Age of Empires 2

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chink dlc was a mistake

>>714551481
yes it was, far too many asian civs now.

>>714550934 (OP)
They Should Buff Le Handcannoniers

Age of Empires online.

>>714550934 (OP)
when will they buff handcannoneers?

They buffed scorpions and that's all that matters.

>>714550934 (OP)
I still have my cards somewhere.

>>714553054
>>714553119
They already did years ago. They get a decent amount of play at the highest levels now. I've seen them absolutely shrek halbs and camels and basically win the game for players who mix them with heavy cavalry.

>>714550934 (OP)
What will the next DLC be? Will they sub-divide the Italian civilization into multiple different city states?

>>714554364
A midget tribe.

>>714554364
There's already three Italian civs.

FUCK YEAH BOYS LeTS GO

>>714552310
theres too many european civs

>>714554364
Probably sengoku japan since it's low hanging fruit just like three kingdom was, they probably wanted quick money since there's mass layoffs at microsoft recently

>>714554364
USA USA USA

They should went with their original plan with aoe4 being ww1

When will Nili fix pathing?

>>714554649
Europe is the only continent that matters

>>714555327
modern warfare doesn't work for AoE design. They should instead have go back to the same era of AoE1. That game is borderline unplayable anyway

>>714550934 (OP)
Playing some of the scenarios on hard difficulty where you gradually inch towards the enemy bases while castling up was some of the most fun Ive had in gaming unironically

cossacks 3 worked similarly and rise of nations but neither required castles or similar since there it just became a war of attrition with troops. Anyone know more games that lets you do this.. I dont like the supreme commander like games

>>714557417
me too there have been games I've probably spent 5 hours on doing this.

>>714557185
Return of Rome

polish are theb est

I can't fucking finish Yodit 2. Too difficult. Help a nigga here bros t-t

>>714557417
Rise of Nations should've been the future of RTS, but Big Huge went and imploded for some reason.

Stop playing this and go buy Age of Empires 4

>>714557882
Does AOE4 have better single player?

>>714558349
it has a good campaign but the ai for skirmish is really bad and there isn't as much campaign content

I love just to overwhelmingly hussar rush people.

>>714553119
No. The cannoneer must remain situational.

when do i start enjoying water gameplay? the navy just isnt fun. the only fun thing about it is doing landings where your enemy isnt expecting it and raiding everything.

>>714560296
i dont enjoy it either and i completely ignore water if there is water on a map and i usually lose because of it but i'm not even building close to the water

>>714559851
Thanks.

un-stoppable

>>714554113
>I summon murder holes, in attack mode!

>>714550934 (OP)
>wow this looks so good
Reminder that your base will NEVER look like that because you can't plant trees, place rocks or water or anything environmental and your base will just be a hyperoptimized square surrounded by a wall of towers every time.

>>714561987
Honestly, I thought AoE4 looked like shit for years. But after paying more attention to it, one of the things I started to appreciate it's that the game "interconnects" buildings with stone streets and other details, making the city you build way prettier.

You can still do that in AoE2 tho, if you use the map editor in case you are only interested on building a good-looking city. Also probably some mods also allow you to do this ingame

ugh. i can never balance eco vs army in the early/midgame. i make too much army and my eco sucks. i make too little army and die.

>>714557417
>use the settings that allow you to increase the game speed a lot more
>rush 2-4 castles on every campaign mission and just turtle up
Fuck timed missions and fuck bombard cannons though

>>714550934 (OP)
How do you plant berry bushes for aesthetics?

>>714554364
Kangs of Portugal part two

>>714557417
Stronghold 1 and Crusader

>>714565431
That's why scouting is important.
You need to scout the opponent to see what they are making and likely to do.
You see a briton put down 2 ranges, you put one down and prepare a handful of skirms
You see no military buildings, you don't need to make any yourself unless you want to attack.

>aoe4
>yfw we aren't in the "rts evolved to have planting berries" timeline

>>714554364
More Chinese, they yet to make campaigns about battles post Chibi like Fan Castle and Wuzhang Plains

>>714566643
Also Tanguts, Tibetans, and Baiwhatever, no campaigns of course

>>714550934 (OP)
Unmatched SOUL

>>714566027
that'd be easy if it was 1v1 but im playing 4v4 teamgames with ai. my own teammates never help but the enemy works so well together...

Coustilliers all knight long, baby

How is Age of Empires 4?

>>714569710
meh

>>714569710
It's alright

Disaintbad
Beddabuschen
Tartar

Thoughts on AoE:DE?

>>714574259
Seriously, just play the original

It lacks all the little cinematics original AoE had, the menus don't look that nice either, the graphics and sounds got updated just enough where they don't look as good as 2DE's but lost the original's atmosphere.

If you really want a DE experience then just play the return of rome dlc on 2DE, which is basically 1DE ported into 2 but with 2's QoL features and better pathfinding. Still, I would recommend the original since it has a unique vibe to it

>>714566795
To stomp ai you need early aggression. Their booming is really good. Like exponentially good.

>>714575508
I see, thanks.

Thoughts on AoE3 DE?

>>714575508
If I remember correctly DE1 has a mode that lets you turn on the original graphics. Not sure about the cinematics but it has the Demo levels which is pretty nice.
RoR feels nothing like 1, it's a AoE2 reskin