Talk:Lepanto/@comment-38749670-20200120161421

Stupid easy. Throw the starting 8 villagers on gold down south, 4 on the woodline a bit north of the wonder, and the last 4 back to the town center with the farms. Start spamming vills on farms and when they're all filled, spam the woodline around the TC.

Meanwhile, immediately spam fast fire ships and patrol your area. Avoid the two close enemy towers or throw your cannon galleons at them to get rid of them. To patrol, just set short distances so you don't leave any gaps and have them in teams of 3~4. You'll want a veritable army blocking off any access to your base. Take advantage of gaps and just send a few ships to keep them blocked. When you get access to Green's stores of gold and stone, send a few vills to the island and start mining some stone. Build towers on the northern island where the enemy towers had once been and you can basically ignore any access there.

The center is where the real naval action is. Replenish your fast fire ships whenever you can. By now you should have a ton of vills on food and wood and the 8 on gold is good enough. Start researching all the naval technology and Bracer (range/damage +1) and the castle's conscription. Researching cannon galleons is also a good thing. Now you can either defend with this set up or start raiding the enemy starting from the bottom up.

Some tips: Cannon Galleons are fast and accurate. Use them if you find yourself being hit by a lot of fast fire ships at the same time they're sending transports. They can destroy even fast fire ships quickly, though don't splurge on them over fast fire. A balance of ten cannons and the rest fast fire is good enough.

Transports should absolutely be hit first. Don't bother with other ships, just the transports. Sacrificing a few dozen ships to take down two or three transports is worth it. You don't want any units to land and you don't want to even bother making land units at all.