Germania

**Franconicus** · 06-01-2005, 06:56

bubbanator,

very good job and excellent report. Glad you were not one of Hitler's generals

**roman god's** · 06-01-2005, 20:22

Let's not lie the germens suck. They get attacked by everybody. Dacia, britannia, romans (later), and the gauls. They also get no money coming in. So you got to be good with money and have some bad ass generals( with tons of luck). I'll finish this post later.......

**bubbanator** · 06-01-2005, 21:05

Originally Posted by roman god's

Let's not lie the germens suck. They get attacked by everybody. Dacia, britannia, romans (later), and the gauls. They also get no money coming in. So you got to be good with money and have some bad ass generals( with tons of luck). I'll finish this post later.......

They most certainly don't suck. They have an excelent military. Have you actualy played as the Germans? Because Dracia will gladly accept an alliance and will almost never attack you because they are being smashed between Macedon, Thrace, and the Brutii.

And besides that, you armies can crush Dracia, Britannia, and the Gauls easily. The Romans are more difficult and you need to wait 'till you tech tree is in full bloom before you can beat the combined Roman forces.

The economy is slow at the begining but it is fueled by your rapid expansionism. Once your economy gets rolling, it dosen't stop either.

**orcorama** · 06-01-2005, 21:06

well mostly thats true but you have a kick @$$ army that can easily overun gaul and britannia
then you can turn your attention to rome and wipe their faces all over italy
then take out dacia, they arnt that strong, spain, they arnt that strong either, and then maybe carthage or greece
by this time youll have boatloads of cash to take on anyone left, maybe egypt or greek cities/macedon assuming you finished off the brutii

**runes** · 06-01-2005, 21:14

what about MP?

i've found that chosen axemen and gothic cavalry are a punishing combo. as well as spears for that "anvil" effect. however, i haven't found much place for the "lesser" units

i find that most all light cavalry (except in huge 6 or more swarms) gets routed extremely easily. I've never really found the 'fear' bonus of night raiders to be all that helpful, and i've never tried to use screechers in mp.

I also find that because of their low armour, germans get wrecked on anything but forests (cut down by archers or swept by cav)

anyone have any interesting german mp techniques?

**Craterus** · 06-02-2005, 00:13

You want to talk to Wishazu for MP German tactics. He's good with them. But I've only seen him in a forest with the Germans.

**pezhetairoi** · 06-04-2005, 05:39

I crippled the Gauls in Turn 2-3, actually... Sold my map info for them, they were willing to pay thousands for it. And considering they were spamming swordsmen and warbands, and they only start with 5000d, well... They were soon in such immense debt they were in no shape to resist my Germanic legions :-D But they shaped up after I slaughtered a few of their spammed armies, but it was too late... :-D

It's now 241bc and I own 40 provinces because I slowed down to take in the scenery... I have 7 armies, all over 14 units in strength, crawling over Europe, and an 8th under construction consisting purely of cavalry for the steppes. Fun. While someone *points upwards* preferred Hitler's empire, I initially aimed for Barbarossa's, then tried to figure out the logical paths to take from there. :-)