Army Make-Up

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   Honestly, hI consider elite hyunits a vaste of resources.

Dey cost twice as many resources on average, for (often significantly) less dan twice as much power.

Beyond dat, hI build votever gets me da biggest numbers fastest, vhile doink as little damage to my advanced resource stockpiles as possible. As an orc, dat means hI generally make spears and cavalry, vit a city specializink in each (to allow for sovereignty bonuses). If hI am runnink low, hi will switch to producink infantry for a while to eat up all da excess blacksmith stuff hI've surely been producink.

Orc archers are veird, not bad but veird to build resource vise (spear and leather), and bows are hyuseless, so dey get traded away for other stuff.

But hI hef a pretty large turnover. If hyu's mostly peaceful, hI'd imagine da lower upkeep on advanced hyunits might be vorth it? but hI doubt hit.

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Noryasha Grunk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Wordsmith Joined: 11 Jun 2010 Location: Armokumid Status: Offline Points: 156	Posted: 10 Nov 2010 at 19:09
	Honestly, hI consider elite hyunits a vaste of resources. Dey cost twice as many resources on average, for (often significantly) less dan twice as much power. Beyond dat, hI build votever gets me da biggest numbers fastest, vhile doink as little damage to my advanced resource stockpiles as possible. As an orc, dat means hI generally make spears and cavalry, vit a city specializink in each (to allow for sovereignty bonuses). If hI am runnink low, hi will switch to producink infantry for a while to eat up all da excess blacksmith stuff hI've surely been producink. Orc archers are veird, not bad but veird to build resource vise (spear and leather), and bows are hyuseless, so dey get traded away for other stuff. But hI hef a pretty large turnover. If hyu's mostly peaceful, hI'd imagine da lower upkeep on advanced hyunits might be vorth it? but hI doubt hit.

Torn Sky Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Warrior Joined: 28 Apr 2010 Location: Texas Status: Offline Points: 402	Posted: 10 Nov 2010 at 20:11
	the advantage of elite units is time if you have the capability to keep T2 in que nonstop then they are the way to go ill run the numbers when i get home, unless some1 else does it, that shows the attack str gained in 24hrs production of T1 v T2

Torn Sky Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Warrior Joined: 28 Apr 2010 Location: Texas Status: Offline Points: 402	Posted: 10 Nov 2010 at 22:42
	made with a lvl 20 barracks-no Sov Per day Made Attack Spear 187.2 1,684.8 156.0 2,964.0 Sword 156.0 3,432.0 133.7 4,813.2 Bow 156.0 2,652.0 133.7 3,476.2 Cav 133.7 4,545.8 117.0 6,903.0 ^^stats for orc units Edited by Torn Sky - 10 Nov 2010 at 23:17

G0DsDestroyer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Postmaster Joined: 16 Sep 2010 Location: Ásgarð/Vanaheim Status: Offline Points: 975	Posted: 10 Nov 2010 at 22:58
	what about siege? they count as an army unit and T2 troops are better than regular troops, so i would make T2 when you can. Edited by G0DsDestroyer - 10 Nov 2010 at 23:01
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Zangi Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Warrior Joined: 15 Jul 2010 Status: Offline Points: 295	Posted: 11 Nov 2010 at 00:14
	You gotta take the time and resource costs into mind. T2 are better when you need them faster. T1, a few of them anyways, give more bang for the buck. Building up troops during peacetime? Go for the bang for the buck. During wartime? Go for the quickie. (But take into account what you can actually build in a sustainable way.)

Llyorn Of Jaensch Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Postmaster Joined: 31 Mar 2010 Location: Sydney Status: Offline Points: 924	Posted: 11 Nov 2010 at 05:26
	1.There will be situations whereby you will not have the luxury of deciding the location of battle. 2. Different units perform differently in different terrains. Considering these two points you should ALWAYS (whether you specialize in unit per city or not) have all 4 unit types at your disposal. And, (in my opinion) as has been demonstrated Tier 2 unit types are better considering all factors. ESPECIALLY for your commanders.

Baldrick Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List New Poster Joined: 15 Sep 2010 Status: Offline Points: 37	Posted: 15 Nov 2010 at 12:37
	Some interesting thoughts/suggestions there which will give me plenty to think about. Looking at the majority of posts I am guessing that, for now anyway, there is no real specific build types so mostly it comes down to experimentation and what works best for you - aside from the basic building of course. Thanks to all who have taken the time to answer, I appreciate it - if during my time here I find a better way I will let you know. I'm not that technically minded, nor clever, so don't hold your breath on that!