ROFL, valor is generally over after 7-8 mins at the latest. Thatīs not time for a full-flowing econ. And if you canīt keep up with turma raids, then, no offense, youīre not a good enough player. Turmas can be annoying, but theyīre far from impossible.. all civs have a classical unit that can keep up with them and kick the shit out of them.
Kronos canīt timeshift TCs, palaces cost too much, and only one building at once which isnīt fast enough a while into the game. And of course Oranos and Gaia canīt timeshift. So they donīt have a good forward build.
The problem with Attie heroes isnīt that they canīt be made fast or that they have poor stats.. itīs that THEY COST TOO MUCH!! Making 4-5 hero turmas before 10 mins wrecks his econ. And he always wastes one valor on the oracles, which are only good for rushing.
The fact that you even mention turning a vill into an ulfsark, suggests that you donīt know what you are talking about. Noone should ever turn a vill into an ulfsark, unless you have 10000 of each resource, or you are being raided by 20 hippikons and are too far from safety. When playing vs Kronos, try to build a second ulf since you know you might have to do extra building..
I can only say what happened when I played a Kronos on Anatolia as Loki today. Sent my ulf to the middle of the shore since most Kronos players go to the shore parallell to your starting location, cause thatīs where most ppl build. Got a dock up, he missed it with his scout, had no problem getting a 2nd dock up very soon, got 7-8 fishing ships, built an extra ulf, switched vills to boars to get a good classical time.
I build my temple, he deconstructs it, since I planned ahead and got 2 ulfs I can rebuild it fast within protection of my TC. At 3.25 heīs classical and starts rushing with prometheans and valored oracles. I keep calm, just move vills away from his units and gather elsewhere. I go classical around 4 mins, and start pupmping hersirs from my temple and ulfs from the tc. Get a second temple while fending his units off when they get too close. He has now timeshifted the counter-barracks and starts going turma..
He has destroyed every building in sight, which was only a tower and a poorly placed house. I just continue to pump ulfs and hers. I attack his turmas, he runs away, so I can get to work on the buildings. Within notime his rush is thwarted and he turns home.
I donīt let him breathe, but start queuing vills from my TC and immediately move everything I have to his base.. Ulfs scout his vills, and I pound down heavy on them. He builds lots of cheiros with what he has left, but they canīt kil my inf. without a large enough meatshield. I kill what I can, build 2 forward barracks and start making rc. GG
I have the rec if you want, unless the f*cking game managed to screw it up as usual (canīt watch any recs now *sobs* ).. Itīs good for seeing how a Kronos player sinks like a stone when he canīt throw you off with his rush.