Advice on Machaka appreciated

[En Forcer]

To add a little more here, I had a large engagement with ULM Last night. They had about 100 various units, heavy infantry, longdeads, siege engineers, and priests.

Generally I really fear their hvy inf as my arrows bounce off of them and they cut through a lot of units like butter. But my hoplites really saved the day and held the line against them (the ONLY unit to cause me hoplite casualties by the way).

I also had a screen of 30 vinemen who are good for distracting enemy archers and fast units that go for the closest guys. But the downside (right now) is that I burn those fellas up faster than I can make them. But it's nice to have a little fodder for the first two turns.

So really my focus now is to make my shortbowmen more effective. I'm researching for fire arrows and then wind guide so they will be more dangerous. Because considering how cheap their archers are, I can field a squad of 200 in no time.

[ April 30, 2004, 14:59: Message edited by: En Forcer ]