So I am sick of people belitle others for playing treaty games, I decided to write something to help these who would like to enjoy this excellent game in a certain flaour that is in my view, quite enjoyable at times.
this is the build order for Vanilla, since Vanilla players dont play NR games less than 30 minutes.
1, ignore gold crates, built 1 TP + 1 house, all vils on food, first shipment explorer card, hunt treasure, go up age2 ASAP, age up 500 food, while aging switch 75% vils to gold, try to get 1200 food and 1000 gold at the same time, and go to age 3 with exile price. second shipment send exotic hardwood.
2, All vils start chop wood as soon as you started age up, you should hit fortress around 7:00, explorer build 2 more TC ASAP, follow that build mosque and upgrade first vil train time and vil limit, then build market and get first 3 upgrade, all vils go to food and gold. go to age4 with 1000 gold, third shipment send refrigeration.
3, at around 11:00 ~ 13:00 you should be in age4, with 2 shipments ready, send 2 factories, upgrade factory gold production rate, send royal mint as sixth shipment, get the the rest mosque vil train time and vil limit upgrades. once you done that, keep mining, hunting and gather berry, do not gather any wood that you dont need, only enough for the upgrades and houses. do not farm on mill and plantation. go to imperial when ready, choose 2000 gold.
4, as soon as you start aging up to age5, switch all gold vils to wood,you should hit imperial before 20 minutes, now get a capitol and get all 3 eco upgrades, as well as last 2 wood upgrades from market.
5, now you can start build several barracks, stables and foundrys and upgrade all the units you will be using. all near by hunting and gold should be close to depeletion, build mills, plantations, walls and outposts, upgrade them.
By 35 minute, you should have FU imperial army of 101 pop, FU eco with 99 vils, fully protected by walls and outpost.
a few point to remember:
- dont chop more wood than what is needed before imperial.
- dont farm in mill and plantaion until your half of the map is dry
- upgrade economy first, only upgrade militery when all economy upgrades are done.
- dont get your vils housed or capped by mosque limit
- build your factory in a safe place, as far from the enemy as possible and keep it well protected.
- use upgraded falconet over great bombard.
for TWC and TAD players, here is a few changes:
- first card send eco thoery, this should enable your hit imperial siginicantly faster.
- make sure you have Irregular in your deck
- it is possible to be in imperial have have a decent army in 20 minute mark, but it is difficult. you will have to choose only have a couple units upgraded.
- use upgraded horse canon over great bombard.
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update
here is a rec showing how it is done
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~invincible/ottoNR35.age3rec
my first run at fast speed, as you can see i forgot to send wood upgrade, and i messed up housing and mosque upgrade at different times, still hit imperial at 20 minute, so if you do it right you should hit imperial well before that.
Strategy by Ultimitsu
Guns and Biers
British Anti-FF explosion
For TWC only Ottoman FF on non-water non-TP maps
For Vanilla only Dutch Fast Colonial Uber Bank
this is the build order for Vanilla, since Vanilla players dont play NR games less than 30 minutes.
1, ignore gold crates, built 1 TP + 1 house, all vils on food, first shipment explorer card, hunt treasure, go up age2 ASAP, age up 500 food, while aging switch 75% vils to gold, try to get 1200 food and 1000 gold at the same time, and go to age 3 with exile price. second shipment send exotic hardwood.
2, All vils start chop wood as soon as you started age up, you should hit fortress around 7:00, explorer build 2 more TC ASAP, follow that build mosque and upgrade first vil train time and vil limit, then build market and get first 3 upgrade, all vils go to food and gold. go to age4 with 1000 gold, third shipment send refrigeration.
3, at around 11:00 ~ 13:00 you should be in age4, with 2 shipments ready, send 2 factories, upgrade factory gold production rate, send royal mint as sixth shipment, get the the rest mosque vil train time and vil limit upgrades. once you done that, keep mining, hunting and gather berry,
4, as soon as you start aging up to age5, switch all gold vils to wood,
5, now you can start build several barracks, stables and foundrys and upgrade all the units you will be using. all near by hunting and gold should be close to depeletion, build mills, plantations, walls and outposts, upgrade them.
By 35 minute, you should have FU imperial army of 101 pop, FU eco with 99 vils, fully protected by walls and outpost.
a few point to remember:
- dont chop more wood than what is needed before imperial.
- dont farm in mill and plantaion until your half of the map is dry
- upgrade economy first, only upgrade militery when all economy upgrades are done.
- dont get your vils housed or capped by mosque limit
- build your factory in a safe place, as far from the enemy as possible and keep it well protected.
- use upgraded falconet over great bombard.
for TWC and TAD players, here is a few changes:
- first card send eco thoery, this should enable your hit imperial siginicantly faster.
- make sure you have Irregular in your deck
- it is possible to be in imperial have have a decent army in 20 minute mark, but it is difficult. you will have to choose only have a couple units upgraded.
- use upgraded horse canon over great bombard.
============
update
here is a rec showing how it is done
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~invincible/ottoNR35.age3rec
my first run at fast speed, as you can see i forgot to send wood upgrade, and i messed up housing and mosque upgrade at different times, still hit imperial at 20 minute, so if you do it right you should hit imperial well before that.
Strategy by Ultimitsu
Guns and Biers
British Anti-FF explosion
For TWC only Ottoman FF on non-water non-TP maps
For Vanilla only Dutch Fast Colonial Uber Bank
[This message has been edited by ultimitsu (edited 04-03-2009 @ 07:06 PM).]