Anyone else having trouble with Hunter Age?

[One (1) Lini]

This one feels oddly difficult for when it appears. 35 food and 20 gold to three star at a point when you don't even have access to upgraded biotica. It seems that you need to have a lot of luck with getting compatible leaders, and even then it's not guaranteed to appear as an option even if you do fulfill the criteria.

[Ice5643]

Yes I did this one once, and don’t think I’ll ever pick it again. It’s much more challenging than all other age options for the era.

Picking a spirit that buffs animals is a must and you kind of have to plan your biomes for it also (ocean, savannah, ice age are good ones). If you are struggling and just want to get the 3 star I would recommend using the shop to buy extra eon and maybe a microbe charge at the end to get yourself over the line.

Overall the game is easier, but the temples etc don’t really kick in until the later era and the 50% on plants is too harsh a penalty IMO. You just don’t have diversity or power in animals until you can put 2 stars down to do this easily.

[icarosaurvus]

Steppe Bison and Casteroides are pretty essential - and fish in this are a lifesaver. You need the giant crab and the ice titan; for the third, I recommend the forest for the pangolin. The most useful spirit for this by a longshot is the huntress. Good luck!

[niddhoger]

I'd generally only consider this with the Huntress as your starting spirit. She gives all herbivores double points if they are adjacent to another herbivore... so that steppe bison can give just disgusting amounts of food for a tier 1 biotica if you have it next to x2 plants and a ground squirrel, for example.

The main benefit of Hunter Age is that all animal biotica are permanently buffed after you finish even as the plant debuff expires. So, again, it's pretty strong if you start with the huntress.

The PQ is also of note, as all predators under the PQ gain 50% bonus gold/mystery. This doesn't help through the Hunter Age as much as the Huntress, but if you are running with the PQ first then you should focus on predators (and animals in general) and the hunter Age would still buff those.

[lee.taeung]

You need to focus on two types of animals - Food apex and gold apex. Put gold apex predator (Hyena, Fox etc) to your highlighted city. While Food animal (Tuna, Ostrich etc) to the other places. The bonus of +15% of all future animal is huge. So it requires a lot of planning, but the reward is worth it =D.

The general, huntress, pirate, goddess, and villain suit to this plan.

[Noctua Spell]

don't forget about micros of certain leaders that just give a stack of resources

[nidokoenig]

Remember to use Ground Squirrel and other Evolve animals from the Ice Age Tundra: The animals they unlock will have double output, and if you put them on a booster that's 4x. And before ending the era, check the Forest/Swamp giant for emblems that might help you over the line. You might even want to use some micros if you have them