why are you tking the piss outta me?

at least im trying to change the original tactics with jus defending or all attacking. hasnt any body here tried my(this soungs quire)'BUSH TECHNIQUE'? if your heading thru woodland/forest and you see people i hide near a bush or an outpost/tower.

i no they cant see my because i refreash at there base and the 'GENERATING SCREEN' loading thing comes up,it shws all the map exept the middle so in the enemy screen they cant see me. i wait till they move troops out then i get in there base,this iws in begnner so newbies will probfall for it,i damage barracks or something they come after me with a commander and forget i have better stats so i am ahead then i move to my base,(with the hiding scouts/swordsman/archers. and when they gety near they go in my base and block them in the center(they cant destroy the barracks 'cuz theres a man in the way. they are jus stuck in the center of my troops and cant move.

ayder,at the stage of the game you're in that'll work fine,but please remember that the people you're on forum with have mainly been playing WOL for considerably longer(it is a known fact that the average WOLer waits over 6 years before testing the forums!)and have GRADUALLY worked out and discovered different strategies to win.
I've read more posts than i've written.. and seen alot of people asking questions one week that they'd have wished they hadn't asked the next.There are some really good threads on tactics already which you should read.This one was just trying to work out mathematically whether it's better to buy Marksmen or Ballista in a points-based battlegame.Now that person has too much time on their hands.

Apologies adyer, I'm a "wiseguy", just like poking fun sometimes. No insult or slight intended, but I guess I get carried away sometimes...

If I have a castle surrounded and I am in his castle with melee units I dont understand why ppl then build range units because I can kill them easy and gain much xp.
If someone overwhelmes your castle with scouts put a big stack spearmen in your base on defense mode so they can do more then 1 defense attack every turn.
I like the use of spearmen because the most used unit in the begin is the scout

i do tht,but i put archers near the stone castle walls,and pikemen in the castle

China,thanks for not biting when i said i'd read more posts than i'd written 8@ )

if enemy melee in castle never build archers just build like he has paper units you take siccors units

It depends if you know how to defend from mass melee at your castle and protect your range units at the same time. Though I'm not going to give it out, since it probably has been anyways, theres a pretty simple way to keep the enemy at a standstill while you pelt them with range if they all have melee.

Also, the scissors vs paper, rock vs scissors, etc. isnt as good as it used to be. I for one ignore it now ever since they lowered the bonuses.

I just love it when people come at me with all melee.
I like to eat them for lunch!

a way to build range without being hit to put him at the otherside of the barracks with buildings around it.
If you fight against hc with spearmen I understand but if you deploy macemen when there are many falchioniers thats a good idea and look at the bonus of the macemen unlimited defense attacks and squires are handy for range units.

lol,i dont wait for them,when they come i move towards them so its fun beating people with like 3 or 4 people. i do like 4 ON 1..heehee thts funny cuz i destroy a whole army in like an hour :p

HAHA...It's funny to hear a newbie talk... :-)
Just messin' with ya ayder.

lol,its ok,alot of otha poeple on hear mock me so it dun matter :p

Nice to see this BATTLE GAME TACTICS thread got totally hijacked
You may all snigger now, but you won't be laughing when Ayder is in YOUR game and there's a very serious chance he could wipe you out! I cite Hll as my example, who may yet wipe ME out. But not yet as we have a NAP

I think, Ayder, the only thing that gets to the vets here is that you're not being as modest as you could. Even now I keep saying "but I could be wrong" because I know as soon as I say "this strat is great etc. etc." someone is going to purposefully come looking for me to hand me my butt

Being perfectly honest, I would say that depending on your game speed, you'll be at the higher games by March-April or May at the latest (slow games + normal speed ones).

And for the debate...melee has one very good use. Although you probably can't take a castle with it, if the ranged troops defending dare set foot in those towers or outside...I think *argh* comes to mind
I'm sure a good many people have battle game experience to back this up, of the times they had to use melee troops to cover their ballista/marksmen and the times they had stand-offs with one guy trying to punch a hole in the other's lines...

o,ok. sorry,will not be so sure on things when i post. when do tyou think i'll be level 2? if i win my BEGINNER and SKIRMISH would tht take me 2 level2? im numba one in my beginner(its too easy) and im numberone in skirmish but i know tht i'll loose it because there are very tactical,experienced people so i think i will be 4-5 when the game finishes,anyway no time talking about tht because theres a hell lot turns to come around untill the end

beginner games dont give you lvls and 1 skirmish 4 or second is around lvl 11 or something

ok

Odds are when you score you'll jump SEVERAL levels. Beginner games give you nothing, but the skirmish game will. Look around the forums, there are posts on how the games are 'scored' - odds are you've tripped over one already! If not, just start another post and someone'll explain it again...
In this game, even finishing only half-way gives you levels. I think the last game I won outright was a beginner's game...!

so youre saying i might of gone up a level already?

CTD, Hijacked for sure!...looks like question corner and chit chat in here!! hmmmmmmm strategy and tactic discussion.....

Last Edited : Tuesday, 31 December 2002 - 17:52