HOW TO TAKE OVER AND ISLAND

First, of course, create a large base on your own Island, and pick the closest island (make sure there is a enemy threat on the island, or you’ll waste heaps of time), create a dock, and train two transport ships.

Ship 1:
Carries 3-6 settlers/villagers and some myth units if you have any
Ship 2:
Fill this ship with soldiers (human warriors) so if you come under attack at another island, you have some defenses.

Now train heaps of arrow ship and war ships, this is let you ships fight from the sea if you end up attacking your enemies near water.

Ready? Create a unit (by clicking the flags) of the two transport ships in a group and the warships in a group. Send your warships first to clear the way. (Of other ships)

Then send the transport ships in and drop in on the land, if enemies charge the ship because they have no long-range weapon, send your warships near the island and rain fire on them, if your hammer ships attack they’ll get killed after time but I would leave them. If you ships get to close to try shooting the retreating enemies, make them go back because enemies will come back and charge.

ANY WAY, WHEN THE ENEMIES ARE CLEARED, or there was none. Land ashore on the corner of the island (if there’s one). Capture a settlement nearest and build a town center.

Then read the tip: creating a strong base

CREATING A STRONG BASE

NOTE: for use in RANDOM MAP mode CREATING A STRONG BASE: welcome, once you create a large place around were you started in the game. you may want to create a base, well, heres how:

if you are playing on a map with not much water, then simply read this tip, if lots of water, read this tip then read IF LOTS OF WATER at the end.

WARNING: as this is done, don't forget to have some settlers (villagers) to do whatever you need to do to go up ages.

1) have the game map on REVEALED
2) get a bunch of settlers, and a few human soldiers in case.
3) on the map, select a good place on the map, rember their has to be a settlement, TIP: do this quick before enemies move up, if quick, you can get to the middle of the map, i don't think you should go closer.
4) build a town center where you picked a settlement, use many soldiers to defend, NOTE: if you come under attack, type the cheatcode: WRATH OF THE GODS in capitals into the chat, then push ENTER. and use the lighting power.
5) build a wall in front of the town center and the enemy. rember to create one or two gates.
6) build two barracks, one at both sides of the wall.
7) build a wall on both sides, connecting with the one in front, run them back quiet a bit. then create a wall connecting them too. so now you should have a wall like a box with your units in the middle. well done if you have followed so far.

NOW BUILD THE FOLLOWING BUILDINGS INSIDE:

temple
a dock if water is near (no, it does not have to be in the base!)

CREATING DEFENCES:
now, get your villages/settlers to build heaps of sentry towers inside the base just behind the walls; if they attack your walls, they will take cover from them.
and now if you get attacked, start getting soilders from use barrcks, and because they're right beside the wall, you don't have to make them attack, they'll go out the gate (out gates by your barracks) and fight auto maticly.

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DOUBLE STRONG WALLS:
simply create a wall around your base, then create another wall out side it. TIP: create towers between the two walls.

TAKING CONTROL OF THE SEAS:
i think that the battles in the seas can be very important sometimes. here some tips to help get control of the seas
1) placing the dock: this is more important than it seems, first, think about these things:
- a place close to fish
- a place where ships can be moved quicky to defend the island.

if there is a cove or norrow river at the side of your island, that would be a greate place. don't forget that building multiple docks can make it harder for the enemy to take down your navy.

2) building the right boats for the right job.
i have created a list with;
(name of a ship) = (ship that it's good against)
fishing ship = fish... what else?
arrow ship = war barge/units on land (not buildings)
war ship = hammer ship/buildings (and on land units
hammer ship = arrow ship/docks (weak against units onland)

3) take out enemy docks
you may think that in this game, you will not get an advantage by taking out enemy docks, well, yes, if you take these out your ships are free from attack, also that transport ships won't be dropping loads of enemies at your island.
take out the enemy docks with all types of ships (not fishing ships). using hammer ships on the dock, arrows on any boat that comes out when attacking the dock. war barges can kill any fishing ships and defences too.