LightmareNikita
Banned
posted 18 August 2007 02:01 PM EDT (US)
It's really impossible to get to 1700 because there are always these 2 losers that ocme along that when thye're losing they just drop hack my good ally anf game over, is there any place i can report them cause i wrote their names down.
Caboose_Nor
Mortal
posted 20 August 2007 02:09 AM
EDT (US)
36 / 73
No, he told ME he was 1800+ on eso DaP.
NiceHorus
Mortal
posted 20 August 2007 04:24 AM
EDT (US)
37 / 73
Don't put on massive theory lightmareNikita if you really want to get better.
Kata rapes all cavalry so don't mistaken that suggestion, kata rapes even thoth elephants. That is why vs. Atty, elephant, even miggy is NOT an viable option. It is almost like loki, but even worse than loki. At least no one would blame you if you fight a loki and make a few chariots to back up your army and fish off his wounded hersirs.
Anyway, get to the point if you want to get to 1700 then make effort on hard quality of your army.
I fought 16++ greek players with elephants, they make prodromes and still lost to me. Why? I was on full Thoth elephants and full iron, and my enemy, medium prodrome with no armory upgrades at all.
Again, try to improve the hard quality of your army if you really want to get to 1700. Fix your idle villagers and DO NOT put too many attention on a few units (<10).
Regards.
maggioli
Mortal
posted 20 August 2007 10:20 AM
EDT (US)
39 / 73
Hey All,
In my humble opinion (I really mean that, since I am not nearly as good of a player as many of you are!) the only purpose of the rating system is to (hopefully, in spite of smurfs) allow people to play other people in the same level (or close enough), thus making interesting games.
I, for example, have more fun if I play a tough game even
if I end up losing in the end, but which had lots of interesting battles and strats on both ends than playing an easy game against someone who is below my rating (not may out people there that qualify since I am around 1610 on a good day, but currently less than that)
Seriously, my point is that ideally the rating system should give us what this game is all about- having fun !
So I'd suggest not being so concerned about being 1700 or 1800...just enjoy it, try to play better, but the main thing is... have fun!
yoma
Banned
posted 20 August 2007 03:30 PM
EDT (US)
43 / 73
OMG, the only part i understood of what nicehorus said, was that you can't play aom on paper. xD
Yeah, math and stats aren't the only thing to take into account.
Pdroo
Banned
posted 20 August 2007 10:28 PM
EDT (US)
47 / 73
^^^ That is check number 4 (and one fo the most important one) in my checklist
!
NiceHorus
Mortal
posted 21 August 2007 06:21 AM
EDT (US)
49 / 73
Sorry guys I have been a bit gig on things.
Well D&P is right about it. Basically the hit & run strategy is only viable vs. units whose speed is decisively lower, or it applies when you are trying to catch up enemy unit.
That is why you can counter an cavalary spammer with archer some time, because cavalaries can be stuck at random location due to land scape reasons.
(This don't apply to D&P's cavalary though, he always has his blooming RC max pierce armor. Lorenzo told me only way to do him in is to out play him, and Sam once showed off to me that his RC had pierce armor almost as tough as D&P, 11. No offense though, just kidding.)
Ignore all the things I said about FEM(finite element method), basically it means you break down the model of an object into small pieces on a computer, then calculate each of these small pieces, then rejoin the whole thing together to get an over-all result, for example, force, or temperature.
The point is this FEM can predict things to happen next, and save massive time to do a complicated calculation which is known as Integration, also computer can not do real integrations because of the internal defect.
So far so good, if anyone still can't get it then just ignore that thing. I was only kinda mess up because I only wanted to say statistics don't work in the way it seems to be, and that was the internal reason but it is way too complicated.
I spent 2 years studying this by now and I am still only at starting stage of FEM stuff. So don't confuse yourself if anyone can't get it.
Regards.
Caboose_Nor
Mortal
posted 21 August 2007 09:38 AM
EDT (US)
51 / 73
Yes, that's the way I play Ra/Isis too. Thor armory ftw.
LightmareNikita
Banned
posted 22 August 2007 07:45 AM
EDT (US)
53 / 73
Alright Devil Exele, yeah, those first 4 eggy towers are pwoerful, but after watching some records I LOVE PLAYING AGAINST EGGIES, especially Isis. I just luv them, before they even advance i got theseus a scout a centaur and 2 hippokins hitting their house whic connects thier tower which protects their gold.
Searching Beginner? You must be kidding me right? WHo do u think i am?
When i play 2v2 rated/advanced my ally almost always tells me one of these things:
Damn, nice raiding.
or
How do you raid and still managed to get to heroic at a time like that?
You crazy, at the very beginning, going all cavarly vs. Odin/Thor is a good idea since 1800+ do it. And then i have a raiding war vs. the norse.
Loki is an exception where i sometimes go hop/tox.
Atties, 1-1-1 seems good but 2 stables and 1 archery ranged seems better since i can raid. But atties are tough.
Greeks, particularly hades is also a threat.
And remember devil, POseidon>Norse, don't assume i always go all hippokins, even thou sometimes it's a good idea and it works. Hippokin+centaur raids vs. Norse are awesome.
Well, yeah the 4 towers WERE a problem, but most eggies don't get them cause that 150 food is good for a faster advance.
So at a 1650-1700 level, my raiding actully is quite powerful, and if you don't believe me, then we must play a game u being Isis...the problem is my early cav rush/raid should be a surprise attack, and u already know of it.
P.S. POseidons#1 map is OASIS. Low food, but we got lure and cav 12 food per pop and all cav. counters are high in food. Enenmy has no nd gold mine like anatolia or ghostlake or sometimes marsh.
And all cav is good vs. eggies odin/thor/other poseidons.
ARBIT3R
Banned
posted 22 August 2007 07:53 AM
EDT (US)
54 / 73
Do all you guys who pay out lightmare have crap lives or something and u pay him out cause it makes u feel better?
NHF
ARBIT3R
Banned
posted 22 August 2007 08:17 AM
EDT (US)
57 / 73
k i see ur point just don't go too far