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by EscalonOne
23 Feb 2017, 11:33
Forum: Strategy
Topic: 700 food card as Russia
Replies: 26
Views: 1091
Flag: Netherlands

Re: 700 food card as Russia

Wow, very helpful comments, guys. Thank you all for this statements! Seems clear now that 700F > SPICE TRADE, unless you're trying a long term plan that is not the best idea for Russia. I'm gonna try some games with an agressive strategy sending 700f as a first colonial card, when I used to send Sp...
by EscalonOne
06 Feb 2017, 08:19
Forum: Strategy
Topic: China defensive ff
Replies: 76
Views: 3199
Flag: Netherlands

Re: China defensive ff

I feel getting rushed as China is exactly what you want, most musket rushes or all rushes in general imo (excluding iro,Otto,russia) are easily holdable. I'd much prefer French to try and musk/hus rush me as China then face a semi-ff with stagecoach. and you honestly don't need 700w, a military shi...
by EscalonOne
03 Feb 2017, 13:26
Forum: Strategy
Topic: Conscript to Lieutenant — A Beginner's Guide to Basics
Replies: 96
Views: 22396
Flag: Netherlands

Re: Conscript to Lieutenant — A Beginner's Guide to Basics

how to become good is to play alot, everything else should come to your gamestyle eventually. yesh, play 3v3 Deccans all day and you'll eventually become an awesome player!! worked for me. Wouldn't advice that, theres a huge powergap within the group of lieutenants playing that. Many times i did th...
by EscalonOne
03 Feb 2017, 10:51
Forum: Strategy
Topic: China defensive ff
Replies: 76
Views: 3199
Flag: Netherlands

Re: China defensive ff

umeu wrote:
yurashic wrote:Good video that represents how the MU goes.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yXhVj-HaV0[/video]


You can just semi ff and win easy on esoc maps. Only on re maps u can still lose sometimes cuz bad res. But semi or even full colonial beats 10/10


Q; where do those waardgelders come from?
by EscalonOne
01 Feb 2017, 12:01
Forum: Strategy
Topic: Tedere's Chinese Semi-ff
Replies: 22
Views: 1818
Flag: Netherlands

Re: Tedere's Chinese Semi-ff

tedere12 wrote:No, confucian academy gives more skirms in age 4, ckn in age 2. Summer palace gives more food

Yeah but thats not the actual wonder's power. So supposedly the porcelain tower is the only wonder where the passive power scales, which is odd imo.
by EscalonOne
01 Feb 2017, 12:00
Forum: Strategy
Topic: dutch check or rush play
Replies: 16
Views: 998
Flag: Netherlands

Re: dutch check or rush play

Semi-ff only works if you hurt your opponent more than the semi hurt you. There are typically 2 situations in which u semi 1) u need semi to hold off a strong rush (typical vs early agression) 2) you see an opportunity to harrass opponent (i.e. bad herds) In other cases you probably want to do 3 ba...
by EscalonOne
31 Jan 2017, 12:43
Forum: Strategy
Topic: Tedere's Chinese Semi-ff
Replies: 22
Views: 1818
Flag: Netherlands

Re: Tedere's Chinese Semi-ff

Question; why do all those china builds not use porcelain tower to go age2? I personally always do tp+porcelain, which means i get 1 vill less in a trade for porcelain (=7?) and the tp allows me to ship 8ckn when i need em = much better than palace where u get 3bow 3pik at ~7.30. Also much more fle...
by EscalonOne
31 Jan 2017, 10:57
Forum: Strategy
Topic: Dutch guide help
Replies: 12
Views: 632
Flag: Netherlands

Re: Dutch guide help

1. pikerush - 15v up - tower in transition - 3v/8pik/700w
2. skirmrush - 15v up - bank in transition (dont be scared to sacrifice a little idle tc time for skirms) - 700w/8pik
by EscalonOne
31 Jan 2017, 08:34
Forum: Strategy
Topic: Tedere's Chinese Semi-ff
Replies: 22
Views: 1818
Flag: Netherlands

Re: Tedere's Chinese Semi-ff

Question; why do all those china builds not use porcelain tower to go age2? I personally always do tp+porcelain, which means i get 1 vill less in a trade for porcelain (=7?) and the tp allows me to ship 8ckn when i need em = much better than palace where u get 3bow 3pik at ~7.30. Also much more flex...
by EscalonOne
31 Jan 2017, 08:09
Forum: Strategy
Topic: dutch check or rush play
Replies: 16
Views: 998
Flag: Netherlands

Re: dutch check or rush play

Semi-ff only works if you hurt your opponent more than the semi hurt you. There are typically 2 situations in which u semi 1) u need semi to hold off a strong rush (typical vs early agression) 2) you see an opportunity to harrass opponent (i.e. bad herds) In other cases you probably want to do 3 ban...
by EscalonOne
10 Jan 2017, 14:19
Forum: Strategy
Topic: China defensive ff
Replies: 76
Views: 3199
Flag: Netherlands

Re: China defensive ff

thing to consider is White pagoda age - save a shipment - have strong monk/disciples for rest of game Summer Palace age - gain 3bow3pike - Have free batches for rest of the game IF 3bow/pike is more or less the same as upgraded monk + 5 disciples THEN the only consideration is Free batches (excludin...
by EscalonOne
10 Jan 2017, 09:00
Forum: Strategy
Topic: China defensive ff
Replies: 76
Views: 3199
Flag: Netherlands

China defensive ff

So i've been reading up on china ff's lately. I was wondering, could it be viable to age up with the white pagoda when u expect an early rush (like india russ iro)? This way u have some extra force (monk + disciples) to defend. Also the disciples can be easily replenished if needed, as long as u can...
by EscalonOne
06 Jan 2017, 14:33
Forum: Strategy
Topic: Request: Scouting Guide
Replies: 17
Views: 734
Flag: Netherlands

Request: Scouting Guide

Hi all,

Im a mediocre player looking for some enemy-scouting tips. Any civ, any map, any situation.

Much appreciated!
by EscalonOne
06 Jan 2017, 14:30
Forum: Strategy
Topic: Age 1 Cards without Villagers
Replies: 42
Views: 1512
Flag: Netherlands

Re: Age 1 Cards without Villagers

Portuguese is very situational. Eco theory or furrier can minimize the gap between porto eco vs civ that sends vills so that u enter age2 less further behind. On the other hand the 700g/700w are much more valuable at that point in the game so i would usually vouch for that. IMO colonial militia shou...

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