Let me get a little advanced.
What is raiding?
Raiding is basically attacking economy related units i.e villagers, merchants, etc. By killing them you kill your opponents economy i.e boom and have a better chance of winning the game. Raiding is an art which when executed properly kills your opponent's boom and sends him to stone age.
Raiding can be done in any age. Age 1 raid is known as ancient raid. I'll emphasize on ancient raids and sea raids in my next posts. Let me tell you about basic raiding.
How to raid?
Raiding depends a lot on your nation as well as your opponents nation. Fastest raiding nation is mongols. But there are other nations too which have great raiding units.
Basic Raiding Steps:- (Age 2 Raid)
- Get economy to 100 food and 100 wood (or 125 in case of british) and advance to age 2.
- Built stable asap.
- Simultaneously research Military2.
- Create Horse Archer or Heavy Cavalry.
- Sent them to raiding. Look for economical units like villigers (esp on mines and woodcutters) or merchants.
Note that the arrows indicate the way to raid.
- Then continue your boom.
Note that dont waste time in accumulating units for raid. Just send them the moment you create them. Dont forget to change unit stance to raiding while raiding. I'll blog about army stances later.
You can also raid with a couple or units. This is known as "Full Army Raid".
Using generals ability of ambush or forced march can help you raid better.
Pros:
- When executed properly, you kill your opponents boom.
Cons:
- You fail in raiding, you waste valuable resources esp wood and wealth.
Raiding is a double-edged sword.
How to defend raids?
Sometimes you are slow to goto age 2. And your opponent raids you before you raid him. Remember in raiding, be the first to raid. So at that point of time you have to defend his raids and possibly counter him back.
Ways to defend:
- Build towers at proper positions.
- Build stable asap and create a light horse(LC). Get it to a proper location where your opponent might raid.
OR
- Build a barracks and create an archer(LI).
- Build Outpost (optional) to avoid full army raids by ambush.
That was basic raiding. Raiding is optional. Always try to save units. Go despot in senate to get more raiding benefits. Aztecs get double plunder. So if your aztecs always raid.
What is raiding?
Raiding is basically attacking economy related units i.e villagers, merchants, etc. By killing them you kill your opponents economy i.e boom and have a better chance of winning the game. Raiding is an art which when executed properly kills your opponent's boom and sends him to stone age.
Raiding can be done in any age. Age 1 raid is known as ancient raid. I'll emphasize on ancient raids and sea raids in my next posts. Let me tell you about basic raiding.
How to raid?
Raiding depends a lot on your nation as well as your opponents nation. Fastest raiding nation is mongols. But there are other nations too which have great raiding units.
Basic Raiding Steps:- (Age 2 Raid)
- Get economy to 100 food and 100 wood (or 125 in case of british) and advance to age 2.
- Built stable asap.
- Simultaneously research Military2.
- Create Horse Archer or Heavy Cavalry.
- Sent them to raiding. Look for economical units like villigers (esp on mines and woodcutters) or merchants.
Note that the arrows indicate the way to raid.
- Then continue your boom.
Note that dont waste time in accumulating units for raid. Just send them the moment you create them. Dont forget to change unit stance to raiding while raiding. I'll blog about army stances later.
You can also raid with a couple or units. This is known as "Full Army Raid".
Using generals ability of ambush or forced march can help you raid better.
Pros:
- When executed properly, you kill your opponents boom.
Cons:
- You fail in raiding, you waste valuable resources esp wood and wealth.
Raiding is a double-edged sword.
How to defend raids?
Sometimes you are slow to goto age 2. And your opponent raids you before you raid him. Remember in raiding, be the first to raid. So at that point of time you have to defend his raids and possibly counter him back.
Ways to defend:
- Build towers at proper positions.
- Build stable asap and create a light horse(LC). Get it to a proper location where your opponent might raid.
OR
- Build a barracks and create an archer(LI).
- Build Outpost (optional) to avoid full army raids by ambush.
Other Ways to Raid:-
You can raid with diferrent types of units. But some units are stronger to raid like HA then others. Raiding nations like maya or dutch is not easy to raid. In maya, the city keeps firing and your units cant go near city radius. Be careful while raiding maya. Dutch merchants fire back. So a horse archer cant take a dutch merchant. It loses its health. To raid dutch merchants either use a heavy horse(HC) or heavy infantry.
That was basic raiding. Raiding is optional. Always try to save units. Go despot in senate to get more raiding benefits. Aztecs get double plunder. So if your aztecs always raid.
Now go ahead, raid all your opponents and win them.
Credits: |VoG|_The_Vanguard who taught me raiding.
Nice topic there is.
ReplyDeleteYou can also raid with multiple units,for example its very hard to defend vs this mongol raid:1 HA killing caravan,another is at miners,HC killing merchant and HI+HA attacking another merc.
Forgot the etc. tag :p
ReplyDeleteForgot to add about defence by senator. By bribing. hehehe
ReplyDeleteTo protect vs ambush raids,build lookout towers in each city u own,especially the eco-important ones.
ReplyDeleteYeah have written about it. :)
ReplyDeletethat good he raid :D
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