First of all, I am 1800+, so I don't want any 1600's replying to this telling me they know the solution. I recently played a Hades as Loki, and lost horribly. How? Quite simple: a mass of toxotes, a fairly fast heroic, and a mass of siege surrounded by forts. How am I supposed to stop this as Loki? Some people say: "just mass RC and you'll take out the toxotes easy." Not so simple, that may work for 1700-, but in 1800+ land Hades builds hoplites and hipps as a meatshield, so the mass of RC fails horribly. All this Hades player had to do was get up an average-sized mass of toxotes, then go heroic. Once in heroic, he planted a fortress, built some siege, and then pummeled me. I sent my entire army to attack the siege, but it was surrounded by hipps, spears, and toxotes, not to mention a fortress. So, how can I stop this? You say "raid them in classical-" not so simple, either. I got to classical at 4:20 with a good econ, he go to classical at 4:35. He had sentinels and walls as well, to prevent raiding. Obviously, this makes the classical age attack not so viable. Toxotes rape hersirs, and with the sentinel combo, I wouldn't have killed a single vill with all my hersirs. The last option would have been to go heroic fast, as well, but this is difficult. If I try to go heroic fast, it restricts my military production, thereby allowing Hades' toxotes and hipps to raid me left and right. From my experience so far, the Greeks are the overpowered civ now. Ridicule me, mock me, do what you please, but take note that I am an experienced 1800+ player. From what I've seen, greeks are dominating right now. I can beat any Norse player up to 1900 with fair ease, and although eggies are difficult, they are nothing in comparison to the toxote-massing, ranged-sieging, hippikon-meat-shielding, powerhouse greeks, especially Hades. If you disagree with this, then tell me how I could have won that previous game in a feasible, detailed solution that makes sense. I appreciate your suggestions. Good luck, fellow Loki players.
MY NAME: Jk_Trogdor_
MY NAME: Jk_Trogdor_
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