We've always played as 2-3 with some friends against the AI on Hard, and my friend who "mains" chronos is always above us in terms of points and by a lot, i honestly wouldnt know what to do against him in a 1 v 1
basic question, are the they op at least vs AI?

My roommate is someone who used to play the game quite often as a child and is now struggling to get back into the fold. I’ve been guiding him through this journey and had him cover the essentials like old res22 vids, SOTL, ZeroEmpires content, and basic Stark build Orders. One thing however that he still struggles with despite reaching 1550 Voobly is that he still has the noob fixation with Trash and siege. He can do a perfectly serviceable fast castle into knights or spam Elite Illegal Warriors in Imp, but when it comes down to the wire, he’s back to spamming halbs and siege as well as hoarding gold. That’s when the AOK campaigns come in. He started playing them for nostalgia sake because “Wallace has come!!!” and the pop limit of 75 actually got him into playing pop efficiently. He is now finally using camels to counter Paladins instead of pikemen and Mangudai for raiding instead of light cav.

I'm on the Sarcean mission Jihad, and guides say to make cannon galleons and such so I look up how to make those on the wiki [research chem at uni, then research cannon at dock], but I can't.

I have chemistry researched, and galleons, but the dock just simply wont let me research the cannon galleon; the option won't appear. I also can't make fire ships.

Am I missing something? Because I haven't been able to in any other mission either, but only just now really noticed.

So I always played this game as a kid, and just downloaded it again on steam and stumbled onto this subreddit. I had no idea there was such a community for this game! After reading people talk about builds and strategies I realize that I know nothing. Can anyone point me in the direction of guides or something to help me up my game? Thanks!

i enjoy aoe2. i semi enjoy competitive games., at least when I’m watching players like dracont, max, viper

but everytime i see suggestions noone seems to give much thought to the casual side of the game.

Well this time I'm facing a much stronger adversary, but I have knowledge that he has not. First, he will use Turks.

Second, he won't scout my base (90% probable).

Third, he WILL do an scout rush, 3/6 scouts.

Fourth, map will be arena.

Fifth, he is very good walling up, and using TC as choke point.

Ideas, strategies?

Thanks

Is it possible to do a defensive wonder win? I know this is a bit of a noonish question but I've always 'WONDERED' about it!!( get it? Okay. Ill stop) but seriously is it a viable strategy? If so is it looked down on?

I recently bought the AoE bundle in the Steam Sale and have been enjoying playing AoE II. When I was younger ~15 years ago I remember playing an Age of Empires game but it was a bit different in a few different ways.

• It was Asian factions. When you'd start a game you'd have one high level Asian champion.

• The stable only produced horses, from that you would place infantry or archers onto them to create cavalry.

• You would have to send villagers to the barracks to become infantry.

• There was a multi-layered map system. Your starting base would be it's own map with a wall to the South. Here's a terrible paint version of it: https://i.imgur.com/CcUDMrP.png. The big building was like a temple, the smaller one would be your Town Hall where you produced villagers. Your forest was at the top. A wall further down with a path leading up to the gate.

• If you went down the to the Southern edge of your home map your troops would move into the 'World' map which looked like this: https://i.imgur.com/AsAgs49.png. Each coloured building would lead to that player's home map. The rest of this world map could be a lot of treasures to find.

• There were ladder units used to scale the enemy's walls rather than breaking down the gate.

None of my googling is answering any questions for me and I'm deeply confused. My memory could be hazy as it was so long ago and maybe it wasn't even an AoE game. However so much of it wored exactly the same, The UI is all in the same place, the troops move and act the same, the buildings look the same, and I swear it was called Age of Empires.

Any help would be much appreciated, if I can remember anything more I'll add it to the post.

Alright, so I have planned a simple "Custom civs" mod that allows players to "research" civ bonuses as they play (up to a max of 4, one per age (Unique Techs and Unique Units are still to be thought about)). Thing is, I dunno what options should I put in each age. I plan on using the TC with instantly research techs that disable everything else (so it doesn't affect normal gameplay), but I don't know what effects should I make.

Keep in mind it is possible to make it so a Feudal Age bonus is only avaiable if you went for a certain Dark Age bonus, which allows for "upgrade paths" (think of something like the Goths).

Try to make the bonuses somewhat generic. A +2 attack for camels isn't interesting, but a +1 attack for all cavalry is (or is it not? I have no idea about balance, again).

I always liked the fact that Garrison Healing, even if it's pretty unless in anything but micro maps.

So in your guys' opinion; how good would garrison healing have to be to become useful for a civ? And if possible (cause I'm doubting if anyone would use it), what new Civ could this be a bonus for historically?

In case anyone is wondering, a tower heals about 6hp/minute/occupant, and a Castle heals a slightly better 12hp/minute/occupant.

So what are we thinking here? 300% faster? 600% faster? 1000% faster?! I'm excited to hear what people think!

Hi guys! This summer i wanna start playing aoe2 online again, but... i think i need some guide or advice. Is there any guide here in reddit or webs?

Everytime the random games assign me Byzantines (it happen very often lately) I have no idea what to do with this civ. Thank you.

I've read all the answers y'all gave me on my last post and I'm gonna spend maybe the whole weekend getting all that down but I think I figured out the million dollar question. How many villagers do you queue up at a time in the TC like do you s0end all your food on them or only some food? Instead of queuing 6 with 300 or so food is ot like 3 or 4? Basically I'm asking how far do I expend my food for the constant vil for a good eco?

As in title. What is the most efficient kind of rush in BF?

Also if I'm flank should I rely on resources from my pocket, right? Because I'm usually left behind when I rush. And what should I do if my pocket don't want to give me resources? Thank you

Hi guys! Not here for a battle of the fandoms, but rather I'm curious about this game with the DE version coming out soon. I am an avid player of AoE3 and have always heard good things about AoE2. I say "better" in the title because I'm assuming that the majority of the people here prefer AoE2 to AoE3. What are the major differences between the two? What qualities of the game would you say make AoE2 the superior title? I am also a very competitive person and love playing RTS games online in PvP so I was curious about the AoE2 competitive atmosphere. Thanks!

Hello!

This might be impossible but who knows! My brother draws maps for DnD and I tried to make a scenario using one of his maps.

Problem is-im rubbish at it. Its a question of scale usually. I feel like i will have one part done perfectly, but it's waaay too big! Is there some way to - input the image of the map into the game, and have my computer build the outline of the map, and then I fill in the details?

I started playing AOM 1v1s with a friend after not touching the game for years. Used to be pretty good in the past playing Greeks and Norsemen , not as good with Egyptians and Atlanteans.

Even though Greeks are considered late game race, i always used to rush with centaurs to damage my enemy’s villagers and economy. And even though my early game was always on point, advancing on classic age first, taking control of settlements,goldmines etc, rushing villagers i always seem to crumble after heroic age. I seems like im always behind always fighting with less troops.

Is there any basic guide how to not fall behind in troops/resources in mid-late game? Perhaps i shouldn’t rush and focus on more villagers and play defensively?

Hi

I'd have several questions regarding "general" things, and I thought (if others have some too) we could either create a tactical thread, or use this one to see all the questions, and answers in one place. It's insanely useful to see both the q and a that are related to you as well, but probably didn't come to your mind yet.

Well anyway here are some qeustions (hihi come bot teach me how to spell) that came to my mind:

1,Is xbow/pike rush a usable strategy in TAD? I don't see any high level player doing it- they are much more likely to do either a semi or a complete naked ff 2,How hard is japan to play at a 1st liet level? Currently I'm trying to find the new civ I play in tad (i dont feel like going back to otto from years ago) and since i'm still re-learning things it would be great to find an easier civ. 3,Almost everygame I can find on youtube players opt for booming a bit early game (5 settlers card 2nd almost always, market upgrades done asap etc.) but since their opponent is doing it too, it's not risky at all. Now if I were to do it at my level (i think i'm master sergeant/2nd liet in tad not sure, i recently switched from nilla)I'd have to face all-in rushes. How do you deal with it? Delaying the settler card? Aging up earlier? 5, how much do you micro in fights?

Thanks!

Hello all,

I was wondering if there was any expertise to be found in this community with making data mods work with HD Rise of the Rajas edition. I have a mod that I completed, and want to get that running in the steam workshop, but apparently data mods have a tough time with the Steam Workshop mod loader?

To clarify, I modified the tech tree (which mostly works) but also modified some unique techs (which don't work, old names and descriptions are still there...).

Some specific examples to provide context to my problem are:

Imperial Camels still show up for the Indians, when I moved them to the Saracens.

Elite Genitours still show up as an upgrade in the tech tree, even though I assigned the tech to Gaia, which should effectively remove it from the Berbers, and therefore from everyone else.

I assumed I modified and included the correct files, as with loading Advanced Genie Editor 3, I selected the African Kingdoms files locations when clicking on that option at the top. To quote what AGE3 advised me to use:

Compressed data set = C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Age2HD\resources\_common\dat\empires2_x2_p1.dat Language file location = C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Age2HD\resources\en\strings\key-value\key-value-strings-utf8.txt Language x1 file location = C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Age2HD\resources\en\strings\key-value\key-value-modded-strings-utf8.txt Path for DRS files = C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Age2HD\resources\_common\drs 

I also properly made the mods folder, with the exact sub-directory as the original files I edited exist in the main directory:

Compressed data set = C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Age2HD\mods\my-mod\resources\_common\dat\empires2_x2_p1.dat Language file location = C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Age2HD\mods\my-mod\resources\en\strings\key-value\key-value-strings-utf8.txt Language x1 file location = C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Age2HD\mods\my-mod\resources\en\strings\key-value\key-value-modded-strings-utf8.txt Path for DRS files = C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Age2HD\mods\my-mod\resources\_common\drs 

My main question for the community is this: if I still see all the changes I made to the game within the AGE3 editor, then even when I hard-install the game (backing up original files, replacing with modified ones), why don't all those changes come through? What could I possibly be missing?

Thanks in advance, I hope you all could help me figure this out.

My friends, check out this game from about 17 years ago that Zak recently casted and uploaded the video of to YT.

Link to the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCsjXUODn9U

It's really interesting to see how players back then played. Without sounding arrogant or naive, it seems like if many of us here today were able to travel back in time and play in this game, we would easily win given all the information and skills that have been gained/discovered in the decade or two since.

These are still good players, and it's a really interesting game though. Some of you here have given me some really cool information about Age history and some great links/threads that are really interesting to look at. And this makes for a cool addition to anyone interested in this game's past.

Fascinating to see the evolution unfold.

Enjoy!

what should be the first steps to analyze a map in a game? (example: location of the enemy, gold and etc.)

I was thinking, we can heal our units by garrisoning them or sending Monks out. What if a civ has a unique tech that allows them to heal units within a certain radius of specific buildings?

To be fair, I don't know if the way the game was made allows something like this. I was thinking that if a Castle can detect enemy units within range and if Monks can heal allied units within range, maybe there's some way to combine the two to allow this unique tech. It would certainly enhance a civ's defensive abilities, but that could be OP and really mess up the game anyways, but I thought I would throw it out there for debate

They just plain suck because of their low speed. The only time they get used is when someone is trying to prove a point on how you can win with Teutonic Knights. They're an infantry civilization with no incentives to use infantry, leading to people making use of gimped archers and cavalry.

Hello,

Sorry if this has been asked before (couldn’t find it with a google search).

I just recently migrated to voobly, and I’m not a fan of the small tree and grid line mods. Is there a way to disable them? Or am I stuck with them by default?

Bonus: anyone have a link to a green Arabia map? The map pack I tried downloading couldn’t connect to the server :/

Hey everyone! I've begun doing balance testing in the editor for prospective civ bonuses- starting with the Arbalest.

The closest comparison I had to compare was the Ethiopian faster firing bonus- I don't want a Mod civ to be better than one of my fav archer civs (Yodit campaign kicks so much ass), so I looked to find a balance that fared worse, but still in the same ball-park. Here's what I got:

BALANCE TESTING

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Arbalest Attack Bonus - Mathematical Calculation of Damage over Time

Note that these numbers are cut off at the decimal rather than rounded- Thumb Ring has not been taken into account (I hear that it reduces the Ethiopian bonus to 14%)

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+2 Damage with Ring Armor was far too high to be balanced, so I removed it. This is calculated with +1 Damage instead.

Generic Arbalest deals ~295 damage in 1 minute

Ethiopian Arbalest deals ~339 damage in 1 minute (~15% Higher Damage)

Moorish Arbalest deals ~325 damage in 1 minute (~10% Higher Damage)

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Theories based on outcome:

-Ethiopians better against unarmored targets

-Moors better against armored targets

-Ethiopians easier to Micro

-Moors affect Cav Archer as well

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With the calculations working out on paper, I went into the Editor to do balance testing:

(Each number marks a victory for that Civ, and how many Arbs they had left in the end)

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Scenario Editor Test: +1 Damage

Ethiopians:

No victories

Moors:

7-6-5-3-6-4-4

Conclusion: Extremely Overpowered - test ended prematurely (FAIL)Issue: The math is correct, but Moors seem to always win in an Arb vs Arb fight…Cause: The Ethiopian Arb is doing more damage over time, but the Moorish Arb’s extra damage is killing them BEFORE the Ethiopians have shot enough times to get their ‘free shot’ in. A different balance of Damage Bonus/Banned Techs must be found.

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Option 1: +2 Damage, No Ring Armor

Ethiopians

2-3-2-1-3-6-3-4-4-4-4-3-1-2-3-4-2-5-3-4-3-2-4-4-3-2 (26 victories, average 3 left)

Moors

2-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-2-1-3-2-5-4-3-3-3-4-2-3-3-6-1-1 (24 Victories, average 2.5 left)

Conclusion: Slightly weaker than Ethiopian Bonus, but balanced

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Option 2: +2 Damage, No Arbalest

Ethiopians

1-8-3-3-2-2-5-3-1-1-2-3-2-3-3-1-2 (17 Victories, average 2.6 left)

Moors

2-5-4-3-3-5-5-2-3-5-2-3-2-4-1-3-4-6-5-3-3-2-1-3-3-4-3-4-1-3-4-3-4 (33, 3.3 left)

Conclusion: Overpowered

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**Overall Conclusion:**The +2 Damage in Imperial with Ring Armor removed is by FAR the most balanced choice. It won’t make their Arbs as good as Ethiopians, but it it was never my intent to move them from their #3 spot for Archer Civs.Not to mention that FU Crossbowman with +1 Attack in Castle is BEASTLYNOTE- will have to thoroughly Test Elite Skirmisher to make sure it’s still viable in the Trash War. If not, look into how the Turks get away with it (They don’t have an ES)

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So what do you guys think? This test hasn't taken into account how either Arbalest fares against other units, or part of a mixed force, but that's because I'm just trying to get a handle on the bonus in terms of raw power (compared to official civs)- I make no assumptions on how they'll fare against other units, and that will have to wait until I test it.

Please wololokingdoms or thid tool by /u/greg_stream https://www.reddit.com/r/aoe2/comments/8t6xb8/aoe2tools_free_utility_teaser to play. Steam matchmaking is broken because of gdpr.

Mods please sticky.

So I came in from games like TW, and I am wondering if having your units actually use formations do anything? In games like TW striking from the backs or sides do extra damage, whereas so far, the formations dont seem to do anything, and having units break formation and fight in a big uncoordinated blob seems to be more useful like warcraft 3 or something. What are the formations actually good for?

Hey guys,

I recently played some games via LAN on patch 1.5. Since we wanted to do a commentary of the games, I tried to play the via voobly using the casting overlay and stuff. When I open a game in voobly I can see the recorded game files (so they are in the right folder) but voobly wont play them. Any idea what is wrong here? If u need further information just let me know.

Thanks guys!!

I’ve seen this done quite often in the official campaigns: Joan 1,the British have siege onagers with them, Alaric 3 the Saurus has a Paladin at the gates of Ravenna despite Goths not having access to the Paladin, Joan 5 the French have both Cavaliers and Paladins at once. I’ve tried simply putting the unavailable units there but when I test the scenario, those units usually regress back to a form the civ has available in their tech tree

Hello everyone and Happy Friday!

Today, we're going to close out our discussion of Meso civ unique units with the Mayan unique unit: the Plum(m)ed Archer! A perennial favorite in AoC, has the plumed archer's status survived the expansions/WK?

First, the stats (trying something new):

|**Plumed Archer**|Stats|Elite| |:----|:----|:----| |Cost|40W,40G (Castle Age), 35W, 35G (Imperial Age)|| |Hit Points|50|65| |Armor|0/1|0/2| |Attack|5|5| |Range|4|5| |Line of Sight|5|5| |Accuracy|80%|90%| |Rate of Fire| 1.93|1.93| |Attack Bonuses|+2 vs spearmen, +1 (+2 elite) vs infantry, +1 (+2 elite) vs Condottiero| |Movement Speed|1.2|1.2| |Train Time|16s|16s| |Elite Upgrade|700F, 1,000W| 

Back in AoC, the Plumed Archer cost 4 less wood and gold each, while the Elite upgrade was 200 food cheaper. How does the cost increase (along with the requirement for multiple castles) affect the viability of the plumed archer post-AoC? Keep in mind that the Plumed Archer is affected by the Mayans' archer discount, so the base cost for the unit is higher than what I have here. Another expansions change is the addition of the Mayans UT, Obsidian Arrows, which buffs Mayan arbalest but does not apply to Plumed Archers. Considering that Arbalests are also cheaper for Mayans (cheaper than Plumes) and can be made from the archery range rather than the Castle, how does the post-AoC Plumed Archer stack up against the Mayan arbalest?

The major difference between the Plumed Archer and the Arbalest is the speed of the Plumed Archer, moving over 20% faster than the Arbalest. This gives the Plumed Archer an improved ability to hit-and-run, raiding, and micro. How important is this attribute when considering which archer line to go for?

Looking at the elite upgrade, it's one of the few (if not only) elite upgrades which cost no gold, meaning that even in a situation where gold is beginning to run dry but you're fully boomed up, you can pretty easily afford the elite upgrade. How does this affect the use of Plumed Archer, especially compared to the Arbalest, which still costs gold to upgrade?

Unlike their fellow archer civ, the Britons, Mayans get full upgrades for their archers, including Thumb Ring, Ballistics, and all blacksmith upgrades? How important are each of these for the Plumed Archer? When would you prioritize getting them over unit production?

In what situations/in what Ages does the Plume shine the most? Early Castle? Late Imperial? Early Imperial?

Finally, what place does the Plumed Archer have in the ideal late-game Mayan army?

As always, requests and volunteers are always welcome for next week's discussion. See you back here next Friday!

Resources:

Plumed Archer - AOE2 Wiki

Spirit of the Law's Mayans Overview

Civ Discussion: Mayans

Plumed Archer Tutorial - YouTube

Previous Unique Unit Discussions

When I was a kid I used to play this game a lot, but it was a pirated version back then, and now I want to purchase the game on Steam, but I wonder how does it perform on Windows 10. Are there any issues with installation? Can I play all expansions in the same time?

• Hidden Scores option now displays names and team numbers onscreen.

• Hold "Ctrl" when buying or selling at the market for 1000 resources per click.

• Hold "Ctrl+Shift" when buying or selling at the market for 10000 resources per click.

• Fixed issue with rms terrain desyncs from certain object creation orders.

• No rec compatibility break, so this release remains R7.

I am launching the game at single player, but when I try to get into the campaign it says to insert my expansion CD.

I bought the game and expansions on steam and have had no issues until now. Any help?

Looking for advice here...

I recently bought the "complete collection" of aoe3 on steam (orig + warchiefs + asians) and so far I've only managed to install the original game. (I have windows 10.)

Upon launching, a product key menu pops up with the key written in there but after the very first launch where i entered the key into a different window it doesn't want me to enter the key anymore. After i click "play" in the key window, it promptly shows the warchiefs being downloaded but then the original game loads and I never see the download running or finished.

Do you know how to install the game and the expansions properly?

AI is a clusterfuck, chat literally doesn’t work and freezes your game, theres no ranking system, its laggy, the pathfinding is laughably terrible, did i mention the AI is bad?

These have been problems since launch and you’d think something as serious as chat freezing your game would’ve been fixed by now but fuck to the no!

Clean Oasis DM, all the gold mines and relics you could ever need
Still asks me to build market for trade 5 minutes into the game
Builds army of trash anyways

I bought this game on Steam; I keep getting kicked from multiplayer games.

Is there some reason to this? I basically can't play the game and am considering refunding it before the 2 hours refund limit is up...

Owned this game years ago. Bought HD on Steam. I have never played online, only against AI. I would play 4-way and 3-way against random AI and normal map size and I always boom the AI opponents off the map. I recently decided to face AI 1v1 on small map. I never get to Imperial. The AI gets me in a rush. It’s obvious I am not that good at early development. Any advice for a guy and his vills huddled in the Town Center shooting arrows??

Please help

hey guys, I have HD Version and i put my .rms Maps from VOOBLY site in this Folder "...\steamapps\common\Age2HD\Voobly Mods\AOC\Data Mods\WololoKingdoms\Script.Rm" So I dont understand why I dont see like 75% of the Maps which are in this Folder. But some I see. Is there anyone who can explain me why I see some but most of them i dont see. Greetings

Just to be sure...

1. Is it possible to for example have Go To Mill and Unload or Go To Stable and Garrison on a single button?
2. Is it possible to relocate the shift button?
3. Is it possible to Set Ctrl groups with shift?

Also; what would you considered the ultimate AOE2hd Resolution for your screen? Detail vs overvieuw.

Ty!

Under Loki the first god power is SPY, but in so many cases if the opponent knows ive used it they can just kill off thst unit. Seems like that info shouldn't be shared with them, but other god powers are told to the oponent... anyone know for sure?

Ok, many of you clearly hate the fact that the game freezes when you try to chat. Follow these simple steps and youll be able to fix the issue inside a lobby AND in-game

1. Go to Settings > Region & Language Settings
2. Add a language > pick any language, Japanese seem to be the most popular one
3. Go play AoE
4. When your game freezes due to chat, Alt+Tab in and out
5. Press Win+Space bar to toggle between languages
6. Repeat this as many times as necessary until chat unfreezes

I've ALSO found that if you start the game out being able to chat, pressing F8 allows you to chat with your allies/enemies without freezing the game

YOU ARE F*&%ING WELCOME! Now give me some GOLD

Black forest 2vs2 is what I've been playing all those years with a long-time teammate. But now he's too busy for games. I tended to play with stranger teammates but it's just not fun. Sometimes they don't even reply or don't even understand me, no coordination.

My Steam ID: portolastreet

Money well spent.

My brother and I both bought the game and have been playing it pretty much as our go to game for the past few days. Games last us 2-4 hours at a time. You know got to sim our Kingdoms a bit. Been making maps and the whole lot.

Wonderful game, glad to live my childhood through it.

Also, are there any mods that add more Sim management by chance?

Thanks in advance!

I was at work last night and I though of a feudal age unit called a vaulter.

It would be a unit that vault over single layer walls and pressure a walled opponent.

Its stats would be 40 hp 2 attack 0 melee and pierce armour the same speed as a scout and a bit faster creation than a spearman (20 seconds)

it would cost 40 wood and 20 food to create

As title says I can't seem to run AoM, I installed it from disc with legit key (old) and it returns the error 'please login with administrator privileges and try again'.

I obviously googled it and most people believe its the 'KB3086255' update. I tried to uninstall the update but I don't seem to have it. I have 8 updates installed and trying to search for the KB3086255 update returns nothing.

I tried to change permissions to run as admin, turned off notifications to stop the confirm message appearing when running as admin and that doesn't work.

I also changed permissions to allow access to users etc and still doesn't run.

Any help is appreciated

Cheers.

Happy Monday ladies and gents, and welcome to week 3 of the Civ Stragies discussion. This week it's all about the Britons.

A friendly reminder: The goal is to have a deep insightful strategic/high level discussion. The questions below are there simply to get you thinking and the goal is to get at what the current meta is for each particular civ.

• What are the Britons best early, mid, and late game strategies?

• What do you think are some of the Britons' biggest strengths? What strength do you really try to take advantage of when playing this civ? What are the Britons' really good at?

• What do you think are some of the Britons' biggest weaknesses? What do you try to exploit when fighting against this civ? What are the Britons pretty bad at?

Feel free to throw out anything else you feel may be relevant strategical info regarding the Britons. (Also, any feedback on improving the format of these discussions is very welcome)

Previous Civ Strategies:

Aztecs

Berbers

Hi,

This is an invite, and dont mean to be a bother.

We are a growing community of 8+ AOE 2 players in India, usually we play on HD version and occasionally on voobly. The reason for posting on reddit is that we are from a region that suffers greatly due to bad internet while playing on voobly or HD and so via this community we would like to help people in the region to find it easier to play AOE 2 via getting lower ping.

We welcome all who wish to join on discussions related to aoe2, but specially people of South Asia region (India, Nepal, Bangladesh) as we would probably have low Ping to each other than when playing on voobly or joining other games globally :D

hope this is not against rules.

https://discord.gg/SsdfsgQ

I'm looking for a list which would tell me how all the gundpowder civs are rated

Hi, I bought the game on sale with a friend, we were just playing (online) and the second i used the god power great flood, we got a "sync error" and the game crashed? I can't find anything on it on google, are others experiencing it and/or got a fix?

Hello everyone, ChuKoNoob here for AOE2 Civ Concepts LLC, and this week u/anatarion and I are back with another weekly civ concept: the Khazars! As always, we try our best to make them at least somewhat faithful to history while still having unique civ bonuses, a distinctly aoe2 play-style, and of course, a balanced power level. We hope that feedback on previous civ posts has improved our designs and promoted a healthy discussion of civ balance.

Note: Since this civ concept was scheduled to be released today, it was not meant to steal the thunder from a Moor Civ Concept which was posted some hours ago.

With that in mind, here is our latest civ idea:

Khazars (defensive and cavalry civ, specializes in late-game raids and counter-raids)

Architecture/Ship Design: Eastern European

Spoken Language: Chuvash

Civ Bonuses

• Towers shoot 15% faster
• Archer armour upgrades are free
• Cavalry archers create 20% faster
• Scorpions -1 and BBC’s -2 minimum range

Team Bonus: Trade units have 2X HP

Unique Building: Fixed Ballista - low strength fortification with pass-through damage available in castle age

Cost: 125W, 100S (1x1 tile)

Combat Stats: 1500 HP (2000 heavy), 12 pierce damage (16 heavy), 4 range (6 heavy), 0/7 armor, 3.6 RoF, 50% pass-through damage

Build Time: 60 seconds

Attack Bonuses: +10 vs ships, +2 vs spearmen, +1 vs camels

Upgrade to Heavy Fixed Ballista: 800F, 800W

Missing Techs

• Barracks: Halberdier, Champion, eagle warrior line, Squires
• Archery Range: Arbalest, Heavy Cav Archer, Hand Cannoneer
• Stable: Camel and Battle Elephant Lines
• Blacksmith: Blast Furnace
• Siege Workshop: Siege Onager
• Monastery: Faith, Block Printing, Herbal Medicine
• Economy: Gold Shaft Mining, Two-Man Saw
• University: Treadmill Crane, Heated Shot
• Navy: Fast Fire Ship, Heavy Demo Ship, Cannon Galleon
• Castle: None

Unique Techs

Castle Age: Nomadic Horseman: Light Cavalry, Hussar get +5/+7 attack vs cavalry respectively

Cost: 500F, 300G

Imperial Age: Composite Bow, Cavalry Archers +4 attack

Cost: 700F, 500G

Unique Unit

Arsiyah, anti-cavalry cavalry archer

Cost: 70G, 40W

Combat Stats: 55 HP (65 elite), 4 pierce attack (5 elite), 4 range, 1/0 armor, 2 RoF

Attack Bonuses: +4 (+6 elite) vs cavalry, +2 vs spearmen

Classification: unique unit, archer, cavalry, cavalry archer

Other stats: 1.3 movement speed, 25 seconds creation time, unaffected by heresy

Elite Upgrade Cost: 900F, 600G

Wonder: White Tower of Sarkel (Fortress built for Khazars by Byzantine engineers)

Civ Design/Synergy Blurb

As I am a little short on time today, this civ's strategy blurb will be somewhat shorter than normal, but I will try to hit the major points.

Early game, it's true that this civ lacks a defined eco bonus. However, they can trush well if they need to with the 15% faster firing towers, a bonus which also affects the unique building, although the fixed ballista is much too expensive for a tower rush eco to afford. The tower firing rate is best used, however, to defend your own base from enemy towers, making it a defensive bonus. Archer armor upgrades being free does benefit their cavalry archers later, but it also is a nice boost (but not as important as fletching!) to an archer rush, either accompanying towers or scouts/men-at-arms.

In the Castle Age, however, things start getting interesting. The Khazars were known for their skill with cavalry archery, so to reflect this, their cavalry archers are created faster. In the Castle, however, they have a more expensive version of the cavalry archer which counters cavalry. This is to reflect the expert huntsmen turned mercenary marksmen that were used by the Khazar rulers to devastating effect against traditional cavalry, targetting the horses of cavalry units to break up cavalry charges and throw a retreating army into chaos. However, it has a lower base attack than standard cavalry archers, so are more of a niche unit. Additionally, a small nod to history is their being unaffected by heresy, due to an interesting period in history in which the Khazar Empire, which hosted multiple different religions within its borders, attempted to use its Muslim Arsiyah mercenaries against an invading Muslim army, and they refused. That combined with a low base attack makes the Arsiyah slightly vulnerable to monks.

Additionally, this civ gets fully upgraded knights and light cavalry in Castle Age, allowing them to effectively launch raids.

In Imperial, the civ comes into its own, with siege bonuses to improve their scorpions and BBCs, a boost to their Hussars which makes them a quasi-stand-in for camels, and a whopping 4 extra attack for cavalry archers, making them Mangudai-tier. But wait! They're missing Heavy Cavalry Archer! So what they end up with instead is a cavalry archer with higher attack but lower HP and armor than a standard cavalry archer, making them hit harder but take hits worse, making them vulnerable to skirmishers, onagers, other civs' buffed cavalry archers, and Camel Archers, but stronger against infantry and cavalry (especially with the UU!). The Imperial UT also costs the same as the Heavy Cavalry Archer upgrade, to show that it's meant to be a stand-in.

The civ misses Blast Furnace, so their Paladins aren't FU, but they are pretty close, while the infantry is not good at all. Hussar also are affected by the missing tech, however they end up dealing 5 more damage to enemy cavalry with the UT than normal Hussar.

Finally, since the Khazars made enormous profits from their central position on the Silk Road by controlling trade routes and guarding caravans, their team bonus gives a solid buff to trade carts and cogs, which is not only a historical boost, but ties into their persona as a raid and anti-raid civ. Faster firing towers, fixed ballista, trade HP, and anti-cavalry units helps defend against raids effectively, while hard-hitting cavalry archers and a strong stable allows them to raid their opponents as well.

So there you have it, the Khazars! We hope you enjoy discussing and looking at our handiwork, and we appreciate any feedback and look forward to seeing your comments!

Cheers!

Previous Civ Concepts:

• Bantu
• Chola
• Dutch
• Georgians
• Helvetians
• Iroquois
• Kanembu
• Mississippians
• Nepalese
• Nubians
• Polynesians
• Tartars
• Thai

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Is the future of aoe2 Voobly? or will Aoe2:De have a steam release?. What do you think.

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I just loved watching grassDaut play to his potential i.e. when he is not trolling.

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I also loved how KillerB took time out of thank his supporters who helped KB make the KBAC possible.

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