Gaia is often overlooked but stands as one of the strongest Atlantean gods. I was hoping the community would look her abilities over and come up with some strats. There are a few out there. But lets first look at Gaia's Statistics:
Gaia also gets the Forest God power. Which allows you to create a cirtually inpregnable circular wall whereever you like. The uses for this are endless. This god power has served me well. This power just rocks. Uses: But Gaia also gets better. She has an awesome god path. Classic Age your can go with Leto or Oceanus. Your just about always going to want to go with Oceanus. Leto is good if your doing the Automaton Rush but really, Leto is one of the worse gods out there. Lets look at Oceanus: From a pure troops standpoint your always looking for an edge. I find Weightless mace gives me that vrs RC, Jarls and Hippokins. The speed boost is really what makes it worth it. BUT You dont need many Katapeltes to handle Calvary as is... And I rarely make many of them. IF my enemy is making alot of Hippokins or RC I'll probably grab it espcially since I hate chasing troops. Now bite of the shark is a SMALL bonus and really not neccessary till you've maxed out your Blacksmith Techs and need an edge. The point is in stalemate battles you now have the option of getting that edge. I usually research this tech After I get my classical attack upgrade so I maintain that edge all the way too mythic, staying one step ahead for 200 food. Your water healer can heal land units too but they have to be close. I usally use her to harass my enemy on water map and scout what their building. And the infamous Carnivora God power. At first glance this guy sucks... BUT check the stats: SO how can you use this guy effectively. Well for starters he is Fantastic outside a Dock or any other building for that matter. Even next to an upgraded classical tower he can attack the tower and tower can't attack back. You can shape trees around your Town Hall and place a few of these in the Open Area if your worried about destroyers or portable rams. It will swallow a unit whole or instantly sink a ship as a special ability. While it is unable to move it can be used multiple times and is one of the handier god powers. Oceanus is always my classical choice. I haven't found a real use for LETO yet. Has anybody? [This message has been edited by IDCAMS (edited 09-10-2004 @ 10:28 PM).]
But really the techs are just the icing... You get 2 Mythic Units that are both healers. Your flying unit (Caladria) has a FANTASTIC line of sight and is usually my first choice for GP spotting and quick scouting missions. Healing your units after a battle saves on your economy and puts an opponant that can't heal much farther behind.