I was playing an Iroquois on Great Plains and we had been bogged down in fighting in the Colonial for quite a while. Despite the fact that he could mass more units than I could and the fact that he took out part of my city, I was still able to beat him back for two reasons: 1) I was Dutch with 8 banks going and he had no more gold sources and 2) I used Ronin mercs.
Use Ronin whenever possible, but only against infantry. They kick serious a$$. I took out about 20-25 ranged attack and heavy infantry units with just 5 Ronin and in less than 30 seconds.
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xChaos Skirmisher
posted 11-12-06 11:02 AM
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1 / 13
They're supposed to own cavalry too..
XploSionS Skirmisher
posted 11-12-06 11:34 AM
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2 / 13
they own most things...
Angel Walker Skirmisher
(id: Just a player)
posted 11-12-06 12:03 PM
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3 / 13
They own anything which is smart enough to get close to them.
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MightyFireball Skirmisher
posted 11-12-06 12:17 PM
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4 / 13
And the 120 seige is a pretty good bonus too.
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Darthcast Skirmisher
posted 11-12-06 12:48 PM
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5 / 13
Quoted from Just a player:
They own anything which is smart enough to get close to them.
A jaguar knight with all upgrades (but without firepit boost) can beat a ronin.
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TarsTarkas Skirmisher
posted 11-12-06 01:29 PM
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6 / 13
^ individually, yes. In groups, no. Ronin have area damage
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FriedPegasus Skirmisher
posted 11-12-06 01:45 PM
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7 / 13
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I took out about 20-25 ranged attack and heavy infantry units with just 5 Ronin and in less than 30 seconds.
If you took out 25 ranged units with 5 Ronin, your opponent sucked without doubt. 4.5 speed and 0 ranged armor makes Ronin easy targets for every ranged unit in the game.
XploSionS Skirmisher
posted 11-12-06 02:24 PM
EDT (US)
8 / 13
...no maby ronins just own after all he never said what kind of unit, it could be strels for all we know...
Krattle Skirmisher
posted 11-12-06 04:50 PM
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9 / 13
No, he doesn't suck, but he was focusing on siege and his guys were bunched up so my Ronin (with their amazing area damage) ripped through him. He was Iroquois, btw, and using Aenna. He also had some Tomahawks, but they went down just as quickly.
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The Anti Elmo Skirmisher
(id: Led)
posted 11-12-06 06:21 PM
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10 / 13
Whoa that seriously makes me ask what I'm going to do against Ronin as Aztecs.:/
I guess hit'n'run him to death with eagle runners.
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Genkai0 Skirmisher
posted 11-12-06 07:43 PM
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11 / 13
I hate ronnin. There like Black Riders that can raid and siege. Have you seen them run and fight? I was british and i left my cannon behind my lbows, not in them. From the trees behind they sprung and before i could kill the 2nd ronnin all 6 cannon were dead. The cannon AI fire thing and splash damage. 3 twisting twirls of a ronin and bam dead.
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4.5 speed and 0 ranged armor
4.5 speed is ver very fast. 0 Ranged armor is its down fall.
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Asatruar Skirmisher
posted 11-12-06 08:40 PM
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12 / 13
Man... I have to wait until Age 4 to get any Ronin because I don't get them individually as a shipment, they only come with my Asian Merc Army card. But when I actually do play a game that lasts that long, my Asian + Meditterannean Merc Armies just rip everything up.
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