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Finding Relics – A Great Way To Boost Gold Production In AoE

January 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment

It is easy to conclude that your cavalry and infantry are more precious as compared to an icon or an artifact that is stored in your monastery in your Age of Empires game. This is particularly true when you have a military oriented objective like destruction of the town center or capture of the castle.

However, you should not forget that storing a relic or an artifact in your monastery will help you earn lots of gold without any difficulty. Once the relic is in the monastery, the quantity of gold in your stockpile will be constantly rising.

The rate of increase may not be very high but it will make a huge difference to your resources in the long run. Once you focus on defensive positions and return back to your offensive strategy, you will be surprised to discover that your stock pile of gold has increased by a significant percentage.

Hence, there is nothing wrong in having a few scouts scour the territory specifically for the task of finding relics. Of course, the entire strategy is based on the presumption that there are relics in and around your map. If you know that there are no relics, then do not waste your time and focus on your military objective.

Another advantage of having relics is that it is going to improve the status and prestige of your monastery. You can make use of the gold to improve the power of your priests to resist conversion and reconvert other enemy troops and buildings very quickly.

Converting the castle of your enemy is the simplest and most effective way to win the game. If you have an army of monks to take over this task, you will discover that the entire game can be won without any emphasis on the military angle. Needless to say, you will need numerous relics as creating lots of monks is going to cost you a lot of gold.

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Choosing Civilization Carefully – A Must For An Expert AoE Gamer

January 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Do not be surprised if an expert gamer playing a strategy game works with the same level of seriousness that he or she would attach to an official project. Expert gamers spend a lot of time going through the background of the game. It is important to read the history and understand what the game is all about.

In case of Age Of Empires, there are different civilizations and each and every civilization has its own set of strengths and weaknesses. The desert civilizations will always have very strong cavalry units while civilizations that have flourished in the water will have very strong naval units.

The special warrior of each and every civilization will have specific features. A single cannon shooter on a camel may not seem like a big deal when you compare it with the special warrior of other civilizations. However, when you have 20 such shooters who can run at top speed, expose the enemy and destroy them with blast of cannon fire, you will realize that fighting such an enemy can be a very difficult task.

While you need not bother about such technical aspects if you are playing for fun, you certainly should consider the features of each and every civilization when you are making a choice. Going in for a civilization with very strong cavalry does not make sense in a water based map. Chances are high that bulk of your battles will be fought on the shore or in water.

You should also focus on the level of research that can be done and advancements that can be made by each and every civilization. European civilization are better in this regard as compared to other civilizations in the game.

Of course, you will need a lot of gold and other resources diverted towards education and science and research. The enemy may overwhelm you by investing more in fighting units than research and development.

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Choosing Strategy For Games Like Age Of Empires – Here Are Some Tips

January 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Why would you need a strategy if you could achieve all your goals without any restrictions whatsoever? The primary reason behind the strategy in a strategy game is that there are certain disadvantages and complications involved at all times. You will have to manage these complications and still win the game.

Ideally, having unlimited gold, wood and food in Age Of Empires will help you come up with the best possible army and best managed administrative unit. However, many persons discover that having 5000 units of gold, food and wood is not sufficient to win a death match.

This is because each and every participant in the death match enjoys access to the same resources. If you ignore the process of accumulation of resources, chances are high that you will end up on the losing side despite having such a huge quantity of resources at the beginning.

Some other persons try to find an optimum strategy that will be applicable to all games in general. Well, if you are relying on priest, monasteries and relics, you will need a lot of gold in your hand. If you are opting for a naval force, you will need a lot of wood in your hand. If you are trying to replicate the Great Wall of China and set up multiple layers of walls to protect your land, you will need lots of stone.

In many cases, resources will be available in plenty near the enemies habitat. This is where you will have to choose your strategy wisely. Should you expose your miners to enemy attacks or should you try to make do with whatever you have?

Should you completely skip the wall and make smart use of the stone or should you opt for aggressive forays into enemy territory so that you can improve your defensive position? All these questions will have to be answered before you can formulate a strategy.

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