Now try the Death Match or multiplayer if you have not much (I really don't like DM, but I play it to get better), it will make you a better player, remember theses tips on RM, (to anyone reading this post)expesilly if you'r a newer person at AoE.
*The computer cannot put villagers in transport ships.
*They(computer) usually have 2 docks, and if you post your navy outside their island or the location where they are, all along the coast, they can't, or wont usually build back their docks.
*On very hard the computer cheats.
*Build TCs where they cannot be reached by a navy, or and army, posibly a hill.
*I always use atleast 23 villagers to start off with.
*Fishing ships are good at scouting and they gather fish slower than farms but I usually have 6 of them.
*If there is a small pond of water inland, not near the coast I put a dock in it,so if a dock on the coast is attacked, it will never be upgradeing something becuase the one inland will be the dock that you upgrade from.
*build towers on hills, people on this forum did test to see if it is slower to go from a hill and back up to get berries or faster to get them if they are noty on a hill-- what they found was that it is equal, slow up a hill and fast down it, for towers that slow up a hill is what you use it for.
*Wonders, some have 600 pts. others have 500 pts. be sure to protect it by putting towers or walls and afew troops.
*My civ.s I play are Carthogianin and Greek, these are just my fav.s if you don't know what techs one has in the book it will be there. Everyone has differant favorite civs depending on what their favorite unit, tech or quality.
I hope this helps some of you out there, I know Tenaciti
is not a newer player well 800+ post is big but I did not know the things above till a while ago, maybe you, or others did not know afew of the things above, I just told you what I do, I know many people do it differant, better or worse the above is just how I do a RM or DM.[This message has been edited by Caesar Constintine (edited 04-18-2000).]