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Post by stoic on Aug 6, 2021 18:06:18 GMT
What is "stronghold", btw? I unlocked difficult mode and I see that there are battles as well as these unknown to me strongholds. Is it a defensive battle of some kind or something completely different?
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Post by Iron Duke on Aug 6, 2021 18:12:29 GMT
I really recommend giving Joan a chance. She and Petain are now the two favorites as tanker for arena. In fact, it is not out of the question... My thoughts are far from arena now, because it is locked, and I have no idea when we unlock it. But since I will not upgrade Alex and Barbarossa (and this was my usual move at this stage) I need cheap substitutions to play campaigns, since I can't advance with only Attila, Hannibal and Mocte. I am really intrigued by repeating one of my previous experiments. I called it "field hospital" when I used Caesar and Mocte together. It is less efficient in AI-controlled battles, I presume, but it was quite helpful elsewhere. Now Joan can take the place of Caesar. I recall Iron Duke experimented with this setup, but was rather disappointed and replaced Joan eventually. But since it is only a temporary solution it well may work. I will promote Mocte to lvl 5 and upgrade his first two skills anyway, so investments in Joan won't ruin my budget. Yeah I wasn't impressed with her in a traditional 8 man (person) team, but she's pretty useful in the Arena as she can take quite a lot of punishment, and I think she could potentially be a very useful squad player. I think someone told me the Arena unlocks at level 20 btw. |
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Post by Iron Duke on Aug 6, 2021 18:31:46 GMT
What is "stronghold", btw? I unlocked difficult mode and I see that there are battles as well as these unknown to me strongholds. Is it a defensive battle of some kind or something completely different? You are correct, defensive battles where you have to hold/protect certain objectives rather than conquer/destroy. |
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Post by Iron Duke on Aug 7, 2021 13:37:56 GMT
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Post by stoic on Aug 7, 2021 16:27:37 GMT
Yeah, you always have a couple of trumps in your pockets  |
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Post by stoic on Aug 7, 2021 20:17:41 GMT
The more I look at awakened Leonidas the more I like the idea to use him as well His defence is not bad at all, it seems, comparable to that of Richard... |
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Post by Gerd von Rundstedt on Aug 7, 2021 22:40:04 GMT
The more I look at awakened Leonidas the more I like the idea to use him as well His defence is not bad at all, it seems, comparable to that of Richard... Completely agree, Braveness and Bugle are both Top-Tier skills that go great together. I agree, he is like Richard (perhaps without Mass Fire) for Free. I am looking more at Beowulf though. Fort and Logistics make him incredibly Tanky. |
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Post by stoic on Aug 8, 2021 8:47:44 GMT
Since many of my future generals are not available for new players, I have to think what to do with my current team to progress. So, I have o couple of words about Attila. At different times I bought many great generals - Caesar, Nobunaga, Suleiman etc. But, truth be told, no-one is even close to Attila if we compare one-man contribution. The life is so easy with Attila when you start the game that you don't even need words "tactics" and "strategy" for several historical ages. It is just - check, check and mate... Of course, you have to use Attila properly, and that means to upgrade his first two skills AS SOON AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE. Otherwise you just make one important step and hesitate to make another even more important one. Attila without upgrades is just a mediocre general who won't help you much. Upgraded Attila is a shining star who can change the balance between failure and success. I am really curious how he and Syriothai could work together. Syriothai has an excellent potential, she's probably the best out of all awakened generals. I will add Hannibal to them and this trio will be a backbone of my team up to late midgame.  |
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Post by Gerd von Rundstedt on Aug 8, 2021 12:54:32 GMT
Since many of my future generals are not available for new players, I have to think what to do with my current team to progress. So, I have o couple of words about Attila. At different times I bought many great generals - Caesar, Nobunaga, Suleiman etc. But, truth be told, no-one is even close to Attila if we compare one-man contribution. The life is so easy with Attila when you start the game that you don't even need words "tactics" and "strategy" for several historical ages. It is just - check, check and mate... Of course, you have to use Attila properly, and that means to upgrade his first two skills AS SOON AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE. Otherwise you just make one important step and hesitate to make another even more important one. Attila without upgrades is just a mediocre general who won't help you much. Upgraded Attila is a shining star who can change the balance between failure and success. I am really curious how he and Syriothai could work together. Syriothai has an excellent potential, she's probably the best out of all awakened generals. I will add Hannibal to them and this trio will be a backbone of my team up to late midgame. Okay, Attila's CavCom must be maxed immediately too? |
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Post by stoic on Aug 8, 2021 14:55:53 GMT
Since many of my future generals are not available for new players, I have to think what to do with my current team to progress. So, I have o couple of words about Attila. At different times I bought many great generals - Caesar, Nobunaga, Suleiman etc. But, truth be told, no-one is even close to Attila if we compare one-man contribution. The life is so easy with Attila when you start the game that you don't even need words "tactics" and "strategy" for several historical ages. It is just - check, check and mate... Of course, you have to use Attila properly, and that means to upgrade his first two skills AS SOON AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE. Otherwise you just make one important step and hesitate to make another even more important one. Attila without upgrades is just a mediocre general who won't help you much. Upgraded Attila is a shining star who can change the balance between failure and success. I am really curious how he and Syriothai could work together. Syriothai has an excellent potential, she's probably the best out of all awakened generals. I will add Hannibal to them and this trio will be a backbone of my team up to late midgame. Okay, Attila's CavCom must be maxed immediately too? Sure, up to level 6 at least. I already did it, after only 2 days of playing   Without these upgrades Attila is a mediocre cavalry general hardly any better than a free Saladin. What is the point in buying him and then in using only half of his strength? It seems quite illogical to me. He must be promoted and upgraded before anything else. ("Wer A gesagt hat, muss auch B sagen" - German saying) All the rest is of secondary importance in comparison to it. Besides, we can upgrade his Braveness almost for free since we get back 100 medals for each upgrade level. Why on earth should we hesitate to get IMMEDIATELY a FREE possibility to attack without retaliation? |
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Post by Gerd von Rundstedt on Aug 8, 2021 17:45:09 GMT
Okay, Attila's CavCom must be maxed immediately too? Sure, up to level 6 at least. I already did it, after only 2 days of playing Without these upgrades Attila is a mediocre cavalry general hardly any better than a free Saladin. What is the point in buying him and then in using only half of his strength? It seems quite illogical to me. He must be promoted and upgraded before anything else. ("Wer A gesagt hat, muss auch B sagen" - German saying) All the rest is of secondary importance in comparison to it. Besides, we can upgrade his Braveness almost for free since we get back 100 medals for each upgrade level. Why on earth should we hesitate to get IMMEDIATELY a FREE possibility to attack without retaliation? Yes, I max out that first on both him and Caesar in my runs. |
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Post by Gerd von Rundstedt on Aug 8, 2021 17:45:52 GMT
I noticed you lack Edward. Why? He has excellent stats and skills.
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Post by stoic on Aug 8, 2021 18:49:01 GMT
I noticed you lack Edward. Why? He has excellent stats and skills. I already played with Edward and Asoka. |
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Post by stoic on Aug 9, 2021 9:02:02 GMT
Iron Duke how would you rate the difficulty of two first hard mode campaigns? What do we need to beat them? Is there any practical sense in trying to complete them before Discovery age?
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Post by Gerd von Rundstedt on Aug 9, 2021 12:01:44 GMT
Iron Duke how would you rate the difficulty of two first hard mode campaigns? What do we need to beat them? Is there any practical sense in trying to complete them before Discovery age? Before I restarted, I played some with Discovery Age InfCom, and it was rough. I don't think I could do it with Empire Age units, particularly CavCom. |
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