apocalypse77
Clubman
posted 04-04-99 01:20 PM
ET (US)
2 / 11
One thing that might work, if you see the cats before they're near your town, u can send one vill (or another fast unit) to attack the lead cat. Often times, friendly fire will destroy it. Any fast unit u can create will be cheaper than a cat, so unless u are way behind on resources, you should win a war of attrition.
Lysimachus
Clubman
posted 04-04-99 04:54 PM
ET (US)
5 / 11
I think that Videre is talking about AoE, not RoR, or else he would of thought of Scythe Chariots. Scythe Chariots r a upgrade from Chariots and inflict all around like the War Elephant and only available in RoR. The best way to defeat Hittite, is to buy RoR! (it's a shame that that's the way it has to be)
Destroyer_B
Clubman
posted 04-04-99 05:12 PM
ET (US)
6 / 11
Well i only no of one answer to hittite cats,Scythe chariots!There fast enough to get to the cats and they are cheap enough to make in numbers.They are a fairly expensive upgreade but they are the only answer to hittite cats that i can name of.I guess thats why the egyptians are one of the hittites greatest threats.
Peter The Great
Clubman
posted 04-05-99 09:58 AM
ET (US)
9 / 11
Well when I have to fight Hittities, and I usually lose anyway. I get some fast units, don't use elephants for it since they will be hit by their rocks and even with 600hp they won't make it to do much damage. Don't use archers as well since they always stop at a distance and can be easily targeted by the enemy. I don't really know what works well against them. but they are hell if you are playing against them on a Large island map. I had 3 allies with me against the Hittite, the Yamato and some other guys and we were all crippled to nothing. My Greek allies were left with one heavily damaged Trireme that was keeping them from being destroyed, they once had the best navy and army but they were creamed. They tried making a wonder and it was almost done but it was destroyed by the Cats. If we tried to send a naval assualt against them, they would use their priests to convert whoever they could and their huge cat number to destroy who wasn't converted. I lost a lot of good ships to them which they use against you since they have a cheap navy themselves. My Persian allies was closest to them and the enemy could easily bombard them with their long range cats so they took out every elephant arhcer, every cav and every priest they had. They managed to convert a few catapults but it did no good if the cat was surrounded by 5 more enemy ones. I tried building a wonder but the huge navy I built up was getting beaten up on the way to defend the wonder which means the ships had to go through Hittitie space to reach their defense location. I was Persian so I had fast elephants like my allies so I managed to round up a bunch of elephants not knowing the Hittities had Priests, so I sent a bunch of them on heavy transports. I sent 37 elephants (this was deathmatch so I could afford it) on 4 heavy transports, 2 transports were sunk before they got there by those damn yamato raiders and the other 20 elephants managed to make it but 6 were converted when they landed to so I had to fight my own guys off then proceed the attack the cats. While I had to fend off the other ellies, the Cats took their toll and wiped out 6 of my ellies. I had only about 8 left and they managed to take out a few cats before being wiped out themselves. Not much was accomplished though. At the loss of 37 elephants and 2 heavy transports I managed to destroy with my ally about 4 cats and kill about 6 priests. By the end of the game when my wonder was destroyed twice I only had 3 guard towers and 2 docks to call a city. So I gathered up all my ships and troops and sent them to destroy whatever they could. They barely left dock before hittitie cats that had landed in my space began firing and destroyed the transports. My 3 triremes fired desperately but were destroyed by being outnumbered. I desided to finish the game off and destroyed my docks and towers. I can't see any good defense against them, which is why you should never fight them. It's better to have them as an ally.
posted 04-05-99 02:01 PM
ET (US)
11 / 11
regular chariots and cav work fine also