A very new way of germanizing

[pcups]

Yea yea germans suck, we all know.

But hey, this guy just wrote this giant guide online about the germans.

And you know what? all those delicious cards that the germans have he throws out the window, advanced church, factories, 700 gold. ALL GONE.

The only resource shipment he has is 1000 gold. But with out those cards come TRADING POST, outlaws! which i have already described. FF WITH PROTECTION (like condoms) FF with mercs/great military shipments/trading post.

Its kinda amazing actually. So i will see what i can do.

[pcups]

I just won my last 3 games with germans using this strat. Even one on bayou where there is no tradepost. If you look at the game against the sioux player i had one more shipment than him

[boorules60]

Does it involve a bunch of mercs because I thought they nerfed the germans pretty badly with that patch? Do you think it could hold up against the spanish FF?

[pcups]

well, i had one more shipment during the game than a sioux player did. That bodes well for me. Against a spanish though , who knows. i just beat a major who called me a noob OH WELL, looks like the noob won. And no, they nerfed mercs by making them take longer to get on hte map. But per cost germans still get hte most mercs. Its actually easier for themt o get mercs now because they are 1000 gold and are just missing 1 merc from the previous of 1200 gold.

[d]

I'm looking at the Germans. Their mercs don't seem as good. No mamelukes or spahi, but their eco is alluring. They can get their pop twice as fast as the Turks. Interesting! I can also recall using mercantilism to my advantage.

[pcups]

What? They get more mercs than anyone else. Who cares about Spahi or Mamalukes when you can have black riders, landschnecks, and the other ranged infantry one. And come on, 10 landschnecks kick the crap out of 5 mams or 5 spahi any day. Not only do they have the best merc shipments, they have the best shipments all together to compliment them. NOT ENOUGH GOLD? just send 9 uhlans or 8 skirms +2 uhlans. <3 Germans

[boorules60]

I like the germen mercs too... they were the original merc rush when no one attacked. P-Cups, remember when I was the French and did nothing but sling you gold and you were the germans and sent a fuck-load of mercs and killed everyone? THAT was the original slingshot. D's right, they don't have mams, but they do have:

8 Hackapells (probably better than mams)
9 BlackRider (probably better than manchu)
10 Landsknecht (probably better than corsairs)
13 Jaeger (kick-ass skirms)

Also, their non-merc shipments come with Uhlans which are a bonus of course

However, GETTING enough shipments fast enough with the German handicap AND the lack of a mosque could be a problem. Also, they don't get free vills, AND so you waste a lot of vill training time while you age up. I'd be willing to bet that the Germans have a better late game (15-20 minutes +) but are weaker in the early-middle game because of the shipment and vill handicap.

Anyone want to play today any time other than at 7:00 when I have my volley ball game

[punkybruster]

Sure; gimmie a call.

[pcups]

You are right Ben, getting through all those shipments is tough. Which is why, instead of using just mercs, you gotta mix them with either uhlans, xbows, and pikes. People have always underused those units, and mixed with mercs, they are nasty. (plus they only cost food and wood)

[boorules60]

Yeah, I found out that I have a floor meeting at 8, so does 9 or so work for y'alllllllllllllllllll?

[d]

You certainly do not need mamelukes or spahis when you keep getting free Uhlans.

[d]

I do like 10 Landsknechts!

[pcups]

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