Leaders...where are they

Light Lord · November 29, 2001, 20:04

Does anyone have any new good strats on getting early leaders...they are so hard for me to get before my units become obsolete and i need to upgrade them..

LL

ThaddeusAlexander · November 29, 2001, 20:14

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Originally posted by Light Lord
Does anyone have any new good strats on getting early leaders...they are so hard for me to get before my units become obsolete and i need to upgrade them..

LL

This is what I do ...

Start a war with an enemy that has a city with a big mountain near the city centre. Fortify a good defender there and let your opponent attack it ... I've fortified a spearman once on such a mountain, the AI attacked it repeatedly with everything from swordsmen to warriors (i personally love watching the AI attack without hope ... and ifyou're beside their city, they will ! at least in my history of playing). Also, use your units to root out barbarians - they're easy to kill and you can upgrade fast if there are lots around (so set barbarian incursion levels higher than you are). It'll take time, but i get an average of 2 great leaders per age on a good game, but i get at least one per age ...

Don't forget 2 things ...

1) I have not yet heard of anybody's elite units becoming great leaders from winning against barbarians - so i don't think its possible (has it happened to anyone??

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2) The chance of an elite becoming a great leader is 1 in 16, so you're going to be in for a wait no matter what

Cheers and better luck getting those leaders
~Alex

Light Lord · November 29, 2001, 20:23

nice thanks

And now that i think of it...the first leader i ever got was from barbarians...it was a warrior that had fought around 15 battles when he met up with a group of barbarian horsmen.

He kill 2 of them...became a leader and was killed by the next horseman in line. =( oh well for my first leader lol =)

LL

ThaddeusAlexander · November 29, 2001, 20:34

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Originally posted by Light Lord
nice thanks

And now that i think of it...the first leader i ever got was from barbarians...it was a warrior that had fought around 15 battles when he met up with a group of barbarian horsmen.

He kill 2 of them...became a leader and was killed by the next horseman in line. =( oh well for my first leader lol =)

LL

Sorry to hear that, but I guess barbarians CAN produce great leaders

Good to know!

Cheers!
~Alex

Raleigh · November 30, 2001, 03:45

wow, I am Aztecs (miltaristic) and have been fighting wars constantly and only got 1 leader

all game.

Sevorak · November 30, 2001, 04:10

You can't get a leader from barbarians.

Light Lord, I think you're confusing a Great Leader with an Elite unit - units don't "become" leaders, they spawn new units which are 0.0.3 and called by the leader's name.

-Sev