This came about as a result of one of the Conquests of the Month.
For those of you who play as warmongers or have gotten use to playing with barbarians on raging you probably already have your own sufficient strategies for dealing with raging barbarians *while* setting yourself up for later in the game. Still, discussion and thought might help. I don't know how this will work for Deity or Sid levels, although I have had success with this in Monarch and Emperor level games and some success with the time I tried it on Demi-god with this. I haven't tested my thoughts throughly, but from the games I've played the following might help. I primarily play as a builder without any barbarians at all, so dealing with raging barbarians has provided somewhat of a challenge for me. I feel sure there exist some weakness in my strategies somewhere, so please add on if you like.
For those of you who play as warmongers or have gotten use to playing with barbarians on raging you probably already have your own sufficient strategies for dealing with raging barbarians *while* setting yourself up for later in the game. Still, discussion and thought might help. I don't know how this will work for Deity or Sid levels, although I have had success with this in Monarch and Emperor level games and some success with the time I tried it on Demi-god with this. I haven't tested my thoughts throughly, but from the games I've played the following might help. I primarily play as a builder without any barbarians at all, so dealing with raging barbarians has provided somewhat of a challenge for me. I feel sure there exist some weakness in my strategies somewhere, so please add on if you like.