Naked FF into military

An old build very well known in the community.

Game plan :

Reach age 3 as fast as reasonable and start training a big Chinese deathball of shadow teching units.

Age I :

TP+village opening. Build the TP first but don't hesitate to grab a wood treasure on the way. It will slightly delay the TP but the age up time will be improved. Once the village is built, focus on coin and XP treasure that will make the transition to age 3 much smoother.

Ship tea export first. Ally with the French and ship the food crate. Gather them to age up in a timely manner. You have two options for ageing up :

1. Summer palace (if you fear to be forced to stay age 2 for a long time and/or plan to go to age 3 with the porcelain tower)
2. Porcelain tower (if you expect pressure and/or plan to go age 3 with the confucian academy)

Regardless of the wonder chosen, build it with 4 villagers. In transition keep at least 4/5 villagers on food to maintain villager production and mine 300 coin (summer palace age up) or 180 coin (porcelain tower age up). Idle your TC once you have 18 villagers.

Scout your opponent. If you spot an agression, deviate to a Semi FF (see below).

Age II :

Ship 700c and 700w. If you aged up with the porcelain tower, set it to produce coin. Macro for 1200f and 1000c using the crates. Age up with the porcelain tower or the confucian academy. Build it with 4 villagers.

In transition gather the wood and build a war academy, a market (research tier 1 food and coin upgrades) and two villages. Split your villagers 2/3 on food and 1/3 on coin.

Your 7th shipment will arrive in transition. Ship diplomatic intrigue and break relations with the French. Wait for the shipment to arrive to ally with the Germans.

Age III :

Start producing a territorial army from your war academy. If you have the summer palace, switch it to produce an age 3 army. If you have the porcelain tower, put it on wood. Depending on what the enemy is doing, you can either buy the Zweihänder from the consulate to deter cavalry, or buy the wood and coin trickles to bolster your economy.

Follow up :

Your 5th shipment will arrive in a few moments. Use it to grow your deathball of units. Put pressure on the opponent.

Deviation : Semi FF

In case of strong harassment, ship 700w first and make either an old Han or a Ming army and build at least one village. Ship 700c next to age up. the secret is to avoid overreacting. Any unit produced in age 2 will become obsolete upon reaching age 3.