How do i git gud in this fucking game? i defeat standard AI without problems but i get fucked in the ass by moderate AI.
make more villagers
>>330292156
OP, never stop making villagers until you have AT LEAST 50% of your population occupied by villagers. Oh and remember to have around 5 town centres by imperial age. Remember to constantly harass your enemy with raid units in the early game.
I too would like to know
>play AoE2
>go on a map with lots of ocean
>AI on easy has shitloads of resources & ships
>my coastal buildings are fucked
>mfw I'm shit at video games
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>>330292343
i keep making villagers non stop but still the AI is able to do that even faster than me AND a fucking huge army at the same time.
by the time i have resources to go imperial he is sending a shitload of knights and skirimishers
>>330292729
It is really important that at any given moment you have villagers queued up. Before buying all those upgrades make sure that you have troops or towers that can back you up while you are collecting resources. Also, priests are always very useful and can be a game winning investment.
>>330292156
learn the hot keys and make a lot of villagers at the start of the match.
WE
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>>330293031
how many villagers should i have before advancing to feudal age?. i usually keep making villagers until i get enough food. also, what civ is good for beginers? im going with byzantines for now
>>330292156
scorpions
no amount of or difficulty of AI can fight mass scorpions, they just can't fucking do it
it gets boring because its cheese but you will win
>>330293471
Huns are pretty great since they have godly offensive capabilities while they grow quicker because they don't need houses. Other civs like franks or mongols could help since they have robust economies and capable military. You should aim to have 25 villagers at the end of dark age.
>>330292156
Play as a faction with Paladins
>>330293471
It is not that hard, look up for how to play competitive ao2, hunting a boar, villagers with fucking sheeps, its easy.
>>330293565
>mangudai intensifies
Spam Longbowman
Longbowman destroy everything.
i'm trying to make maps to play with my family since they're all terrible (giving them defenses, units) but every time i make a map and host it, the player number never corresponds to what player you are on the map
shit like this kept happening in the original version which is why i bought everyone AoEHD but then it continues to happen
>>330293681
>>330293565
thanks i will try this right now
>>330293759
boars are rather easy to hunt. just taunt him with one villger and send him close to the urban center and other villagers. right?
>>330294358
No problem anon, I think AOE2 has colossal replay value because of the high skill ceiling, and it's great to see people so eager to learn how to play this 17 year old game.
>>330293471
Go with a civ that doesn't have a food/wood production handicap.
I usually just spam skirmishers at the start for ghetto cheap defense.
>>330292156
Stop being shit at AOE.
>>330292156
AI is bullshit and will advance faster than you, don't worry.
Just get 20-25 villagers on dark age
>>330293934
longbowmen are terrible in post-imperial wars since britons don't get thumb ring
>>330293376
WAZ
set villagers to chop wood
set villagers to farm
make more villagers
have more villagers chop
have more farm
have more chop
have more farm
make hali/s. Make as many as you can.
Flood your enemy
Dont stop making halis
keep doing it
win.
>>330294358
Yes, taunt him with 2 shoots.
>>330292156
If you're still here, there are a couple of good, 10 min tutorials
>>330294878
>post-imperial
So, in age of empires 3?
>>330292156
Start new game
Record said game
replay game
try to emulate what the AI does
after you are able to defeat a team of 3 hard allies by yourself go to Voobly, do a 1v1 against some random faggot in some third world shithole. Make sure you watch the replay to learn from him.
You literally can do this in about 5 days.