Perzival12

I’m working on something similar, with spy’s. Basically, you just make anyone with a gun be an archer and any explosive be caused by a siege weapon with splash damage. Try it.

I usually (if possible) use mountain ranges as walls, and just wall of the gaps. Same goes for plateaus and oceans. With a bunch of sentry towers behind the walls. I can shoot attackers to pieces while they try to break through. Then, by the time they do, I’ve moved all available soldiers to where they are.

Okay, correction, I do use women to farm, but I get most food by hunting and trading.

The idea of a scout unit that can camouflage when it’s not moving sounds cool, kind of like a hunter or assassin. It should only be visible when it’s moving or attacking, and only to units close to it or other spies.

What if it was a setting: faster firing lowers accuracy and damage or slower firing increases accuracy and damage? Then there is more choice, and maybe each archer could have it’s own setting.

Yeah, thanks for the aura idea. I’m going to use it.

I don’t use or train any women after the starting four, just cause they are useless in combat, whereas citizen soldiers can be ordered to do a massive attack at the end of the game.

I’m super lazy with these, really only build the blacksmith so I can upgrade to city phase. I just upgrade them in order and then forget about them.

I do the exact opposite, basically just sitting in my starting spot and fortifying it into a super defensible position before I do anything aggressive.

I think it depends on how long it takes to capture a building versus destroy it. I always destroy civic centers, then build a new one, which captures all of the nearby enemy buildings. I also tend to destroy towers just cause they take out way to many of my units while I try to do other stuff.

Haven’t noticed that, what maps are you playing?

My favorite has always been the Athenians, though getting to hunt enemy soldiers with the British war dogs is super fun.

Hands down the Roman’s are THE hardest ai civ. With super powerful champions and a lot of siege machines, they can overwhelm my armies in a few minutes.