Formation Tips - To Do and What Not to Do

[PETEYKing]

I was thinking for newbies (like myself) who need some help at making formations or a few tips, we should give a few tips. All you do is add one or more tips on What to Do or What not to Do. If you add one, ill just edit it on to this post, liek a collection. Ill go first.

To Do:
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What Not To Do:

- If have units too close to the middle of the board, try to keep them slightly seperated in case of Pyromancer and Witch Bombings.

[nads]

Uhhh yeeeah. I gots me some ad-vice for yall folks. Never, an I do mean never, let go of the pillow case dat yall done filled with possums till you're dern sure you an the youngin's is all clear. I don't care if yall's feudin or not, not even ole betsy can chase the possums way fast enough ta keep yer arm from getting right near chewed off. *Spits tobacco juice* No sir, I reckon not.

[Hugh Junit]

Ain't that the trooth! We got , Ohhh I'd say bout' twinty uh them little critters livin' in the old tractor. The boys is always down thar harassin' em and what not. One day, Ace, my yungest, came come hollerin' like hed been gutshot. One o those lil' critters had pert near tore his leg off. Hehehe, I telled him, "Boy, them varmints is fer eatin', they ain't pets". Kids tuday.

[nads]

Sing it Hugh. seems ta me liken we gots more critters on this farm than we gots head a cattle. Only problem with tryin' ta make yer farm nigh close ta tha swamp. Good thing is though, ya gots boys that's old enough ta shoot them things. Why, huyuck huyuck, I shore do remember more than a few nights myself spent out in tha cornfields waitin for critters an varmints ta show them selves for corn only ta get shown buckshot. By the way, that ole tractor for sale? It's a John Deere ain't it?

[Hugh Junit]

Deeres still runnin', jus barly. Dem possums is livin' in the ole' Case we pickd up at the auction lass Fall. Damn, I still caint' beleve we got that ole' beaut fer only a hunerd bucks. Hell,unce I git a new engin', tranny, tires, front loder and throw sum paint on her, the ole' girl'll be rarin' to go. I think a skunk er two is living in thar wit the possums...stinks sumthin' awful!

[nads]

I'm so sick of those damn skunks. Just as soon as I thought I dune gave my last tomato juice bath, I get me another kid or hound come along a stinkin' somethin awful. Gets me all riled up an I go huntin fer em, but you can't never get them all neither. Seems there's always one East a you whenever there's a wind blowin' west. What kinda loader you gonna put on that case anyhow? I got a farmhand fer loadin 10 bales of hay at one time on mine. Thinkin about gettin a bucket loader so's I can finally get rid a them weeds along the fence I never hit with the plow. Oh, an around the power poles where they run across the place too, a feller can never get all plowed up next ta them dang poles.

[PETEYKing]

:rolleyes:

[Hugh Junit]

Dang, you talkin' bout them tomato juice baths sher takes me back. Seems like I lived in that stuff as a yungin'. Im gunna need to git that ole' Case runnin' soon. See, we had a muther bear of a winter an lost bout' two dozin head. I used the Deere to dig a nice size hole fer em' but the frunt loader went n' shit the sheets after I got em' all nice and mounded up. Now, they jest sittin' thar stinkun like a pile a hot garbig. And flys? You wanna talk about flys? Sheeeeiiiit. * pulls cork *

[Hugh Junit]

Originally posted by PETEYKing
:rolleyes:



Hey, Petey. You've been officially flamed by nads and myself. Don't take it personal. Consider it your intro to the forums ( we do this from time to time ). Peace:cool:

[nads]

Well, tell you what. You bring a couple bottles a yer pa's white lightnin and I'll come an give ya a hand with her. Just don't tell noone, ya hear? Can't have noone runnin round thinkin' I'm a right good neighbor or nuthin. Sides that, I ain't got too much to do round here nohows. Oh, look behind ya, there's someone lookin through tha fence at us. What kinda prevert spies on 2 old men?

[Hugh Junit]

I'd rite preciate yer help, nads. Never cin have too many hands wen yer burryin' dead cattle...* Hack Hack * I gotta swich back to the filters. Been hockin' up green shit fer two weeks, pert near. I telled the boys to fill the shotgun up wit' nails and let the dogs loose. That outta teach that dern naybor to mand her own bisniss. Ace, dont aim so high! Hell fire! Ya jest wanna scare the old bat, not kill er. Huhuhuh, them kids is a hoot.

[Jolly Rancher]

Well, this really has nothing to do with the topic at all... but its still funny to look at:D

[PETEYKing]

Originally posted by Hugh Junit
Hey, Petey. You've been officially flamed by nads and myself. Don't take it personal. Consider it your intro to the forums ( we do this from time to time ). Peace:cool:

Um.... Yay? *goes to Gamespot forums*

[nads]

Originally posted by PETEYKing
Um.... Yay? *goes to Gamespot forums*

Good sport Petey. Heh heh, this one wasn't as bad as the rest. We're a bit rusty. Anyways, welcome to the TAO forums.

[PETEYKing]

Originally posted by nads
Good sport Petey. Heh heh, this one wasn't as bad as the rest. We're a bit rusty. Anyways, welcome to the TAO forums.
Yea. Thanks... i guess :-P . I probably wont last that long. Ill give myself 3 more days.

[|_on3_Gunm@n]

THe best advice yet.......

Don't die.

[PETEYKing]

Originally posted by |_on3_Gunm@n
THe best advice yet.......

Don't die.
That will help people making a formation. Its so good of a tip I think i forgot to add it.

[wet]

thats nice

[Serge]

Man, dat ain't nuthin. I bought dees boots, I got 'um from dis man, named Lucky, he lossed both his legs to a Deer, a tractor that is, not the food kind, well anyway, I bought dees boots right, and they 'ad a damned skunk in 'um. Well I'll tell ya, I was right pissed, I went back da man, and I hollers at 'im, "You sole me uh pair uh boots wit a dead skunk in 'um" an he says "You must be m'stakin sir, the skunk musta got in der after I sold 'um to ye" I asks "how, when he dead?" an he says ta me "Well, I reckon he die from the smell..."

[nads]

Serge, I reckon he's right. Some folks just don't know how to wash der feet, and you's one a them. Hey serge, ya gots any balin' twine handy? I need ta fix my britches from fallin down again.

[Snork]

Originally posted by nads
Uhhh yeeeah. I gots me some ad-vice for yall folks. Never, an I do mean never, let go of the pillow case dat yall done filled with possums till you're dern sure you an the youngin's is all clear. I don't care if yall's feudin or not, not even ole betsy can chase the possums way fast enough ta keep yer arm from getting right near chewed off. *Spits tobacco juice* No sir, I reckon not.

I've always said you were a hillbilly, despite your many denials.

I'm using this as proof. :)

[Hugh Junit]

Now snork, I hered ya'll was afeudin wit nads but ,if ya bring it in here, ya best get be in charakter. Now Serge, i know all two well bout stink. Hell, i had me a par a underbritches that stunk so bad, dog wouldnt even go near em. Wife tried tu put em in her fansy "warshin machine" once. I opined up that door and werent nuthin left but a rubber band. I tell you what, them dam womens are as worthless as tits on a boar hog.

[Snork]

Originally posted by Hugh Junit
Now snork, I hered ya'll was afeudin wit nads but ,if ya bring it in here, ya best get be in charakter.

I was in character.
Mine.

hmmmm......
I know, I'll just take all the stuff you posted, mix it around, and steal your lines! :D

[*The Nothing*]

Dear god! No hick talking please, i have enough of that where i live.....lmao. Pikeville, Kentucky if you are wondering.....



Oh, and about the what to do, and what not to do.

Never attack an LW(Lightning Ward) lol.
Never attack a knight from the front, unless it's the only option you have....
Never Charge a knight wall with a mage of any kind.(Pyromancer, Dark Magic Witch, and DragonSpeaker Mage((Gold Accounts Only))lol).

To Do:
Use Cleric as much as possible, and don't move it, unless it's absolutley nessicary.(think i spelled that right....)

Don't Lose your scout as a grey unless your taking two or three pieces with it....

Hope these tips help you nOObs out.

[Shadowfury333]

Don't put your mages on the front lines, they'll be incinerated by Lightning Wards (LWs).

Do put your LW so it protects most of your troops, esp. if you decide to turtle.

[Snork]

Originally posted by Shadowfury333
Don't put your mages on the front lines, they'll be incinerated by Lightning Wards (LWs).


Or your witch where a dragon can reach it.

[*The Nothing*]

Or a enchanty where your enemies scouts can get a shot, and live to tell the tale.;)

[Lord Achilles]

Originally posted by Hugh Junit
Now snork, I hered ya'll was afeudin wit nads but ,if ya bring it in here, ya best get be in charakter. Now Serge, i know all two well bout stink. Hell, i had me a par a underbritches that stunk so bad, dog wouldnt even go near em. Wife tried tu put em in her fansy "warshin machine" once. I opined up that door and werent nuthin left but a rubber band. I tell you what, them dam womens are as worthless as tits on a boar hog.

Hooo doggy! Now body no telled ol Ach fire be rippin here! Me and Ma stringin' out o'er the swamp again last moon. Then that here little boy from o'er the hill tell me a flame gone been busted out. Got here as haste as I could, but mah dang-namnit 'Camino gone busted again. Ways, I be here, what the flame let loose o'er?

[xerent]

Think. Preferably before you move.

Consider all your options, consider all of your opponents options. Consider your position, consider your opponents position. Never make a move that dosen't have purpose. Study your opponents play style, learn to predict what they might do. See the forest for the trees. know LOS, know who will die, and by what. Look at where you are vulnerable, look at where your opponent is vulnerable. Learn to make sacrifices. Learn which sacrifices to make. Learn to react, learn to counter, learn to threaten, counter-threaten, counter-counter threaten. Learn to get beat. Learn to lose. Learn to die. Learn that once you have calculated all variables, once you have detemined all odds, once you have predicted all outcomes, to have a little fun.

[BlackSyphon]

people, that was amazing advice, but the end of it, thats taking it too far, I mean, I don't even keep a calculator nearby, let alone all the other notations, or maybe I just do that in my head...

du:p