Age of Empires II Me before I start any ranked game (I wish this was a joke)

Me before I start any ranked game (I wish this was a joke)
First time making some pixel art of all civs in aoe2
Get Gud at maps other than Arabia you scrubs
AOE2 subreddit and AOE2 community appreciation post
It's sad because it's true
No really, am I doing something wrong here?
Civilization Match-up Discussion Round 13 Week 4: Cumans vs Incas
Tournament organiser
Unique unit skins by region?
Some help with resources to learn mid/late game
Map of civilisations not in AoE 2
I miss RBW5
Why aren't we able to queue only for one map if Arabia is already played 65%?
How and when get cav archers.
Can you use genie editor to enable Auto Scout on other units?
Magyar composition
What's the best civ for booming on arena?
Unit stuttering online?
Hera trying (and failing) to douche 2 times in a row
Game crashing when playing multiplayer
the battring ram army
Spectators on random RM

Me before I start any ranked game (I wish this was a joke)

Posted: 20 Oct 2021 05:40 AM PDT

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First time making some pixel art of all civs in aoe2

Posted: 20 Oct 2021 06:47 AM PDT

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Get Gud at maps other than Arabia you scrubs

Posted: 19 Oct 2021 06:58 PM PDT

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AOE2 subreddit and AOE2 community appreciation post

Posted: 20 Oct 2021 02:52 AM PDT

I won't mind this getting deleted if it's not allowed (In short, this subreddit and community are awesome)

I want to extend my utmost gratitude to the attitude, helpfulness, and all-around awesome demeanor of this community. Admittedly, in the past I have posted some silly and/or irrelevant things. I also have seen the same kinds of things being posted. Also have seen things asked so noobish it's laughable, but nobody ever laughs. Everyone always seems so professional and mature about every topic brought to light in this subreddit. I've been playing HD for years, and I know I'm not up-to-date on everything so I almost have no reason to be here other than to be skeptical. Regardless of my reasons for remaining though it's always a pleasure to see people helping newer players or talking strategy. Not to mention this game is over 20 years old and still people flock to it. Hopefully this community never loses that sense of maturity and always has that warm welcome to newbies. Keep being awesome, everybody.

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It's sad because it's true

Posted: 20 Oct 2021 05:51 AM PDT

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No really, am I doing something wrong here?

Posted: 19 Oct 2021 09:33 PM PDT

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Civilization Match-up Discussion Round 13 Week 4: Cumans vs Incas

Posted: 19 Oct 2021 09:47 PM PDT

Umm... I can't think of anything funny to say regarding this match up, so I'll take the opportunity to let you guys know that I'm not stopping these discussions after AoE4 comes out! Also won't be doing them on the AoE4 subreddit (at least, not in the foreseeable future)

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 Koreans vs Mayans, and next up is the Cumans vs Incas!

Cumans: Cavalry civilization

Additional Town Center can be built in Feudal Age
Siege Workshop and Battering Ram available in Feudal Age; Capped Ram available in Castle Age
Archery Ranges and Stables cost -100w
Cavalry +5/10/15% faster in Feudal/Castle/Imperial Age
TEAM BONUS: Palisade Walls gain +33% hp
Unique Unit: Kipchak (Cheap, nimble cav archer that fires several arrows at once)
Castle Age Unique Tech: Steppe Husbandry (Scouts, Steppe Lancers, and Cav Archers train +100% faster)
Imperial Age Unique Tech: Cuman Mercenaries (TEAM can train 10 free Elite Kipchaks at the Castle)

Incas: Infantry^{and Defensive} Civilization

Start with a free llama
Villagers affected by Blacksmith upgrades starting in the Castle Age
Houses support 10 population
Buildings cost -15% stone
TEAM BONUS: Complete Farms just before Horse Collar comes in
Unique Unit: Kamayuk (Powerful spearman with 1 range)
Unique Unit: Slinger (Castle Age Archery Range unit that deals bonus damage vs infantry)
Castle Age Unique Tech: Andean Sling (Skirmishers and Slingers have no minimum range)
Imperial Age Unique Tech: Fabric Shields (Kamayuks, Slingers, and Eagles gain +1/+2 armor)

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!

Alrighty, these are definitely two of the more oddball civs out there. For 1v1 Arabia, TheViper recently found success with Cumans during the History Hit tournament - going so far as to pick them over other top civs for the map. Their economy can be incredible if left unchecked, and even as the game goes on they have tons of speedy options. Incas, meanwhile, may lack the explosive start of the two meso civs, but they nevertheless have plenty of powerful counter options at all stages of the game. Can they put on the pressure before Cumans get their eco running?
On closed maps, things are once again, a little bit different for these two civs. Cumans find themselves in the situation where they can much more freely utilize their early 2nd TC, but conversely are unable to find as much space for their cavalry to run around. Incas once again find themselves without a super strong eco bonus, but still plenty of strong military units that can deal with the Cuman army - especially if they don't have to worry about being flanked. How do you see this one going on Arena/Hideout/BF/etc.?
For team games, *again* neither of these civs super cleanly slide into a role. Yes, Cumans have a great eco and strong cavalry - both of which are important for a good pocket civ - but going for a 2nd TC early often leaves them much slower to Castle Age than their counterpart on the enemy team. Still, if their flank can survive that, Cumans are very well set up for the rest of the game. Then you have Incas, who obviously much prefer to play on the flank, where they have good archers, access to eagles, and even cheap defenses that they can use to either protect themselves or push the enemy. They just lack that killer late game army or early economy. How do you see these civs working into team compositions?

Thank you as always for participating! Next week we will continue our discussions with the Chinese vs Portuguese. Hope to see you there! :)

Previous discussions: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

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Tournament organiser

Posted: 20 Oct 2021 04:22 AM PDT

Hello Guys, It is Cusu from Deep Waters gaming, after a big update on our website we are looking for a tournament organiser to help us to create and promote our tournaments on the weekly basis. The website has the capacity to create tournaments and leagues so it is quite easy to manage after your know-how. So if you love AoE and you would like to earn some money; please contact me on discord or by email.

https://discord.gg/f2CY44mjsH dw*cusu

[business@deepwatersgaming.com](mailto:business@deepwatersgaming.com) Subject: "tournament organiser"

Best regards,

Cusu

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Unique unit skins by region?

Posted: 19 Oct 2021 10:52 PM PDT

We have unique appearances for kings, buildings, ships, and old world/new world monks and trade carts.

Unique castles started being a thing since the West and Dukes expansions.

Should the rest of the units have appearances based on the region too?

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Some help with resources to learn mid/late game

Posted: 20 Oct 2021 02:17 AM PDT

Hi. I am a pretty new player. While I studied how to make a good early game (still need to improve, I'm making experience) I didn't find resources online (guides, videos) on what to do in the mid and late game.

Mig can go well if I manage to take advantage early, but I lose 90% of the late game matches. Arena and such expecially, but the problem is that I don't know what to do and get overwhelmed.

If someone of you has some good resources to pass me I'd be really glad :D

P.s. my main brakets are 2v2 and 3v3

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Map of civilisations not in AoE 2

Posted: 19 Oct 2021 12:46 PM PDT

(~400 AD to ~1600 AD)

I've been seeing a lot of civ concepts posted around abouts lately, so thought I'd make this map.

I think it is important and would be fascinating to see some of these cultures represented in the game, considering how varied and intriguing they are/were. Also there's a lot of potential for new unique units, bonuses and shared regional units (and more bonuses for existing units like Eagle Warriors and Battle Elephants).

The civilisations' places are based on the peak of their greatest empires/kingdoms/cultural reach.

Edit: the colours for the Haudenosaunee and the Mississippians are the wrong way round

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I miss RBW5

Posted: 19 Oct 2021 01:39 PM PDT

Getting up and watching the games. I think the last time I was so excited for a tourney was the WM 2010 in Southafrica

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Why aren't we able to queue only for one map if Arabia is already played 65%?

Posted: 19 Oct 2021 09:37 AM PDT

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How and when get cav archers.

Posted: 20 Oct 2021 01:04 AM PDT

Have little experience with cav archers so I thought let's get some. Also at same time curious to try the mongols. So after a few games I got the eco right with mongols, perfectly fine.

Then i started with the cav archers and i'm completely screwed. I'm in castle age and I have bodkin and thumb ring and i'm sending them out and it turned out they were completely useless lmao.

Tried sniping some vills at a woodline with 10 cav archers, not even one hit. So balisitics is the key here I imagine. That raises me the question: are cav archers useless untill the time you have balistics?

So untill balisitics is available just go regular cav?

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Can you use genie editor to enable Auto Scout on other units?

Posted: 20 Oct 2021 03:06 AM PDT

I would like to experiment with this new command, and make it possible to do it on scouts that you train as well not just the one you start with?
Would greatly appreciate it if someone could tell me how to do that.

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Magyar composition

Posted: 20 Oct 2021 06:51 AM PDT

I am wondering what the optimal composition for Magyars is. All the higher level players believe heavy cavalry archers is the way to go, however I have always done better with massed arbelest. I spam magyar huszars in front. My main issue I have found is that massed halberdiers counter both huszars and cavalry archers. My micro could definitely be better, but it isn't the worst, however in the clusterfuck that is late game I can lose track of all my units. Are cavalry archers just a better unit in general, or does the different counter required to beat arbelests make them a better choice for lower elo players? Before anyone says that skirms counter both, spammed huszars dick on them so I have never really had that problem.

I vary from 900-950 elo, and mainly play Arabia.

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What's the best civ for booming on arena?

Posted: 19 Oct 2021 04:40 PM PDT

I'm curious to know which civ can get to ~120 vils the fastest. Assuming that they're not going for relics, but are collecting enough gold to get to imp.

View Poll

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Unit stuttering online?

Posted: 19 Oct 2021 07:34 PM PDT

Hello-

Every time I play online my units stutter. But in single player they do not. My FPS is at 60 and my Ping is very good. My rig is not the problem either.

Water moves normally and time moves normally but my units look very laggy. Has anyone had this issue before?

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Hera trying (and failing) to douche 2 times in a row

Posted: 19 Oct 2021 02:21 PM PDT

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Game crashing when playing multiplayer

Posted: 20 Oct 2021 02:42 AM PDT

does this happen to anyone else? I installed age of empires II: definitive edition and my game crashes after a while playing it, I've reinstalled and googled the absolute hell out of it and couldn't find anything on it. i was wonder may y'all would know something that i don't and perhaps a way to fix it.

FYI I installed age of empires II from the Xbox game pass app thing

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the battring ram army

Posted: 20 Oct 2021 02:41 AM PDT