I think I have found a very effective way to kill the Egyptians as Norse. I am sure it is very common but, oh well.
I call it The Suffocation strat. I find that is works best with the Thor Dwarf strat but it will work with any civ. When you start you follow the basic build order of TSD’s Thor dwarf strat but put some extra dwarves on wood. Once you hit classical you build a Longhouse or two and begin to pump out Throwing Axeman. You will need the extra wood and gold you acquired to do this. Once you have about 10-15 Ta’s, head over the enemy Egyptians. Your TA’s can counter any Classical unit he throws at you if you have enough of them. Find his gold mines and disperse his miners with your Ta’s. Build towers on all the mines around his settlement. Also tower his main wood operation. While doing this, keep training more TA’s at home. You can start to throw in a few Ulfsarks or Hersirs if you’d like. Guard your towers, as your enemy will probably try to pump out axemen and take out the towers. Keep your economy rolling. Your towers should prevent him from getting the gold he needs (gold is vital to the Eggies), thus “suffocating him”. This is kind of like what they did in old times. They would starve the enemy out of their position. This is exactly what you will be doing if you do this right. Advance to Heroic and built a Hill Fort. Create 3 rams and destroy his TC. This is a summary of the strat. I will try to upload a recorded game today. I hope this helped some of you.
The Red Knight
"Must. Have. Flyswatter" - Soccy
I call it The Suffocation strat. I find that is works best with the Thor Dwarf strat but it will work with any civ. When you start you follow the basic build order of TSD’s Thor dwarf strat but put some extra dwarves on wood. Once you hit classical you build a Longhouse or two and begin to pump out Throwing Axeman. You will need the extra wood and gold you acquired to do this. Once you have about 10-15 Ta’s, head over the enemy Egyptians. Your TA’s can counter any Classical unit he throws at you if you have enough of them. Find his gold mines and disperse his miners with your Ta’s. Build towers on all the mines around his settlement. Also tower his main wood operation. While doing this, keep training more TA’s at home. You can start to throw in a few Ulfsarks or Hersirs if you’d like. Guard your towers, as your enemy will probably try to pump out axemen and take out the towers. Keep your economy rolling. Your towers should prevent him from getting the gold he needs (gold is vital to the Eggies), thus “suffocating him”. This is kind of like what they did in old times. They would starve the enemy out of their position. This is exactly what you will be doing if you do this right. Advance to Heroic and built a Hill Fort. Create 3 rams and destroy his TC. This is a summary of the strat. I will try to upload a recorded game today. I hope this helped some of you.
BTW, what are your thoughts on this strat?
-The Red Knight
"Must. Have. Flyswatter" - Soccy
[This message has been edited by The Red Knight (edited 12-24-2002 @ 10:36 AM).]