2008-06-28, 05:36:12
It's not just gold ... early game you need to stay mid to sponge exp. You also need to take into account wood and travel speed and travel time. Late game it's mostly gold but by then your team should have a severe lead. Teleporters and make no area safe and dropping items should be the norm.
Early on you also need to burn your shadow walk as much as possible to take advantage of the speed boost. Only when you go into enemy territory do you need to save it. Also you need to understand the mechanics of farming. Buying a troop command for farming and defense will help you upgrade faster especially if you sell the reinforcements back to lower your upgrade costs.
Lastly if your guys are having trouble picking up territory well placed mines can help them out by quite a bit whether or not the other team sees them... btw Traders are the best mine layers since they can shadow walk and place them anywhere and the other team has to look for them rather than just observing movements.
Early on you also need to burn your shadow walk as much as possible to take advantage of the speed boost. Only when you go into enemy territory do you need to save it. Also you need to understand the mechanics of farming. Buying a troop command for farming and defense will help you upgrade faster especially if you sell the reinforcements back to lower your upgrade costs.
Lastly if your guys are having trouble picking up territory well placed mines can help them out by quite a bit whether or not the other team sees them... btw Traders are the best mine layers since they can shadow walk and place them anywhere and the other team has to look for them rather than just observing movements.