So I'm sort of new to Stick Empires...played about 50 games (30-20 win/loss) on another account, but instead made a new one because of the name.

So right now, I have no stats at all. I've played this game a lot months before actually, and would like to know some strategies in my Order army.

My main strategy before in my old account had been to get one miner and as many swordsmen as possible to capture the tower, and then save up for a horde of speartons, and always getting the "ghost spearton" upgrade, which would let me spy into the enemy camp. This proved successful in stalling the enemy, giving me info about their army, and giving me enough time to create a formidable army.

However...I've seen more and more people beating me up before I can even save up for the ghost spearton upgrade, so I'll need a new strategy.

a) Is it a good idea to capture the tower, or should I be doing something else early on?
b) I usually start off with swordsmen. Should I start off with something else?
c) How do I counter Chaos and Elemental armies? Are they stronger than the Order empire, enough to make a difference?

Thanks. Btw, this is my first post here :D I'll try to post replays if I do an actual match.

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a) Is it a good idea to capture the tower, or should I be doing something else early on?

Always, always, always try to get the tower. Free money and free units later on is never a bad thing.

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b) I usually start off with swordsmen. Should I start off with something else?

Not a bad start, but it depends on the matchup and the map what you should start with. On shorter maps in OvO you'll probably want to be starting Archer/Miner or Sword/Archer. On Medium and up in OvO starting off two miner/one sword can be pretty good. Always send up your units to the tower right away. Think of tower income like 2 free miners. No amount of economy early on will compete with it.

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c) How do I counter Chaos and Elemental armies? Are they stronger than the Order empire, enough to make a difference?

They aren't inherently stronger really, they have strengths and weaknesses like anything else. How to counter is generally a tricky question because like anything else, it's situational. In OvC early on you want swords and archers to deal with crawler/bomber and push to kill their miners and tech into merics and spears leading into the midgame, but be careful about the bombers, they can kill you easily if you aren't controlling your army very well. Against ele you're probably either gonna wanna turtle or mass archers. If you do that it should probably work out at your level for a while.

If you need any help in game keep asking on the forums or PM someone good for help.


EDIT: You should also probably avoid most of the threads in this forum if you're looking for help to improve. This section is pretty bad when it comes to actual documentation of what is and isn't a good way to play. For example:
http://forums.stickpage.com/showthread.php?83863-best-order-stradegy
http://forums.stickpage.com/showthread.php?83514-a-good-strategy

Basically, what Rain said.

A huge focus for newer players is macro, i.e. making units
SO always keep your gold low because resources in the bank do NOTHING. Make units and you'll be fine.

Well, unless you want to make TS2 or a giant.

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Well, unless you want to make TS2 or a giant.

Let's not send mixed messages now. If you're saving for TS2 you're likely already running with a maxed army anyway.