MAntoninus
Chieftain
- Joined
- Sep 24, 2010
- Messages
- 87
Domination in 1440, as with most posts, the difficulty makes you over-play this scenario. After wiping Germany out I just went for decapitation hits of capitols that my scouts/triremes had uncovered.
Early Ballista are just witheringly effective, the Germans had no counter to the Legions, much less the Ballistae.
Sea power was unopposed - easy exploration with triremes turns into domination with Frigates.
Projecting force over the sea worked well, especially to mass against Japan and the Aztecs...and that probably saved time compared to an across-the-continent march.
Darius seems to have an expansionary bent no matter where I run into him. It's like whack-a-mole. You have to keep destroying his outlying cities. He had camped out immediately East of the German states.
Despite the cost, I found that the use of the legions to build roads through marsh or hills accelerated my attack...and let me get my siege engines and horsemen/knights foward more quickly, especially between the Aztec and Persian capitols. I like that ability.
The Chu-Ko-Nu is a unit to respect. I got a little casual towards the end and the 9th Legion got nuked by multiple shots from multiple CKNs.
A lot in this map to make you think.
Early Ballista are just witheringly effective, the Germans had no counter to the Legions, much less the Ballistae.
Sea power was unopposed - easy exploration with triremes turns into domination with Frigates.
Projecting force over the sea worked well, especially to mass against Japan and the Aztecs...and that probably saved time compared to an across-the-continent march.
Darius seems to have an expansionary bent no matter where I run into him. It's like whack-a-mole. You have to keep destroying his outlying cities. He had camped out immediately East of the German states.
Despite the cost, I found that the use of the legions to build roads through marsh or hills accelerated my attack...and let me get my siege engines and horsemen/knights foward more quickly, especially between the Aztec and Persian capitols. I like that ability.
The Chu-Ko-Nu is a unit to respect. I got a little casual towards the end and the 9th Legion got nuked by multiple shots from multiple CKNs.
A lot in this map to make you think.