When to go ATP

Age of Empires III: DE III - Discussion
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Hi I’m wondering what situations are right to go the ATP card. I know people do it with Portuguese, but can any other civ make use of it?

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Spain use it quite often and also ottoman, typically it’s good on maps with at least 4 tp’s.

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Need to have a map with 4 tps, and typically should be done with civs like French, Germans, Portuguese, or Spanish

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How about Inca? They make the already strong tambo super cheap and easy to spam away.

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I prefer the 3 tambo card age 2. U can also go like 1 war hut 1 tambo from ur age up travois. So ive never seen much use in atp as inca but i guess its possible.

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Thanks for the tips, I’ll be sure to send it on maps with 4 TPs. Have some follow up questions:
Do other civs do the 10/10 and send ATP first? Or do you only send it first if you don’t have a 3 settlers card? If you do send ATP first do you ever delay your first TP to save the wood?

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Some maps look like they have 4+ TPs, but you wont be able to build on all of them. This happens on maps with a TP too close to a starting TC. So when you’re looking at appropriate maps, keep that in mind.

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