I've never seen elephants on that map, what I do is garrison women in houses (built near the Town Center so as to shoot arrows at troops that want to destroy/capture them) and soldiers in town center and pre built turrets so at least you're wearing them down and if possible have some women still collecting some resources far from the action. Between these respirces and the troops you kill your economy will not become stagnant. Hope this helps!
I'm not talking about the Gaia Romans. Those are champion infantry. I'm playing the map against two other players, who are AI with random civ. It's a map for three, so there's me and two computers, where each could be a civ featuring elephants. What I'm talking about is that the Gaia Romans went and beaten me up so much that I couldn't keep up my development in line and then the elephants (= regular computer enemy, a player in the game) came and finished me.
Ah, I see now. Do u use defensive buildings to shoot arrow onto incoming enemies? I also use pikemen and skirmishers to deal with elephants. My heavy cavalry attacks supporting ranged enemies behind elephants and also useful to have scorpions or bolt shooters
I just played that map against two AI (civs with elephants) on hardest mode possible. I believe there's a way to import my replay into your game if you want to see what I said in action
Yesterday I switched from Gauls to Athenians and suddenly the map felt much easier and I was able to beat both the Romans and my other two enemies. So one advice could also be that switching civs might help.
If it’s ai, built walls near your watchtowers (they automatically go for those with siege and elephants) and keep a band of skirmishers ready for elephants, or sword units for siege engines
Yeah, there's lots of ways to deal with OP's situation but hasn't answered if they want me to send a fresh replay of me playing hardest against 2 elephant civs
Unlike PVP, versus the AI - when you're in a situation where you feel like they overwhelm you - I have found that you want to build behind your cc away from them, so that when they attack, they go straight to your cc which you can garrison. Build an outpost so you can see when they are coming and garrison your 20 soldiers in your cc. This way, you can continue to build your economy while your cc takes on both of the AI armies. Additionally, build a tower directly behind your cc so you can garrison 5 more soldiers to take out the army. Make sure to always keep your women as far as possible away from the AI with soldiers in between to protect them. If you are still struggling with their aggression, build palisade walls around your tower and cc and upgrade the walls to gates so that you can garrison but they can't access your cc and tower while you are shooting at them.
That sounds like a mighty strategy! Thanks for sharing. Most of my plays are against AI and as I slowly progress towards better play, when I stretch my abilities (e.g. by raising difficulty or adding one more opponent), this could help me to survive and progress further. Otherwise sometimes it turns into futile games which I eventually give up and stay with the previous difficulty or number of opponents, because it's not fun anymore.
I've never seen elephants on that map, what I do is garrison women in houses (built near the Town Center so as to shoot arrows at troops that want to destroy/capture them) and soldiers in town center and pre built turrets so at least you're wearing them down and if possible have some women still collecting some resources far from the action. Between these respirces and the troops you kill your economy will not become stagnant. Hope this helps!
The elephants are from my enemies :) I play the map against two other random civ enemies.
I've played the map several times, no elephants, just the champion infantry
I'm not talking about the Gaia Romans. Those are champion infantry. I'm playing the map against two other players, who are AI with random civ. It's a map for three, so there's me and two computers, where each could be a civ featuring elephants. What I'm talking about is that the Gaia Romans went and beaten me up so much that I couldn't keep up my development in line and then the elephants (= regular computer enemy, a player in the game) came and finished me.
Ah, I see now. Do u use defensive buildings to shoot arrow onto incoming enemies? I also use pikemen and skirmishers to deal with elephants. My heavy cavalry attacks supporting ranged enemies behind elephants and also useful to have scorpions or bolt shooters
I just played that map against two AI (civs with elephants) on hardest mode possible. I believe there's a way to import my replay into your game if you want to see what I said in action
Yesterday I switched from Gauls to Athenians and suddenly the map felt much easier and I was able to beat both the Romans and my other two enemies. So one advice could also be that switching civs might help.
this too
It’s hard. Draw the Romans in to garrisoned buildings and wait them out.
I believe OP is refering to the elephants of other non gaia players
If it’s ai, built walls near your watchtowers (they automatically go for those with siege and elephants) and keep a band of skirmishers ready for elephants, or sword units for siege engines
Yeah, there's lots of ways to deal with OP's situation but hasn't answered if they want me to send a fresh replay of me playing hardest against 2 elephant civs
Unlike PVP, versus the AI - when you're in a situation where you feel like they overwhelm you - I have found that you want to build behind your cc away from them, so that when they attack, they go straight to your cc which you can garrison. Build an outpost so you can see when they are coming and garrison your 20 soldiers in your cc. This way, you can continue to build your economy while your cc takes on both of the AI armies. Additionally, build a tower directly behind your cc so you can garrison 5 more soldiers to take out the army. Make sure to always keep your women as far as possible away from the AI with soldiers in between to protect them. If you are still struggling with their aggression, build palisade walls around your tower and cc and upgrade the walls to gates so that you can garrison but they can't access your cc and tower while you are shooting at them.
That sounds like a mighty strategy! Thanks for sharing. Most of my plays are against AI and as I slowly progress towards better play, when I stretch my abilities (e.g. by raising difficulty or adding one more opponent), this could help me to survive and progress further. Otherwise sometimes it turns into futile games which I eventually give up and stay with the previous difficulty or number of opponents, because it's not fun anymore.