guba
Mortal
posted 29 July 2009 08:36 AM EDT (US)
So recently I decided I would like to try Egyptian after I came back to this game as it's a civ I've never really played before. I chose Ra as this god appeals to me more.
I've been playing a few games both rated and unrated, however I'm having trouble beating Atlanteans. They usually go up at around 4:30 and start raiding me and keeping units on gold mines, and I struggle to take them back. I've tried both classical fighting and going FH but I've still lost due to them having the tc's and map control.
Advice is really appreciated, such as what time i should be advancing at, what tactic i should be adopting etc. Thanks.
Noob4_Minion
Mortal
posted 29 July 2009 02:32 PM
EDT (US)
2 / 6
In addition to what eddy said, my advice is to not fall behind in tcs and lose the boom-war to the atty if your not FTing. This seemed to be my mistake a lot, I'd win all the battles with barracks units/sphinx, but the atty would age jump and get a titan/mythic gp because of better econ
buppy
Mortal
(id: pubby8)
posted 29 July 2009 09:17 PM
EDT (US)
4 / 6
Lower rating you could get away with a villy rush, which is rather funny.
Oranos turmas are always a pain, especially since your rax units can't catch up, so instead get crenelated towers to protect your villies. If you feel you have trouble with raiding, go ptah. His cheap farms allow you to spend more on troops, and his shifting sand can save some villies from death, or you can shift some of his raiders into a "jail" (a box of walls) built next to a tower.
Bast is better in the long run though, for her farm ups and eclipse will let you win a titan battle.
If I feel like I can get to a reasonably fast mythic, I may go for horus instead of osiris. Locust+tornado+roc+seige against a titan gate will kill it within seconds, pushing him back rather far.