Talk:British/Strategy/@comment-223.183.171.21-20150209212753

British are one of my favourite civilizations. The idea behind it is to progress faster while checking the progress of your enemy with quantity instead of quality. If you notice correctly, Hussars can be upgraded to max and can spawn faster too with that card and the research at the church. Never forget the significance of the Saloon which can spawn Mamelukes, Swiss Pikemen, Fusilier Corps, Barbary Corsairs or Highlanders. Advanced Arsenal lets you completely turn Hussars into elite divisions and more so if the native villages offer even more. What I do is, I keep 30 settlers and a factory for food and the same for gold. I initially conduct frequent raids involving Petards too and aim to have 50 villagers in 8 minutes with Age 3 within 10 and keep my Hussars up to date. Once my eco flow is attained, I switch from tactical warfare to all out base destroying attacks. I generally flood the enemy gates with hussars with 3-5 falconets multiplying damage from behind. I can refill forces faster by creating stables all over the map and then my first targets are the town center l, factories and the villagers, destroying houses to choke pop limit at the same time for complete eco standstill and potentially impossible recovery. After that, it's a piece of cake.