anticav Smash
French, can go double rax musket or double rax pike with a good eco.
Dutch have a good pike rush which can hit early and seige enemy barracks.
British can work if he doesn't manor boom much and gets muskets out fast.
One thing, I wouldn't recommend another Otto because Janissaries have a lower multiplier versus cav, train slower than regular musk or pike, and you will be competing for TP's. Anyways, onto to the BO.
Discovery:
Villagers should be gathering crates. Build a house. Send your explorer to build a TP asap. Your priorities for treasures should be: wood, gold, food, xp.
After that do the usual routine of hunting animals and aging up.
First Shipment:
3 Villagers
Advance with the 400 wood politician.
Now, if you started with the 100 gold crate send the shipment of the 3 villies to wood and set the TC gathering point on wood as well.
If you didn't start with 100 gold then send the 3 villies to gold and once you gather 100 gold switch them to wood.
This is so u don't get housed when you age up, and can research stage coach.
Send 3 villagers from food to your FB collecting wood when they get there. You should have 6 villagers on food.
Colonial:
After you age up and collect the 400 wood and move all villagers that were on wood, at your TC, to gold. Research stage coach and set it on whatever resource you need.
Second Shipment:
700 gold
Build your Artillery Foundry and queque one Abus Gun.
Build some houses.
Your 700 gold should arrive before your first Abus comes out. Train more abus. After that keep building houses and training Abus.
These are the shipments I send after 700 gold.
600 gold
Silk Road
4 Villagers
700 wood (for TP's, Market, Mosque, Houses, etc.)OR 700 food (to age to fortress, or grenadiers)
*If not in Fortress*
Engineering School
Artillery Attack
Light Artillery Hitpoints
TEAM Artilley Hitpoints
*If in fortress*
5 Spahi
5 Mamelukes
1000 Gold (For falcs. Also, if you sent Silk Road before, then its actualy 1300)
Also, micro your troops.
Example: Dont focus the fire of all of your Abus on a single strelet.
I usually divide my Abus into 4's. Use control groups.
Will add some recorded games soon.
"Rot's given a free pass simply because he's Rot." - theferret
This is just a BO for the Ottomans to be used in team games, where u can have your abus protected by muskets, rods, or pike.
Civs that this works best with:
One thing, I wouldn't recommend another Otto because Janissaries have a lower multiplier versus cav, train slower than regular musk or pike, and you will be competing for TP's. Anyways, onto to the BO.
Villagers should be gathering crates. Build a house. Send your explorer to build a TP asap. Your priorities for treasures should be: wood, gold, food, xp.
After that do the usual routine of hunting animals and aging up.
3 Villagers
Advance with the 400 wood politician.
Now, if you started with the 100 gold crate send the shipment of the 3 villies to wood and set the TC gathering point on wood as well.
If you didn't start with 100 gold then send the 3 villies to gold and once you gather 100 gold switch them to wood.
This is so u don't get housed when you age up, and can research stage coach.
Send 3 villagers from food to your FB collecting wood when they get there. You should have 6 villagers on food.
After you age up and collect the 400 wood and move all villagers that were on wood, at your TC, to gold. Research stage coach and set it on whatever resource you need.
700 gold
Build your Artillery Foundry and queque one Abus Gun.
Build some houses.
Your 700 gold should arrive before your first Abus comes out. Train more abus. After that keep building houses and training Abus.
These are the shipments I send after 700 gold.
600 gold
Silk Road
4 Villagers
700 wood (for TP's, Market, Mosque, Houses, etc.)
Engineering School
Artillery Attack
Light Artillery Hitpoints
TEAM Artilley Hitpoints
5 Spahi
5 Mamelukes
1000 Gold (For falcs. Also, if you sent Silk Road before, then its actualy 1300)
Also, micro your troops.
Example: Dont focus the fire of all of your Abus on a single strelet.
I usually divide my Abus into 4's. Use control groups.
Will add some recorded games soon.
"Rot's given a free pass simply because he's Rot." - theferret
[This message has been edited by Droideka_11 (edited 03-10-2009 @ 05:15 PM).]
, but a great vanilla civ if your teammate helps you out, so I assume play with a friend, and talk to them before the game so they know whats going on, and they will protect you.
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