posted 09-06-99 08:45 AM ET (US)
I've been tinkering with a strategy that entails creating 300+ Choson long swordsman in games where Im pretty sure Im going to survive to Iron and reach my 200 population limit. Researching Logistics makes it so barracks units (like swordsman) count for only half towards the population limit. The Choson civ gives your long swordsman and legion 80 more hit points - that's coming close to the hitpoints of a hoplite (swordsman move faster than hoplites though and cost less gold). The advantage with this strategy is that you can overwhelm your enemy's camp with over 300 mini-hoplites all at once. Meanwhile your opponent will probably only have 200 units to fight you off with. The downside is that you have to survive till iron and also collect a lot of gold. Choson doesnt get a lot of non-gold units in case you fall short. Do you guys have any thoughts or opinions on this strategy?
Durapoop
Clubman
posted 09-06-99 02:18 PM
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2 / 5
I've never tried the legion flood before even though I do play Choson from time to time. I think that no matter how efficient the legion, it's still better to mix in different types of units. 300 legions does look overwhelming, and will probably level any city in about a minute, but is that enough? If I relocated and hit your city, would you have any defense? Instead of 300 legions, I could have built 50 HAs, and about a dozen Cats/Heles or Eles (depending on the civ). If I was ready for your legion flood, I doubt few would get through.
posted 09-06-99 04:07 PM
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3 / 5
I'm not so sure that the HA and the Cats would take out the legions that well. The legions train so fast (27 seconds), are so cheap, and are so durable that they can be sent almost forever. Meanwhile slower training HA and Cats will probably be overwhelmed by the sheer number of legions. And also, theres only so much space to rebuild if the Choson has 12 range towers all over the place (man those things are annoying!)