U can do ok with Greek.. i mean, if i can get to 1761 with Poseidon, then other people can at least match me or go higher.
As I;ve said countless times before, DON'T get into a big melee fight with Norse and try take out his forward base at the beginning.
You will never win a unit for unit, mass fight at the beginning as greek... he will have MORE units, that just churn out in no time... to match his production rate, u'll have to build about 15 stables and ranges. Then u run out of wood then u say, GG.
U have to let him come to u, and make him WASTE his units as he walks by your TC and thru your TWICE upgraded towers.
U use the hippis the engage them and basically to slow them down as they go thru your town and have your archers fire like crazy.
U have to win it mathematically... u have to lose less villagers/hippis/archers than he loses trying to come thru your town. (obvious but true.)
If he undermines one of your towers, BUILD ANOTHER otherwise he will have an easy spot to raid from.
And go up to Heroic and win with catapults.
What u'll find at the end of these games is how much more the norse player has amassed (food/wood/gold) than u and how many more military units he has made.
But at the end of the day, if your kill/loss ratio is better, that's all that counts.
That's how I do it.
Dunno about anyone else.
Course, I have played smurfs (who later claim to be 1850 or so) who attack me CONSTANTLY with HUGE amounts of units and STILL get to heroic before me and wipe me out but hey, I'm more inclined to believe it's cos they are better than me.
The only thing I'm a bit wary of is jarls.
What is the price/pop/power of a jarl compared to a pod?
Both heroic units, and for this exercise, neither upgraded.
What is their build times?
They're about the same size so pathing issues should be similar.
Anyone got the stats?