Age of Empires II Civilization Match-up Discussion Round 8 Week 11: Koreans vs Saracens

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• Civilization Match-up Discussion Round 8 Week 11: Koreans vs Saracens
• Some people...
• A short summary of one of my matches last night
• Goth floods be like
• Goths drush?
• When playing ranked, isn't it better to just practice like 3 strats and get good at, instead of trying to have a fun normal game?
• How to counter Cuman feudal tower/ram rush
• If you start a game on the mongolia map with infinite resources on you will start with 11 scouts.
• Drush tips?
• Dear AOE 2 DE devs, please let us choose which servers to queue on.
• Hidden Cup 3 Predictions
• Cuman Feudal rush in arena
• Giving trample damage to elite elephant archer
• Knight Rush
• The impossible just happened people.
• Graphics glitch, black screen flickering
• Command And Conquer Remastered Collection Official Reveal Trailer
• Absolutely Everyone's Civ Eco Bonuses
• Whats with the auto attack when you select a unit to attack?
• Fast Castle into Crossbows BO
• How hard is to make a full conversion mod of AOE2?
• ALPINE LAKES IS GARBAGE
• Incorporate Tournament Maps in Ranked?
• Hidden Cup 3 London Meetup!

Civilization Match-up Discussion Round 8 Week 11: Koreans vs Saracens Posted: 10 Mar 2020 08:07 PM PDT Not related to the discussion, but stay safe and stay healthy! <3 ​ Hello and welcome back for another Age of Empires 2 civilization match up discussion! This is a series where we discuss the various advantages, disadvantages, and quirks found within the numerous match ups of the game. The goal is to collectively gain a deeper understanding of how two civilizations interact with each other in a variety of different settings. Feel free to ask questions, pose strategies, or provide insight on how the two civilizations in question interact with each other on any map type and game mode. This is not limited to 1v1 either. Feel free to discuss how the civilizations compare in team games as well! So long as you are talking about how the two civilizations interact, anything is fair game! Last week we discussed the Mayans vs Persians, and next up is the Koreans vs Saracens! ​ Koreans: Tower Defensive and Naval civilization Villagers +3 LoS Stone miners work +20% faster Tower upgrades free (BBT requires Chemistry) Towers +1/+2 range in Castle/Imperial Age Military units (except siege) cost -15% wood TEAM BONUS: Mangonels minimum range reduced Unique Unit: War Wagon (Heavy, expensive, powerful cavalry archer) Unique Unit: Turtle Ship (Slow, expensive, ironclad warship armed with short range cannon) Castle Age Unique Tech: Panokseon (Turtle Ships move +15% faster) Imperial Age Unique Tech: Shinkichon (Mangonels +1 range) ​ Saracens: Camel and Naval civilization Markets cost -100w; trade rate only 5% Transport Ships 2x hp; +5 carry capacity Galleys attack +20% faster Archers (except skirmishers) +1/+2/+3 attack vs buildings per Age TEAM BONUS: Foot archers +1 attack vs buildings Unique Unit: Mameluke (Camel with a short, ranged, melee attack) Castle Age Unique Tech: Madrasah (Monks return 33% of their cost when killed) Imperial Age Unique Tech: Zealotry (Camels +30 hp) ​ Below are some match up-specific talking points to get you all started. These are just to give people ideas, you do not need to address them specifically if you do not want to! This is a really interesting one imo. Both civs are kind of wonky and used to be varying degrees of bad, but have no received plenty of buffs/nerfs. With that said, for 1v1 land maps, both have minor bonuses to help out their economy and military, eventually getting to very powerful, expensive armies. Which civ do you favor here? On water maps (including Medi since it's in the map pool rn), both civilizations are not normally considered top-tier, but are certainly solid options in their own right. Saracens have excellent galleys as the game goes on, and the market bonus can be especially helpful. Meanwhile, Koreans have a nice wood discount, Turtle Ships, and can be incredibly difficult to raid due to great defensive. To whom would you give the edge here? On your more closed maps like Arena and BF, neither of these civs are lacking when it comes to powerful late game options. Whose deathball do you like better: Korean Halbs, War Wagons, and Onagers, or Saracen Mamelukes, Hussars, Monks, and Siege? Thanks as always for participating! Next week we will continue our discussions with the Chinese vs Khmer. Hope to see you there! :) ​ Previous discussions: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 submitted by /u/OrnLu528 [link] [comments]

Some people... Posted: 11 Mar 2020 06:25 AM PDT submitted by /u/Tsu_NilPferD [link] [comments]

A short summary of one of my matches last night Posted: 11 Mar 2020 05:37 AM PDT submitted by /u/KhalZrelo [link] [comments]

Goth floods be like Posted: 10 Mar 2020 09:23 PM PDT submitted by /u/MuddaSavage_ [link] [comments]

Goths drush? Posted: 11 Mar 2020 08:09 AM PDT It is prob the most annoying AOE strat so far. Made the game on open maps so broken! submitted by /u/MoVoner12 [link] [comments]

When playing ranked, isn't it better to just practice like 3 strats and get good at, instead of trying to have a fun normal game? Posted: 11 Mar 2020 07:29 AM PDT I've seen this more and more, some person doing some half-lame thing and wins most of the time, instead of having the more or less normal paced game Which leads to, I and others also need to do it, since it's no fun losing all the time So trying to have a well rounded start , just like in Starcraft, don't seem to be fun anymore. I don't know if my ELO matchings increased or something(I think it's at 1100 or so now) , but I see this more and more submitted by /u/csasker [link] [comments]

How to counter Cuman feudal tower/ram rush Posted: 11 Mar 2020 06:12 AM PDT Yesterday I played 2on2 with my friend on Arena and an opponent rushed me with rams + towers in feudal and completely destroyed my base because I did not know how to react to it. We won the match in the end, but I would like to know how to actually counter this strategy. submitted by /u/StealthyCZ [link] [comments]

If you start a game on the mongolia map with infinite resources on you will start with 11 scouts. Posted: 11 Mar 2020 06:56 AM PDT submitted by /u/Ashur_Arbaces [link] [comments]

Drush tips? Posted: 11 Mar 2020 02:41 AM PDT I'm trying to improve my drush but I have a few problems. First sometimes I locate enemy a little late. I'm sending my scout immediately after finding 6-8 sheeps and 2 boars but is there any tips for locating enemy? Any thing I should look out for? While I'm attacking with militia should I make them stand ground? Because my macro is pretty bad so sometimes they run into TC fire submitted by /u/Grochen [link] [comments]

Dear AOE 2 DE devs, please let us choose which servers to queue on. Posted: 11 Mar 2020 12:45 AM PDT Leave it on all servers by default, but let us remove the servers we don't want to play on. I'm not interested in playing with 400ms ping. Some people can do it, I can't. I'm gonna leave the moment I see I'm playing on a server from the other side of the planet. submitted by /u/ltltbkh1 [link] [comments]

Hidden Cup 3 Predictions Posted: 11 Mar 2020 06:44 AM PDT Players: Hera, Liereyy, MbL, TaToH, TheMax, TheViper, Vivi, Yo, ACCM, Antagonist, BacT, DauT, dogao, F1Re, Nicov, Villese Super excited for this one, Hidden Cup is my favorite tournament by far. What do you guys predict for results? Winner: Hera over TheViper I feel like Hera has been practicing the hell out of the meta lately, and has changed his approach to a much more Viper-like conservative play style. I'm rooting for him for sure to dethrone Viper in a major tournament. His macro has improved a ton and still some of the best micro in the game. Darkhorse: Nicov submitted by /u/SquiddyVon [link] [comments]

Cuman Feudal rush in arena Posted: 11 Mar 2020 06:01 AM PDT any tips on countering this? i always go for a forward castle on arena and try to end the game on castle but last night i got rushed by rams and towers and didn't had anything to defend. i managed to build a castle but my economy was so disrupted that it was gg by the time i had to deny towers with vills. is maa a valid counter unit to this or i should scout more and try to kill the incoming vills and deny the forward siege workshop? submitted by /u/chabon22 [link] [comments]

Giving trample damage to elite elephant archer Posted: 11 Mar 2020 01:31 AM PDT What if elite elefant archer dealed trample damage when firing at melee range? Every other elite elephant unit deals trample damage (except elite ballista elephant, but their bolts can pass through units). This would make them better against halberdiers, but they still would have a lot of counters The problem is that no range unit it deals trample damage, so maybe this is hard to code submitted by /u/joker_penguin [link] [comments]

Knight Rush Posted: 11 Mar 2020 12:59 AM PDT Hi guys, I pretty new to this game and I am interested in Knight Rush. Whats the best civ to do it with? submitted by /u/Jetro25 [link] [comments]

The impossible just happened people. Posted: 11 Mar 2020 06:55 AM PDT submitted by /u/honorknight555 [link] [comments]

Graphics glitch, black screen flickering Posted: 11 Mar 2020 06:35 AM PDT Hi there chaps, recently got DE, screen has this odd black flickering issue. Turned Vsync of which helped but it's still happening every few seconds ingame. Not unplayable but quite distracting. Have searched but couldn't see a resolution, any ideas? Thanks all! submitted by /u/PlayFUTnotFIFA [link] [comments]

Command And Conquer Remastered Collection Official Reveal Trailer Posted: 11 Mar 2020 06:26 AM PDT submitted by /u/liquidocelotYT [link] [comments]

Absolutely Everyone's Civ Eco Bonuses Posted: 10 Mar 2020 10:17 AM PDT submitted by /u/whisperwalk [link] [comments]

Whats with the auto attack when you select a unit to attack? Posted: 11 Mar 2020 08:20 AM PDT I tell my knights to attack a mangonel and they just turn back to fight the closest spearman. what the hell is that man. submitted by /u/twigz-rust [link] [comments]

Fast Castle into Crossbows BO Posted: 11 Mar 2020 12:21 AM PDT Hey guys where can I find a Fast Castle into Crossbows Build Order? Really need that for arena/hideout when playing civs like Britons. I noticed Stark has such a build but the video is out of sync so I need something else. Straight FC, no Drush involved. submitted by /u/asrifillud [link] [comments]

How hard is to make a full conversion mod of AOE2? Posted: 10 Mar 2020 09:47 PM PDT So, i've thinking on a mod for AOE2, where the civs would be base on khans of tarkir, a magic the gathering sceneario where 5 tribes fight each other. submitted by /u/casal42 [link] [comments]

ALPINE LAKES IS GARBAGE Posted: 11 Mar 2020 05:12 AM PDT submitted by /u/twilightsparkle69 [link] [comments]

Incorporate Tournament Maps in Ranked? Posted: 10 Mar 2020 11:17 AM PDT I feel it would be interesting if the ranked map pool for AOE2 used popular maps from tournaments like NAC3 or HC3. Tournament maps are often balanced to be fair for both players. They also allow for a wide variety of play-styles and strategy which is why they stay interesting to pros and viewers alike. So unlike Alpine Lakes which can be unfair or Black Forest which can be slow we'd include maps such as Cross, Cup, Bay, and other fan favorites. I wonder too if more players knew of these maps would their interest increase for tournaments? Since they've played the map themselves they might have more interest watching their favorite player battle on the same map. Curious if anyone else thinks this is a good idea? Would you like to see tournament maps included in ranked? submitted by /u/coverfiregames [link] [comments]

Hidden Cup 3 London Meetup! Posted: 10 Mar 2020 09:59 AM PDT Come one, come all to the AoE2 Viewing Event of the Decade! (Trademark pending until Brexit) Where? We will be descending upon the Barrel Bar, a private room above the Draft House Westbridge. 74-76 Battersea Bridge Road, London, SW11 3AG https://www.drafthouse.co.uk/party/westbridge When? On Saturday the 21st March, from 1pm until 1am, Imperial Time. Why? Because AoE2 is life! Some of the greatest AoE2 personalities and all round great people will be celebrating Hidden Cup 3 with a few drinks, some good food, and watching the games on the "Son of Monster" screen: 1 If you want to chat to us to find out a bit more information, join the official HC3 Meetup Discord Server. If you're more of an act now, ask questions later, 1 TC all-in player, then please confirm your attendance on the Google Sheet. 14!!! submitted by /u/-the-Hand [link] [comments]

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