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Bad_Omen:

Imo you don't want to use elephants too much. They take way too much pop / wood and you will have better chances with normal units.

Good advice overall, but IMO investing in a handful of howdah is usually worth it. They eat anything and can soak up just rediculous ammounts of ranged damage which is always nice.

NOT USE ELES???wat???eles r wat make india the civ it is! without em their ff would be useless and their military retarded. i will agree that they lose their touch in the later ages for wat they r worth and the pop they take up, but still....they r good in age 3 and 4 (altho howdas r the best ele right now with their OPness)

No, I dun think India is OP, and also hope in the next patch there will be no civ strong enough to be called OP.

Their strength lies in their excellent counter units (even in age 2). However their counter artilery ability sucks and the main drawback is they have no on-the-field artilery (i.e. those that can perform in field battles to blast infantry) other than those in the consulate, which u cannot get much of them.

Black13hawk:

i always viewed them UP. in rush they seem an average civ. and in treaty above average.

 

 

 

 

Above average in Treaty?  Are you serious?  Please explain or prove me wrong.

1.  No REAL Artillery, esp Anti Arty.

2.  SLOWEST Army train rate

3.  Furtrade yes but SLOW gather rate, even with wonder. (in 40Min NR I can easily get 110k food with french, with India I'm lucky to get 65k.)

4.  EXP penality

5.  No means of producing wood unless you send 1300 wood card.  (Really sux on maps that lack wood)  

hey i just got the asian dynasties last week and ive been playing indians a lot. i also keep trying the rush but for some reason it doesnt really work for me. i always age up way to late and i the other guy finds me building a forward base with the agra fort. the only good thing i like about them is that the sepoys cost a lot of food and that is always something that i have a lot of in the second age.

I usually have 6 people on wood from teh start of the game and the rest of the people go to food. aging up times vary depending on the amount of food crates i got.  plz help what am i doing wrong?

armyballer:

Black13hawk:

i always viewed them UP. in rush they seem an average civ. and in treaty above average.

 

 

 

 

 

Above average in Treaty?  Are you serious?  Please explain or prove me wrong.

1.  No REAL Artillery, esp Anti Arty.

2.  SLOWEST Army train rate

3.  Furtrade yes but SLOW gather rate, even with wonder. (in 40Min NR I can easily get 110k food with french, with India I'm lucky to get 65k.)

4.  EXP penality

5.  No means of producing wood unless you send 1300 wood card.  (Really sux on maps that lack wood)  

 

PLEASE explain to me why they are "Above Average". 

 

I can get over 100k fur trade with india easy in treaty 40 min, you must not be using them right army.  Their army does train slowly, but thats y sepoys build barracks.  I build a ton of barracks and produce units nonstop.  It is pretty easy overwhelming your opponant if you have good enough partners to keep them from tripple teamming you and pushing you out of thier eco.  Anyways, this is a supremacy forum.

pr0methi0us:

armyballer:

Black13hawk:

i always viewed them UP. in rush they seem an average civ. and in treaty above average.

 

 

 

 

 

Above average in Treaty?  Are you serious?  Please explain or prove me wrong.

1.  No REAL Artillery, esp Anti Arty.

2.  SLOWEST Army train rate

3.  Furtrade yes but SLOW gather rate, even with wonder. (in 40Min NR I can easily get 110k food with french, with India I'm lucky to get 65k.)

4.  EXP penality

5.  No means of producing wood unless you send 1300 wood card.  (Really sux on maps that lack wood)  

 

PLEASE explain to me why they are "Above Average". 

 

I can get over 100k fur trade with india easy in treaty 40 min,

Impossible, plain and simple, impossible. 

armyballer:

pr0methi0us:

armyballer:

Black13hawk:

i always viewed them UP. in rush they seem an average civ. and in treaty above average.

 

 

 

 

 

Above average in Treaty?  Are you serious?  Please explain or prove me wrong.

1.  No REAL Artillery, esp Anti Arty.

2.  SLOWEST Army train rate

3.  Furtrade yes but SLOW gather rate, even with wonder. (in 40Min NR I can easily get 110k food with french, with India I'm lucky to get 65k.)

4.  EXP penality

5.  No means of producing wood unless you send 1300 wood card.  (Really sux on maps that lack wood)  

 

PLEASE explain to me why they are "Above Average". 

 

I can get over 100k fur trade with india easy in treaty 40 min,

 

Impossible, plain and simple, impossible. 

then you must really not know to use them. There wonder kaj marhal(sorry if i spelled wrong)
do you know how OP. that wonder is. it makes there vills like french settlers(prob. not).

And with fur trade over 100k THAT IS POSSIBLE. Its called getting over 70k or + food and using furtrade which(am not good at math) but i say around 130k.

army baller. seriously what is your rank.
 

Black13hawk:

armyballer:

pr0methi0us:

armyballer:

Black13hawk:

i always viewed them UP. in rush they seem an average civ. and in treaty above average.

 

 

 

 

 

Above average in Treaty?  Are you serious?  Please explain or prove me wrong.

1.  No REAL Artillery, esp Anti Arty.

2.  SLOWEST Army train rate

3.  Furtrade yes but SLOW gather rate, even with wonder. (in 40Min NR I can easily get 110k food with french, with India I'm lucky to get 65k.)

4.  EXP penality

5.  No means of producing wood unless you send 1300 wood card.  (Really sux on maps that lack wood)  

 

PLEASE explain to me why they are "Above Average". 

 

I can get over 100k fur trade with india easy in treaty 40 min,

 

Impossible, plain and simple, impossible. 

then you must really not know to use them. There wonder kaj marhal(sorry if i spelled wrong)
do you know how OP. that wonder is. it makes there vills like french settlers(prob. not).

And with fur trade over 100k THAT IS POSSIBLE. Its called getting over 70k or + food and using furtrade which(am not good at math) but i say around 130k.

army baller. seriously what is your rank.
 

 

 First off,