Hi guys,
I have a question for dutch players
I am currently following the below BO often:
--I had aquestion about the bold portion
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Standard start for all games
1) 4 vills to gold mine, 3 vills gather 1 gold crate then 2 of them to hunts.
2) Adjust vills on gold to 3-5 depending on how many gold crates you have. (I always make 17 vills)
3) All new villagers to hunts until you have 17 villagers & 800 food.
4) Hit the age-up button shortly after the 3rd minute, use the vills you had on the gold mine to collect food if you're short.
5) Remember to send the 3 villager card as your first shipment.
4 Bank FF
1) Now put 10-12 vills on wood and the rest on food until you have 350 food/wood.
2) Make a bank with 3 vills, task 4-5 vills to gold so you can keep making settlers, all others to food.
3) After paying for the bank, you need 50 wood when you go into colonial age. (This, combined with the 400 (350 on a bank) age-up wood will buy you a house and allow you to send the 4 vill card)
4) Once you age-up send the 700 wood shipment, collect the 400 wood so you have 450 wood.
5) Build 1 house and 1 bank, once the 700 wood arrives build 2 more banks.
6) After making 2 banks you don't need any vills on gold, task them all to food.
7) (Optional)Use your next shipment on 4 villagers, you can choose to send 700gold or food to age-up faster if you wish, or save it for Age3.
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instead of collecting wood in transition for making banks as above/bold --
I have been sticking to keeping villis on gold/food during transition to Colonial in pursuit of being able to FF quicker a/o being able to better handle early colonial battle.
I am thinking that the pop space advantage of getting early asap outweighs what I *think is safer*...
Does anyone else build banks in transition?
My main goal is to be more methodical about getting banks up earlier. I notice that my wood often goes to stables/boats etc.
also does anyone really use the 4 villager card using this strat in typical 1on 1 games? I don't see how one has the luxury of using this in normal 1v1.
Thanks again ")
EDIT: I play vanilla so less rushing/natives etc
I have a question for dutch players
I am currently following the below BO often:
--I had a
___________________________________________________________
Standard start for all games
1) 4 vills to gold mine, 3 vills gather 1 gold crate then 2 of them to hunts.
2) Adjust vills on gold to 3-5 depending on how many gold crates you have. (I always make 17 vills)
3) All new villagers to hunts until you have 17 villagers & 800 food.
4) Hit the age-up button shortly after the 3rd minute, use the vills you had on the gold mine to collect food if you're short.
5) Remember to send the 3 villager card as your first shipment.
2) Make a bank with 3 vills, task 4-5 vills to gold so you can keep making settlers, all others to food.
3) After paying for the bank, you need 50 wood when you go into colonial age. (This, combined with the 400 (350 on a bank) age-up wood will buy you a house and allow you to send the 4 vill card)
4) Once you age-up send the 700 wood shipment, collect the 400 wood so you have 450 wood.
5) Build 1 house and 1 bank, once the 700 wood arrives build 2 more banks.
6) After making 2 banks you don't need any vills on gold, task them all to food.
7) (Optional)
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instead of collecting wood in transition for making banks as above/bold --
I have been sticking to keeping villis on gold/food during transition to Colonial in pursuit of being able to FF quicker a/o being able to better handle early colonial battle.
I am thinking that the pop space advantage of getting early asap outweighs what I *think is safer*...
Does anyone else build banks in transition?
also does anyone really use the 4 villager card using this strat in typical 1on 1 games? I don't see how one has the luxury of using this in normal 1v1.
Thanks again ")
EDIT: I play vanilla so less rushing/natives etc
[This message has been edited by Supersammy (edited 07-25-2007 @ 07:28 PM).]