Thinker42
Clubman
posted 10-27-99 03:59 PM
ET (US)
4 / 8
If I am playing 3 computer players on hard I will make 25-28 real vills and 4-5 docks with 4-6 fb for each one. The vills are in stone before I hit the tool upgrade, the first dock is right after my pit. I put in more docks as time allows. This all means that I finish the bronze upgrade at 15-16 minutes with enough food and gold to build some cavs or camels and do the second round of pit upgrades right after reaching bronze. If I take out the nearest enemy right away then I will make iron in 24-26 minutes otherwise it might be 30 or longer.
All this changes when playing online because, like Tenaciti
said, human players are much better. You might fight in tool for 15 minutes and and have to relocate while the bronze upgrade goes. You hope your town center lasts long enough for the upgrade to finish while the enemy is hitting it with all they got. Spreading out and building a big econ is much more important in multiplayer than age times.
Thinker42
Clubman
posted 10-30-99 10:06 PM
ET (US)
6 / 8
I can't keep up at 2.0. 1.5 is tops for me and I prefer 1.0. Sometimes lag online makes it too slow so then 1.5 seems like 1.0.