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Post by boorules60 on Sept 26, 2007 0:16:42 GMT -4
I can see the tradeoff either way. I was speaking from my own experience (which is only two games since the patch) and I managed to drain a French captain out of resources in an hour and five minutes. He had to stop spamming ponies because my cav archers kicked the fuck out of them. I think what it is, is that they can spam more ponies, but my cav archers just kill them way too fast since ponies didn't get the 10% ranged armor bonus and my RG cav archers got an additional .75 multiplier (which is about a 33% base improvement vs. heavy cav). Other civs did not receive as much of an improvement to their ranged cav units, especially civs that rely on dragoons (Tim and D ). So in essence, I as the Russians, are seeing a fewer number of ponies at any moment in time AND I can kill them 33% faster. ;D
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Post by pcups on Sept 26, 2007 11:08:42 GMT -4
Why was he spamming ponies in the first place Silly french guy. What about skirms versus the russians, i always had an easy time against the russians because of a skirm/uhlan combo or skirm/dopple combo before the patch of course
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Post by boorules60 on Sept 26, 2007 13:37:31 GMT -4
Probably because pony spamming usually works against anybody. He did build a lot of skirms but they quickly died to my cannons which were sitting behind 3 forts. Also, I've started making use of Cossacks ! They help to clean out those pesky skirms, mortars, and culverins he was throwing at me. Grens help a lot too against all the infantry they build.
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Post by pcups on Sept 26, 2007 16:01:45 GMT -4
You know how i feel about grenadiers in treaty games Useless! I know this isnt a german thread but how about them germans. I had so many x bows in that random game we played. Its really exciting
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Post by boorules60 on Sept 27, 2007 15:12:42 GMT -4
False. Grenadiers are perfect for countering people who mass infantry against the fort hop which many civs do. Since I can build instant anti-cav in a second, the cav is not a problem so the only thing I have to watch for is cannons, which are underused IMO. Grens beat all infantry AND light cavalry (as we tested) especially since mine are RG and build in 4 seconds. Since I don't have fast building arty, this is the best I can do until a establish a strong enough forward base to build an artillary foundry. I built mostly grens, muskets, and cav archers against MR Frenchy the other day and had a 3:2 kill ratio in my favor! When does that ever happen to a fort hopper!?!? If I have an Otto, Port, or French ally to build arty for me, then I don't build them.
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