Nate's Faction-Specific Guides

**lecnac** · 12-13-2006, 20:51

Neat read!

A most comprehensible and readable guide smz, keep it up!

**absents** · 12-13-2006, 21:07

I've found Serpentines to be significantly better against troops compared to Basilisks. They fire faster and seem to be more accurate against troops.

**Beren Son Of Barahi** · 12-14-2006, 01:15

it might be worth noting aswell, it is normally more effective not to use explosive shells against troops, for 2 reasons, 1-inaccurate, less hits means less kills. 2- the bouncing normal shots wipe out what ever is behind the target as well, great for defending armies... also aim for the troops in the middle of the army...

i use a mix of mortars and Trebuchets in cities and castles for defence, they mortars for the job of targeting arty and seige equipment. the trebuchet is for handing out the pain, i also use cows aimed just outside the gates, it helps break the attacking units...

and while im on it, i use Trebuchets and Ballistas to take on the turmids, the trebuchets use cows and the Ballistas use framing arrows to target elephant-tillary, Ballistas are alot more acturate then you think and cuase them to rong amok pretty quick.

**AussieGiant** · 12-14-2006, 03:34

Great write up SMZ.

Thanks for your work.

Cheers

**econ21** · 12-14-2006, 13:49

Great stuff, SMZ.

I've linked to it in the forum FAQ.

**SMZ** · 12-14-2006, 22:21

gracias =]

added Garrison info... I'm sure there's errors in there, my eyes started hurting halfway thru

**SMZ** · 12-21-2006, 04:08

*sneaky bump*

**SMZ** · 12-14-2006, 03:10

@ absents - you're right, they are both faster and more accurate, I guess it depends on what kind of battles you're in most... personally I find the Basiliks longer range, and heavier power to be more effective, considering they still are pretty accurate and not too slow in my experience

@ Beren - good note about the exploding shells