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Strategy with indian faction
« on: 13 January 2014, 15:57:06 »
I saw in the game how simply is to create an army with indian faction. In other factions (like tech) teh most basic unit have a high cost and a low production and to create a very strong army you need very strong units (in tech the battle machines for example). But, in the indian faction you can win against a CPU ultra only with stickfighters and some archers. These units are very cheap and a fast production. Then i think this faction is the easiest faction to use but not the weakest, because it's very strong.

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Re: Strategy with indian faction
« Reply #1 on: 13 January 2014, 16:28:27 »
Spamming stick fighters early on is definitely a possible strategy for Indian on a small enough map. Later on you will find that stick men are only good for cannon fodder as your opponents produce more units and armor upgrades.
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Re: Strategy with indian faction
« Reply #2 on: 14 January 2014, 17:43:21 »
Yes, I could easily beat Indians if I was Tech, however if my opponent was especially good at spamming stickmen early in game I might not survive on a 64x64 map.
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Re: Strategy with indian faction
« Reply #3 on: 27 January 2014, 18:56:36 »
In my recent humble attempts at playing Indian, I felt like they had a good early game, but a weak mid-game. It takes so long to get cavalry.

I need to have 4 buildings and 2 upgrades before I can even produce my first horse guy (don't remember the name).
I don't want to just keep making stick fighters, I don't think they are strong enough by that stage anymore.

How do more experienced players handle this?

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Re: Strategy with indian faction
« Reply #4 on: 27 January 2014, 20:56:28 »
Usually they only build few or no horse riders at all, and concentrate on upgrades, archers, totems, shamans and beehives while still building some stick fighters or other cheap melee and maybe some axe throwers. If you want a faction which can do horse riders early, go for Tech.
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