So How do the norse deal with a classical Eggie Raid. They usually bring mostly slingers (10-12) + 2 Axemen and usually 8 spearmen, a pharoah and a priest.... They pick an anooying spot to raid from and they cast serpents there...
As far as I can tell, Throwing axemen are completely pointless vrs slingers...
RC Get munched by spear men...
Ulfsarks seem valid but then you remember they have almost 0 pierce armor and will just get owned....
Mass Hersirs? (Thats expensive as hell) But I can't think of anything else... Then you get the blacksmith upgrades and hope he doesn't mass Axemen because you will get owned all over again...
Even heroic is tough when they break out the camel meat shield backed by Chariot Archers and Slingers... (Ok I take that back just mass Huskarls... Been a while since I played Eggies as norse)
Mythic... If it gets to mythic you win... Its the classical part I've been having problems with vrs eggies only...
My new plan...
Classic Age:
Barracks X1 + Blacksmith (Usually go with three but the temple can make hersirs too (Make a second temple while advancing so I have 2 temples and a barracks.... Build Both Temples BACK Behind your base and Build get this... WALLS around your towers and Houses somewhere safe... Don't have the wood to replace them.)
Before troop upgrade (Which I won't have the food for anyways) Pierce Upgrade at the Blacksmith. (Hersirs benefit X2 for this upgrade)
First out of barracks:
4 Horsies... (Exclusively for making people nervous and hopefully goad them into making more spears. Raiding Troops)
Then As many Hersirs as I can afford....
Peons... LESS wood in archiac... I think 6 should be enough. More Food. MAke 2 Groups of 6 food People and Maximize Odin's almost non existant Hunting bonus.
NO UPGRADES. (Too Costly, Get em all in heroic)
More on gold... 6 on gold should be good (Im going to try for atleast 4 dwarves + 2 peons......)
Thats 24 peons all together which means a 5:30 or so Advancement time. (You start with 2 peons so you gotta make 22 + 2 Oxcarts, Kinda of late I know but while your advancing you can make hersirs too...)
Less Scouting. Scout the immediate area only, let Odin's raven do the work, you don't want to risk having to build another ulfsark...
Any thoughts? I owned a Hades, Zeus, Loki and Odin player tonight in the 1700's with little problems... But every time I come up against eggies I am stumped! Set espcially owns me, 5 rhinos, 2 elephants, Crockidiles, Monkeys, ARGH Plus the slingers, Snakes and Spears... And he usally raids me gold mines with Hyenas or something which My villes kill just fine but then he knows where Im at and an anubite stops by ... It just sucks... Eggies seem to counter norse in classical age pretty Damn effectively.