AGE OF EMPIRES II HD

[LordBerenger]

Age of Empires 2 was the first real game i ever played/bought. I've played it on and off for over 15 years. It's impossible for me to improve lol. Mostly because rushing isn't my style but also because i prefer to focus on defense.

[Banok]

I agree with part of what you said heskey, taking the game less seriously is probably more fun. I played team games with my 2 brothers over christmas, one who had just started, and less serious noob games are generally more fun.

but alot of what you said about competitive simply isnt true. but fuck it

[LordBerenger]

All i meant was there are like half a dozen set 'strategies that work' and little room for variation at the top level. Certain rushes of certain units at certain times, certain army compositions, set tactics, etc. And although crpg is quite forgiving in that a min-maxer can be killed by a troll build, competitive strategy games in my experience are far less forgiving. (eg. the guy who mines stone for lolz in the dark age to build troll-walls will not be able to compete with the min-maxer economically)

Then again i owe my decent economy skills on this game to early attempts at playing this game competitively, which although tedious, mean that when i play for fun i can boom an economy in my sleep.

This. I suck but watching great players like Viper and Ilumiknight their strategies are almost always the same although different versions of them depending on the map/opposition.

[Banok]

relevant

theres some truth what your saying, at top level if they really want to win they stick to tried and tested strategies. problem is game has been being played competitively for over a decade. people have had plenty of time to figure out the absolute best strategies for each civ matchup.

must have been way more fun back when people were still figuring it out and coming up with new strats. but i disagree that pro aoe2 is not interesting, i have seen some truly amazing games - there is still alot of adaptive stratergy to be witnessed.

This series I think is all entertaining, the 2nd game has about 100 monks and was quite hilarious.

the only time I find pro aoe2 boring is water maps, they are pretty much always played exactly the same unless sometime sneaks a landing.

[Reyiz]

how do you beat korean siege onagers and war wagons ? which nation anad what unit ? what combinations ?
at work we mostly play this

[LordBerenger]

Go Saracen and get Heavy Camels. Quick units, rapes siege and rapes cav.

[Reyiz]

elite mamluks vanish them

[LordBerenger]

elite mamluks vanish them

Tbh if u fight against me it's always the same. I love building walls and towers so if u fight me u will see fortresses instead of inf spam and cav spam lol.

[Reyiz]

Tbh if u fight against me it's always the same. I love building walls and towers so if u fight me u will see fortresses instead of inf spam and cav spam lol.

i can play, i have HD edition. add me on steam and dont delete again: amoralism