When the players get in sync, select your town center and train a villager. When the game starts, your mouse will not move for about 3 – 5 seconds, at this time you should look at the mini-map on your bottom right corner. Your chance of getting the upper hand is in the number of minutes (or seconds) it will take you to set up your base. Pathfinding High – It’s a constant hassle to find your units wandering around looking for a way to cross a simple passageĪnything close to the settings above will do but the Yamato strategy will mostly work in the above mentioned settings.Pop: 100 – 200 – A 50 pop game will work fine.Highland (Any LAND type scenario will work, but island warfare is a great difficulty).The settings are also important in how you can use Yamato, below is an example of a greatly favorable Yamato play settings: If you are playing with a low resource setting then your first agenda is food, while playing on a high resource you might want to go after gold first since there is already a substantial amount of food. When you are playing Yamato, you should first anticipate your needs for the upcoming game. The age you would most likely want to use the Yamato is Iron, for their strength is in their cavalry. Now its important to note that when I say multiplayer I am referring to a standard Random Map game. The Yamato civilization has been thought to be weak and unable to hold their ground for quite some time now, but I can assure you, that they can defeat practically any civilization in a multiplayer game. The Yamato Strategy guide by Savage_Reaper