Hi folks,

I've been terrorizing the New Player Lobby in Voobly. I had like 20 win streaks even at one point.

Now I'm forced to play on the RM/DM Medieval Siege main lobby. Anyone I play no matter what their ELO is (1200-1600) I've been losing 15 games in a row now.

Seriously wtf Voobly? Where's the middle ground for more training? Why the f**k do you expel people from New Player Lobby forever?

Any recommendations? Which videos should I watch for strat/BOs to start winning against 1300-1400s ELOs (in RM-1v1 ladder)?

Hello Age of Empires community!

Most of you may remember that back in September 30, 1999 one of the world’s most iconic game of the Age of Empires franchise was released, it became known as Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings. The game impacted the life of many gamers and you can still see its influence today. Its dedicated and loyal community inspired the revamp of Age of Empires II (HD) and Microsoft Studios soon followed suit with Age of Empires: Definitive Edition. The long battle of maintaining the Age of Empires franchise alive came to fruition yesterday.

As the 20th anniversary of Age of Empires II approaches we were hit with very big news yesterday. Microsoft Studios announced yesterday that Age of Empires II & III (Definitive Editions) will be released soon and all Definitive Editions will be accessible through Steam.

To celebrate this amazing news our Age of Empires IV administrative staff decided to host 3 separate giveaways when the Definitive Editions become available for purchase. We are honored to provide this opportunity for anyone who has yet played a particular game from the Age of Empires franchise. This decision goes in hand with our commitment to give back to the community and provide an exposure for others to enjoy such an iconic game franchise.

Each giveaway will last 2 weeks and will be distributed through the Steam platform in the following order:

1 Game Key - Age of Empires: Definitive Edition

2 Game Keys - Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition

1 Game Key - Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition

In order to participate in this giveaway we welcome you to join to our Age of Empires IV discord community. If you join our discord, please note that before becoming eligible to see all the channels you must select roles, this is an important step many people forget to do. We hope you take advantage of this opportunity and become part of our growing community.

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I was beating them with my china colonial timing + boom for imp + imperial push to gg. But they got better and I cant do that now. I have 10lvl capitals only.

Which civ is better againts 2 japans(boht of them play japs).

I remember an islands game from a couple of years ago where resource depletion almost led to a standstill between (I think) Viper & Daut. Has there ever been an actual draw?

Hello!

After having met a cheater yesterday and seeing that the same person is still happily hosting games, I was wondering if there is any way to report the person in question. I tried my luck on Google, but the results always lead me to a site that says: "permission denied."

Thanks in advance for anyone who is willing to help!

Hello Age of Empires community!

Most of you may remember that back in September 30, 1999 one of the world’s most iconic game of the Age of Empires franchise was released, it became known as Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings. The game impacted the life of many gamers and you can still see its influence today. Its dedicated and loyal community inspired the revamp of Age of Empires II (HD) and Microsoft Studios soon followed suit with Age of Empires: Definitive Edition. The long battle of maintaining the Age of Empires franchise alive came to fruition yesterday.

As the 20th anniversary of Age of Empires II approaches we were hit with very big news yesterday. Microsoft Studios announced yesterday that Age of Empires II & III (Definitive Editions) will be released soon and all Definitive Editions will be accessible through Steam.

To celebrate this amazing news our Age of Empires IV administrative staff decided to host 3 separate giveaways when the Definitive Editions become available for purchase. We are honored to provide this opportunity for anyone who has yet played a particular game from the Age of Empires franchise. This decision goes in hand with our commitment to give back to the community and provide an exposure for others to enjoy such an iconic game franchise.

Each giveaway will last 2 weeks and will be distributed through the Steam platform in the order:

1 Game Key - Age of Empires: Definitive Edition 2 Game Keys - Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition 1 Game Key - Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition

In order to participate in this giveaway we welcome you to join to our Age of Empires IV discord community. If you join our discord, please note that before becoming eligible to see all the channels you must select roles, this is an important step many people forget to do. We hope you take advantage of this opportunity and become part of our growing community.

Link to our discord community.

A message from our Age of Empires IV administrative staff

Just lost a game where I had a decent force in Feudal knocking on his door.

Then he upped before me and built a castle on my face.

So I’m just starting to play and want to get at least somewhat competitive in multiplayer as fast as possible. How should I approach it? Just pick a random civ and go or is there a particular civ that’s good for beginners.

i‘m looking for guides/tutorials for teamgames. after having a very nice start into competitive aoe with tons of build orders, tutorials, coaching vods (nili, hera, viper etc) for 1v1 i‘m now starting to look into team play and i think the learning material is quite underwhelming. when playing online me and my team mate are regularly being crushed by people below our 1v1 rating, and i feel i‘m missing out on some crucial basic knowledge. if there is any good stuff out there that points out key differences between single and multiplayer gameplay, i would be grateful for your hints! (or maybe there is someone willing to coach us?)

When I'm going for an archer strat, I tend to go 2x ranges in Feudal with Fletching then add a 3rd range after clicking up if I can afford the wood. When I hit Castle, I get Crossbow, Bodkin and Bow Saw. But I was wondering when is the best time to get Ballistics & Thumb ring? Like how many units do you need before it's cost-effective to get these upgrades? I usually delay these a while so I can use the resources to buy more units and put down TCs but sometimes feel like I'm clicking them too late. Is there a general consensus on timing or is it just when you can afford it / when you have enough units?

Sometimes people want to lecture you all game after they're half defeated on everything you did wrong. Or they're just being annoying. Is there a command to mute teammates, or enemy players?

Does anyone remember these older maps from the Zone days? Whatever happened to them?

Black death Lake, a massive RPG map

Archer bloody & the varieties of it. So many different versions.

Hero blood (I think that's what It was called) where you had a single castle & never ending spawn of troops. Kills upgrade your troops & villagers enabled you to spam towers & defences.

Any other maps peoples remember that seemed to have dropped off?

Hey everyone, I'll be DM'ing a campaign for DnD 5e soon and I wanted to do the maps for the setting using aoe2, has anyone had experience doing this? I don't really use the editor that much.

AOE 4 on Steam, and not on the shitty Windows store?

Source: https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2019/05/30/microsoft-approach-to-pc-gaming/

It is not obvious to me.

Source:

https://twitter.com/AgeOfEmpires/status/1134083365894729728

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GOOD NEWS!

So I've started getting back into AoE2 recently, and have played a couple games on voobly, which for the most part hasn't had too many problems, but I'm just wondering is there some other platform I should be playing on in China?

Having seen the random meetups posted on here for AOE2 LAN games I thought I'd take a punt and see if there's anyone in KL here!

I mostly play Warcraft 3 and Starcraft 2, and the only win condition there is destroy everything, so AoEs's different win conditions really fascinate me. Is it viable to make strategies surrounding it? My very first victory, earlier today, was a relic victory. I didn't set out for it, just ended up that way, and it was real fun.

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Also if I were to go for a wonder strat, which civ is best? My instincts say korea because of their towers, but japan does have yasama.

I just don't get how its a test of skill if your bashing a bunch of players with a rock when they don't even know there's a rock.

Either a technology they don't normally get, or a unit they can't train. Example: Paladins to Turks.

I've won a 3vs3 with a friend, stantard ranked game. After the match ends he has received like +5 ELO, and for me +0 ELO. Checking the ELO outside the match I've actually have lost like -11 or so.

I've been searching and it seem to be a bug, the elo system is broken, etc. But the post that talk about that are from mid 2018, after almost a year, is this still a thing? why? what? how? can I solve it? can I talk to someone? help?¿ hahaha

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EDIT: I'm a new player to HD, I haven't played AoE 2 in more than 10 years.

Hey I'm a Computer Science student and figured that creating my own AOE2 AI would be a fun little project. Is there a guide I could use to get started?

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When creating a lobby, what is the difference between Original and Expansions?

I own all the expansions on $teaDRM platform. But my friends only own the base game. They said it was different. They don't get to choose even the base game civs or something? And there's even differences between the same civs?

What happens when an unstoppable force hits an immovable object?

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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 Celts vs Spanish, and next up is the Koreans vs Turks!

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Koreans: Tower and Naval civilization

• Villagers +3 LoS
• Stone miners work +20% faster
• Walls and Castles built +33% faster, Towers built +5% faster
• Tower upgrades free (BBT requires Chemistry)
• Towers +1/+2 range in Castle/Imperial Age
• TEAM BONUS: Mangonel minimum range reduced to 1
• Unique Unit: War Wagon (Expensive, tanky cavalry archer)
• Unique Unit: Turtle Ship (Expensive, tanky, sluggish, but powerful cannon warship)
• Castle Age Unique Tech: Panokseon (Turtle Ships move +15% faster)
• Imperial Age Unique Tech: Shinkichon (Mangonel-line +1 range)

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Turks: Gunpowder civilization

• Gunpowder units +25% hp
• Gunpowder techs cost -50%; Chemistry free
• Gold miners work +20% faster
• Light Cavalry and Hussar upgrades free
• TEAM BONUS: Gunpowder units created +25% faster
• Unique Unit: Janissary (Powerful, general purpose hand cannoneer)
• Castle Age Unique Tech: Sipahi (Cavalry Archers +20 hp)
• Imperial Age Unique Tech: Artillery (Bombard Towers, Bombard Cannons, Cannon Galleons +2 range)

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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!

• Oh boy what a powerhouse of a civ match up this week ornluaLUL. Both of these civs are generally considered awful for 1v1 Arabia, but does that make this match up relatively even? Koreans lack an eco bonus and possess mediocre cavalry, but have something of inevitability on their side should the map run out of gold (or the Turk player is denied gold). Who has the edge here?
• These two civs actually are pretty interesting as far as water maps are concerned. Turks possess a very strong naval tech tree (just missing Fast Fires), the longest range Cannon Galleons in the game, and a nice gold boost. Meanwhile, Koreans can use towers to very effectively defend the shoreline and snipe enemy ships, as well as possessing the incredibly strong but slow Turtle Ship. Neither civ are top tier by any means, but seem solid enough. Whom do you favor?
• Finally, both of these civs possess two of the absolute strongest post-Imperial Age army compositions, provided there is access to trade. Would you rather have Turkish gunpowder and cavalry or Korean War Wagons, SO, and halberdiers?

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

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Previous discussions: Part 1 Part 2

I've been getting some messages about coaching and if I would ever do it quite a few times. I haven't really been interested in doing it and this is the reason why: I simply think that people giving me money to teach something away to them is giving me a big responsibility to actually give them a learning experience, and I'm not sure if I can do that. I've explained this to people wanting to be coached, yet they still want it.

I have been thinking recently if I should give it a go either way, any thoughts? And what kind of prize range should I offer in that case? I'm clueless!

- MbL

Has anybody tried this? Obviously you can't win past Classical, but you can basically defend your base with a ton of towers and 2 or so Hersirs until your opponent hits Heroic. And even then you can still turtle for a while and possibly push into Mythic. Is this at all effective?

Also if you’re a Khmer family, a random lumberjack might blast through your doors at any second.

Talk about prime real estate!

Mad Props to him, some of them are insane! Leaving the link for anyone wanting to watch them

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https://www.speedrun.com/aoe2

I once reached 1400 on the Voobly New Player lobby and now no matter how many times I change my IP address or create new accounts, I am not able to join the New Player Lobby again. It somehow figures out I'm banned from that lobby on another account/IP at some point.

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How is this possible? Does it save like some data on my local computer and infect new accounts I create?

Hello people! I used to download recorded games from AoC Zone years back but the website is updated and I only see old games. Where do you find all the recent competitive games of pro players (not videos)? Doesn't matter if it's the HD Edition or the non-HD.

Best regards.

For those interested: BBQTurkman has been recently uploading games to his youtube channel again and Resonance22 has uploaded another AoE 2 video after a few months of other content.

Hey,

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there has been a lot of talk about how to nerf tower rushes lately. I guess they cost more now, but there is still a tower rush in more or less every team game, wich is a bit too much I think. I think in general its a valid strategy, but it should be more out of the box and more dependent on the opponents map.

So my idea is just to give them a bit less range in feudal age. One or two less range would already be enough. Towers wont be able to reach that many ressources, so a trush would only be worth it if the opponent has a lot of his ressources close together. A lot of these sneaky towers behind woodlines would also not make any sense any more. Also it will be harder to build the towers outside the opponents line of sight.

Towers would still make just as much sense as a defensive building as they do now, so the disadvantage would mainly be on the side of player building forward towers. Maybe the lesser range could be balanced out with an slightly higher attack or a bit of bonus damage against military, if they dont give enough protection anymore.

I always thought that we have too much european civilizations, but it`s true that there`s place for one or two more. If I need to choose a european civilization for the next dlc, I would choose Balts, who are the biggest hole in europe.

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Balts

Cavalry civilization

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• Villagers work 5% faster
• Stable techs 30% cheaper
• Buildings heal twice as fast each age

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Team Bonus: Mining camp, lumber camp and mill +4 LOS

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The reason of having such a good economy and the healing bonus is since the civ is based on the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, so it needs to have this to represent the wealth of this powerfull state. The villager vonus may be OP, but it can be nerfed if needed.

Also, Poland and Lithuanian cavalry was among the best on europe. It needed to be a cavalry civilization.

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Now, UU and UTs

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Serbian Lancer

• HP: 90 (130)
• Unit Cost: 75F 60G
• Attack: 8 (11) +13 vs cavalry and monks
• Range: 0
• Armor: 1 (2)
• Pierce Armor: 2
• Upgrade Cost: 450F 650G
• LOS: 6
• Movement: Fast (1.5)

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Winged hussars were serbian warriors who migrated to Poland after the fall of the Serbian empire. It may not have the wings in-game, since that`s something I prefer to have only for Hussars, but it will represent them.

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UTs:

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Commonwealth: Repairers work 4 times faster. Cost: 500W 300G

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Konfederacja: Towers and castles +1 attack and range, higher accuracy. 300F 250G

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While the second UT may look bad since they lack Bracer, the extra movement speed on the cannonballs may be nice.

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Disabled Techs:

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Barracks: Champion, eagle scout

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Archery: arbalest

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Stable: Camel, battle elephant

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Dock: /

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Monastery: Illumination, block printing, theocracy, herbal medicine

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Blacksmith: Bracer, plate mail armor

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Siege Workshop: Siege onager, siege ram

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University: /

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Castle: Sappers

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Economy: /

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A weird tech tree, without champion, plate mail armor or bracer, you may go at late game with your heavy cavalry and siege, adding some hand canoneers, and try to keep booming your faster working villagers.

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In term of gameplay, your early game is pretty much wathever you want, since everything you do will be 5% better, so you can try couts, tower rush or even archers. At castle age, you`re still versatille, but you may be trying to go cavalry to use the cheaper techs and not need to do a transition at imp. Hope you enjoyed, I will back with either Javanese pr Swahili.

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On first glance this seems like a dumb idea. But considering this won't affect 1vs1 a lot (where Britons are plenty strong already) since paladins aren't of much use there and Britons lack bloodlines. Wouldn't it mostly help Britons in positions where they're rather weak like pocket positions or lategame situations in teamgames?

Or will this result in quick booms into paladins before anyone can counter it considering the British boom is rather strong with cheap TCs?

Or will it have no impact whatsoever because Britons lack bloodlines and Paladins without bloodlines just aren't enough to cut it lategame in the current meta?

I wonder your personel ideas.

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I think Turks, Byzantines, Aztec and Spanish are the best.

do any of you have recommendations for streamers who are lgbt or women (or both obviously hahah) ? ive watched heaps of t90s stuff & i need something new to watch & wanna support my fellow lgbt players 🏳️‍🌈 😊

Hi does anyone know if a 100% up to date AOE 3 download on the net ? working online and all ?
Iv recently recovered my old ESO account so no need to buy the game just need a legit download

Thanks in advance

I was a big diablo 2 fan when I was younger.

I like age of empires style games too.

Not a huge fan of first person shooters anymore(used to be a big fan of halo)

Do not care for puzzle games.

Any advise or information is greatly appreciated.

So I’ve been playing AoE3 again quite a bit since my friend got into it. We love to play 2Vs2 on Asian Dynasty eso. I wanted to make a map for us to play, but whenever we play it we cannot use our main accounts. We get started out with the level 1 accounts that the map makes. Is it possible to play with our main accounts? I really like the map I’ve made, but it wouldn’t be enjoyable with these stupid small accounts. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Hey guys

I was playing earlier today and there was a guy who could revive his explorer with 1 hp and with no units close. Is it a bug? or a cheat? or is there a trick to do it? I tried researching but didn't see any related info.

On Monday June 3, 2019, at 18GMT, do not miss the musical event of the summer: AoE Got Talent!

AGT is a Karaoke showdown between five of your favorite AoE2 community personalities and myself, Aedile_AoC. This star studded event will feature the lyrical stylings of the hypest streamers: LilTrouble, NerdRageQuit, Moonfaller, BigMooseBoii, Aedile_AoC and the notorious Lebanese Lamer AureliusofRome. Professionaly casted by Aedile_AoC and DemEyesRed, this event will be one for the ages. Here is a link to the stream.

The audience will be serenaded by multiple smash hits from these spectacular acts. The fans will be asked to vote on which tracks they hear and, ultimately, who will be crowned the King or Queen of AoE Got Talent!

The event is to launch the next charity for the Aedile_AoC stream: Cure Cancer Australia. Everyone loves the Aussies so come support them at this event!

As always, all donations will go directly to this great charity. This will be the first international charity and it is a great cause. I'll be reppin' the Land Down Under for most of June in case you can't make the event. But do not miss out on these hot hot acts!

Legal disclaimer: This event will be high on hype, but low on musical talent. It's more Karajoke than Karaoke. The streamer bears no responsibility for mind-blowing energy, subsequent loss of musical interest, necessary therapy, incessant dog howling, or neighbor complaints.

Hi all, I'm looking for a few decent players to play a few games with that ideally have Teamspeak/Vent etc. so we can chat and play. I found an old post on here from 6 months ago about a teamspeak (159.69.221.81) which I'm on now. Anyone else up for a game feel free to join!

Thanks

i recently bought aoe2 HD and i tried to play it a few times (against computer opponent) however mid-game i find myself way behind,i have some experience playing another RTS games (mainly EE1 and EE2) but this game mechanic is a little bit different.

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if you have any guides\tutorials that would be wonderful

Back again, with another thing I know nothing about but need help with for the sake of a scenario.

I'll get to the point. I need buildings that start and stay Gaia and cannot be converted to any player.

Is there a way to do this without mods?

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!

So me and a bunch of friends of mine have been playing AoE through GR for a couple months now. Recently, we added a new person to our group. When he tried to start up GR it told him he had a symmetric router and it didn't go further. He did some looking on his own and found out one way to fix that is to enable UPnP whatever that is. He did that it's still giving him that problem. I was hoping one of y'all could suggest another fix which will actually work

Do players still play the original AOE 2 online? If yes , is it through man gaming zone?

I just bought aoe2 HD. To give a little background I played aoe2 when I was a little kid, I loved it but never played online or anything. When I was a teenager/adolescent i played ALOT of aoe3 and starcraft 2. Both of those games required alot of military micro management but very little economy micro management. I bought aoe2 because it's still really active online but I'm struggling with the economy management as the two games I played the most, aoe3 and starcraft 2 didnt really require (at least not like aoe2). I cant play the new expansions of starcraft 2 because it's just way to fast, wings of liberty was fast but OMG the newest expansion at least doubled the speed of the game, hate it and so disappointed considering I played wings of liberty for hours everyday when I was younger. Aoe3 has a small community although I'll probably buy it anyway. So I want to get better at aoe2. Can anyone recommend really good article and video tutorials to help?

Just started playing voobly arabia. The only build order I know right now is a scout rush one, which I definitely need to practice. I'd also like advice on when to change compositions. The opponent had camels and skirmishers + a forward castle against my knights and cbows and I didn't know what to do.

I actually had a huge lead the whole game but I didn't know what to do with it

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/nuc2iy6x2i94rnh/rec.20190526-221642.mgz?dl=0

Recently got a new laptop that will be coming with me on a 10 hour flight - as a result, I've re-dived... Diven? Dove? Ugh, I'm re-immersing myself in Steam and I need a couple mindlessly addictive games to get me through. The thing is, I've literally taken the last 6 years off of games altogether. Haven't played a thing since saints row 4 on the 360.

I like a range of stuff, The games I've played more than any other in my life: Tetris, Super Mario World, Age of Empires, Empire Earth, Streets of Rage, TMNT Arcade, Doom, Quake 3 Arena, Oni, Soldier of Fortune, Peggle, Plants vs Zombies, Defense Grid, Ecco The Dolphin, Earthworm Jim, Final Fight, Fable 2, Burnout Paradise, Dead Rising, and - I'm not kidding here - Eat Lead: The Return Of Matt Hazard.

I like exploring and doing things at my own pace - I hate long slow openings and I always skip tutorials. I have ADHD. Also, kicking ass is fun.

Absolute deal breakers though - MUST use keyboard controls (and use them well), MUST be single player, and MUST be playable offline. I can bring a mouse with me, but those little airplane seats don't give you much elbow room.

So, Steam community... Do you have any recommendations for an old dude trying to kill 10 hours on a plane?

I'm really interested in seeing how the triggers work and what they look like so I understand more of it, thanks :D

"Hand canonner accompanied with bombard cannon"

-Men often play 3 tc boom and gets imperial age in 27 minutes. Some civs don't have arbelets, I think it is the best counter. Cavalry or infantry army don't counter them well. Skirmisher are easily countered with any other units.

- I am having stronger economy but I lose all map control and I can not build even military buildings to use my economy.

-So what to do if you exactly know your op will do this?

I've been playing with the Cicero build order tutorials to try to commit them to muscle memory and branch out beyond black forest. Today, I got an A+ on the FC into unique unit scenario (castle up and 32 pop/bow saw at 17:20). I felt really good about it, but it got me thinking... is this a good habit to get into?

I'm about 1600 HD. Will I ever face a real-world situation (outside of Arena) where I can get away with being completely defenseless for 17 and a half minutes, or am I learning a useless build order?

I just installed the game, jumped into random map and everything is fast as fuck. My ulfsark is running like he just did 30 lines of cocaine, ox cart has a ferrari engine built in and my gatherers are going to die of a heart attack if they keep going at this rate.

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What's going on here? Lightning mode is not on. I assume it might be some fps problem because I have too many frames? How to fix? Thanks.

I've loved Aom ever since I was a kid. I played it back then like 15 years ago then on and off shortly. I really love the aesthetics, the feel, the units and the mythology behind it.

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I ran into boit's youtube vids again and started getting pulled in. Basically, I want some basic tips on how to play the game. I don't intend to get good enough that the game stops being fun and starts being work and reward.

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Just basic outlines. How to start with villagers? Is maxing out villagers necessary? When to go for town centers, how to go about gold mines, which myth units are good etc?

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Thanks.

Upstream

• NEW: Modding API draft (data) v0.1 (Link)
  • Features: (will be explained in a blogpost)

Issues

• PROPOSED: Upscaling of assets (Link)
• PROPOSED: Dual monitor setup (Link)
• PROPOSED: Create documentation for undocumented parts of the source code (Link)

Too few bugs for your taste? Build the project yourself for Linux, OS X or Windows and report your own findings to us.

Open Discussions

• Enfore proper comment format (Link)

Roadmap

1. Rewrite of the coordinate system ✓
2. Merge eventsystem code ✓
3. Implement core gamestate
   • nyan file loading and pong demo
   • run pong with generic openage entities
   • Decouple the simulation from display
   • Define minimal gamestate for displaying entities
4. Establish modpack format
5. Create a simple demo for testing
6. Adapt the new renderer to the simulation model

I just can't stop ending dragging my team down then losing the whole battle because I always run out of food and coin for military units, and I know Germany is supposed to have one of the strongest ecos in the game. I usually run out of mines then don't have enough wood to make enough plantations in time to keep up with the coin production needs, and I tend to run out of food trying to make both military and keep vills coming. I find it incredibly hard to balance all 3 resources to keep vills spawning, coin-heavy military growing, enough wood for buildings and upgrades, and age ups. This is the only civ I have this problem with. Often I exhaust all the wood by my base then can't go forward on the map because enemy cav swoops in and destroys all my vills on wood. Do I need to just devote far more vills to wood than I have been? And what can I do to control the areas closer to the enemy with wood to gather?

hey guys can you share your coolest aoe-related desktop wallpapers..
thanks !

Can i make the map bigger, for example from a 4 player to a 6 player, without losing everything i have made on the map?