Here’s the thing, the more space you have in this game, the higher potential you’ll have for a stronger city. I don’t recommend camping in early ages, imo it slows your game progression. And an easier time getting the advanced units (no tricks needed to skip parts of the story). (at a cost of a moderately difficult setup to get the advanced units in the first place)Ĭontemporary Era has some of the best same-age units for fighting GE (AAVs). Industrial/PE with advanced units is a popular one these days. there's a big jump in costs to them in Colonial LMA is good for recurring quests if you're into that you get a 2nd slot and things are relatively cheap. Starting in High Middle Ages you'll usually face a player instead (still an age below you, but they might have boost and a good selection of units).Īs for longer camps (a few weeks isn't what most people would call camping): This is because there are no iron age players in arena because they can't unlock it yet. Build up a reserve of the current age's goods before you move on and it makes things easier as trades can be spotty at times.Įarly Middle Ages is also nice for PvP arena because the "easy" fight will always be against a less-than-full, unboosted iron age army. Now, let’s take a step back from our discussion on the historical development of metal processing and begin an introduction to the structure of metals.It's not a bad idea to camp a little bit in each age as you go. We will return to this topic at the beginning of the next lesson on metal alloys. In this lesson’s video, the importance of steel and how the production of steel was changed during the beginning of the Industrial Revolution will be showcased. But it wasn’t until much later, during the advent of the Industrial Revolution, that advancements in furnace design and process control enabled the reliable and massive production of the iron alloy known as steel. Eventually, time and further development allowed for the production of these so-called legendary swords which supplanted bronze as the weapon material of choice for the nobility. So, the ability to produce large numbers of iron weapons overcame the advantages of bronze. So, although inferior to bronze, an army of hundreds or thousands could be equipped with iron weapons, which was not practical with bronze weapons. Unlike tin, iron ore is readily available. The common foot soldier was not going to possess bronze weapons there were not enough to go around. As a consequence, bronze weapons were the weapons utilized by nobles, royalty, pharaohs, etc. However, tin, which is required for the production of bronze, is not abundantly available. Bronze was superior to the iron produced commonly, so why did iron ultimately replace bronze?īronze weapons were indeed of higher quality than the common iron weapons typically produced. This sponge-like iron was then pounded to shape, densify, and remove impurities. Most of the iron used in weapons during the Iron Age, i.e., Roman swords, was a low-density iron sponge-like material. These blades were produced in areas known in the modern day as Iran, Japan, and China. These swords were produced using time-intensive and, many times, ritualistic processes. As we’ll see in the next lesson’s video, Secrets of the Viking Sword, throughout history there have been legendary quality swords, i.e., Damascus and Samurai to name just a couple. However, the processing of iron is not a trivial process.ĭue to limitations in furnace designs, i.e., the maximum obtainable temperatures, the availability and quality of iron varied greatly. Why did it take 2000 years for bronze to be replaced by iron? Looking around us we see structural steel and concrete seemingly everywhere in our modern cities. The beginning of the Bronze Age occurred around 3500 BCE and the beginning of the Iron Age began around 1000 BCE.
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