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Post by stoic on Jul 30, 2024 18:11:57 GMT
Day 9 And since I have unlocked Basil's weapon it is the perfect time to purchase him. I see that Basil was drastically improved over time. At first he was a cavalry general with bad skills, then ET made him an Infantry general but gave him a weak weapon (that improved his ranged 😲 points) and now he's one of the best f2p Infantry generals.   |
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Post by jonblend on Jul 31, 2024 16:24:08 GMT
Day 4 And another "endgame" general.  Cnut's special unit is a bit fragile, so one unit of spearmen is needed to strengthen the center and to underline his survivability. Scottish long pikemen, Vikings and Varangians is a good starter legion, imo. I'm using him with a similar legion up to this day (lombard, viking, VW) for the same reason you mentioned. |
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Post by stoic on Aug 5, 2024 12:30:08 GMT
Well, after 15 days of playing my results are pretty encouraging  I took my time and moved slowly, without any haste or hurry, at a leisurely pace. I have completed first 11 campaigns on normal difficulty and unlocked Epic battles.   I bought El Cid today and now I have a solid first team.   Now my plan is to unlock Solomon's treasure to complete it, to purchase Subutai and to get access to his Raid. Mongolian Riders are going to be a backbone of my ranged legions, so this unit is a top priority for me at the moment. |
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Post by stoic on Aug 8, 2024 17:36:34 GMT
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Post by stoic on Aug 10, 2024 7:57:26 GMT
A couple of words about my strategy to upgrade talents of units. I think it doesn't make any sense to upgrade them having pictures of "the best possible legion" in mind. If a new player think of Mamluk Musket Cavalry or Dragoons he's likely stuck and is moving nowhere. The best units for any new players are those he can use here and now and should have two important qualities:
1. Their fragments are easy to get.
2. Upgrade material for their promotion should be easily accessible.
Let's take Two-handed swordsmen as an example.
1. Their fragments are extremely easy to get.
2. They are available for hire in majority of campaigns in Western Europe (including HYW and War of Roses)
3. It is a solid unit with decent stats and legion effects.
4. Plate armor is needed to promote them and to unlock their talent.
New players have more Plate armor than all other materials put together. So, my top priority at the moment is to upgrade units that require Plate armor for their promotion.
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Post by stoic on Aug 12, 2024 10:47:02 GMT
Day 20 And another useful general for any f2p team  Unfortunately, his personal weapon is locked behind a paywall but equipped with Beowulf's weapon Hardrada can basically do his job - to command suicidal attacks, knocking out the most dangerous opponents. Hardrada has been drastically improved over time. At first only a handful of melee units got a probability to charge. Nowadays only two units don't have it (Legion brigade and (quite unexpectedly, but probably it is a bug) Royal swordsmen). Even Militia has a slight probability to charge making Hardrada very useful in campaigns as well.  Equipped with a Nordic helmet and an axe Hardrada is probably not the best Infantry general out there but a very reliable hard hitter nonetheless. |
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Post by haggises on Aug 12, 2024 11:36:07 GMT
And when you eventually get Viking Warriors, he's even better.
Love me some extra hits.
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Post by stoic on Aug 12, 2024 14:17:33 GMT
And when you eventually get Viking Warriors, he's even better. Love me some extra hits. An excellent unit indeed, and, since it is a t4 unit and we can purchase some fragments from a regular shop, it is quite manageable to upgrade. My ultimate idea of Hardrada's Legion: Two-handed swordsmen/Teutonic axemen/Viking Warriors. |
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Post by Nobunaga Oda on Aug 12, 2024 14:20:52 GMT
And when you eventually get Viking Warriors, he's even better. Love me some extra hits. An excellent unit indeed, and, since it is a t4 unit and we can purchase some fragments from a regular shop, it is quite manageable to upgrade. My ultimate idea of Hardrada's Legion: Two-handed swordsmen/Teutonic axemen/Viking Warriors. But he doesn't have his weapon, is it the abilities that you consider? For Teutonic Axeman, why? Is it because you don't have access to good gears at the moment, so the anti-rampart dmg is beneficial? |
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Post by stoic on Aug 12, 2024 16:47:10 GMT
An excellent unit indeed, and, since it is a t4 unit and we can purchase some fragments from a regular shop, it is quite manageable to upgrade. My ultimate idea of Hardrada's Legion: Two-handed swordsmen/Teutonic axemen/Viking Warriors. But he doesn't have his weapon, is it the abilities that you consider? For Teutonic Axeman, why? Is it because you don't have access to good gears at the moment, so the anti-rampart dmg is beneficial? In my opinion Teutonic Axemen are quite underrated by many players. First of all, upgrade material for their talents is, again, Plate armor and I already have it in abundance. Then, they add two legion buffs. The first one is anti-rampart damage and the second one is additional 15% damage when the health of a legion is not full. Plus Great axe has some nice feats at max level. The lack of his personal weapon is a liability, of course, but it is not so dramatic as in other cases. For example, it is possible to reach 2 turns cooldown of his active skill without it. |
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Post by nexttimebro on Aug 13, 2024 7:14:37 GMT
Let's take Two-handed swordsmen as an example. . This is not a good example of “ordinary “ T4 unit, because this unit is a must have unit for every melee infantry general for endgame setup. THS lvl 24 + lvl 5 talent deals the highest dmg among all other melee inf units. |
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Post by nexttimebro on Aug 17, 2024 20:45:22 GMT
Day 18 And I also have enough medals to hire Subutai and to get access to his Raid. It is going to be my main Raid until I get access to IBC. If I were you I’d think twice about Subutai and his raids. He was a good general in 1.x.x versions, but at the moment he’s not as good as he was before (in comparison to other generals). In addition, I’d think twice even about boosting MR. You will spend really a lot of souls to get them 15+ lvl whereas you must boost 3 other important units (IBC, MMC, Dragoons). Not sure that it is possible for F2P. I’d suggest to completely forget about MR unless 3 units above are 24 lvl. For F2P legions (with 2 gems in yellow equip) IBC+Woad+Dragoons or IBC+MMC+Woad or MMC+Woad+Dragoons are not worse than any setup with MR but require less souls. |
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Post by stoic on Aug 18, 2024 4:59:33 GMT
Day 18 And I also have enough medals to hire Subutai and to get access to his Raid. It is going to be my main Raid until I get access to IBC. If I were you I’d think twice about Subutai and his raids. He was a good general in 1.x.x versions, but at the moment he’s not as good as he was before (in comparison to other generals). In addition, I’d think twice even about boosting MR. You will spend really a lot of souls to get them 15+ lvl whereas you must boost 3 other important units (IBC, MMC, Dragoons). Not sure that it is possible for F2P. I’d suggest to completely forget about MR unless 3 units above are 24 lvl. For F2P legions (with 2 gems in yellow equip) IBC+Woad+Dragoons or IBC+MMC+Woad or MMC+Woad+Dragoons are not worse than any setup with MR but require less souls. As they say: "We'll cross that bridge when we come to it". At the moment I don't have a single fragment of Dragoons and, for sure, I won't have access to Baibars' raid for many months to come. So, I don't have a wide variety of choices. MR have an excellent talent (restoring mobility after dodging), so, it is basically the only way for new players to increase the number of attacks per turn when using ranged units. |
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Post by Nobunaga Oda on Aug 18, 2024 6:46:32 GMT
As they say: "We'll cross that bridge when we come to it". At the moment I don't have a single fragment of Dragoons and, for sure, I won't have access to Baibars' raid for many months to come. So, I don't have a wide variety of choices. MR have an excellent talent (restoring mobility after dodging), so, it is basically the only way for new players to increase the number of attacks per turn when using ranged units. To top it off, if mobility is one's focus in Conquest or otherwise, someone like Aëtius could get 11 points from MR alone and we can give him forest terrain bonus through the cheap counter inf. Against terrains with 5-point costs, the gen with that passive can still hit twice after taking the penalty. I still don't know where to get Dragoon fragments. In the competition between readily available MR and Dragoons, MR is easier to build up than the other. Moreover, how can MMC be best used? IBC and MR are straightforward. Dragoons offer forest terrain mobility and 10 points, and maybe having one of the highest output of the T6 units. What of MMC? |
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Post by stoic on Aug 18, 2024 8:56:24 GMT
As they say: "We'll cross that bridge when we come to it". At the moment I don't have a single fragment of Dragoons and, for sure, I won't have access to Baibars' raid for many months to come. So, I don't have a wide variety of choices. MR have an excellent talent (restoring mobility after dodging), so, it is basically the only way for new players to increase the number of attacks per turn when using ranged units. To top it off, if mobility is one's focus in Conquest or otherwise, someone like Aëtius could get 11 points from MR alone and we can give him forest terrain bonus through the cheap counter inf. Against terrains with 5-point costs, the gen with that passive can still hit twice after taking the penalty. I still don't know where to get Dragoon fragments. In the competition between readily available MR and Dragoons, MR is easier to build up than the other. Moreover, how can MMC be best used? IBC and MR are straightforward. Dragoons offer forest terrain mobility and 10 points, and maybe having one of the highest output of the T6 units. What of MMC? This unit is still a complete mystery to me. On paper it has solid legion effects. And in comparison to the Dragoons it is relatively easy to get their fragments after unlocking Baibars' Raid (easily said than done though  ) I am judging from a point of view of the new player. If f2p players like you after years of playing still struggle to get Dragoons fragments, so more do I. The only reliable resource is War souls, but, hey, there are plenty of things you can do with War souls Therefore I am a bit sceptical about attempts to create "the perfect legion". You literally need years of playing to get close to it. I think it is more about getting things done. If a player moves forward his legions are as good as anyone else's. So, the task is to create such a budget legion. I am planning to use WR/MR/IBC until I have enough resources and opportunities to think of Dragoons or MMC. Who knows, maybe there will be new units and talents and we will witness meta shifts more than once. |
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) I am judging from a point of view of the new player. If f2p players like you after years of playing still struggle to get Dragoons fragments, so more do I. The only reliable resource is War souls, but, hey, there are plenty of things you can do with War souls 
