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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://forum.agecommunity.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Supremacy Strategy</title><link>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/1032/ShowForum.aspx</link><description>Asian Dynasties Supremacy strategy discussions</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Debug Build: 61120.2)</generator><item><title>Re: Top Civs</title><link>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/thread/741821.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 03:08:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">50924996-b13e-4713-b45b-a7ea483affa6:741821</guid><dc:creator>gs</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/thread/741821.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=1032&amp;PostID=741821</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;jap/ger/india&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;aztec &lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;rest&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;spain/ports &lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Top Civs</title><link>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/thread/741800.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:51:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">50924996-b13e-4713-b45b-a7ea483affa6:741800</guid><dc:creator>vancebla</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/thread/741800.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=1032&amp;PostID=741800</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;I think Dutch is better then what people are saying.   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Also, i think a lot of people use the TWC civs.  Like 80% of the games are.   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; He is what i think&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Japs&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;India&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sioux&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;British&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dutch&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Chinese&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Iro&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The rest i havnt really played much &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Top Civs</title><link>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/thread/741665.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:59:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">50924996-b13e-4713-b45b-a7ea483affa6:741665</guid><dc:creator>Marlonsm</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/thread/741665.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=1032&amp;PostID=741665</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://forum.agecommunity.com/Themes/default/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Timber_Rattler:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;C'mon now people, the TOP CIV, everyone knows its The Germans....&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;IMO the 3 major keys to success are:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;1.&amp;nbsp; Knowing the opposing CIV&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;2.&amp;nbsp; Understanding the MAP&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3.&amp;nbsp; Choosing the appropriate deck&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Other factors are microing, raiding, etc...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;These 3 keys are the 3 major reasons why I always lose&amp;nbsp;!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;FYI: &amp;nbsp;DENVER BRONCOS all the way!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;actually microing and raiding are far more important than knowing the map and choosing the right deck.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;if you don't know the map, just scout, as you'd do on every game&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;someone that micros well and keeps pressuring with raids that never played on that map and is using the wrong deck will beat someone with a perfect deck who know everything about the map, but doesn't micro or raid well &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;unless, of course, in extreme cases, like if the guy have chosen a treaty deck for land maps on a sup game in a water map &lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Top Civs</title><link>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/thread/741655.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:47:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">50924996-b13e-4713-b45b-a7ea483affa6:741655</guid><dc:creator>Timber_Rattler</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/thread/741655.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=1032&amp;PostID=741655</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P&gt;C'mon now people, the TOP CIV, everyone knows its The Germans....&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;IMO the 3 major keys to success are:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;1.&amp;nbsp; Knowing the opposing CIV&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;2.&amp;nbsp; Understanding the MAP&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;3.&amp;nbsp; Choosing the appropriate deck&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Other factors are microing, raiding, etc...&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;These 3 keys are the 3 major reasons why I always lose&amp;nbsp;!&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;FYI: &amp;nbsp;DENVER BRONCOS all the way!&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Top Civs</title><link>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/thread/741032.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:55:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">50924996-b13e-4713-b45b-a7ea483affa6:741032</guid><dc:creator>jato</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/thread/741032.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=1032&amp;PostID=741032</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Top Civs</title><link>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/thread/741028.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:51:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">50924996-b13e-4713-b45b-a7ea483affa6:741028</guid><dc:creator>warlord101</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/thread/741028.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=1032&amp;PostID=741028</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://forum.agecommunity.com/Themes/default/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;gooback:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://forum.agecommunity.com/Themes/default/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;A414A | Goodspeed:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; 
&lt;P&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://forum.agecommunity.com/Themes/default/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;warlord101:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;what is with you peolpe the portogese are the best because they start out with extra villagers and the cassadors and organ guns are amazing anti infatry units. Plus with the free town center after every age up coulped with a fortress and a factory are a perfect combo&amp;nbsp;to support you colony after you revolt. but if you don't revolt and age to the imperial age the imperial gurarios (musketeers) kick ass and are great v.s. calvary, infantry, and buildings. finaly they get the best culvins (cannons) that have a longer range and are better v.s. infanty, calary, altillary, and buildings. the&amp;nbsp;portogese kick extrem ass&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;this post is *** legendary. &lt;BR&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;1 extra villager doesnt make up for the lack of villager shipments IMO, and everything else thats been said, goodspeed has summed up nicely for us&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;IMO, the top civs in order are (excluding TWC)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Japan&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;India&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;British&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;German&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Chineses (extra 20 population and flying crows are amzing in late game)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;dutch (if played well)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Russians (Oprichniks are deadly, they have very strong anti infantry early game with strelets, and are powerful when mixed in with musk and cossacks for a rush)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;French&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Ottoman (lack of infantry)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;spanish (shipment spam is good, but I personally dont like them, but they should be higher on anybody elses list)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Portugese (there good once they get to fortress, but there too weak against rushes)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;even though it is only one villager in the beging whee you need villagers to quickly build up a rush defence every vilager is important anyway when your the portogese your main goal is to get to the fortress age becasue veteran cassadors are better then needlers (elite german skirmisher unit) and also the extra town centers are really hard to assult if they are around each town center unless you have mortars but still the portogese can take that on to wiht there jinites (dragoons) fast moveing and they have mustkets so they can run away form musketeer and pikmen effecttivly and all other calvary units and to defend aginst rushess if the tc's don't work and army of musketeers will do fine.&lt;/P&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Top Civs</title><link>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/thread/738461.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:58:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">50924996-b13e-4713-b45b-a7ea483affa6:738461</guid><dc:creator>gooback</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/thread/738461.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=2&amp;PostID=738461</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://forum.agecommunity.com/Themes/default/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Hanzo :&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://forum.agecommunity.com/Themes/default/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;gooback:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://forum.agecommunity.com/Themes/default/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;A414A | Goodspeed:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; 
&lt;P&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://forum.agecommunity.com/Themes/default/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;warlord101:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;what is with you peolpe the portogese are the best because they start out with extra villagers and the cassadors and organ guns are amazing anti infatry units. Plus with the free town center after every age up coulped with a fortress and a factory are a perfect combo&amp;nbsp;to support you colony after you revolt. but if you don't revolt and age to the imperial age the imperial gurarios (musketeers) kick ass and are great v.s. calvary, infantry, and buildings. finaly they get the best culvins (cannons) that have a longer range and are better v.s. infanty, calary, altillary, and buildings. the&amp;nbsp;portogese kick extrem ass&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;this post is fuckin legendary. &lt;BR&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;1 extra villager doesnt make up for the lack of villager shipments IMO, and everything else thats been said, goodspeed has summed up nicely for us&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;IMO, the top civs in order are (excluding TWC)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Japan&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;India&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;British&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;German&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Chineses (extra 20 population and flying crows are amzing in late game)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;dutch (if played well)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Russians (Oprichniks are deadly, they have very strong anti infantry early game with strelets, and are powerful when mixed in with musk and cossacks for a rush)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;French&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Ottoman (lack of infantry)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;spanish (shipment spam is good, but I personally dont like them, but they should be higher on anybody elses list)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Portugese (there good once they get to fortress, but there too weak against rushes)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Why would a person exclude a group of people(Natives)... i think some1's racist.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;or i just dont own TWC&lt;img src="http://forum.agecommunity.com/emoticons/emotion-40.gif" alt="[^o)]" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;maybe you might consider an incredibly obvious possibility before just going and calling people racist, no, okay then&lt;/P&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Top Civs</title><link>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/thread/738459.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:55:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">50924996-b13e-4713-b45b-a7ea483affa6:738459</guid><dc:creator>chuckyson</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/thread/738459.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=1032&amp;PostID=738459</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://forum.agecommunity.com/Themes/default/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;tank_:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; 
&lt;P&gt;now that I have played more TAD i think i can be more accurate with this:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Japan&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;India&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;German&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Brit&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Aztec&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Iro/French/Russia/china&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;otto/spain/dutch/sioux&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;ports&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Im still not 100% sure but these are my opinions. &lt;BR&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;it looks pretty accurate exept the russians and the ports are underrated&lt;/P&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Top Civs</title><link>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/thread/738452.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:24:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">50924996-b13e-4713-b45b-a7ea483affa6:738452</guid><dc:creator>_tank</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/thread/738452.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=1032&amp;PostID=738452</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;now that I have played more TAD i think i can be more accurate with this:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Japan&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;India&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;German&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Brit&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Aztec&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Iro/French/Russia/china&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;otto/spain/dutch/sioux&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;ports&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Im still not 100% sure but these are my opinions. &lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Top Civs</title><link>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/thread/738387.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:21:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">50924996-b13e-4713-b45b-a7ea483affa6:738387</guid><dc:creator>Hanzo </dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/thread/738387.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=1032&amp;PostID=738387</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://forum.agecommunity.com/Themes/default/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;gooback:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://forum.agecommunity.com/Themes/default/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;A414A | Goodspeed:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; 
&lt;P&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://forum.agecommunity.com/Themes/default/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;warlord101:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;what is with you peolpe the portogese are the best because they start out with extra villagers and the cassadors and organ guns are amazing anti infatry units. Plus with the free town center after every age up coulped with a fortress and a factory are a perfect combo&amp;nbsp;to support you colony after you revolt. but if you don't revolt and age to the imperial age the imperial gurarios (musketeers) kick ass and are great v.s. calvary, infantry, and buildings. finaly they get the best culvins (cannons) that have a longer range and are better v.s. infanty, calary, altillary, and buildings. the&amp;nbsp;portogese kick extrem ass&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;this post is fuckin legendary. &lt;BR&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;1 extra villager doesnt make up for the lack of villager shipments IMO, and everything else thats been said, goodspeed has summed up nicely for us&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;IMO, the top civs in order are (excluding TWC)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Japan&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;India&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;British&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;German&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Chineses (extra 20 population and flying crows are amzing in late game)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;dutch (if played well)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Russians (Oprichniks are deadly, they have very strong anti infantry early game with strelets, and are powerful when mixed in with musk and cossacks for a rush)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;French&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Ottoman (lack of infantry)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;spanish (shipment spam is good, but I personally dont like them, but they should be higher on anybody elses list)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Portugese (there good once they get to fortress, but there too weak against rushes)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Why would a person exclude a group of people(Natives)... i think some1's racist.&lt;/P&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Top Civs</title><link>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/thread/738373.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:55:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">50924996-b13e-4713-b45b-a7ea483affa6:738373</guid><dc:creator>Marlonsm</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/thread/738373.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=1032&amp;PostID=738373</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://forum.agecommunity.com/Themes/default/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;warlord101:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;listen portigul lack of shipments what are you talking about they have a all the shipments plus they can also get 30 black wood indians as many times as they want and also did I forget to mention the jinites (Dragoons) that are the best anti calvery in the game and once more the culverin imperale (imperal culverins) are hte best and the most long ranged cannons in the game portigul kicks ass&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;
we are talking about sup here &lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Top Civs</title><link>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/thread/738370.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:50:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">50924996-b13e-4713-b45b-a7ea483affa6:738370</guid><dc:creator>warlord101</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/thread/738370.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=1032&amp;PostID=738370</wfw:commentRss><description>listen portigul lack of shipments what are you talking about they have a all the shipments plus they can also get 30 black wood indians as many times as they want and also did I forget to mention the jinites (Dragoons) that are the best anti calvery in the game and once more the culverin imperale (imperal culverins) are hte best and the most long ranged cannons in the game portigul kicks ass</description></item><item><title>Re: Top Civs</title><link>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/thread/737055.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:23:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">50924996-b13e-4713-b45b-a7ea483affa6:737055</guid><dc:creator>Kendra</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/thread/737055.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=1032&amp;PostID=737055</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://forum.agecommunity.com/Themes/default/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Kaicha:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; 
&lt;P&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;MicMan: &lt;/STRONG&gt;(Russia for instance does ok against Japan with a fast rush but sucks against India and Germany).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;And no, Russia does suck against India, sepoys get eaten by strelets, sowars can't compete against cossacks, and russia can simpl bypass the agra to raze the town. Also if the game goes on, Russia does great in Fortress/Industrial (Oprichnikss, Factories =&amp;gt; CANON, Fort control, instant HI,&amp;nbsp;1 pop cav, etc.)&amp;nbsp;, as India will lose it's power with it's lack of upgrades. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;You know you don't have to make the agra right? And with dessert terror, sowar&amp;gt;cossack.&lt;/P&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Top Civs</title><link>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/thread/737002.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:50:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">50924996-b13e-4713-b45b-a7ea483affa6:737002</guid><dc:creator>gooback</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/thread/737002.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=2&amp;PostID=737002</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://forum.agecommunity.com/Themes/default/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;A414A | Goodspeed:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; 
&lt;P&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://forum.agecommunity.com/Themes/default/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;warlord101:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;what is with you peolpe the portogese are the best because they start out with extra villagers and the cassadors and organ guns are amazing anti infatry units. Plus with the free town center after every age up coulped with a fortress and a factory are a perfect combo&amp;nbsp;to support you colony after you revolt. but if you don't revolt and age to the imperial age the imperial gurarios (musketeers) kick ass and are great v.s. calvary, infantry, and buildings. finaly they get the best culvins (cannons) that have a longer range and are better v.s. infanty, calary, altillary, and buildings. the&amp;nbsp;portogese kick extrem ass&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;this post is *** legendary. &lt;BR&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;1 extra villager doesnt make up for the lack of villager shipments IMO, and everything else thats been said, goodspeed has summed up nicely for us&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;IMO, the top civs in order are (excluding TWC)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Japan&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;India&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;British&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;German&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Chineses (extra 20 population and flying crows are amzing in late game)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;dutch (if played well)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Russians (Oprichniks are deadly, they have very strong anti infantry early game with strelets, and are powerful when mixed in with musk and cossacks for a rush)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;French&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Ottoman (lack of infantry)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;spanish (shipment spam is good, but I personally dont like them, but they should be higher on anybody elses list)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Portugese (there good once they get to fortress, but there too weak against rushes)&lt;/P&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Top Civs</title><link>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/thread/736999.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:40:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">50924996-b13e-4713-b45b-a7ea483affa6:736999</guid><dc:creator>Kaicha</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/thread/736999.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=1032&amp;PostID=736999</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P&gt;IMO, Iroquois is better than the Sepoy 10/10. Why?&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;1. Iroquois has a War Chief that has an incredible ability (also called Crackshot i think), that deals 90 damage over 3 area from distance. Also, it can have town destroyer, which makes it siege of about 300.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;2. Iroquois can use the Fire pit to boost it's units' attack, get EXP for shipements, spawn travois, and the revive the WC and boost him. (Instead of costing gold for the indian monks)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;3. The Iroquois rush is at 5:00 if well performed, with Shipment 6 Tomahawks + 5 WH trained Tomas + BB 5 Tomas. (Actually some use 7 Aennas or 4 Kanyas). So 16 Tomas + WC &amp;gt; 12 Sepoys, in terms of siege, in real combat it's pretty even, depends on who gets the building advantage and if the indians concentrate fire on the WC...&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;4. Iroquois Canoe is a fisherman who can shoot, isn't expensive and is great at controlling water for late-game. Also Travois&amp;nbsp;can turn into&amp;nbsp;farms &amp;amp; plantations, which is OP.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;5. Finally, iro has 2 villager shipments, which will allow them to recover easier than India, and also all the Colonial &amp;nbsp;iroquois units cost food and wood, so no chance of running out of mines. &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;--&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;MicMan: &lt;/STRONG&gt;(Russia for instance does ok against Japan with a fast rush but sucks against India and Germany).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;And no, Russia does suck against India, sepoys get eaten by strelets, sowars can't compete against cossacks, and russia can simpl bypass the agra to raze the town. Also if the game goes on, Russia does great in Fortress/Industrial (Oprichnikss, Factories =&amp;gt; CANON, Fort control, instant HI,&amp;nbsp;1 pop cav, etc.)&amp;nbsp;, as India will lose it's power with it's lack of upgrades. &lt;/P&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>