LightmareNikita
Banned
posted 11 July 2007 12:42 PM EDT (US)
Ok, First off, I love Cavarly, i just love them, the fact that absolutely nothing can counter them in classical except Kaltapeltas and possibly Hoplites is just great, in which case i add archers to the army.
Usually in team games, i'm not that great, because i have a big problem...i lack villagers that just walk around building a fortress here, building a TC there, i just don't have those and i RLLY need to adjust my strategies to have those. Anyway, i just pretty much get armies of Hippokins and Centaurs and send them to where my allies need them most. In 1v1, i'm better because everything is a lot more under control. But until i find out what to do vs. every civ, i'm not going rated 1v1 again.
Yeah...i watched just so many recorded games of Poseidon vs. Zeus, and the zeus wins 80% of the time.....yeah, zeus is better than poseidon...
I know how to counter a Krush, pretty much have a standard 6/3/3/3 and the last 3 are on favor to fund the centaurs and advance. Then i usually build 2 stables, and 1 military academy and possibly, not always 1 archery range, and then just autoqueq units from there...My TC is on auto throughout Clacssical going from gold to wood to food...If the raiding becomes a problem, i just put a wall up and possibly upgrade it ONCE.
I am actully have a LOT of trouble countering the Norse Forward build rush. I look for the ulfsark and find it with my scout sometimes, but i lose it sometimes because i micro my eco. Once, i played against a 1730 and he made 2 ulfsarks one which was running from my scout and one who made a forward base which was behind mine and destroyed my wood operation, no toxetes, gg...i need help and advice against those...perhaps i should watch a few records...
Anyway, i play poseidon because i like both Hermes and Artemis and i can't play without them.
P.S. ARE THERE ANY 1900+ POSEIDON PLAYERS HERE? I NEED A TUTOR!!!!!!!!!!!!
I find the Hoplites+Toxetes effective vs. Norse, but i feel guilty that i don't use cavarly...
HELP
SSJVegetaTrunks
Mortal
posted 11 July 2007 01:11 PM
EDT (US)
1 / 24
First of all, there are hardly any 19+ Poseidon players, if there are any. Second, none post here. Third, if you want to get better at 1v1 rated, you have to PLAY 1v1 rated! "Without courage, wisdom bears no fruits". Losing your precious rating isn't that bad anyway, what's important is getting better. Practice is the best way to get better.
Squeoo
Mortal
posted 11 July 2007 02:10 PM
EDT (US)
2 / 24
i'm no possy... but i can be your training partner... at least until my internet goes away.. um.. eso name?
and considering all greek are alike just with different specialties, it shouldn't be too hard to adapt to if you know zeus or hades, and i know them each pretty well.
Squeoo
Mortal
posted 11 July 2007 02:11 PM
EDT (US)
3 / 24
and greek >> norse FB
im sorry if you don't know this but its true.
perhaps you don't have your heroes out at all times, which is a must.
LightmareNikita
Banned
posted 11 July 2007 02:30 PM
EDT (US)
4 / 24
Actully Hades RAPES THE NORSE FB, but i have trouble doing it as Poseidon
And i have seen players that are 2034 that are Poseidon sometimes and Zeus sometimes on agesanctuary...
U'll tutor me Sam_Ham...uhh, u know a_Game_a_win, yeah, on his sig is alink to his site, i'm there, it's proboards, sign up and we'll talk there..
LightmareNikita
Banned
posted 11 July 2007 02:30 PM
EDT (US)
5 / 24
Actully Hades RAPES THE NORSE FB, but i have trouble doing it as Poseidon
And i have seen players that are 2034 that are Poseidon sometimes and Zeus sometimes on agesanctuary...
U'll tutor me Squeeoo...uhh, u know a_Game_a_win, yeah, on his sig is alink to his site, i'm there, it's proboards, sign up and we'll talk there..
Squeoo
Mortal
posted 11 July 2007 03:40 PM
EDT (US)
7 / 24
vs. eggy, you can do slower than 5 minute...
you want to age up as they do, if its a fh isis/ra, then of course ur gonna wanna get to heroic the same time... then make some prodromos, with a few peltasts, and get to mythic...
come in with myrms/collosus, end it.
Pdroo
Banned
posted 11 July 2007 05:11 PM
EDT (US)
8 / 24
^^
Dont give any advice if you do not know what u write because u will harm other people's gamplay
Possy doesnt get myrms
Squeoo
Mortal
posted 11 July 2007 05:57 PM
EDT (US)
10 / 24
i had just told him recently that all greek are alike, so they just have variations and most should have some small tie in to zeus strats.. i figured he would understand that i was talking about one of my zeus strats...
it wasn't directed at you Pdroo, it was directed at him as i had already told him i play zeus so anything i would know about possy would have to be tweaked to fit him, as i play zeus.
if you have known that, it would make more sense..
Squeoo
Mortal
posted 11 July 2007 10:00 PM
EDT (US)
12 / 24
i'm not trying to argue i was saying that i had told him i play zeus so he could try to vary off of a zeus strategy with tweaks, but almost basic same principals... I haven't gotten to train with him yet but told him that i normally play zeus so anything i can say would be zeus related and to try to tweak it somewhat..
again, nobody else plays poseidon so it was only aimed at him (if they do play possy they haven't stated so before)
LightmareNikita
Banned
posted 12 July 2007 02:08 PM
EDT (US)
14 / 24
You know Death and Pain, I created this thread so that i can get some advice with Poseidon in team games and/or rated 1v1. Your post this not help me with anything and was only used for critisism towards me. Since it did not help me, it was therefore useless and should not be here.
If you do not have any advice or any constructive thoughts to provide, please do not post/flame in my thread.
Argue with somebody your own rating.
~LightmareNikita
ricownage
Mortal
posted 13 July 2007 10:26 AM
EDT (US)
18 / 24
Hey LightmareNikita, no offence but you should really listen before you try to argue...
PerrinsHammer
Mortal
posted 13 July 2007 10:52 AM
EDT (US)
19 / 24
Anyhow, one more thing to keep in mind with Poseidon is that you need to be constantly building. With the militia, any building taken down is instant troops and defense. I've had my forward base Earthquaked and used the resulting militia to nearly overwhelm the TC. This is how Pos. might differ in strategy from Zues/Hades.
But, you probably already knew that.
Squeoo
Mortal
posted 13 July 2007 11:29 AM
EDT (US)
20 / 24
@perrinshammer: haha that sounds really fun... i'm seriously gonna try a few possy games and try overwhelming enemy TC with buildings...
is there a list somewhere of how many militia come from each building?
Caboose_Nor
Mortal
posted 13 July 2007 12:53 PM
EDT (US)
22 / 24
I beleive it would be more beneficial for you to do toxotes and hippikon vs norse than toxotes and hoplites? If you do hoplites then the norse player will take them out with throwing axemen in the back. If you do hippikon then the norse player will have to fight you with raiding cavalry, which are weaker than hippikon. Beware though that once you reach your population limit you don't really have a stronger army anymore, since hippikons take more pop. BUT, if you fight in confined spaces you will win, since you have archers and stronger units.
LightmareNikita
Banned
posted 13 July 2007 01:21 PM
EDT (US)
23 / 24
The summer is not over yet btw 11
And, i have trouble vs. Eggies...
Squeoo
Mortal
posted 13 July 2007 02:54 PM
EDT (US)
24 / 24
get mythic, collosus spam, make prodromos and peltasts, with some ranged siege, the ranged siege stop him from getting his miggys built a little too close, the collosus to take down all his currently existing miggys/TC/Houses, the prodromos to counter elephants, and the pelts to counter chariots.