Yeah, there are better shipments, but right now im not invincible when it comes to l33t villie tactics, sometimes a horsie sneaks up on my villager hard at work digging for gold.
Sometimes you get cuaght up and end up losing 2 or 3 villies no matter how nice u micro villies. Pioneer/Great Coat prevents that to a large degree. Instead of 6 dead villies it turns into 2. WHich for me anyway is a great help.
Im more of a defensive player, i like to attack when my enemy attacks me. Im like a counter puncher if it was boxing, i wait till they get aggresive then i attack, not always but most of the time.
I always get Great Coat no matter what i do, no matter what strat i use. Now im gonna do the same w Pioneers. Pople say a couple settler wagons is better, but in the end i end up saving more than 2 or 3 settler wagons by doing this.
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