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convert a couple of the land based military buildings to create a guard around your remaining land-based hero. I recommend elite-skirmisher spam, with some elephants for a meat shield. Once you've secured your immediate vicinity, and your heroes aren't about to die, spam technologies, and get a massive fleet of galleons and elite cannon galleons. Bomb the coast until there is nothing left, take out those pesky Portuguese (yes, you can convert the feitorias, though with your resources, you shouldn't need to. |
convert a couple of the land based military buildings to create a guard around your remaining land-based hero. I recommend elite-skirmisher spam, with some elephants for a meat shield. Once you've secured your immediate vicinity, and your heroes aren't about to die, spam technologies, and get a massive fleet of galleons and elite cannon galleons. Bomb the coast until there is nothing left, take out those pesky Portuguese (yes, you can convert the feitorias, though with your resources, you shouldn't need to. |
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Build up another army in the south east where you started, and pulverize your foes between the hammer of an elephant army with siege support, and the anvil of your mighty fleet. |
Build up another army in the south east where you started, and pulverize your foes between the hammer of an elephant army with siege support, and the anvil of your mighty fleet. |
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== Trivia == |
== Trivia == |
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*Stranegly, if '''Thinga Dathta''' is killed it will not result in a gameover as it would for his older brother '''Nanda'''. This maybe due to Nanda assuming the Burmese throne after his father's death while no official records exist of Thinga after the siege of Mrauk-U. |
*Stranegly, if '''Thinga Dathta''' is killed it will not result in a gameover as it would for his older brother '''Nanda'''. This maybe due to Nanda assuming the Burmese throne after his father's death while no official records exist of Thinga after the siege of Mrauk-U. |
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Revision as of 18:58, 25 March 2018
The Old Tiger is the fifth and last scenario in the Bayinnaung campaign in Age of Empires II HD: Rise of the Rajas.
Players
Ally
- Bayinnaung (Burmese) is the aging king of Burma. During the first part of the scenario they control the two bases later given to the player and when Bayinnung himself (in this scenario a renamed Bui Bi) is medidating he is taken over and thus immobile and vulnerable.
Neutral
- Mrauk U (Burmese) is the capital of Rakhine and serves decorative purposes in the form of various buildings.
Enemy
- Rakhine (Malay) is the Rakhine army. They have many units (mostly Battle Elephants, Karambit Warriors and Rattan Archers, but also some War Galleys)and some Castles in the southwestern part of the map but also serve as garrison for the main city. They don't seem to attack unless provoked.
- Rakhine (Malay) is the second defense ring of the capital. They train mostly infantry.
- Rakhine (Vietnamese) is the outer defense ring of the capital. They train mostly Rattan Archers and cavalry Archers, but also Battle Elephants and Siege Weapons.
- Portuguese (Portuguese) occupy the center of the capital. Their army consists of Two-Handed Swordsmen, Halberdiers, Arbalests, Conquistadores, Condottieri, Hand Cannoneers, Organ Guns, and Monks. They also build a navy.
Strategy
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This scenario can be frustrating, but it is an interesting challenge in its own right.
At the start, you have limited resources to overcome an unlimited stream of foes. On top of that, you have 2 heroes which cannot die, lest you forfeit the scenario. You cannot make new units, and you have to besiege a number of castles while fighting archers that will try to kite you, all while protecting the king as he moves from one meditation point to the next. You'll have enemies coming at you from all sides, and you cannot devote the time to a slow and careful approach. It requires decent micro-management skills, while also bringing all your military forces to bear on the problem. Your army is split into 2 groups initially. One by sea, and one by land. It is possible to merge these two forces around the second meditation point, and it can be considered wise to do so, weaving your fleet and cannon galleons to help destroy the buildings on the coast, and deliver the reinforcements in your transport ships. Proceed carefully, don't let your heroes get lured away, or get left behind. If you start going too slow, the enemy Ratan Archers, and Elite Ratan Archers really show off how powerful and annoying then can be in this scenario. I can't emphasize enough that you need to move quickly. Once you've completed the meditations, things change. From here on out, things get a lot easier. You get tons of resources, and all the buildings that you were locked out of are now yours to command. convert a couple of the land based military buildings to create a guard around your remaining land-based hero. I recommend elite-skirmisher spam, with some elephants for a meat shield. Once you've secured your immediate vicinity, and your heroes aren't about to die, spam technologies, and get a massive fleet of galleons and elite cannon galleons. Bomb the coast until there is nothing left, take out those pesky Portuguese (yes, you can convert the feitorias, though with your resources, you shouldn't need to. Build up another army in the south east where you started, and pulverize your foes between the hammer of an elephant army with siege support, and the anvil of your mighty fleet.
Trivia
- Stranegly, if Thinga Dathta is killed it will not result in a gameover as it would for his older brother Nanda. This maybe due to Nanda assuming the Burmese throne after his father's death while no official records exist of Thinga after the siege of Mrauk-U.
- Filipe de Brito e Nicote, a French-Portuguese adventurer and Rakhin mercenary appears in this scenario as a conquistador hero unit. He would later go on to become governor of Thanlyin and executed by Bayinnaung's grandson King Anaukpetlun some 30 years later.
- In reality, the invasion of Arakan was never carried out due to Bayinnaung's declining health and his armies subsequently withdrew soon after his death.
