Age of Empires II “Thanks so much for your internship sir, the company appreciates all the hard work” |
- “Thanks so much for your internship sir, the company appreciates all the hard work”
- [self-promo] LilTrouble's Age of Empires Decathlon
- almost died to a conk rush, held, and was rewarded by a stable to convert. 11
- My New Favorite Achievement in AoE!!! :-D
- Age of Noob Cup II - Announcement Trailer! ⁴ᴷ⁶⁰
- 25-year, very-low-elo veteran of the game tries to enter an aoe2 tournament while streaming for the first time.
- advice for ex-diamond SC2 zerg player moving to AOE2?
- What the civilizations are forgotten by Microsoft?
- What is your favorite unit?And why?
- Italy does not need to take the starting gold.
- main menu shield icon new design/ What do you think ?
- Civ Concept: The Tarascans
- League rankings ELO boundaries AOE 2 DE
- Need some civ advice for ranked
- Is there a way to disable having the ESC key open the main menu during game?
- Nomadium 2 Semi Finals: TUF Alpha vs A||z Dragons [Rise of Nations Tournament - for anyone who also plays RON]
- Hi ! Cant get exploding villagers working..
- Low Elo forever
- Is there a Wiki for the competitive AoE 2 scene, like how it is with other games?
- AOE2 DE blank screen on Ubuntu
- for 3v3 and 4v4 AoE2:DE is the best RTS game out there. change my mind.
- Saturday Balance discussion: Overlapping Civilization bonuses/unique techs
- [Day9] Learn How to Cope with Losing Games
- recorded games tool
| “Thanks so much for your internship sir, the company appreciates all the hard work” Posted: 17 Apr 2020 03:40 PM PDT
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| [self-promo] LilTrouble's Age of Empires Decathlon Posted: 18 Apr 2020 01:54 AM PDT Hey, quick promo here for LilTrouble's Age of Empires Decathlon! We've been putting this competition together for the last month or so, streaming this weekend. 8 teams and dozens of memes will be competing in 10 different events, from dodgeball and TTF through trivia competitions and Forest Nothing. Streaming now at https://www.twitch.tv/liltrouble__ . [link] [comments] | ||
| almost died to a conk rush, held, and was rewarded by a stable to convert. 11 Posted: 17 Apr 2020 10:32 PM PDT
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| My New Favorite Achievement in AoE!!! :-D Posted: 17 Apr 2020 12:37 PM PDT
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| Age of Noob Cup II - Announcement Trailer! ⁴ᴷ⁶⁰ Posted: 17 Apr 2020 10:21 PM PDT
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| Posted: 18 Apr 2020 04:54 AM PDT watch as it happens: https://www.twitch.tv/notgoodsantos I've been playing since 1999 and you wouldn't know it by how I play. But here goes nothing. Get an inside look at why i stink so badly at this game. If the game lasts 10 minutes, ill consider it a win. I really have no business being in this tournament, but what the hell. [link] [comments] | ||
| advice for ex-diamond SC2 zerg player moving to AOE2? Posted: 18 Apr 2020 12:22 AM PDT hey everyone. so i played starcraft 2 regularly for the better part of the last decade - i was a zerg main and my SR was diamond level. i'm kinda tired of it now and want to get in to AOE2. i played AOE2 as a kid, but coming back to it now i feel pretty lost. my question is basically this - is there anything i learned in SC2 that will be valuable to playing AOE2, or should i just throw away everything i know and start from the beginning? i've tried a couple builds but after playing a few multiplayer games it's quite clear to me that i'm rather clueless about how this game is played in pvp. also, if there are any civs that are kinda zerg-like (aggressive, reactionary, macro-based), i'd love to try them. although i am pretty sure the Goths fit that and they are trash. but maybe it wouldn't matter at my ELO? i also do like rush and "all-in" playstyles, so that works, too. thanks for any advice. [link] [comments] | ||
| What the civilizations are forgotten by Microsoft? Posted: 17 Apr 2020 11:57 PM PDT
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| What is your favorite unit?And why? Posted: 18 Apr 2020 07:33 AM PDT Just wanted to ask If you have any stories about that unit,share them [link] [comments] | ||
| Italy does not need to take the starting gold. Posted: 18 Apr 2020 12:29 AM PDT
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| main menu shield icon new design/ What do you think ? Posted: 18 Apr 2020 07:17 AM PDT
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| Posted: 17 Apr 2020 07:54 PM PDT I wanted to share a civ concept I made recently. It's based around the main rivals of the Aztec Empire, that is the Tarascans or Purépecha. It's all loosely based on knowledge of the pre-columbian Tarascan state, such as the fact that they were one of very few peoples in Mesoamerica to use metal (copper, and some bronze) tools and the extensive defensive system they built along their border with the Aztecs. ==== TARASCANS ==== Skirmisher Civilization
Unique Unit: Keriti (Armor-piercing ranged unit). Unique technologies:
Team Bonus: Outposts 25% more HP. *The Tarascans is a new world civilization designed to be a little slower to start up than the other ones, but that makes it up by being solid defensively without losing much of the edge that make new world civs so strong. Their "eco" bonus makes it easier to upgrade your economy and while it makes their early Feudal a bit more of a struggle it vastly improves their Fast Castle and boom by moving the cost of mill, lumber and mining camp techs over to only wood. Just thought this was an interesting bonus, so no context to give here. Their main military unit is the skirmisher and so their main military bonus gives skirms higher attack. This bonus is very strong as it makes their skirms effectively as strong as archers starting in Castle Age. For this reason they are the only new world civ without Arbalest too. This is a nod to the atlatl, a very popular weapon in Mesoamerica. As for the "utilities", mills, lumber and mining camps are garrisonable, allowing for better defense against rushes. They also get free Masonry and Architecture, which helps the resistance of their buildings. And also, their team bonus gives outposts more HP. This is a nod to their fierce defense against the Aztecs, against who they had to build extensive fortifications to protect their lands from their incursions.* Keriti (35W, 45G) Elite Upgrade: 850 Food, 675 Gold (Research Time: 45s) Creation time: 15s (11s) Health: 35(40) Attack: 2(3), Pierce, Javelin. Armor: 0/1(0/1) Range: 5(5); Min. Range: 1(1) Rate of Fire: 3.05 (3.05) Accuracy: 90% (90%) Speed: 0.96 (0.96) Attack bonuses: None. The Keriti (Tarascan for Warrior) is a riff on the armor-piercing mechanic introduced with the Leitis but given to a ranged unit instead. This unit is deceptively strong, with a low base attack and minimum range just like a skirmisher but given that it never loses attack power to armor it becomes significantly more powerful the more technologies you stack onto it. Combined with a relatively low cost and fast creation time, this unique unit can fill in the role of ranged support for the Tarascans handily. It's fairly strong against melee units and can deal with (counter-intuitively) skirmishers and rams, but they should still be weak to other ranged units and onagers, pierce armor notwithstanding. Finally, their unique technologies are nods to their metalworking prowess (compared to the rest of Mesoamerica anyways), and their staunchly defensive abilities. Metallurgy makes their eagles beefier in melee combat while Achátis improves their unique unit's cost-effectiveness in a special way that would (hopefully) see more use than with Saracen monks. >_> TECH TREE (Lists the misses, otherwise it says "None") Barracks: None. Archery Range: Arbalest, Cavalry Archer, Hand Cannoneer, Parthian Tactics. Stable: All of it. And the building itself (New World Civ, remember?). Dock: Shipwright, Heavy Demo Ship, Cannon Galleon. Siege Workshop: Siege Onager, Heavy Scorpion, Bombard Cannon. Castle: Hoardings, Sappers. Monastery: Heresy, Printing Press, Ilumination. Blacksmith: Cavalry Scale Barding, Cavalry Chain Mail, Cavalry Plate Barding, Archer Ring Armor. University: Heated Shot, Bombard Tower. Market: Guilds. Mill: Crop Rotation. Lumber Camp: None. Mining Camp: Stone Shaft Mining. Town Center: None. So, tell me what you think about it! Open to suggestions, and critiques. [link] [comments] | ||
| League rankings ELO boundaries AOE 2 DE Posted: 18 Apr 2020 07:07 AM PDT Hi everyone, I recently got into Age of Empires and have played my first 10 online games, finishing with 1071 ELO in silver. I was wondering if anyone could tell me where I could find information on the boundaries on how much I need to improve to get to the next rank. Also is it the case that no one cares about this rank in this game, but rather only look at the ELO? I have had trouble finding anything about it online so it seems strange. Thanks for any help [link] [comments] | ||
| Need some civ advice for ranked Posted: 18 Apr 2020 06:45 AM PDT Got AoE2:DE recently and am getting started with ranked. There is like a million different civs and I'm looking for some advice on which one might best fit my playstyle. My strategy right now is to go castle age ASAP (always), then either attack with knights immediately or expand to multiple TCs and >100 villagers, then attack with trebuchets. I have not played many games against humans-- I get castle age consistently in <18min, but I can only beat the second hardest AI with saving/loading the game... I'm most comfortable using cavalry or elephants, mixing in some swordsmen if the enemy makes too many pikes. I'm rarely using siege workshop units, Archers/skirmishers I use sometimes. What might be a good civ for me to specialize in (good knights/good lategame)? It does not have to be S-tier in competitive play, I'm rather looking for something that fits my playstyle and is not too hard to learn. Bulgars and Goths are civs that I played and liked so far. I strongly dislike the american factions because they lack cavalry. [link] [comments] | ||
| Is there a way to disable having the ESC key open the main menu during game? Posted: 18 Apr 2020 06:42 AM PDT There are literally zero use cases where I would want to go to the Main Menu during game play. Yet, the ESC key works as a way of deselecting units. Which means that if by change I double click ESC during game play, I may end up in the Main Menu, and even worse, I may by mistake click one of its buttons. I glanced on the hotkeys page but I can't seem to find a way to remove this binding. Anyone with any suggestion? [link] [comments] | ||
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| Hi ! Cant get exploding villagers working.. Posted: 18 Apr 2020 02:01 AM PDT | ||
| Posted: 17 Apr 2020 07:15 PM PDT First off, I don't want to sound arrogant, and my point is by no means for complaining about people that won against me... In fact, many of the people that I played with and lost actually became my friends. With that out of the way, here is the deal: I play AoE II (competively) for almost 3 years. I have 600 hours of AoE II (2013) on Steam. At least 300 hours, if you don't count custom scenarios. My Elo on RM is 1428. I play sometimes on Voobly as well. My Elo on RM - Begginers is 1159, with 3 losses and 1 victory. My Elo on RM - 1v1 is 1449, with 9 losses and 0 victories. I plan to buy DE soon but that isn't the point. I get crushed everytime I play. I tried watching tutorials, watching pro games, watching my own games and seeing the mistakes. But I keep losing. You would think I wanted tips, which I kind of do, but that isn't the point either. Because no matter how many tips I get I am going to lose regardlessly. What I want is to know why is the skill ceiling so damn high? It is not the mechanic of the game or anything similar, it is just how many people call themselves noobs but know how to play pro-level strategies. I was knight rushed, archer rushed, tower rushed, and everyone who did those said that they were noobs. One of them even quickwalled and dodged mangonel shots. It is ridiculous how hard it is to beat anyone online. The so called noobs know builds, rushes, everything. I would go far to say that out of 100 AoE II "noobs", about 5 are actual noobs. Yesterday, I decided to play some more voobly games, as I was mostly playing on HD (2013). I tried not calling myself noob, because i didn't want to pick unfair battles with noobs that started playing a week ago. So I tried on Medieval Siege. My ass got kicked (9 losses, as stated above). So I MOVED BACK to New Player Lobby, and won once, against an actual noob (I felt bad for him... He was on New Player lobby yet has gone with someone that played for more than 2 years). The water drop however came when the last one I played with said he started playing AoE II a week ago, yet knew how to quickwall and dodge mangonel shots with crossbows. That blew my mind. How can someone know all of that in week?? If he wasn't lying, then I might just be the biggest AoE II noob in history, and destined to stay at low elo. Well, I think I might be wrong. Maybe I can improve. Maybe I am just being super arrogant and subconsciously not trying to improve. So, for that I am going to leave my last games on Voobly here if anyone wants to see them. I am EmperorWorm in those games. https://www.voobly.com/match/view/21704091 https://www.voobly.com/match/view/21704091 https://www.voobly.com/match/view/21704311 https://www.voobly.com/match/view/21706870 ^ (this is the only one I won) ^ https://www.voobly.com/match/view/21707472 If you have any tips, I don't have faith they will work, but leave them anyway. As I said earlier, I might be wrong. I hope someone knows what I am talking about, noobs not being actual noobs. I hope there is some kind of "super noob lobby" on DE for actual noob players that have no idea of anything in the game, because if not then they are gonna be crushed for at least a few months before starting to win one or two out of 10, which means many aren't going to continue playing. [link] [comments] | ||
| Is there a Wiki for the competitive AoE 2 scene, like how it is with other games? Posted: 17 Apr 2020 08:04 PM PDT A lot of competitive games right now, i.e. League of Legends and DOTA 2, have Wikis which provide information about their game's competitive scenes, as in players, teams, casters, and tournament information. DOTA 2 on Liquipedia is an example. Does AoE 2 have a dedicated Wiki for this, or is the information still only on sites like AoEZone? [link] [comments] | ||
| AOE2 DE blank screen on Ubuntu Posted: 18 Apr 2020 04:40 AM PDT Hi all, I am facing a bit of a problem in running AOE2 DE on my system with Ubuntu 18.04 on steam. ISSUE: The game starts, shows the logo and then the screen turns black. I can move around the AOE cursor, but nothing happens on clicking, using the keyboard. My system Config- Nvidia GF117M 2GB graphics card (using Nvidia 390 driver), 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD. I followed the instructions on this post- I have tried renaming the movies folder to something else. Did not work. Then I tried renaming the files in the movies folder. That also did not work. I have updated the dll file mentioned in the link as well. [link] [comments] | ||
| for 3v3 and 4v4 AoE2:DE is the best RTS game out there. change my mind. Posted: 17 Apr 2020 07:54 PM PDT I could accept that for 1v1 SC2 has more weight in the 1v1 games. But it seems like age is a team game. we have team bonus with every civ, the maps are huge and you can flank, get back and push. In SC2 the 3v3 and 4v4 frankly feel like a 1v1 with supply 800. [link] [comments] | ||
| Saturday Balance discussion: Overlapping Civilization bonuses/unique techs Posted: 18 Apr 2020 04:37 AM PDT In this Saturday Balance discussion, I want to discuss about civilizations that have bonuses and unique techs that "overlap" with each other. When I mean "overlap", I mean civ bonuses and unique techs that have almost the same functions and bonuses for particular units (i.e. bonus attack, HP, cost reduction, etc.). Some noticeable examples include:
With all that mind, there are probably other examples in this list, but in terms of gameplay balance, would you say it is perfectly okay for some civilizations to have certain civilization bonuses and unique techs that "overlap" each other in terms of certain bonuses as long as they have different functionality with them? Let's take a look at the Byzantine civilization bonuses and compare them to the Berber's and Goths as an example. The Byzantines have a civilization bonus of cheaper units, specifically camels, skirmishers, and spearmen; whereas Berbers and Goths have a more generalized cheaper units of a specific niche of units (in the cases of Berbers and Goths, cheaper cavalry and infantry respectfully). The Byzantines focus their cheaper units are counter units, while Goth's focus is primarily overwhelming your opponent with spamming infantry in the lategame (which is reflected with their unique techs) and the Berbers have a strong cavalry centric focus with a heavy emphasis on camels (which is also reflected on their unique unit and their Imperial Age tech where camels regenerate HP). True to this, the Byzantines also have a diverse tech tree and miss out on a couple of upgrades for their camels and spearmen (Bloodlines and Blast Furnace). So let's say there is a civilization that have a civilization bonus that have cheaper monks, yet it conflicts with the Portuguese gold discount on units. Would you say the civilization bonus of cheaper monks would be acceptable of the said civilization have several other bonuses and niche that would allow them to do a monk rush? [link] [comments] | ||
| [Day9] Learn How to Cope with Losing Games Posted: 17 Apr 2020 09:43 AM PDT
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| Posted: 18 Apr 2020 04:11 AM PDT hi, is there any tool or add-on to use so we can have more options when watching recorded games? I am particularly interested if you can skip the early game faster (even faster than the current buttons allow) or a rewind button if you want to rewatch some battle. [link] [comments] |
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