Team Crate Boom and Cavalry Raiding
A Team Crate Boom is just another type of sling. All it is, is having one teammate use his Home City shipments and Age Politicians to get Food and Gold crates. The other teammate sends ONE villager to collect the crates, as well as the starting crates. If done effectively, one teammate can reach a Fast Fortress time of under 6 minutes, and have enough gold to get Mercs and Skirmishers.
Usually, a typical build order for a German player providing the crates would be:
Starting Crates = 200 Food, 100 Wood, 100 Gold
1st HC Shipment = 300 Food
2nd HC Shipment = 300 Gold
Age Politician = 500 Food
3rd HC Shipment = 700 Gold
So, the other player collecting the crates, once going up to Colonial Age, should be going crazy on collecting Gold, and use their Age Politician to get 500 Food (or 1st HC Shipment for 300 Food). If done correctly, they can hit the Fortress Age almost as soon as they hit Colonial Age. Meanwhile, still collect some Food, but more on Gold, and gather the 700 Gold crate from their partner. Once they hit Fortress Age, they should have enough gold to end up having a Merc Shipment (by saving the 2nd HC Shipment) and a Barracks at the ready for Skirmishers.
I don't have a good replay yet of a Fast Fortress as I've planned it, but I'll provide one as soon as I get the chance. However, there is a decent 2vs2 game to watch at Age Sanctuary. A miscommunication of my plan has [All4]All4ONE_Soul bringing ALL his starting vils instead of just ONE vil to my TC. This slows his advance down, and it doesn't look good for either of us. He also doesn't go a Fast Fortress, but decides to go heavy military in Colonial Age... so my plan is scrapped for now (hey, it was our first attempt).
However, what partially saves us is that I'm able to raid effectively with my Uhlans, even with a very slow start. A trick to Cavalry Raiding is hitting two opposite places at once. If you have 4 Uhlans/Hussars, split them up into 2 groups of two. Have one group hit vils at the same time as the other. Once you get 10, split them into 2 groups of five, or 3 groups of three. Keep circling your enemy, and watch to see what units he's making. If he's making Food and Wood units, you know to check the trees, berries, or hunting animals. If he's making Gold units, you know you can hit their gold mine and any hunting animals or berries.
I will update as soon as I get or find a good Team Crate Boom for a Fast Fortress.
Usually, a typical build order for a German player providing the crates would be:
Starting Crates = 200 Food, 100 Wood, 100 Gold
1st HC Shipment = 300 Food
2nd HC Shipment = 300 Gold
Age Politician = 500 Food
3rd HC Shipment = 700 Gold
So, the other player collecting the crates, once going up to Colonial Age, should be going crazy on collecting Gold, and use their Age Politician to get 500 Food (or 1st HC Shipment for 300 Food). If done correctly, they can hit the Fortress Age almost as soon as they hit Colonial Age. Meanwhile, still collect some Food, but more on Gold, and gather the 700 Gold crate from their partner. Once they hit Fortress Age, they should have enough gold to end up having a Merc Shipment (by saving the 2nd HC Shipment) and a Barracks at the ready for Skirmishers.
I don't have a good replay yet of a Fast Fortress as I've planned it, but I'll provide one as soon as I get the chance. However, there is a decent 2vs2 game to watch at Age Sanctuary. A miscommunication of my plan has [All4]All4ONE_Soul bringing ALL his starting vils instead of just ONE vil to my TC. This slows his advance down, and it doesn't look good for either of us. He also doesn't go a Fast Fortress, but decides to go heavy military in Colonial Age... so my plan is scrapped for now (hey, it was our first attempt).
However, what partially saves us is that I'm able to raid effectively with my Uhlans, even with a very slow start. A trick to Cavalry Raiding is hitting two opposite places at once. If you have 4 Uhlans/Hussars, split them up into 2 groups of two. Have one group hit vils at the same time as the other. Once you get 10, split them into 2 groups of five, or 3 groups of three. Keep circling your enemy, and watch to see what units he's making. If he's making Food and Wood units, you know to check the trees, berries, or hunting animals. If he's making Gold units, you know you can hit their gold mine and any hunting animals or berries.
I will update as soon as I get or find a good Team Crate Boom for a Fast Fortress.
posted by El_Capitan (a.k.a. Scrubs) at 8:52 PM
2 Comments:
Too bad our game wasn't recorded, That strat is very powerful. I owned them ^^ Hope to do this with you again sometime
Just a thanks for the blog and the posted games. Very informative and interesting!
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