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Post by boorules60 on Mar 15, 2006 2:07:34 GMT -4
Hey, It took me about 17 mins and 40 seconds to get 60 French peasants (Equal to 70 real) and I had a stable, barracks, market, and church. Here's the big news... after Tim and I got beat up a few times online, I decided to switch my online civ to the Russians. Yup, I regular Chris I am. I won three games in a row and decided to call it good. Their Orps are better than my ponies, strelets are cheap, and they can explode in nearly any age. One game I rushed with 11 strelets and 4 cossacks at 6.5 mins... another game I boomed and had 70 peasants in 17 mins. It's unreal! I've decided that the problem with the French lies in their early game. I seriously can't rush anymore with the new patch... and it takes me a good 11+ mins even to FF. I'll probably only play them in longer games when I can get to the 4th and 5th Age without my ally's or my death. Otherwise, my Frenchies are almost useless.  Plus, you guys will have to deal with my being a new civ! We've all gone through changes... what will you do about a super aggressive Russian? |
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Post by boorules60 on Mar 15, 2006 18:01:30 GMT -4
Orps are probably the best unit in the game... not even kidding. This is for real guys, you are going to suffer my Russian Wrath.
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Post by pcups on Mar 15, 2006 18:08:51 GMT -4
oh this is will be amazing!
Russians are probabl one of the best boom civs too. I mean people might kinda feel that htey suck but they boom the hell out of any one. With 2 or 3 tc's and medicine they can crank out peasants faster than the ports or the ottoman. And strelets are amazing. 100 strelets on any one at 13 minutes will end the game!
+they are a fun civ to play
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Post by pcups on Mar 15, 2006 18:11:39 GMT -4
Oh and the next time any one tells me there is a best unit in the game(lannins are usuallly guilty of this) i will have a conniption
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Post by Jake P. on Mar 15, 2006 18:46:31 GMT -4
But can they create peasants faster than the Brits? Thats the question...i think the answer is no. But still your right p-cups.
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Post by pcups on Mar 15, 2006 20:42:50 GMT -4
Yea, but again the britts only have a max pop of peasants at 65, which everone gets anyway. And they arent the best of hte late game civs, i mean they are good but not as much as hte french or ottomans or portuguesse. And maybe even the russians???
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Post by boorules60 on Mar 15, 2006 22:35:55 GMT -4
I'll admit that the Russians aren't the greatest of late game civs in terms of units and their 1 factory... but their peasant mass and fast-spawning units can really overwhealm people. Ha ha ha
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Post by tandler on Mar 15, 2006 22:39:51 GMT -4
So i was wondering when u guys were gonna figure out how good the russians were... or which one of you it was gonna be... Anyway... i was fooling around... and just thinking late game w/ the russains to make up for the lack of might... all the economic upgrades plus instant infantry means i can produce, more faster, and have the economy to handle that kind of rapid deployment... Also, ben if you sprinkle orps in with cossacks and attempt the same thing tim did with his hussars... you'll win... everytime... haha and of course the russians have that lovely ability to explode at any time... oh the russains... i welcome you to our ranks comrade.
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Post by boorules60 on Mar 16, 2006 0:58:15 GMT -4
Plus, I just needed something new... and it'll be fun trying out a new strategy. I'm not the master raider that you are, but I think I can effectively pound people into the ground because my in-battle tactics are really good, and I don't let my economy crap out on me. Ahem! ;D
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Post by pcups on Mar 16, 2006 17:50:23 GMT -4
Yes yes, it is very fun to try new civs. Even if you lose all the time with them!
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Post by boorules60 on Mar 27, 2006 0:12:45 GMT -4
Beware the Russians... you guys think the ports can get a lot of settlers? You have no idea.
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Post by mrniceguy on Sept 24, 2007 23:49:44 GMT -4
haha those were the days... now russia is so completely OP that nobody knows what to do.
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Post by pcups on Sept 25, 2007 12:11:53 GMT -4
Russia is OP? I havent been playing recently but it seems from ages community and ages heaven that spain is STILL the civ to beat.
Spain
Dutch
Iro/Sioux
Ottoman( ottoman, sioux and iro are interchangeable)
Russia <---------
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Post by boorules60 on Sept 25, 2007 13:03:08 GMT -4
Unless he's talking about treaty, in which case he'd be right. I don't care what Josh says, that patch means that the French can spam ponies faster. With fewer numbers though, they just don't have the offensive power that they use to.
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Post by pcups on Sept 25, 2007 13:15:19 GMT -4
Actually (sorry, but i havent actually played so everything i say here is from what people have said on forums) Ponies are now BETTER than they were before. it seems that they are even harder to stop now.
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