Subotai777
Warlord
- Joined
- Jun 13, 2013
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I won on King on Giant Earth Map.I was playing Mongolia.My score is 6193 after 535 turns and 45h 17min playing.What should I know before playing Emperor ???
My recommendation is to win 10 times on King at Standard Speed before attempting Emperor at Standard Speed.
1. No more archer early game archer wars. The t35-45 early game archer rush stops working at emperor. Unless your attacking ghandi, and even then it might not work.
2. No more wonder spam, you have to be actively trying for petra, stonehenge and the hanging gardens, the oracle is still always getable, a well as pyra and generally LTOP is as well. But staples like the taj mahal, porcelain tower, big ben are now in sketch "could get swiped at the last second mode. TOA is still gettable, but its still sketchy, especially is rammy is in your game.
3. bring six comp bows instead of four, bring six x bows instead of 4. Artillary is no longer as back breaking but still the most effective period to smash face if you can hit it first.
4. You will be behind in tech a lot longer, but you will still rocket ahead. Depending on the kind of game im playing, that can happen shortly after education and uni.
5. The A.I has money. always. This will be weird coming from king and prince, where your not looking for who will give the most, but who has more then 5 pennies to rub together. This makes early gold a million time easier to come by.
6. You have to try for a religion if you want to get one, it will not stay dominant for long, somebody will spam it away.
7. The A.I can spam units for DAYS, for DAAAAYS. youl mash there bros, and then theyle spit out a bunch the next turn, surprise attack and blitzing become warfare 101.
8. Worker steal, they don't start with one. But they will produce them earlier, and you can start swiping them around turn 40-50ish. You will still have to make your own.
9. Aaaaaaaaand the most important thing, get out 4-6 archers ASAP, or the AI will try to smash face early, if you start next to Shaka, or his buddies(atilla, ghengi, alex), its honestly better just to wipe him out or cripple him early then deal with him all game.