Treeck! I had a great time during this conversation and excited for future collabs. The community is in for a treat with this one. Thanks for the invite!
Why is the deciding factor if you can get largest army or not? It is much harder to wrap my head around that than if you just talked about general strength. Other than that, very interesting, informative and entertaining conversation of two absolute legends!!
Our experience is essentially the only deciding factor. We've tried all these strategies (perhaps except from the 2-resource set-ups). Of course, Wood Brick makes it less likely to win Army (unless you have an imbalance and a matching 2:1 port) Ore Wheat Sheep makes it more likely to win Army. Ore Wheat > Wheat Sheep, because of the power level. You'd have to bank trade less to get your production up making it more likely you have time/cards to fight for the Largest Army. Does this answers your question?
@@Treeckosaurusalso just brought me here but as a casual, I wasn’t sure why LA was important. Is it generally regarded that that’s an important thing to control? Is it a shorthand for saying prio dev cards or something? If you have another video explaining why LA is important id watch that first maybe.
We decided to filter for just the Largest Army, because strategies all work very differently if they go for different "winning paths" 1. Largest Army, no Road 2. Longest Road, no Army 3. Both Road and Army (aka "The Double Play") 4. Neither Largest Army is generally considered the strongest, because it aligns with the same tactics that work well (Cities, Monopoly, Victory Points devs and Robber control). A great video for a casual viewer to get into Catan strategy would be this one about the 6 most popular Catan strategies, which also explains the many nuances between choosing army or road: ua-cam.com/video/QjA0A3aAjv8/v-deo.htmlsi=7Z45Mg3xj1rt1qf3
You can go for different "winning paths" 1. Largest Army, no Road 2. Longest Road, no Army 3. Both Road and Army (aka "The Double Play") 4. Neither Largest Army is generally considered the strongest, because it aligns with the same tactics that work well (Cities, Monopoly, Victory Points devs and Robber control). A great video for a new viewer to get into Catan strategy would be this one about the 6 most popular Catan strategies, which also explains the many nuances between choosing army or road: ua-cam.com/video/QjA0A3aAjv8/v-deo.htmlsi=7Z45Mg3xj1rt1qf3
@Treeckosaurus ok, but how are they different than the other winning strategies? Everything he describes here is a winning strategy, you get what I'm trying to say? The only goal of each strategy Is to reach 10 points no?
I'm not sure I follow you. Essentially, in this video we give you the best options for tagetting the Largest Army. When you see that two players have already selected a strategy that works well with the Longest Road, it's not a good idea to also go for the Longest Road, because the strong competition will make taking road expensive.
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What strategy would you have ranked differently?
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Treeck! I had a great time during this conversation and excited for future collabs. The community is in for a treat with this one. Thanks for the invite!
It was my absolute pleasure to do this tier list together!
Such a pleasant surprise to see new content from Treeck. Love the collaboration, let’s keep it coming 💪
Why is the deciding factor if you can get largest army or not? It is much harder to wrap my head around that than if you just talked about general strength. Other than that, very interesting, informative and entertaining conversation of two absolute legends!!
Our experience is essentially the only deciding factor. We've tried all these strategies (perhaps except from the 2-resource set-ups).
Of course, Wood Brick makes it less likely to win Army (unless you have an imbalance and a matching 2:1 port)
Ore Wheat Sheep makes it more likely to win Army.
Ore Wheat > Wheat Sheep, because of the power level. You'd have to bank trade less to get your production up making it more likely you have time/cards to fight for the Largest Army.
Does this answers your question?
@@Treeckosaurusalso just brought me here but as a casual, I wasn’t sure why LA was important. Is it generally regarded that that’s an important thing to control? Is it a shorthand for saying prio dev cards or something? If you have another video explaining why LA is important id watch that first maybe.
We decided to filter for just the Largest Army, because strategies all work very differently if they go for different "winning paths"
1. Largest Army, no Road
2. Longest Road, no Army
3. Both Road and Army (aka "The Double Play")
4. Neither
Largest Army is generally considered the strongest, because it aligns with the same tactics that work well (Cities, Monopoly, Victory Points devs and Robber control).
A great video for a casual viewer to get into Catan strategy would be this one about the 6 most popular Catan strategies, which also explains the many nuances between choosing army or road: ua-cam.com/video/QjA0A3aAjv8/v-deo.htmlsi=7Z45Mg3xj1rt1qf3
Yesterday I played Catan with my family. Now I need to find the best strategy so I can beat them. Jk nice video, randomly popped up in my recommended.
i always though that wood wheat sheep was the most underrated setup
Once underrated becomes known they're rated :)
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Cool!
Very new to Catan, why would you necessarily aim for largest army as the goal?
You can go for different "winning paths"
1. Largest Army, no Road
2. Longest Road, no Army
3. Both Road and Army (aka "The Double Play")
4. Neither
Largest Army is generally considered the strongest, because it aligns with the same tactics that work well (Cities, Monopoly, Victory Points devs and Robber control).
A great video for a new viewer to get into Catan strategy would be this one about the 6 most popular Catan strategies, which also explains the many nuances between choosing army or road: ua-cam.com/video/QjA0A3aAjv8/v-deo.htmlsi=7Z45Mg3xj1rt1qf3
@Treeckosaurus ok, but how are they different than the other winning strategies? Everything he describes here is a winning strategy, you get what I'm trying to say? The only goal of each strategy Is to reach 10 points no?
I'm not sure I follow you. Essentially, in this video we give you the best options for tagetting the Largest Army. When you see that two players have already selected a strategy that works well with the Longest Road, it's not a good idea to also go for the Longest Road, because the strong competition will make taking road expensive.
Won my round 1 and 2 CPI games with army starting on 17 and 19 pips of production. How dare y’all say low production is trash!