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    October 21, 2021

    Age of Empires II T90 - from twitch to facebook

    T90 - from twitch to facebook

    Posted: 20 Oct 2021 10:43 PM PDT

    I watched the twitch stream when he did the announcement. And also just watched the YouTube video he posted to explain his decision to switch platforms.

    For some reason he seems to be afraid to say he switched because he will get better money from the deal with fb. He says it indirectly, and implies it, but it's confusing wording and lots of beating around the bush. I just want to say to t90, it's a super respectable decision to make lots of money in life and be financially secure and be able to support family and extended family. There is no shame in taking a "job" simply because it offers more money than your current one. Most people would leave there current job if they got a much better financial offer from a different job. Be brave my friend, and don't beat around the bush so much. People are confused because you didn't explain explicitly why you left twitch (an OBVIOUSLY better gaming platform than Facebook gaming) for fb. Just make a 1 minute video saying the switch is because Facebook offered me a lot of money. And then everyone will be good. A FEW people might hate but don't worry, those people prob don't know how real life works yet and have never paid rent or even thought of saving anything for retirement or investing.

    We love you. - a normal human being and huge fan of aoe2, of the aoe2 community, and of all the pros and casters.

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    Prepare yourselves, my army of 12 Archers

    Posted: 20 Oct 2021 01:41 PM PDT

    That voice was so hawt.

    Posted: 21 Oct 2021 06:11 AM PDT

    The virgin knight vs The Chad Cataphract

    Posted: 20 Oct 2021 10:47 AM PDT

    Trigger Warning: thoughts on persian douche in arena? I was able to beat the extreme ai but yet to try it against people

    Posted: 20 Oct 2021 09:27 PM PDT

    How do you beat Meso civs with Mongols?

    Posted: 21 Oct 2021 02:40 AM PDT

    I really struggled yesterday as I couldn't harass with Mangudi because if I took my eye off for a second the eagles got them and skirm defence in his base. Tried long swords and champs but his slingers, seige and castle fire kept them at bay.

    Champs and Skirms the most viable target comp here? Also, Meso comp is so much cheaper they have way more numbers and a better boom. :-(

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    Favorite medieval movie(s)!!

    Posted: 21 Oct 2021 01:55 AM PDT

    Hit me with some of the best movies

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    Why am I getting bans when other people disconnect from TGs?

    Posted: 20 Oct 2021 06:03 PM PDT

    Just tryna play some TGs, teammate disconnects, and now either I have to play a 4v3, or stay in game for 5 minutes before resigning and waste everyone else's time, otherwise I get banned

    Also, if the game doesn't even start and someone DC's there, how come I get a ban even though I didn't DC? Like, we didn't even make it to the loading screen. 2nd time this has happened, so I got hit with a 10 minute ban

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    when there's server maintenance on DE...

    Posted: 20 Oct 2021 02:21 PM PDT

    [Discussion] Arabia Reinvestigation (Meta, Walls, Towers)

    Posted: 20 Oct 2021 12:51 PM PDT

    "Who've you just call a Wallerboy?" -Anonymous 2019

    These days there is no such thing a Wallerboy, everyone is walling, it has become an integral part of the game, the meta, the actual build-order, we send vills to seal our base completely pre-Feudal Age, both Pros/Streamers and plebs.

    Developers have been trying desperately to nerf walls, either by opening most maps to a unprecedented extent or a directly nerfing the actual palaside wall. As we can tell by far, it hasn't worked, everyone simply wall earlier, bigger.

    Do not let it misguide you gentlemen, it's not about walls, wallers are just a symptom of something wider. Long long ago, 2 years from now, we had a diverse meta, not ideal yet stratigically we had more options, we used to see plenty of alternative playstyles, both competitively and casually.

    Over the years meta has evolved organically, towers used to counter full-walls, (side note- who would have thought back in 1998 that people would use towers offensively at Feudal Age), full-walls used to counter/deal-well with a late Feudal army aggression, and tower rush used to be countered quite nicely by Feudal militaristic aggression. Some sort of Rock Paper Scissors, but not fully.

    Once towers got out of the equation, by getting nerfed by the developers, we were left with a very Arena-ish Fast-Castle walling meta, and ever since developers have been trying to balance it by opening the map to an absurd degree, where we have no about 40% of the amount of trees we had in AOC/Voobly.

    Buffing back towers is an inevitable move, however, is that all? is this what we need to fix the meta? not quite. Since Arabia now is based on multiple tiny woodlines that are for the most part far from any other resource (berries, gold, stone, or TC range farms)- towers are simply inefficient. In order to justify a tower you'd have to already have a lead and the awareness that you'd end up 1TC All-INing.

    We'd have to fix Arabia as well, that's an easy one though, there were plenty of balanced dry Arabia's back then. walling used to be punished by simply having a compact base, and an incablity to maintain large farming eco and an efficient boom. Unlike now where people just go 4TC boom fest in a mandatory fashion, without any consideration of space, since base is quarter-map large.

    It's not about Blackforesting Arabia, but the structure of woodlines and their radius from the TC. More trees - less woodlines- will encourage tower-rushers to act, emptiness does the opposite. Within two successful towers you can shut down any FC attempt, however it takes skill, scouting, and a high risk high reward, as strategy should be.

    We definitely don't want to eliminate FC out of the equation, we need them all, all possible strategies, in order to achieve a prosper diverse tactical game. It applies to mid-game as well, the current meta is about playing too safe, no risks, no noticable signs of inovation, the standart mass Town Center into double gold composition while having a prolonged Castle Age.

    Remember that we used to have people go for 1TC Arbalest play? relying only on sheer micro, it was one of Liereyy's signature plays, or MbL going for Pike+ Siege All-In push on early castle age, DauT and TheViper going often for Castle Drop into a fancy Unique Unit, or casually amazing Chinese players going for a deadly Tower Rush followed up by a 1TC Siege Monk play. (Kudos to Hoang, pretty much the only one who fights the odds)

    All these strats are way too edgy for the current meta, you can no longer set up an offensive position by using Feudal Tower rush, you can't go for any immobile Siege + Pike / Monk play due to map being too open (open isn't the right word to describe it, but empty), and lastly any attempt to 1TC aggression is just punished by nature- not having enough wood to pursue your win condition, you'd be systematically forced to build more TC's to secure the most elementary fuel in AOE, wood.

    These days watching Pros play is boring than ever, the meta is narrower and restrictive than it has been in 5 years, and the outrageous thing about all this- is the fact it's highly solvable, developers can fix it or atleast try, instead of fighting the wind, as if it was an island overpopulated by rabbits- where all it needs is a single wolf rather than endless amount of attempts to sterilize the rabbits.

    Bring Strategy back to AOE, the single dimesional meta has to end.
    Thank you for reading this far guys!
    Would love to hear what you got in mind.

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    Game Voice & Strategic Commander: Microsoft's official gadgets for playing Age 2

    Posted: 21 Oct 2021 08:26 AM PDT

    chat to team

    Posted: 21 Oct 2021 08:01 AM PDT

    Hi all, total noob question. I've only played 1v1s online but want to try team games. How do you chat to just your team? Are there any hotkeys I should remember? Thanks!

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    Just won my first lobby multiplayer team game!

    Posted: 21 Oct 2021 07:58 AM PDT

    I play very casually, like 1 or two full games every week. I am good at builds but 0/10 strategy.

    I was surprised and happy when I spammed turk hussars and unique units with a good eco behind that, stopped an invasion and reclaimed an ally's land!

    Game is so fun even if I do not win. I do not play ranked because it would take me a month of disappointment before my rank stabilizes and I start playing balanced games!

    Thanks for people who play at the lobby! Thanks for anyone who creates a 'noobs welcome' game

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    Achievements not registering?

    Posted: 21 Oct 2021 01:01 AM PDT

    I'm trying to medal all the campaigns and sometimes I get none and I didn't even use any cheats - why does this happen? I also have been logged into xbox live and the problem persists.

    Thanks.

    aoe2:de

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    Aftermath is a terrible map to have in ranked RM

    Posted: 20 Oct 2021 10:14 AM PDT

    Seriously did anyone even check the balance of this map? It has literally only one way to win and that's going militia to fight for the trade workshops.

    So Lithuanians are way stronger than anything else, and it's also luck based on who gets to the shops first. If you're wondering how strong holding both is, you can easily click to castle age with 21 villagers

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    psssh, nothing personnel kid

    Posted: 20 Oct 2021 03:44 PM PDT

    How to deal with mass CA strategy?

    Posted: 20 Oct 2021 09:38 PM PDT

    I don't have a good answer for this although I massed knights and have scorpions to defend As Bulgarian . And the problem seems to be that they can reach Imp way faster than me. The knights can almost do nothing against the CA and pike combo

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    Help: Bug: File b_orie_mill_age3_x1.smx uses an invalid filetype,; some sprites will not display. This is likely caused by a mod. Same for stable.

    Posted: 20 Oct 2021 11:48 PM PDT

    Hello, whenever I try to play as a Middle Eastern civilization (Persian, Berber, Turk), when I try to build a Mill or a Stable, when I hover over, I cannot see the building outline. Once built, I cannot select it again (and thus cannot use it to make or research anything). However it does occupy space (as you cannot build anything on top of it - it looks like a destroyed farm). I can still select the building foundations while it is being built. If it was selected while being built, it works fine (but is still invisible), once I unselect, I cannot select it.

    I do not face this issue with Barracks, Universities or any other buildings - only Mills and Stables. I get the warning (oriental mill/stable age_age 3.smx uses an invalid filetype) however I have not installed any mods, I uninstalled all other custom scenarios - still same problem.

    I do not face this problem with other civilization areas (such as Tatars, Huns, Byzantines).

    I play on a Windows 10 laptop, downloaded AoE2 from Steam, I have not bought Lords of the West or the Dawn of the Dukes expansions.

    Can anyone help me please?

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    I know people are probably tired of this, but it’s still sort of sad

    Posted: 20 Oct 2021 06:51 PM PDT

    countdown getting stuck on zero

    Posted: 20 Oct 2021 10:29 PM PDT

    so the bug where matchmaking countdowns get to zero and nothing happens is still here, but guess what? you cant altf4 to fix it now without a ban.

    smoothbrain implementation, well done. 4th time i've had to altf4 because of this in 2 weeks but apparently that is deserving of a 2hour ban, because there is no cooldown/reset of the timer

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    Thoughts on t90's low elo legends?

    Posted: 20 Oct 2021 09:07 AM PDT

    I used to enjoy t90's streams a lot, but nowadays he seems to be mostly doing "low elo legends". What are your thoughts on this?

    Personally, while it can be funny, I also find it a bit distasteful. Ultimately, it really boils down to looking down on and making fun of weaker players and their hilarious ways of playing. Sure, you can say it is about "learning from their weaknesses" or teaching them what to do better.

    But streaming is entertainment first and foremost and from t90's comments and the posts in the chat it is obvious that low elo legends are really mostly about laughing at weird strats and plays...

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    Yay! Surprise maintenance!

    Posted: 20 Oct 2021 02:13 PM PDT

    > be me

    > RM Arabia Bulgarians vs Persians

    > even feudal age, I kill 1 vil, cause idle time, scouts vs scouts fights, I click about 1 minute before him

    > decide to go longsword mastapizza

    > he goes camels

    >feelsgoodman.jpg

    > surprise! I knock on his base with 23 longswords full Castle age upgrades, smash his wall and prepare to raid the hell out of him.

    > Unexpected 2 hour server maintenance, no one wins and no one loses.

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