Strong Man
Skirmisher
posted 11-25-05 04:12 AM
EDT (US)
2 / 28
You'll be too happy to see merc. army.
Gold shipment cards/ mining upgrade go very well with merc strat.
oaosodofo
Skirmisher
posted 11-25-05 02:05 PM
EDT (US)
8 / 28
i would def. get the 11 landsknects card over the Jaegers. The factory is also a must have
Villa
Skirmisher
posted 11-25-05 03:19 PM
EDT (US)
9 / 28
What are the Hackapells and the Black Riders good against ?
Neal
Skirmisher
posted 11-26-05 11:37 PM
EDT (US)
15 / 28
Why would you pay for all of those mercenaries when you could get the unique church improvements card from the cathedral which allow you to get all of your mercenaries for free for a small fee of 3000 coin instead of paying all that coin for each shipment of mercenaries and wasting valuable card slots in your deck for resource cards and settler wagons?
Neal
Skirmisher
posted 11-27-05 00:17 AM
EDT (US)
17 / 28
I was suggesting putting all of the level 10 mercenary cards in the deck because if you use the unique church improvements card you get all of them for free saving you...well,lets see 1200 coin per mercenary shipment times 4 level 10 mercenary shipments thats (if I can do my math right)1800 coin you save for kick ass army that is virtually unstoppable especially if coupled with the improved mercenaries card(which increases you mercenaries attack and hitpoints by 15% and which you will also save coin with the church improvement card). This works even better with the 3 level 25 mercenary army shipments each valued at a price of 2400 coin now yours for the incredibly low price of 0 coin. If you can manage to mass these mercenaries together your opponent doesn't stand the least bit of a chance against you.
ImpaledNazarene
Skirmisher
posted 11-27-05 02:15 PM
EDT (US)
21 / 28
3000 gold is much harder to get than 1200. Not to mention the church card needs another HC shipment. Also, "wasting cards" on settler wagons? No settler wagons = your eco sucks = you're dead. Let's say you somehow manage to get a bunch of mercs. What happens when they're all killed? Your eco will be terrible, theirs will be fine, and you're screwed. I saw a rec, some guy did the exact same thing you're talking about, FF, no eco, Wallenstein's Contracts, got all four merc shipments, his mercs died, and he got steamrolled.
GeneralLee07
Skirmisher
posted 11-28-05 08:00 AM
EDT (US)
26 / 28
I played it for three hours or so (together with a friend - I never owned my own version)... I liked Age 2 more than RoN, so I did not buys it.
Strong Man
Skirmisher
posted 11-28-05 11:43 AM
EDT (US)
27 / 28
There is a card of highest HC level called Germantown Farmers, which let you train settler wagon at mills. If you can train wagons Germans economy will be greatly improved. About 100w +100F/ wagon