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Builders Can Go a Long Way

Name: Builders can go a long way
Author: Morgullord
Date Submitted: 2006-05-21 12:22:26
Game Version: 1.03
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This is just a fresh idea for people who like new ideas to try. I found that this one can help give you an edge in midgame. The idea is that most people use their builders to expand early and build production buildings and then, kinda just leave them at their base until a building is deystroyed. 

This is usually started in the begining of the game, but is affordable and best used in the mid game. When you first start the game have you two builders build your starting buildings. (usually two economic and one prodution) and then have them go off on their own to expand to the whole map. Your builders can defend for themselves if you are not careless. Often during the midgame peopole forget about there builders and leave them somewhere. If you expand continually, not worring about your buildings being deystroyed, you generally make up for the money it cost you. Remember that around mid-late game your resouce buildings gain archer defensive, the more early on the better. 

If your builders run into creeps, have them build a tower to deystroy them, and then take the resources dropped. ALso, if your builder runs into one of your opponents buildings, have it build defenses around it. If you continually keep building defesives around the map, (especially by your resource buildings) you gain strong map control that gives you time to react to an attack. Another good thing to do is to build more than one unit production building. Build them close to your enemy and make a small outpost of defense a fair ways away from there base. This allows counter attacks and quick attaacks to their base as well as being able to harrass them. This is easier if you invest in another builder to help you go around the map, but do this during mid game. In the late game hopefully most of your buildings are built, and in the early game it is too expensive.