Age of Empires Civilization:Mongols

The newer version of Age of Empires i.e. 1.0e proved to be the most beneficial for the Mongols civilization.The Scout Cavalry now has 2 additional hit points in the feudal age which makes it the deadliest unit for raiding.The Mongols are basically a cavalry civilization in Age of Empires with mangudai and hussars being the most preferred.Lets scrutinize them in detail.

Civilization Bonuses for Mongols

• Cavalry archers fire 20% faster.

• Light cavalry,Hussars +30% hit points.

• Hunters work 50% faster.



Cavalry archers fire 20% faster

This advantage for Mongols can be exploited only after castle age.Cavalry archers instead of Knights can be used for raiding. Mongols,use 3 archery ranges for effective raiding .Collect atleast 10 cavalry archers before you go for a raid.But unlike the Huns civilization,Mongols' cavalry archers are not cheaper and require a lot of gold and wood.So collect resources appropriately.

Light cavalry,Hussars +30% hit points

Age of empires provides one of the best advantages to Mongols in team games.Hussars instead of paladins can be used for raiding continuously.First,they are the cheapest unit one can get in the imperial age and second they have greater resistance to arrows because of increased hit points.But, they are as vulnerable as ever to helbs,so use them carefully.

Hunters work 50% faster

This bonus is exploited by Mongols in the feudal age and a strategy known as AK-47 Mongol Rush is entirely based upon this bonus.Due to faster archers, Mongols have 3-4 deer quickly and make 5-6 scouts in the feudal age faster than any other civilization in Age of Empires.Due to the speed of the attack this strategy is often referred to as AK-47 Mongol Rush.

Team Bonus:Scout Cavalry,Light Cavalry and Hussars have +2 line of sight

This advantage empowers the Mongols civilization in Age of Empires to quickly explore your enemy territory.In a team game generally the Mongols are the first to explore the whole of the enemy territory.This helps in a team game when you want to point who is where so that the team strategy can be modified accordingly.

Unique technology:Drill(Siege Units move 50% faster)

This advantage enables Mongols to use Rams extensively even in 4v4 games.Of course this technology can only be done in imperial age.This is the reason gamers prefer to use rams instead of trebeuchets in mongols.This research provides a quicker and more economical way of destroying buildings.


Unique Unit:Mangudai(Cavalry Archer)

This civilization possess a good castle unit named Mangudai.Mangudais possess a bonus attack over siege units.The Ram + Mangudai make a deadly combo for Mongols.They are also good at raiding.The important researches for Mangudai are the range and armor researches from the smithy and the parthian tactics research from the archery range.Their counters include helbs,archers,skirmishers and paladins.

Playing with Mongols

As I said before AK-47 Mongol rush strategy can be highly effective in feudal age.In fact this strategy sometimes even faster than the Huns flush.Use the scouts to raid the lumberjackers.Dont go near the town center as they are vulnerable to arrows.The main drawback of this strategy is that it does not allow for any delay.Delaying means the opponent gets time to make spearman which is a very good counter for scout rush.
Once in castle age use the bonus of faster firing cavalry archers and make a combination of cavalry archers and knights for raiding.
In imperial age use mangudai +ram combo for army to army fight.For raiding use hussars instead of cavaliers.

Any suggestions regarding Mongols are most invited.

Age of Empires :International Gaming Zones

1.What is International Gaming Zones?
IGZ or International Gaming Zone provides a client oriented method to play many online games(including Age of Empires).

2.How to Play Age of Empires?
First and foremost you need to sign up for an account with International Gaming Zones.Then you need to download the client.

3.Joining a game
After downloading the client provided from International Gaming Zones just connect using your username and pwd.Then join a lobby of your choice according to the type of game you want to play(RM,DM or CS).After you have joined a lobby,you will see many players already playing a game or waiting to launch a game.You can join any game of choice or host a game by clicking on quick host.

4.Ranking
When you start playing on International Gaming Zones you are given 1600 points.As you keep on losing or winning games points are added or subtracted according to the rating calculator.As you can see,different points are given for different types of games.The Best player in IGZ currently is L_Clan_Chris with 2504 points.

5.Connection Problems
Common connection problems encountered are
a)Firewall Problems:-If you have this type of problem then you cannot even connect to the International Gaming Zones.To tackle this check the ISP to see if it has an integrated firewall.If yes then disable it by contacting the ISP.Some anti-virus also consist of firewalls which can be configured in order to allow International Gaming Zones manually.

b)Launching Problems:-This problem occurs when you press the launch button of a game or when the game is not launched.It occurs due to non registered version of AoE or older version of AoE.Download the latest version of AoE i.e. AoE1.0e and launch the SETUPREG.EXE file to register the Age of Empires to your computer.

c)Unable to connect:-This problem occurs when the router through which you connect blocks the ports required open by Age of Empires.To solve this problem you need to know something called as port forwarding. You need to specifically know your router name and model to perform this.Once you get this info then go to portforward.comand identify your router model.Then select Age of Empires II and do as said by the site to open the specific ports.

d)Lag:-Lag either occurs due to a slow internet connection or busy connection due to downloading.Do not download anything else while playing and close unnecessary processes to tackle this problem.

e)Connection lost:-While playing the game might hang and you get disconnected to the other players.You should always choose the option save n exit or else you will lose points.This happens when you have lost your internet connection in between.

6.Why is it better than hamachi?
Unlike hamachi where you need to connect to a specific server to play a game,International Gaming Zones allows you simultaneous access to many lobbies.Also you can join a game of your choice and play with players of your level.The popularity of IGZ has steadily increased over the previous years with more than 1000 players playing at peak hours.

Any more queries regarding International Gaming Zones are most invited.