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Revision as of 14:50, 28 October 2013
Note: The following is an abridged compilation of GameExtremist's post for MA Arco and other responses in the [1] forum Strategy Index
Overview
The Old Kingdom is Arcoscephale in the Middle Age.
National Features
Units
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- Gold x, Resources y
- Description
Commanders
I only bother with Strategos...120 Leadership and a morale boosting standard..good command unit...I don't normally kit them out, rather save the gems for mid-late game summons/globals etc.
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- Gold x, Resources y
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Heroes
Starting Sites
National Spells
National Summons
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Strategies
Strategy A
I love bless strategies as much as the next Vanheim fanboy, but I'd rather paint my scrotum with napalm then use a bless strategy with MA Arco...EA Arco yes....but not MA.
Heart Companions are a good unit...good but not great. Nice Morale (14) Long spear reach (5) and great protection (17) but their movement? (1/7) urgh! Sure you could for a W9 bless..but why bother. Maybe if they were like Mictlans jaguar warriors where they could be mass produced in every city it might be worth having a huge phalanx of these incredibly slow but heavily armored guys until then....no.
Scale Design
Your going to need cash and resources.....so....how about: Order +3 (plenty of gold, negates misfortune scale a little) Prod +1 (extra resources and supply help with you ele*cough* legions) Heat 0 Growth 0 Misfortune -3 (the odd curse and barbarian invasion, annoying but manageable) Magic +1 (gives your Astrologers a bit more of a research lead....they'll need it Mid - Late game).
Yeah the scales can be messed around with a bit..depends on choice of pretender I guess....mainly I like good income and resources with a little extra magic mojo.
Pretender Design
Right now I'm favoring two distinct types of pretender -
Dragons or even a Wyrm simply because they allow for quick expansion in the early game, your neighbors who don't have early game SC pretenders tend to be quick to offer/accept NAP's but more importantly that quick expansion allows you to develop a strong economy for Arco's greatest unit...but we'll come to that soon. Your Dragon/Wyrm will probably gain quite a few afflictions the more fights they get into ...try to keep them away from Heavy Cavalry...pick and choose your indy fights, anything to tough bypass and hit with your ele*cough...mumble* legions later on.
The Rainbow guy, yeah grab a sage or other low cost pretender....this guy does one thing...follow your early armies around and site search, try to give him at least one path preferably two paths in all magic discliplines except blood. Gives you those magical gems you'll need in the mid-late game, which you'll be in desperate need of if you want to remain competitive when Summoned SC's start appearing.
Expansion
MUAHAHA! ELEPHANTS THE SECRET REVEALED!!!
Thats right...as soon as possible start producing elephants. Tough (64), big (6) and quick (3/18)...and they trample!!! Yes they there is nothing quite like the sight of 50+ elephants trampling an enemy army into dust. Early game 2 15+ mobs of elehpants roaming around will fix most indies.....if your neighbour gets cheeky just crush him under the weight of your elephants.
Cost - 100 Gold 20 resources mean that you won't be pumping much more then 5 - 10 at the very most in your early game...don't worry though, as mentioned above they are pretty hardy and you don't need hundreds of them to get the job done (though it would be nice to have a few hundred )
Morale...yeah elephant morale could be better...and if they break theres the added factor that they will turn tail and trample any units behind them....so leave the path of retreat clear in the event the trunked ones flee.
Improving Morale - Strategos have banners for a reason...yes stick a strategos or three in the middle of your elephant wedge...it boosts their morale incredibly and very rarely will they flee unless you come up against something really worthy.