0AD Tips for for 0ad beginner, intermediate, advanced, and elite players, while Borg smashes a nub
Beginner Skills:
- LOTS of Economy and LOTS of soldiers.
- Find and do upgrades.
- Know basic units - farmers, soldiers, cavalry, siege, heroes.
- Find and minimize idle units.
Intermediate Skills:
- Fight with a big army, usually.
- Know the flow of resource requirements, and manage it.
- Know the relationships between units. What beats what?
- Be able to quickly convert resources to combat power. (Have enough barracks or stables)
- Watch replays and try to learn.
(Probably I should have included one about placing storehouses / granaries close to the resources being collected.)
Advanced Skills:
- Aggressively optimize your resources.
- Know general tactics and have a plan for typical challenges.
- Use optimal batch sizes for the situation.
- Know units in details and create synergies.
Elite Skills:
- Consistently great micro.
- Scour the update for some details that may give you an advantage.
- Be very, very flexible.
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