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    May 17, 2021

    Age of Empires II Medieval Monday: Ask Your Questions and Get Your Answers

    Medieval Monday: Ask Your Questions and Get Your Answers

    Posted: 17 May 2021 04:00 AM PDT

    Time for another weekly round of questions.

    Talk about everything from build orders to advanced strategies.

    Whatever your questions, the community is here to answer them.

    So ask away!

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    Visible Cup 4 is here!

    Posted: 16 May 2021 10:00 AM PDT

    Visible Cup 4 is here!

    I'm happy to announce this year's Visible Cup!

    https://preview.redd.it/ij9upf30niz61.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=1d986a23e86bfb8ff044b724cd57ec25b7c6131f

    You might notice the number 4 next to it which doesn't seem to make sense... Just embrace that the previous two editions were... hidden... so that the count is on par with Hidden Cup.

    You might also notice, I'm neither Robo nor Lidakor - they both can't spare the time to organize and admin this year's edition so I was asked to do it in their stead.

    With those out of the way, let's talk about what Visible Cup 4 is about:

    This tournament is player focused - that means we are sacrificing exposure to make the settings more convenient to the players. That means longer breaks between matches, more freedom to schedule matches and so on.

    Visible Cup 4 will feature a 7 round Swiss Stage. The aim of it is to give players outside the top 16 a chance to play 1 match per week across 7 weeks with opponents relatively close to their level. That means everyone who gets in will get some competitive experience and a chance to work on their preparation, strategy and get used to the competitive environment. It also means however that as the tournament progresses, there will be more and more players without a chance to get into the playoffs so that means matches without an impact - keep that in mind if you consider signing up, as you are expected to play those out as well.

    We will be playing on the Hidden Cup 4 maps and settings with the following changes:

    • player identities will be - you guessed it - visible
    • there will be a new map draft - instead of the home map system, maps will be played in the exact order they were drafted in. In addition, Arabia will be moved from game 1 to the last game (5th in a bo5, 7th in a bo7) and will serve the purpose of being a tiebreaker map
    • civ draft will feature two hidden global civ bans per player

    For more information, go to the AoEZone settings post:https://www.aoezone.net/threads/visible-cup-4-rules-settings.174903/

    Or use the beautiful handbook, made by abductedPlatypus:https://drive.google.com/file/d/15JASgOKms0W4nbMseeRTOv_9rXl52Phx/view?usp=sharing

    We have some more posts in the works to help you navigate through the event as it progresses so keep an eye out for that in the upcoming weeks.

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    I teared up a little. Top comment made me proud

    Posted: 16 May 2021 10:07 PM PDT

    The one thing that unites our whole community

    Posted: 16 May 2021 11:08 PM PDT

    Age of Empires sure is fun

    Posted: 16 May 2021 08:33 AM PDT

    just won a 2v1 after my teammate resign, it felt REALLY good! (I was gray)

    Posted: 17 May 2021 12:11 AM PDT

    Hera about the (new) Incas

    Posted: 17 May 2021 05:58 AM PDT

    Parents asked me to clear out an old desk of mine.

    Posted: 16 May 2021 11:16 AM PDT

    Is anyone following Arabia Invitational?

    Posted: 16 May 2021 11:22 PM PDT

    I think you can watch viper vs mr yo finals in their respective twitch channels, To happen today at 15:30 UTC

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    Does anyone know what's up with Hoang not streaming for several weeks?

    Posted: 16 May 2021 09:07 PM PDT

    For all I know Hoang has just been playing and not streaming, but I loved putting his stream on late at night and having some chill background AoE sounds. According to my check just now he hasn't streamed in ~25 days, and while he obviously doesn't owe us an explanation or anything, I was really hoping someone at least knew whether he's okay and/or why he's been absent.

    If Hoang sees this, you have many MANY fans who wish you well, and no matter how the games go we love you Hoang! Hope to see you dominating again when you're up to it!

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    Top comment here bois and girls. The scene is truly booming confirmed.

    Posted: 16 May 2021 11:15 PM PDT

    I think I memed a little too hard...

    Posted: 16 May 2021 09:23 AM PDT

    Had some balance ideas again! What are your thoughts? :)

    Posted: 17 May 2021 05:15 AM PDT

    Top comment on 'most played game'

    Posted: 16 May 2021 10:27 PM PDT

    #bullmypocketsays

    Posted: 17 May 2021 04:00 AM PDT

    Dawn of the dukes

    Posted: 16 May 2021 11:53 PM PDT

    Hello everyone! Does anyone have any news of the next DLC? I am just surprised the developers did not say a word since April(besides the fact that there will be new civs). I mean summer starts in June so like one month left unless summer means August…hope not!

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    Age of empires 2 gang rise up!

    Posted: 17 May 2021 07:11 AM PDT

    Suggested nerfs: Goths

    Posted: 16 May 2021 10:09 AM PDT

    Since you all seemed to agree with my ideas to buff the underpowered franks, I wanted to also share my thoughts on nerfing the most overpowered and borderline unbeatable civ in the game, Goths.

    • Infantry more expensive starting in the dark age (+10% dark, +20% feudal, +50% castle, +100% imperial). This should slow down their overpowered spam
    • Boars killed in one hit (This should prevent boar luring thus slowing their strong dark age eco)
    • Loom removed from tech tree
    • Remove all pierce armor from huskarl
    • Pop cap for goths is now 120

    We need to put a stop to this broken civilization. I am a balancing expert and currently in the interview process with Microsoft so this will be my first change if hired.

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    Do you chat post game?

    Posted: 16 May 2021 01:37 PM PDT

    Usually it doesn't happen, but when it does it leave a very good feeling, in respective of win or the loss and brings the community a bit closer and wholesome.

    Personal I really love when after a RM 1v1; if you get to chat beyond the usual gg and wp. For me it has lead to me adding people on discord, exchanging tips and even playing Team Game later on !!

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    Plot twist: the whole thing about removing dm is an effort from the devs to stimulate more people to play it in order to save it

    Posted: 16 May 2021 11:16 PM PDT

    Last game I learned (monk edition)

    Posted: 16 May 2021 09:49 PM PDT

    Last game I learned that a group of monks can be instructed to convert units in order by shift queuing them! Just like you'd do with vills to get them to construct buildings in order, or take sheep one at a time...

    Got 25 Aztec monks, illumination, theocracy, block printing, and then started shift clicking them onto everything. Not as efficient at conversions as assigning small groups to hotkeys, but a whole lot less work!

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    So finally downloaded windows on my IMac,

    Posted: 17 May 2021 08:21 AM PDT

    I've got windows installed, how can I play the game ? Do I buy a downloadable version?

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    AoE2 Definitive Edition - Wonder Sound

    Posted: 17 May 2021 12:30 AM PDT

    Are very simple mouse macros acceptable?

    Posted: 17 May 2021 07:51 AM PDT

    I just bought a proper gaming mouse that allows you to program extra buttons with macros.

    I am considering setting up an extra button with Patrol move and one with Garrison. Both entail a hot key plus a click.

    I've heard that macros are frowned upon in the community and I understand that. But does that apply to such very simple ones?

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    Time for the next vote!

    Posted: 16 May 2021 10:37 PM PDT

    Player penalties/challenges for friendly game where one player is a lot better

    Posted: 17 May 2021 07:13 AM PDT

    Hey,

    Some of my friends have recently rediscovered AOE2. We (at least I) enjoy our multiplayer games a lot. Unfortunately there is a huge skill level gap between us. I quite easily won a 4v1 against me.

    To make it a challenge for me I proposed I get a penalty or a challenge in the game.

    eg:

    • You can only use your mouse
    • The get a hard AI extra (don't like that one since they still have a huge skill gap between their friendly AI (it would be a AI vs me fight))
    • You cannot build stables (I play as a meso civ)
    • You cannot attack(only defend) for 15 minutes (army cannot follow into the fog of war)
    • You cannot use herdable or boars

    Is there a possibility that I can start with less resources?

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