Soupcar
Skirmisher
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posted
01-29-15 01:28 AM
EDT (US)
802 / 805
Enjoy this wall of text:
So basically, I won a 3v1. Didn't think I could pull it off :P
So, It wasn't meant to be a 3v1. I joined a 3v3 game and got paired with 2 guys who put their Tc's right next to each-other (nomad start) and for some unknown reason, both promptly resign. (I'm pretty sure they were friends) Anyway, I consider resigning, but I didn't want to lose rank without a fight, so i decided to have a go at it.
I was playing Japan (with what was basically a full-daimyo/shogun treaty deck) against A French, British and Portuguese player. My 2 resigned allies were Sioux and Aztec, if it matters. The map was large Siberia.
I considered rushing, but given that I suck at it and I'd already chosen my treaty-ish deck, I went for a turtle-boomy playstyle.
They didnt attack me until about 15 minutes in. I had a decent yumi mass at my base, and the attack was the Portuguese player only with musks and xbows, I won pretty easily. In the meantime the french player was booming hard.
As my eco continued to grow as the game progressed, the Portuguese player continued to attack me, my army almost died to a bunch of rabaulds, but a clutch Portuguese consulate shipment with culverins in it saved me.
The Port was eventually joined by the Brit who decided the best strategy was to attack me in 100+ waves of veteran musks. Even when they attacked me both at once, my buffed-up yumis pretty quickly dealt with the musks as they tried to get through my 2 wall layers. I also had a lot of castles at the point where the Port decided to continuously attacked, which tanked a lot of damage (the port managed to break through my wall several times, but i always beat him before he could go for my eco)
By this point, i had full villie max, all daimyos and Tokugawa. I was in imperial and had all the upgrades for ashi and yumi, which i was using most. And it was about now that the French player decided to join. He had a WAY better eco than me and insta-gendarmes, which luckily he didn't exploit too much. he attacked me on my side, but my daimyos trained incredibly quickly and my fully-buffed ashi and flaming arrows were able to deal with his first assauly. Keep in mind i was more or less surrounded by forward bases - i was in the corner of the map on siberia and the French player has a huge fb to my left and the Port also had a very large one to the north of me. (The Brit just built units at his base; he wasnt that good).
Eventually, after defending from the Port and in the north and going after the French forward base with a daimyo and a handful of troops, (As well as dealing with the British waves of musketeers) I trained 10 hatamoto at sent them straight towards the side wall protecting the French eco. This killed at least 40 cdb and destroyed both his factories. He was so caught up in defending and then rebuilding, I could muster a large enough army to go after the Port player's fb. At that point, he said something along the lines of 'screw this, its taking forever', and resigned.
It was all downhill for the Brit and French player from there. The french player had just got his full eco back up (minus the factories, obviously), but i got a daimyo right at the back of his base, before he could repair his wall. So, while I defended from what would be the last wave of musks from the Brit, I began training Samurai (now fully upgraded) in the back of the French base.
I completely destroyed his eco, but he had a small fb still to the far left of me, so he rebuilt his houses there and made near-200 pop army to attack my base. This almost ruined me, but since he didnt go straight for the eco, and instead focused more on castles and my more forward town centres, i eventually destroyed his army, as he wasnt replenishing his casualties.
At this point, he resigned, which left the Brit. i still had my daimyo that destroyed the French base, which was right next to his. All i had to do was spam samurai into the back of his base, which easily and quickly wiped out his army and eco. He didn't resign, I bought spies and went straight for his last surviving unit (a villager chopping wood backmap).
The game lasted for over 2 hours. Also, side note: I tried talking to the French and British player throughout the game, but neither said a word.
TL;DR: 3v3, both my allies resigned, won 1v3 vs Brit, French and Port. Took about 2 hours.
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