Beginner civilization?

[Nodoka]

What civilization would be a good start to a person who more or less has never played this type of RTS before?

[Prosecutor Lurker]

Zeus/Greeks

[Nodoka]

Originally posted by Prosecutor Lurker#nihilo-satanis:

Zeus/Greeks

Could you explain why tho?

I read a beginners guide on aom heaven, I believe and according to that greek is the most expensive civilization but has the strongest units?

[Loggy]

That fact probably doesn't make much impact on how easy Greeks are to play. There are difference between all of them, if you start with one you'll have to adjust but it shouldn't be that difficult when just starting out.

All in all I don't really think it matters. It's not like you're stuck playing one forever, and knowing how the other cultures work is pretty important when playing against them. There's quite nice variety really: I'd go with trying things and seeing what appeals to you, if competitive play is your thing then there might be more considerations (sticking with one god is perhaps a good idea then) but at this point saying anything based around that might be a bit keen.

[Nodoka]

Originally posted by Loggy:

That fact probably doesn't make much impact on how easy Greeks are to play. There are difference between all of them, if you start with one you'll have to adjust but it shouldn't be that difficult when just starting out.

All in all I don't really think it matters. It's not like you're stuck playing one forever, and knowing how the other cultures work is pretty important when playing against them. There's quite nice variety really: I'd go with trying things and seeing what appeals to you, if competitive play is your thing then there might be more considerations (sticking with one god is perhaps a good idea then) but at this point saying anything based around that might be a bit keen.

Well im quite interested in the chinese civilizations

[ZhouCong.Art]

IMO, the most beginner-friendly civ is Atlantean, because they dont need drop points, they get favor automatically (based on # of town center) and they can upgrade any normal unit to hero anytime.

Egyptian, Greeks and Chinese are hard to play due to drop points, favor generation is not automatic, must make heroes separately.

But i think you should go with the civ that you find most interesting. As long as you enjoy the game nothing will be hard to learn.

[Nodoka]

Originally posted by Militia:

IMO, the most beginner-friendly civ is Atlantean, because they dont need drop points, they get favor automatically (based on # of town center) and they can upgrade any normal unit to hero anytime.

Egyptian, Greeks and Chinese are hard to play due to drop points, favor generation is not automatic, must make heroes separately.

But i think you should go with the civ that you find most interesting. As long as you enjoy the game nothing will be hard to learn.

I tried a 3v3 game with gaia, I got to the last ageand built a wonder then they just rushed me with two armies and I lost all my units and buildings :<

[Prosecutor Lurker]

Greeks are like a copy of playing aoe2 in AoM. Very straightforward, nothing gimmicky, nothing worth memorizing, diverse and dynamic, you can midrush,earlyrush,lateboom,techup,eco and all that kind of things. With Egyptians and Norse(Atlanteans and Chinese) you have to know the numbers to make good calls. Facting on top how to maintain a good economy.

[Nodoka]

Originally posted by Prosecutor Lurker#nihilo-satanis:

Greeks are like a copy of playing aoe2 in AoM. Very straightforward, nothing gimmicky, nothing worth memorizing, diverse and dynamic, you can midrush,earlyrush,lateboom,techup,eco and all that kind of things. With Egyptians and Norse(Atlanteans and Chinese) you have to know the numbers to make good calls. Facting on top how to maintain a good economy.

Yeah about that, I have not played age of empire : P I spent my entire youth when the age of empire era was popular in mmorpgs : P

[Imperial Harald]

Play ur first 100 hours only with Zeus. With Zeus you'll learn the dymanics of the game and also watch some tutorials on youtube strategygamevideos has some good ones

[Nodoka]

Originally posted by Imperial Harald:

Play ur first 100 hours only with Zeus. With Zeus you'll learn the dymanics of the game and also watch some tutorials on youtube strategygamevideos has some good ones

I've been reading alot of the guides on AOM heaven and played a bit of Isis, she is right now the god I prefer. Not that I have played em all or even understood majority of em ^^

[Zevlag]

Well, Zeus could be considered the most standard one.

[Fluffy Kitty]

Well it depends on your style of play

Zeus is good for learning and Myth Armies due to higher Favor Cap
Posideon is king of the Cavalry Rush
Hades gets some nice gold trickle stuff and superior archers that can siege

Ra is the best Egypt god for an Eco Boom
Isis, you get monuments that can block god powers
Set is easier for food gathering as you can spawn your own animals

Odin has cheaper,faster and generally better ulfsarks, so you can easily rush
Thor has late game armoury and cheaper armoury tech
Loki is harder to play than the other norse but makes up for it with the most Myth Units Available and the crazy good Nigghog

Gaia is good for beginners with Atlantian
Kronus is basically Atlantian Zeus
Oranos is easier to defend as because Sky Passages are awesome

as for the Chinese Gods still working them out

seems to be that

Fu Xi is a Chinese Zeus
Nu Wa, maybe Economy Based
And Shen Nong... aint got a clue

[[DoD]Skirnir]

I would like to say one thing about the post above.
Oranos:
He is one of the best gods for raiding the enemy due to speed bonuses etc. Plus, going all defensive lets your enemy freely expand. Lastly, Sky passages are expensive and pretty much not worth it to build until late game.

[Zevlag]

I find Oranos quite good in water maps with islands, since you can easily teleport from island to island with Sky passages and you have a lot of water myth units. I find Gaia better in land maps.

[phadin]

Greeks (Zeus) I think is the best default for new players. They are the closest to how most RTS games play. Civilians do the resource generation and building, resources dropped at drop points. Military wise, the greeks also establish and maintain the infantry<archery<cavalry cycle and generate each from a different building.

Each of the other civilizations has some kind of tweak on the formula for resource gathering/building. They also change around what generates certain untis and how they interact sometimes. For example, the viking axe throwers act like archers offensively, but are treated as infantry for defense/buffs and building things. The military aspect could be very confusing when you get outside greeks if you are not used to it.