Anyone interested in making this a new general?
>>143518520
good start, /v/
going strong already
Saladin, where are you going with that great army?
STREETS
What's the most broken civ right now and why is it the Portuguese?
So what's the best civ?
>>143518907
for some reason I've never liked the new grey cliffs
Thinking about getting back into AoE. Is there an active competitive community?
WII
We were kings and shitz
>>143518391
Isn't there a RTS general already
>>143521939
AoE2 has a large enough playerbase that should warrant its own general
So are any of you guys really good at this game? I've been trying to git gud and struggling to do well against the hard AIwithout resorting to cheesey tactics. Haven't even tried people because I know I will just get destroyed.
How long did it take you good players to git gud at this game. I've played many genres with their respective PvPs and I've never met a genre so difficult to master.
>>143523741
Haven't played AoE in a while but sometimes the AI can be difficult. There should be plenty of beginner players on there to practice against.
One tactic I always try to use when playing an RTS is always imagine you're about to be attacked, so always try to muster up some defense/offense right away if possible, and always be productive. Don't let villagers stand idle, always have a villager creating on queue, always build something when you have the resources. Never just sit there and watch.
>>143523741
>without resorting to cheesey tactics
m8, it's a RTS, everything is valid,except cheats/exploits.
From my POV it's not cheesey if you save units, the real fun starts when it's an endurance battle, of who commits the first mistake and take advantage of the situation. Try each civ, play the shit outta every single one, check their strengths and weakness.
Keep your villagers working, build defenses, manage carefully your resources, one little mistake could cost you the battle.
If i remember correctly AoE2 has already videos saved of PvP matches, watch them, they're really helpfullolhow do i into grammar
>>143523741
It takes a few months to get competent. You wanna choose a civ that works in all games and get good with them (Spanish, Celts, Huns) or a civ that specifically shuts down another civ at their special bonus (Turks beats Koreans, Britons beats Persians, Spanish gold production and Knights beats everyone's cavalry).
The AI on anything above Standard difficulty is a goddamn cheater. They don't require as much resource gathering, they focus villies, and they avoid ranged siege attacks with perfect micro for their units.
>>143519863
No. Everyone moved to SC2.
Servers on Steam are almost completely dead unless you have the DLC expansions.
thoughts on galactic battlegrounds?
>>143525210
Never played, though it's made by the same company, uses the same assets. It's probably not as complex, but it is balanced as fuck cause Ensemble knows how to make a rock-paper-scissors RTS.
>>143525205
Doesn't look dead to me. This has a larger playerbase than the only other Steam game I play which is Insurgency, which I never ever feel is dead.
>>143518391
Do I need steam for the HD version?
>>143525687
Not really, but you need Steam to play Online.
I know, that sucks.
You can play on Voobly or Gameranger, but that means no expansions.
>>143525768
ALRIGHT LADS!
Post favorite civs
Post favorite maps
Post favorite campaigns
Post favorite speed, slow, normal or fast.
Post ELO's
>tfw when my ELO sunked from 1900 to a 1800 due repeatly facing someone that curlstomped me multiple times in a 1vs1
>>143525361
having an extra form of combat (air, combined with ground and sea combat), and the addition of buildings needing power or else they run at 50% efficiency for making units/researching techs, does add another layer of complexity to the game
there's definitely way less variety though, with only 6 civs in the base game and 2 more in an expansion.
>>143526626
Empire Earth had that too, and even more ages
Too bad EE servers are kill
>>143518907
Bohemia
>>143526107
Aztecs, Teutons
I liked every single one, even if it was disadvantage for me
El Cid campeador and Moctezuma campaigns
Normal
I've only played against family through LAN, but that was long ago.
>>143521939
If there is, then link it pls
>>143527510
You play on Voobly or Steam?
WOAD RAIDER
I never got good at AoE, I just played with the map editor all day.
>>143528612
my bad, but the old general /civ4XRTS/ is ded as Barbarossa, even the /RTSG/ Steam group was erased, but this general needs more than 13 posters to be somewhat active.
>>143528617
In neither, i only get to play AoE on vacations in an old PC, but i'm planning to buy the HD version in a few months
>>143529450
POGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
POGOOOOOOOOOOOO
>>143529618
>but this general needs more than 13 posters to be somewhat active
Thread just started like an hour ago, never was an AoE general before. Give it time. I think next time a general is made, there should be resources in the OP like strategies, build orders, replays, etc.
Oh neat a general for AoE II, let's see how far we can go.
Thoughts on Spirit of the Law and ZeroEmpires? I need to expand my watching a bit since the latter is less active than usual
>>143530001
Never even seen those channels before, thanks for the heads up. Surprised to see a 60k sub count for an AoE youtuber
>>143526107
Franks.
Yucatan.
All AoK/AoC campaigns are good. The new wants are overscripted shit.
Normal.
ELO is about 1630 at the moment. Last time I reached 1700, but then I lost all of my matches in a row, and went down to the current level.
>>143530001
Spirit is pretty cool, talking about things a lot of people do not know about the game.
I don't know about the other guy.
>>143530453
*the new ones.
I wonder what's my problem sometimes.
>just want to play regular games vs players
>people overwhelmingly play fucking retarded zombie or other stupid shit designed scenarios that look awful
This isn't exclusive to Age of games, it's every RTS
>>143530453
>I don't know about the other guy.
English guy who casts both pro random map games played over Voobly and some casual 6-8 player HD games as well.
And yeah, with Spirit I tend to learn about the little details in the game I didn't know about. Like how the town bell works technically.
>>143529705
>never was an AoE general before.
There was an /AoEIIg/ and, but it died for not getting the enough support and i honestly don't know what happened to the /rtsg/ i knew it was slow but still getting attention.
But ill try to find the replays of the AoE The conquerors and upload them and/or make a pastebin with tips.
And another Steam group, a player list, we need more ideas.
>>143530923
I suppose I should check him out too. I do not know much about how pros play yet.
>>143530818
It's better than finally finding one only to learn that he doesn't kill the boar
>>143530923
>Like how the town bell works technically
How does it technically work? Doesn't it just call villagers within a certain radius of garrison-able buildings to that building?
>>143532140
>How does it technically work? Doesn't it just call villagers within a certain radius of garrison-able buildings to that building?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS4Xy3vVY6U
>>143532140
Spirit looks into how the villagers search for a building to garrison into among some other tidbits
>>143532140
>he doesn't kill the boar
How is that possible? Isn't that something literally every guide ever tells you to do?
Anybody here into AoM?
>>143532813
This general is going to die in a hundred posts or less, just give up.
>>143532813
I like it, but Tale of the Dragon left a bad taste in my mouth though. People say AoE II HD had it fucking bad with updates integrating whatever expansion breaking shit for a time before it's fixed? AoM EE got it even worse.
The changed lighting also makes it harder to see shit when combined with the unlocked zoom.
>>143532813
Played AoM and AoE 3 bunch of times, but never really got into it . They just don't "feel" right.
AoE 2 all the way.
>>143533226
>Tale of the Dragon
Fuck is Tale of the Dragon
Did they add nip gods or something?
>>143533320
AoE III had too many unit abilities.
>>143532813
Just make a post about it mang, it's alright
>>143533213
pls muh melanin enriched brethen, the general is new, give it some time
>>143533415
>melanin enriched brethen
>>>/aksum/
>>143533459
:^)
>>143533716
Just build fortified walls.
>>143533359
>Did they add nip gods or something?
They added Chink gods. On top of the Chinese civ, every other base civ gains one unit each. Greeks got a healer, Egyptians got a villager killer, Norse got a (supposedly) anti-myth archer, and Atlanteans got a catapult. There's also some balance adjustments made, Zeus' bolt is made even less useful for starters by making more shit immune to it (namely making it useless in Archaic) and it won't kill Nidhogg in one go anymore.
It looked rushed to me. The new Norse bowman (trained via Hillfort) didn't even have any fleshed out help info like with the other units, let alone any historical information.
>>143533780
>it won't kill Nidhogg in one go anymore
But why
>>143533780
Hel is a qt
>>143533835
Guess a Loki playing dev got butthurt. Considering Bolt kinda diminishes in usefulness later on, kudos to the Zeus player for even saving it up. His favor gathering speed was reduced a tad too.
>http://www.forgottenempires.net/aom/changelog
I don't even know shit about AoM competitively though. Was Zeus stupid popular or something? At a glance you'd think he'd be low tier because people hate infantry
>>143533745
They won't work, those fuckers go full saboteur for a very limited time if you take their precious Mc donald's
>>143534121
Irrelevant, fortified walls go up nigh instantly and Americans are nonranged extremely slow infantry.
>>143534238
buff when, murrican units need a heavy ranged unit
>>143518391
You niggerfaggots are into competitive?
>>143526107 This faggot speaking again
I'd like to fight one of you, and see if I get a good opponent
Tomorow night I will be ready, so who's in?
>>143536193
Well, I ( >>143530453 ) have yet to git gud.
>>143536303
>ELO peaked to 1700
Heh, I guess you already know the basics, so I guess you need to polish your gameplay a little
I don't mind training sessions with players, I don't mind teaching at all, plus I have a lot of free time.
>>143526107
Byz / Britons
I don't really care.
Jeanne d'Arc and Saladin.
Normal
I don't play Steem moolti, my ping is like 600.
>>143536672
Jesus christ lad, where you from?
>>143536568
I might take the opportunity, thank you.
Can you tell me your profile name and time zone?
>>143536982
Right now I'm not on my main computer, but my name is 'TheGhostmaster', with a silly googly eyes Pyro
I'm from Argentina, so if I'm not mistaken that's a GMT -3
>>143536761China
>>143537545Does computers exist in China?Chinese are a good civ, by the way, fucking Chu-no-kus a pain in the ass to deal with
>>143537668>do computers exist in China
Yes, we're not actually ass-backwards except for olde people which I assume are ass-backwards everywhere
AoE2 was really fucking popular here a long time agoChink CKN spam kills everything that doesn't outrange it
I remember legit just shooting down walls and castles with them
>>143537124
Very well, my white friend. I'm Kepernyos. I'm adding you on Steam.
>>143537815>AoE2 was really fucking popular here a long time agoQuestion, if AoE2 was popular in China, so were AoE1 and Starcraft? AoE1 is still popular in Vietnam, and SC is still a thing in South Korea>Chink CKN spam kills everything that doesn't outrange itI remenber the day I decided to counter massed CKN's with Frankish PaladinsI still remenber that ragequit of mine that day, how infuriatingNow I just flatten them pesky chinks my onagers and siege onagersWe type in spoilers nao
>>143537859I will be eagerly awaiting for the night so I can stomp youjk
>>143538161
>SC (1?)
I think so.
>AoE 1
AoE 2 is basically superior to it in every way except for the giant fucking bone villagers used which was hilarious.
>countering CKNs with anything that has to get in range of it
It flattens fucking everything. Even battering rams just melt and you can literally shoot down fortified walls castles.>not using scorpions with that retarded +4 unique tech
>we type in spoilers now
No.
>>143537815
>>143538494
Ever tried combining them with the Saracen team bonus? They raze buildings really fast that way.
>>143538494
>giant fucking bone villagers used which was hilarious.
I can sill hear the sound of those villagers/clubmen fighting
Yieh, Yieh, heh, huh, Yieh, heh, Yieh
>not using scorpions with that retarded +4 unique tech
Their damage boost is sweet but the chinese lack of Siege Engineers, meaning they will be outranged by +1 by most of other civs siege, that really sets them back.
In the bright side, Chinese Scorpions are the only one that effectively can destroy Gothic Huskarls
Like holy shit
For that reason I like Celtic scorpions, rather than Chinese.
>>143538712
I'm a Saracen main, my favorite civ.
Their team bonus is the second worst team bonus, the worst team bonus is the Inca ones (faster farming building rate). And, maybe, only a Mayan can give it a kind of good use to it.
But I LOVE Saracen CAs attack bonus against Buildings (+4 to be more pressice), you can 2 shot a wood wall and get inside to raid.
Or you can snipe farms and let your enemy starve. Or just be an annoying cunt and destroy houses and mining/lumber camps-mills.
I had tons of fun with that bonusAlso Saracens is the best civ
>>143523741
Its an RTS you're supposed to cheese
this needs to be a permanent general
>>143526107
Favourite civ is the britons, favourite map arabia (lol), Attila and Dracula's campaign are the best imo
>>143525103
>Huns
Huns for a beginner have a tendency to make them forget that houses matter and Spain is shit early game so it's probably bad for a beginner. imo Britons are pretty good since they're fairly generic.
>cheating
Pretty sure the AI doesn't actually cheat until hardest or something, but their perfect micro pisses me off.
>>143539157
Arabia is overrated.
So is Black Forest.
>>143539221
Huns is one of the easiest civs to play, hence why everyone consider them one of the best civ to play
>>143539336
Black Forest is pretty boring.
Arabia is fine, but people shouldn't play it all the time.
>>143539336
>Huns is one of the easiest civs to play, hence why everyone consider them one of the best civ to play
Yeah but for beginners it can cripple them because it fucks up house timing and stuff.
>>143539493
Black Forest is basically Byzantines are Unbeatable the map.
>>143529485
when I was a kid all I would do is go in the map editor and place units and roleplay with myself and make stories based on them all day
>>143539493
Black forest is boring, yes
But sending 4 petards to destroy the enemy wall, then pouring 20 Saracen CAs and then blow up the enemy base is totally priceless, and I won't get tired of doing it everytime I get the chance to play in BF.
Or, sending 4 celtic battery rams full of angry celtic infantry, and watch how the walls goes down. Always make sure to bring 1 mangodel to kill any building villager nearby
>Arabia is fine, but people shouldn't play it all the time.
That's my problem with Arabia, EVERYONE plays it ALWAYS.
Sure, Arabia might be one of the most 'difficult' maps to play, in terms of harassing and defense.
But so are Islands, for navy warfare, and Black Forest for good booming, each map is difficult in a certain way
I also dislike people's bias for certain maps
Arabia and Nomad = Huns, Mongols, Mayans, Aztecs and Vikings are kings
Any water map = Vikings, Saracens, Byzantines, Portuguese are kings
Black Forest = Turks, Koreans, Persians, Indians are king
Just because Huns are good in Arabia doesnt mean they are the best civ overall.
>>143539760
That's not really a problem when someplayers play nothing but Huns, all the times.
>>143539851
Byzantines? Nah
Turks in Black Forest.
Anybody that played against a Turk in Black Forest will know the definition of Pain and Struggle
So I have rather noobish question: if I want to go for a fast Castle, is it a viable strategy to not make farms yet in Feudal Age?
>>143540409
Not making farms in Feudal Age is suicide, most of the times.
But if you're going for, say, Archers and Cavalry archers, the lack of Farms is slightly less punishing than going for Knights/Light cavalry/Infantry
Still, I don't recommend not building farms, unless you have plenty of fishing, like in Scandinavia, or Baltic.
Or when you have fucktons of hunting, like Scandinavia, Valley, Island, Black Forest and Yucatan
>>143540409
It's probably retarded. The only times I've gotten it to work is when I have plenty of other food sources like >>143540717.
>>143540717
Yeah, that's what I thought. I'm just having trouble balancing my wood economy. The first round of farms cost a lot.
>>143541382
Research horse collar before building your first farms.
>>143542493
Obviously. But that only helps me later in the Castle Age - my concern is with immediately putting up 8-10 farms in the Feudal Age, after other sources have run out.
>>143542634
Horse Collar is a Feudal tech ain't it?
>>143542696
Yes, but its bonus only helps when I'm reseeding. I still have to pay the same amount of wood to build those farms the first time.
Page 10 jesus
AS I FUCKING SAID
100 POSTS OR LESS
>>143539124
This. Don't know why it's impossible to discuss this game over at /v/, but a general would be great.
>>143549212
It's impossible because most others insist on discussing other RTS or is some faggot from /pol/ or /int/ kingposting
>>143529485
Is that the defense of Constantinople map
>>143549124
Mate if I hadn't page 10 bumped we would've died
I think that the amount of AoE 2 players would be enough for a general, they just don't go to 4chan.
>>143549405
I think it's the /pol/ posters honestly, just not sure why fucking AoE is the game they decided to latch onto, I mean, out of all the games available, one with no real racial agenda and from ages ago is the one they choose? It's strange.
People talking about other RTS is fine though I think, there ends up being comparisons usually.
>>143550335
It's a meme. Memes don't have to be logical.
>>143549902
I don't think there's actually that many playing.
>>143550335
African Kangdoms is the only thing that they can actually latch onto.
>>143549405
t. Alberto Barbosa
>>143550335
It's not /pol/ it's /int/. This meme was started on /int/ by an australian shitposter and it makes no sense.
>>143550335
It's simply a matter of coming to be at the wrong time
Having a smug face at the front doesn't really help
How are the Slavs? I saw they were one of the newer civs added.I'm Slav, so I'm really interested in maining them
>>143550449
Most memes are at least based off something though, like there's a reason why that thing becomes a meme. This is just a meme because it's a meme.
>>143550452
Still, it's not like this is the only game with black people in it, and the africans aren't portrayed as the best or anything like that.
>>143550649
There's no difference between the two from what I can see, both just race baiting and shitposts, when it comes to how they shit up other boards at least.
>>143550697
Smug face makes sense I think, thanks anon.
I still wish hiroshimoot hadn't gotten rid of the whole keep /pol/ in /pol/ thing though, it's good to keep topics contained to their right boards.
>>143550878
Slavs are pretty cool, their team bonus is that barracks count as houses, they're a good infantry civ. Also their civ tech Dhruzina makes infantry units cause splash damage.
>>143551016
/int/ is actually worse than /pol/, usually /pol/ focuses on politics but the most of the shitposting about racebaiting credited to /pol/ actually has more to do with /int/. People usually don't realize that /int/ is stormfront lite and much worse than /pol/.
Why is this game popular in Australia?
Any stream I've watched on Twitch (if there is one) was a bunch of Aussies, and meet plenty of Aussies in game.
>>143551173
I dunno, the difference I've seen is that /int/ are just shitposting to be dickheads, there's not really much else to it except for stirring shit, while /pol/ seems to think their infographs and shitposts are saving white people from a targeted attack attempting to wipe them out.
Though /pol/ does have a political slant too, obviously. I just wish they'd actually be a bit more knowledgeable and come up with "deport everyone not white" or "kill everyone I don't agree with" as the solution to problems a bit less often, that sort of shit isn't ever going to happen and fixes nothing.
>>143551016
>Most memes are at least based off something though, like there's a reason why that thing becomes a meme. This is just a meme because it's a meme.
It has a basis.
>afrocentrists claim that the Egyptians were black
>/pol/ and /int/ make a phrase mocking said belief
>new AoE 2 expansion called "The African Kingdoms" comes out with a smug looking black guy on the cover
>
>>143551490
It really had to do with coming out during the peak of afrocentrism and legitimate people all over the place going >WE WUZ
>>143550878
Faster farming, cheaper siege, and military buildings provide population. In tech tree, think of them like Celts without the insane siege benefits but with some areas patched up. The Boyar is a cavalry unit with high melee armor but rather low pierce armor.
Despite their apparent infantry focus they don't have any benefits for them out of the box other than free Tracking. Druzhina in Imperial Age makes all of them a ton potent in mass battles though, but it's expensive tech. Castle Age's Orthodoxy gives Monks armor, you're only missing Heresy and Faith in Monastery techs so they're a fine option too.
>>143551335
>Australia
Add New Zealand to that as well. It seems a fair bit of people know the series.
WUZ
>>143552840
We Wuz Generalz
>>143550335
>>one of the new civs is portugal
>despite the fact that the expansion is called african kingdoms
>release coincided with the alberto barbosa spam on /int/, and afro-centrism mockery on /pol/
>absolutely priceless reaction image material smug of the cover art
I don't really understand what is there not to get.
>>143553872
You can almost imagine him going AYO HOL' UP WHYTE BOI
>>143553872
>one of the new civs is portugal
>despite the fact that the expansion is called african kingdoms
And they couldn't just guess that Portugal wanted to exploit African kingdoms
Which is exactly what you do in their campaign on top of fucking up India a little too
>>143554363
>And they couldn't just guess that Portugal wanted to exploit African kingdoms
Honest question
Why are you so assblasted about this particular meme? Portugal being part of an expansion named the African Kingdoms is sort of hilarious no matter how you slice it, especially since it takes place far before the Age of Colonialism. Even if it doesn't follow directly from the game itself, that doesn't mean much because that's not how memes work - you have people still parroting "Rome 2 is garbage" despite it being fixed at this point and Incest Kings II is still called that despite incest not actually being a strong way to play unless you have a pair of genius / strong / fair siblings.
>>143554363
That doesn't really matter, the juxtaposition of portugal and the african kingdoms had too much of a meme potential to pass up, it's simple as that. You're being really overly anal over this for no reason at all.
>>143554676
>Assblasted
I would be if I was actually him
Guess some people find fun in taking things quite literally
>>143555026
Actually who?
Why did coh2 general, aka /rtsg/ had to die?
Where am I supposed to complain about OKW now?
>>143557165
you're not gonna make it, if /rtsg/ didn't survive then aoe2g certainly won't
Have a free bump anyway
Dead.
>tfw reading Historie
>tfw heartbreak every 15 chapters
cmon aoe2g, we wuz kingz n shiet, we cant let the thread die like dis
>>143560890
You're getting fucked by 500 elite +6/+3/+4 chu ko nus in a campaign map where ranged units have been banned for some reason
One of the marks of a king is to know when the war is lost
Seriously does no one play this game
fug
>>143562497
They do, gotta spread the word of an aoe2g
>>143562572
Go shill in neighboring generals or something
>>143562635
We just need to dump some pastebins and other contribution links in here for someone to include in the OP next time, it will help draw people in more.
>>143562635
go shill in/gsg/
you'll attract one of the most dedicated shitposters on this board but at least they'll keep the thread alive
>>143562719
Honestly, if you really want this not to die then rename to /rtsg/. A general about a single game in a niche genre simply cannot survive in my opinion.
whats the difference between moba and rts anyway
>>143563621
If you want the neutral definition, a MOBA is more or less forced into a team battle, has very little to no economy and is often simplified in terms of terrain. It's also lacking in buildup. Basically it's a subtype of RTS.
If you want my definition, MOBA is hot garbage while RTS is good.
>>143563621
RTS
>noob gets rushed by a veteran player, has no one to blame but himself
>quits RTS
>plays MOBA
>only one unit to control
>if he loses, he can blame his entire team
The shift from RTS to MOBA coincides with a general lack of self responsibility in today's society.
Advice to low score players:
Do not fear facing better players, it's the only way you will get good, if you ever want to get good
Do not be afraid of fucking up, you will learn from your mistakes
Always make more villagers
H-C-C-C-C-C-C
LURE YOUR FUCKING BOARS
>>143565419
Good advice
Is it worth ALWAYS having a villager creating in queue?
>>143566129
>Is it worth ALWAYS having a villager creating in queue?
That's usually the advice but unfortunately doing that will result in having 150+ villagers by late game if you get stuck in stalemate, which is all well and good if your enemy is doing the same but shit if they're building a single push army.
I usually have a villager in queue unless I'm specifically saving up for a tech or age up until I have 110 - 120 villagers at which point I think it's a healthy balance.
How do I access sadpanda
>>143565419
>LURE YOUR FUCKING BOARS
>mfw playing someone whose boars are still fucking around when I fc +2/+2 knightrush him
Luring your boars should be like
Splash screen advice or some shit
At this point I can recognize it happening before I even find the enemy on bigger maps, the score drops behind precipitously by feudal
>>143566473
>>>/h/
Pretty sure they legit have a thread about thatyou fucking newfag
What was the name of the old matchmaking service AoE2 used to have? I spent so many fucking days in there doing Frankish Paladin rush
>>143567657
Gamespy?
>paladins
Did nobody meet you with the old Gothic Pike rush?
Anyone who has pastebin, guides, videos, etc. reply to this post
So that we can include it all in the OP for the next general thread
>>143567879
>>143567657
>gothic pike rush
*spam
I remember my brother building ten barracks and just pumping out infinite fucking hordes of the things since Goths build massive amount of troops very quickly.
>>143567879
Yeah, it was about 50/50. No, it wasn't Gamespy, it was a website that had other stuff like card games, Asheron's Call, and well it was a while ago so my memory is fuzzy
>>143568125
No idea. My entire family played the game back then becauseit was popular in China once upon a time.Now I'm just a lonely cake with no one to play with ;_;
>>143566354
My problem is I'm always economy heavy and never produce enough military in the beginning and get rushed. I should learn to build more towers and turtle them with houses. At least I remember people did that in AoM
>>143568949
houses are actually pretty good walls. You can build them around towers or something if you want, I usually build them opposite the lumber mill the towers guard so you have to go all the way around to get to the villies
Wake up sluts
Do something I can't post games or whatever from my phone
>>143568298
What's popular there now, LoL?
>>143570096
LoL / DotA, Hearthstone, DSIII and Overmeme / CS I guess among the boys I know.casuals everywhere
>>143570593
Basically the top Twitch games
>>143571659
Twitch doesn't work here.
>>143571816
wat
>>143572132
Twitch is absurdly slow here.
It isn't blocked but I don't think you guys have a server here.
>it's 02:30The life of being a jobless cake is a lonely, poverty-stricken one.
>>143567937
You should check out the AoE 2subreddit
>>143572376pls no
>>143572334
How come 4chan isn't blocked?
>>143573795
exhentai isn't either.
Blocking seems to be almost arbitrary at this point.
>>143572980
Fine.
>>143567937
So, Age of Empires 2 can be played on Steam and Voobly.com.
Official site: http://www.ageofempires.com/
Wiki: http://ageofempires.wikia.com/wiki/Age_of_Empires_Series_Wiki
Two relevant Youtubers were mentioned in this thread: Spirit of the Law, who does reviews, tests, and calculations, and ZeroEmpires, who focuses on overall game strategy.
That's all I have.
Are any of the African civ units black?
>>143575949
Go play TW Attila
>>143575949
Their king is white if that's what your asking.
>>143576676
Such misleading coverart
Not AoE, but anyone played Little War Game? Awesome little browser RTS, very simple and free, easy to get into, multiplayer or comps. Also editor.
>>143579392
It's hopeless.
But at least we had a nice little conversation.
>>143579626
Someone should start up an /rtsg/ again
>meanwhile in /sc2g/...
This is my last bump
I hope someone else keeps aoe2g alive
>>143586891
It's impossible right
Impossible is impossible after all
>>143540002
I know that feel bro. Learning how to use triggers and shit was hard but it was fun as fuck
Impossible!
I have a suggestion
This general should be renamed to /aoeg/ Age of Empires general. AoM fans would still be home here.
>>143518391
What's a good strategy to rush asap?
>>143594698
We're done for tho
>>143597773
Nevah!
>>143598015
ayyy
>>143602108
Come to rtsg famalam
Is there anyone left here?
RIP in peace /aoe2g/, you were too young to deserve this.
>>143603675
No.
>>143613227
Just let it die m8
>>143614007
ayy, lads, I'm back
And I won't let this general go
Not that easy
So I feel like playing with you guys in general, and I don't mind having friendly practice matches with you, if that's what you want.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/IwantmyfuckingTheGhostmasterURL
That's my Steam, if anybody wants to fight a 1500 hours played semi-oldfag, then I will be up for the rest of the night, and probably this entire weekend.
>>143617598
ELO rating?
>>143617770
See >>143526107
Used to be a proud owner of a 1900 ELO
But I'm okay with a 1807
>>143551016
>barracks count as houses
Correction, ALL military buildings counts towards pop cap
Barracks, Stables, Archery ranges, Siege Workshops, tho I'm not sure about docks.
>>143550878
Slavs, a long with the Magyars, are the only two 'solid' civs in the Forgotten Empires
Cheap full Siege, Heaviest Cavalry, decent monks, Area of Damage infantry, rather decent eco bonuses, Slavs are a very good civ, and you should main them proudly.
>>143560152
>>tfw heartbreak every 15 chapters
Explain
>197 posts
>30 posters
It's like I'm in Kpop general on /mu/
I want to rant why playing on Fast Speed is way harder than Normal speed
If this general dies, will anyone make another?
>>143624316
I'm willing to do another, but I'm not sure if these generals will live long enough to become a frecuent general
Nobody seems intrested in posting, just bumping
Cmon people...
I went to sleep, and it's still up. We survived for 24 hours. That means something.
As for topics to speak about...
>>143626732
Nobody wants to say, speak or posting
I know there is people around because this thread got bumped a lot, but nobody contributed to it
What's a general when it becomes a bump fest?
>>143626732
Why did you pick your favorite civilization?
I like the Franks because fast castleing has always been my preferred tactic. Powerful knights, cheap castles, and the economic bonuses make this easier. They also have strong infantry, including the Throwing Axeman, which is perhaps my favorite unique unit. They also have gunpowder, and while I mostly only use hand cannoners, I think that bombards also have their place in multiplayer games.
However, having more and more experience online, I might have to revise my strategies, and pick another civ.
What ever happened to Age of Empires online? I only played a little bit of it years ago and it was nice.
>>143627353
What really sets Franks behind is their fucking terrible archers, and their Light cavalry without bloodlines
Having bad trash is a death sentence in 1vs1 matches, and since everyone AoE2 are idiots that only play 1vs1 arabia, Franks will fall behind.
Franks are good on what they do, but otherwise they struggle, they make for a good civ in Team Games
I like the Franks, Throwing Axemen are quite awesome
>>143627385
Apparently, it was shut down in 2014.
It wasn't very popular from what I've heard.
>>143627690
Would have helped if it was on steam
>>143627595
I don't use archers and scouts that much admittedly. Still, I think they are good enough for a feudal rush, and in Castle, I can replace them with knights/axemen.
>Having bad trash is a death sentence in 1vs1 matches
How so? I understand the lack of trade, but I've thought that most 1v1 matches end before the gold runs out.
>>143525210
It was pretty fun.
Really liked the campaigns.
Always played as Gungans as a kid for some reason, most probably the mobile, shield-generator animal-things, which I really liked.
>>143628048
>but I've thought that most 1v1 matches end before the gold runs out.
Tho that's true, that's exacly why Turks are categorized one of the worst civs to play 1vs1
They highly dependency of gold and TERRIBLE trash
>finally learn how to rush
>begin to crumble as soon as rush fails
How long until you learn to handle the game in the long run?
>>143525210
GB is an okay game, but it's nowhere near to AoE 2.
I think it's a slightly better Star Wars RTS than Empire at War.
>>143630338
That's most dependent on you, I believe.
Rushing is taking a risk. You have to be ready for any outcome, and quickly switch tactics when necessary.
>>143630338
Practise your eco, wall off your base and recover from your fail rushed attempt
It may take a few weeks of training
I'm totally free now, if you want to play.
One thing I've been thinking about the Kangs expansion: how do towers perform now with the new technology? Can they replace Castles when it comes to defense?
I tested it with Koreans on a water map (with Ai), and my towers easily repelled any attack. But what's the situation on land maps?
>>143632414
Fully upgraded keeps now deal 14 damage
Depending on your civ, and the situation, towers can be a pretty good defense, specially a koreans; but castles are way better, for unique techs, unique units, and the always helpful Trebuchets
Really depends on a lot of things, but the new buffed towers are really cool
>>143632791
>Fully upgraded keeps now deal 14 damage
Isn't that even bigger? Like about 18?
Obviously you'll need a Castle for upgrades and units, but if you don't need your unique unit, I think one will be enough. And that's a lot of extra stone one can spend on towers.
My tests show that towers clearly dominate water maps now, but I have to run a few tests on land maps, too.
>>143633406
>7+7
>14
Yes, I'm sure it's 14, and considering heated shot gives them 125% more damage, they can pretty much rekt ships, specially Korean/Japanese towers
>>143633585
Nope, I tried it, it's 18.
8 is the Keep's standard damage in African Kingdoms, +3 from Blacksmith, +1 from Chemistry, and +6 from Arrowslits (+2 for Watch Tower, +4 for Guard Tower)
>>143634470
>8 is the Keep's standard damage in African Kingdoms
>>143636351
Isn't that what it is in AoC too
>>143636898
No, I think it was 7 originally.
>>143634470
Bullshit
I just finished playing an african kingdom scenario (portuguese one) and my fully upgraded keeps dealt 14 damage.
Either you're shitting me, or the campaigns are different from singleplayer/multiplayer/scenario editor
>>143639150
Dunno, haven't played the campaign yet.
Just load up a game on a Fortress map with post-imp tech, or use the editor.
Oc?Batne...Comanse?BantenwoOcHuhIYUNKEYEBIOK
I should be asleep by now, but gonna bump this thread anyways.
Man. How do I get good at this game?
>start out shit, fair enough I haven't played since the 90's
>every game people always have somehow collected more resources, made more villages, have bigger armies
>I've literally lost 75 games in a row
>just went all out in a 1v1 against some 1300 ELO noob and he absolutely destroyed me
>just resigned, no point
>70+ more villagers, army 100 greater than mine, greater resources acquired for all types
I mean I thought I'd get better but no. I honestly think I'm the worst person to ever play this game.
>>143646497
I don't really know what to say
1300 ELO is like, 'I bought the game 5 days ago and can win against a hard AI' tier.
Are you
>keeping a villager in queue
>using the idle villager button
>not being bottlenecked by houses
>putting up multiple lumber camps
>putting up a tower next to your first lumber mill
>hunting your boars
>prioritizing food for the first 6-8 villagers
>exploring the map
?
>>143646930
>>keeping a villager in queue
Always. But they come out so fast I don't know what to do with them half the time.
>>using the idle villager button
Yep.
>>not being bottlenecked by houses
I've started just building rows of houses in the corner of my area so I don't get messed over.
>>putting up multiple lumber camps
No. I usually put up one and then put up another couple when I get to 70+ villagers. Does it help having many straight away?
>>putting up a tower next to your first lumber mill
No. But I don't think I've been rushed that quickly. I usually get fucked over when everyone's in the Imperial age and they just seem to have a neverending army
>>hunting your boars
I tried boar luring but I suck at it.
>>prioritizing food for the first 6-8 villagers
Yep. First 13 on sheep/berries, following 4 on wood, then 2 more on farms. At 19 villagers I go feudal, pump out another 5 villagers (2 wood, 3 gold for castle age)
>>exploring the map
Yeah. I recently found out the hotkey to set multiple way points for my scout so I'm doing that more now.
I think I have some basics down. But yeah, it'll get 30 minutes in and while I have a baby army of like 20 guys my opponent will somehow storm me with 100+ people, trebuchets and everything. I never stand a chance.
>>143647770
>they come out so fast I don't know what to do with them half the time
Send them to do anything at all really.
>does it help having many straight away
I usually have two lumber camps by late Dark Age with 4-5 on each one.
>I tried boar luring but I suck at it
How, just shoot twice and lead your villager back, stick him the the TC and pop him back out to shoot at the boar. You DO have loom right?
>first 13
Too many imo, I go 8 on sheep and 4-6 on wood / 4 more on food / 4 more on wood, you don't need gold until you're aging to the Feudal Age.
>>143648102
>You DO have loom right?
Oh. No I usually don't buy. That probably explains it.
>Too many imo, I go 8 on sheep and 4-6 on wood / 4 more on food / 4 more on wood
Will try this next time.
Honestly, appreciate the advice.
>>143648241
You really should pick up loom at some point, it's a fast research anyway. It makes you villagers easily twice as durable.
>>143646497
You should watch the replays.
>>143550878
>slavs
>basically russians
>still no poland in AoE2
t-thanks
>>143650429
Ain't Poland included in Slavs?
>>143550878
They're pretty damn good.
>>143650583
Their story says they're the slavic kingdom that would later serve as the base for Urkaine and Russia, they're orthodox christians, plus their architecture and unit design pretty much screams Russians.
Poland would be christian catholics with a different architecture.
>>143650856
>Their story says they're the slavic kingdom that would later serve as the base for Urkaine and Russia
So Kiev and ebil Vikings?
>>143602246
>when /rtsg/ dies faster than /aoe2g/
wew
How is this general still up holy shit, stop bumping it just for the sake of bumping it
Youd be better off making a new general with actual useful shit in the OP to promote discussion.
>>143661686
I reckon its gotta expand to /rtsg/.
>>143661686
What's wrong with bumping for the sake of it
WE
An off-topic pity bump deserves an equally off-topic image.
>10
>>143650429
>>143650583
>>143650856
Isn't Poles descendants of the Magyars?
Are you shy people?
35 different IP's, but I just got 1 added player from this general to play with in Steam HD
Are you all dead or just uninterest to play Online?
Also why this thread never goes up to page 1, instead is stuck on page 5 and below?
>>143680721
No. Magyars aren't Slavic, and both groups existed in the same period.
>>143681438
In does go up for a short time, I think.
>>143682898
Literally seconds after I posted I checked the catalog/page on this thread but was stuck in page 5
I can make a lobby in Steam, right now.
Who wants to get in?
Goddamm it
>>143685807
Pretty sad ain't it
>>143689090
Yes, and I was waiting to get a random player for 1vs1 for almost 20 minutes but nobody joined
So... you are up or what?
>>143689416
I'm the chinacake with 600 ping which will be even higher today because my internet is abnormally slow. It's also almost six in the morning and sleep is required.I'm sorry
