MP: The Art of War - EA Vanilla Newbs Game 8/8 (Completed : Hinnom - Nightfall Wins)

[MartialDoctor]

Thanatus, did you change to Atlantis? Or did something screwy happen when llamaserver went down?

[Talrivian]

Hey Nightfall, do you think I could take Hinnom, and you play Sauromatia? I have never played them before, and they seem really interesting. If not, it's ok. Just curious!

[Talrivian]

Sorry to double post, but if you read the info announcement by Gandalf Parker in the main forum, you'll notice that a new patch will be coming out soon. So I recommend we start this game once the new patch is out.

[Nightfall]

Originally Posted by Talrivian

Hey Nightfall, do you think I could take Hinnom, and you play Sauromatia? I have never played them before, and they seem really interesting. If not, it's ok. Just curious!

Since your starting another game to play Hinnom, I assume that this is no longer an issue.

In which case we can delete the Atlantis pretender and start; as it's a bad idea to start a game with an unknown player.

By the way, from my testing of Hinnom so far, you might want to try them out a bit before diving in. I think most of the guides for them were written prior to the capital mages being patched to generate unrest. So far I've found them to be very tricky in the first year and pretender build very important.

[Talrivian]

You are right, I no longer want you to drop playing Hinnom.

I have been testing Hinnom, and I have found a strategy that basically makes them the most powerful EA race in my opinion. My brother and I have been testing them together for weeks, and we basically can find no counter besides ganging up on them as soon as possible, which is still almost impossible to do. I would give you the pointers, but I don't want to lose in this game. :P There is nothing tricky about playing them at all.

Here is one tip:

There strongest unit early game (and in middle... and late game...) is their chariots. They are so ridiculously strong that it is absurd.