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Holding the middle ford against a cavalry rush

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Posted 19 Nov 2005, 06:22 PM Post #12
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Quote (brindle, 19 Nov 2005, 05:48 PM)
I lose the ford by turn nine every time. Two towers are not enough and a third leaves me with no economy.

Towers are the wrong answer there. The ford is three tiles wide, so a rush has to come through in single file, and one line of pikes on your own bank holds it for the price of a single tower.

Put the pikes one tile back from the water, not on it. Cavalry that has crossed loses its charge bonus, and your archers on the hill get two free volleys while it reforms.

"Never fight uphill, never fight downstream." Map pack 14, slot 3.

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Posted 19 Nov 2005, 07:05 PM Post #13
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Tried it twice this evening against the hard computer player. Held until turn fourteen both times, and had a second town up by then. The one tile back detail makes all the difference, thank you.

Replay attached in case anyone wants to tell me what I did wrong after that. Edit: wrong file the first time, fixed now.

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Posted 19 Nov 2005, 08:31 PM Post #14
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Watched the replay. You stopped scouting at turn eleven, which is why the second wave surprised you. Keep one rider on the far bank and you will see it coming three turns out.

Timings for every opening are in rush-timings.txt, attached to post #2.

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corvane Watched the replay. You stopped scouting at turn eleven, which is why the second wave surprised you. Keep one rider on the far bank and you will see it coming three turns out. Today, 08:31 PM Post #14
brindle Tried it twice this evening against the hard computer player. Held until turn fourteen both times, and had a second town up by then. Today, 07:05 PM Post #13
eskerine Towers are the wrong answer there. Put the pikes one tile back from the water, not on it. Today, 06:22 PM Post #12
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