While people say that Greek counters Norse, I find that the opposite is true. I am a 1700 – 1825 Greek player and I win 80% of my encounters with other Greeks, 70% vs. Egypt and have a pathetic 40% win rate against Norse. I have switched to Odin and Thor for about 30 games and have not found that to help either. (its no good to play games in the 1600s) Watching recorded games is not a help either.
I find that as Zeus and Hades I am continually playing catch up, (vs. Norse) advancing at 5:30 with 21 vills, and wood / gold / herd or hunting upgrades. By the time my hop / tox / hipps start popping from the barracks I am already on the defensive. The raids by the Norse RC really don’t do much except put me incrementally further behind; and I generally get off 1-2 5 unit raiding parties.
But the decisive initiative of the game has been lost. 40 % of the time I can boom thru the disadvantage, but that is not enough.
So here is the question for good Norse players – What are the most annoying / game changing / difficult to counter / ect. Things that Greeks do in the late classical / early heroic to “reclaim” the inertia of the game.