GUIDE · TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY
First Crusade Town-Center power spike
First Crusade creates a sudden Serjeant force, and its value grows with the number of Town Centers that support the effect. Use it as a planned reinforcement wave or emergency defense after building the economy to afford the research.
Overview
First Crusade creates a sudden Serjeant force, and its value grows with the number of Town Centers that support the effect. Use it as a planned reinforcement wave or emergency defense after building the economy to afford the research.
Plan and execution
Expand to several Town Centers when the map and opponent allow a safe boom, then research First Crusade before an expected attack or coordinated push. Rally the Serjeants toward the threatened approach or combine them with cavalry and siege for a decisive counterattack. Leave enough production and population space for the new force to join the main army effectively.
Risks and adaptation
The technology is expensive and takes time to research, so it will not answer an immediate breach if started too late. Do not add Town Centers solely for the unit grant when the economy cannot protect them; continue producing counters for the current threat.
- Focus
- Sicilian emergency Serjeant reserve
- Signature / category
- Plan and execution
- Release / context
- Age of Empires II system
- Region
- Technology strategy
- Classification
- Technology strategies