If your trying to win? Never.
Hmmm?
If you're trying to win as fast as possible, then never. See the post above yours.
You may as well say, should you ever not do an archer rush with Persia? No, never.
When to forgo early war/archer rush
If your trying to win? Never.
If your trying to maximize wins then yes, you should play Persia or Nubia in SP every time.@Esperr
Sorry, not stepping on your toes, just pointing out that there is a difference between playing merely to win and playing to maximize a win.
I certainly am in the group that believes an early archer rush is the strongest strategy.
And then I was trying to say that if you are aiming to maximize victories, you may as well play as Persia every game.
There was no slight intended whatsoever.
When you people mean archer rush, does that entail going straight to archers and building them off the 1st city, or something else?
Not gonna lie, archer rushing your neighbours every game sounds kind of a miserable way to play.
It should have its place, obviously, but "Your best chance of winning is always to do this" is pretty much the antithesis of strategy.
Does that work as well when the AI has built walls in its cities?
Not gonna lie, archer rushing your neighbours every game sounds kind of a miserable way to play.
It should have its place, obviously, but "Your best chance of winning is always to do this" is pretty much the antithesis of strategy.
Fully with you, this game may be won most efficiently use strategy a but there is another 25 strategies in the alphabet that can be more enjoyable.Does anyone else have an opinion about this
I never archer rush. It ruins the game for me. If I start out with an AI that is too close, then I usually restart.
I am very picky about the conditions of my starting position, and if they are not ideal for growth and development, then I start over.
Some people might consider this to be "cheating," but I don't.
Does anyone else have an opinion about this?