Leaders...where are they

[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

[ThaddeusAlexander]

Re: Leaders...where are they

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?? )

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]

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]

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]

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

[Sevorak]

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