Originally posted by Lord_Vetinari
I can quite easily take out the comp on hard with a rush, but if I let him build up I'm so doomed it's not even funny.
I wish I could say that. I can take out a comp on Medium both ways - rush and a build/turtle strategy. How much harder is Hard?
I prefer the Norse for several reasons. First of all, I'm naturally more versed in their mythology since I'm born here and all. But I also like them the most in gameplay for several reasons: They are much easier to MM (micro manage) than both the other cultures IMO - you don't have to bring villagers to your frontline, you build all your military units in one building (two in heroic and mythic), you don't have to waste villies or build time on getting favour. All this brought together helps a poor MMer like myself considerably.
Good points, but for some reason I just don't prefer them. Their method of getting favor doesn't fit my style, as I'm not really a manic rusher - I like to rush every once and a while, to throw the opponents econ(onomy) off, but I really like that one big attack in Heroic. So I like to attack three or four times in Classical with about 20-25 units and a few M(hythic)U(nits)s in there. But, of course, getting favor steadly is harder to do with the Norse, unless you rush constantly, which I don't do.
That is one of the things I like about the Norse though - having Infantry build buildings. While that can be annoying (especially in Archaic when your one Ulf is scouting) they do make the ideal foward base civ. I don't really miss that when I play Isis, though. Because I stay in Classic a while (1 or 2 mins after comp goes Heroic) I usually take some vills, build barracks and towers around the settlements before Heroic, then hit Heroic and take all the Barrack ready settlements in one fell swoop. I'll sometimes throw in a Midgol Stronghold in my main foward bases too. When I do this, I can usually manage to keep my vils away from the front lines.
I mainly like Ra and Isis (but not that Ra FH - too popular for me...

) and I'll occaisonally try a Loki game. I really don't like Greeks, and I'm not sure why - I just seem to do bad with them. I love getting a good econ with Isis or Ra, hitting Classic in 5-6 mins, buildign up a nice army, striking a few times in Classical, building some foward bases, and then hitting them with 50 guys for the kill.
Hey CG, if you wanna try a game against me someday just PM me. I'd love to get some friendly games down before getting into that hole ranked thing.
Thanks for the invite, but if you read my "Firewalls and LinkSys Routers" thread, I won't be playing online. Maybe another time.
petsuchos rock!