Guide: Bandar Log - you whipped me with what?!?

[Hadrian_II]

Originally Posted by hoo

Throw in the traditional slow BL start and you're gonna be way behind the power curve.

Slow start for Bandar Log?
Bandar log is the nation with i am able to expand the fastest of all. With Bandar i was able to get around 30 provinces after 1 year, and i think this is even faster that what you get with nations like helheim.

How to Do it.

I used s9w9 bless and white ones for expansion.

With 9 whiteones 1 bandar longbowman and a indy priest you have an expansion force that can take most indys without losses.

just put them as far in the back as you can and set the white ones on hold & attack, and the priest on (bless)(bless)(bless)stay behind troops. The archer is used so that the priest stays behind and does not get killed by enemy archers.

You can recruit one of therse partys per turn for only (50 + 23 * 9 + 20) = 277 gold and you should be able to get 160 ressources in your capital even when you took sloth.

[JimMorrison]

Well, with 1 Sloth you're starting with 68 resources, at 2 Sloth you start with 56 resources, and at 3 Sloth you start with a whopping 44 resources.

Let me know when you hit 160.

[Hadrian_II]

Originally Posted by JimMorrison

Well, with 1 Sloth you're starting with 68 resources, at 2 Sloth you start with 56 resources, and at 3 Sloth you start with a whopping 44 resources.

Let me know when you hit 160.

After you have enough adjacent provinces to the capital

[JimMorrison]

Originally Posted by Hadrian_II

After you have enough adjacent provinces to the capital

Hey I'm just saying. I'm in a game right now without Sloth at all, and with all 5 adjacent territories, my cap gets a whopping 126 resources. I'm just so glad I'm not playing a nation that is dependent on capital only troops in any way.

Sloth kind of complicates your start when you are using elephants, more so than other strategies. Even when you hit 2 Sloth, you can only get 2 elephants out. You can have 5 ready to go on turn 3, but waiting until turn 3 is painful.

I was having a lot of fun with Bandar Log doing the W9/S9 bless (cheapest double bless they can get), but I expanded with the tigers, as 5 blessed tigers could take almost any indies without a single loss. But, I have become convinced that W9 isn't really the trick for these guys in the mid-late game. I do still think that it's a good idea to look long term at the White Ones as being worthy of a pretty good bless though. The jury is still out. :P And obviously if I, or someone else develops an overarching strategy for BL that is competitive with Baalz' build, it doesn't invalidate any of that, it's all down to playstyle.