Howdy. I'm planning on playing online vs a couple friends of mine who usually play Isis and Hades/Zeus. The thing is: I'm still getting my arse kicked by AI on moderated difficulty.
Now, what I usually do is to try and have a balanced economy by following this bo (btw, I play Thor but I'm happy to practice any god you recommend).
- Dwarven Mine by TC + 2 initial dwarves on it
- 5 vills to hunt + hunting dogs
- 2 dwarves on gold
- ox cart
- 1 vill + 1 dwarf on wood
- 2 vills on food
- 2 dwarves on wood
- ulf
- temple (+ armory if I got the resources)
- advance
After that I start upgrading armory and balancing my gatherers/dwarves around the different resources. Then I do a couple longhouses and start building some troops (usually I go mostly for ulfs as thei're my favourite).
This is what I usually do on first age, not necessarily by that order. My point is, I try to create conditions so I can have a sustained economy. However, I just get overwhelmed by AI around late Classical or early Heroic. They seem to have a much better army than mine (and way bigger too), so I guess I'm doing something really wrong.
Last week I've played vs this 2 buddies of mine and they also seem to have an easier time building armies.
Is Thor a late bloomer or is it just me playing it all wrong? I'd appretiate some constructive comments and pointers to decent nordic guides. I'd like to be a good Thor player, but as I said earlier, I'm happy to change if you think it's best.
Thanks in advance,
Shatter
Now, what I usually do is to try and have a balanced economy by following this bo (btw, I play Thor but I'm happy to practice any god you recommend).
- Dwarven Mine by TC + 2 initial dwarves on it
- 5 vills to hunt + hunting dogs
- 2 dwarves on gold
- ox cart
- 1 vill + 1 dwarf on wood
- 2 vills on food
- 2 dwarves on wood
- ulf
- temple (+ armory if I got the resources)
- advance
After that I start upgrading armory and balancing my gatherers/dwarves around the different resources. Then I do a couple longhouses and start building some troops (usually I go mostly for ulfs as thei're my favourite).
This is what I usually do on first age, not necessarily by that order. My point is, I try to create conditions so I can have a sustained economy. However, I just get overwhelmed by AI around late Classical or early Heroic. They seem to have a much better army than mine (and way bigger too), so I guess I'm doing something really wrong.
Last week I've played vs this 2 buddies of mine and they also seem to have an easier time building armies.
Is Thor a late bloomer or is it just me playing it all wrong? I'd appretiate some constructive comments and pointers to decent nordic guides. I'd like to be a good Thor player, but as I said earlier, I'm happy to change if you think it's best.
Thanks in advance,
Shatter