Vatrix's Two Sides Map Won in 32.25 minutes! (r6720)
I always was curious to know if my quick win strategy could be used against the elite defense in the map Two Sides, especially since you are given NO initial army, half of the average starting serfs and laborers, and only just average starting resources (definitely no starting weapons, horses, or armor).
In addition, instead of penetrating the northern village's defense (which is decent, but not great), I gave it my best shot (with normal game speed) to penetrate the eastern defenses, and I succeeded. I essentially disabled the bottom two AI within the first 40 minutes of the game. However, I traded a lot of my initially given resources in order to do it. So, although this worked, it may not be a good idea to then try to build a village which equips soldiers afterward, because you don't have a whole lot of time (and you have to trade for gold and iron weapons and armor in this map, as the smithy's and blacksmiths are disabled).
So, maybe someone can finish the above game with the given start (this is just the first 40 minutes of the game...it's not finished), but
After I did the above, I reused the beginning saves and instead penetrated the northern village within the first 25 minutes.
It isn't pretty (I guess it never is for my fellow traditional players), but I then beat the rest of the map without building a soldier-producing town.
Two Sides can be won in under two hours! (The game is technically over at 1 hour and 27 minutes.)
I had to be extremely aggressive to penetrate this defense in a timely manner, even with starting to attack early on!
Also, I guess I am a little biased, but for those who have never played this map before (or have never been able to survive the attacks to even begin to see how difficult it is to penetrate the defense, even with AI abuse, and even with attacking as early as possible), either of these replays should display the perfection of the design of the defense in this map!
In addition, instead of penetrating the northern village's defense (which is decent, but not great), I gave it my best shot (with normal game speed) to penetrate the eastern defenses, and I succeeded. I essentially disabled the bottom two AI within the first 40 minutes of the game. However, I traded a lot of my initially given resources in order to do it. So, although this worked, it may not be a good idea to then try to build a village which equips soldiers afterward, because you don't have a whole lot of time (and you have to trade for gold and iron weapons and armor in this map, as the smithy's and blacksmiths are disabled).
So, maybe someone can finish the above game with the given start (this is just the first 40 minutes of the game...it's not finished), but
(Full-working replay)
It isn't pretty (I guess it never is for my fellow traditional players), but I then beat the rest of the map without building a soldier-producing town.
Two Sides can be won in under two hours! (The game is technically over at 1 hour and 27 minutes.)
(Full-working replay)
Also, I guess I am a little biased, but for those who have never played this map before (or have never been able to survive the attacks to even begin to see how difficult it is to penetrate the defense, even with AI abuse, and even with attacking as early as possible), either of these replays should display the perfection of the design of the defense in this map!
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Last edited by cmowla on 25 Dec 2018, 07:15, edited 1 time in total.
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What makes me an Expert isn't my skill in of itself but my desire to win big.
