AOE II thread

[Natster-104]

Think this needs starting up since we've been talking about it so much about it,
Just discuss Age of Empires 2

Anyway...

MY DOUBLE WALL LOCK IS IMPENETRABLE:

[Lemonism]

Oh yeah, I should buy the HD one now that I have time to play it. Thanks for the reminder :)

[Natster-104]

Thanks for the reminder :)

Your welcome
Also, what's everybodies favourite nation(s)?

[Lemonism]

I like playing Byzantines, Chinese or Koreans mostly. Byzantines for tougher buildings, Chinese for their special unit and for the extra villagers at the start, and Koreans for slightly better towers.

[martymidget]

Hussar spam is a legit strat.

[Jonzu95]

wololo

[Scrap Daddy]

wololo

nununu nununu

I'm redownloadin this sh** right now. Is there any online support so we can play each other?

[martymidget]

Steam does the trick.

[Scrap Daddy]

cant find a non sketchy looking link but i found what appears to be my Age of Empires 1 cd.

"designed for windows 95" gotta love it

[Natster-104]

Hussar spam is a legit strat.

*Creates Pikemen*

wololo

Oh yeh I have some funny memories of those:
Natster-104: 38) Give me your extra resources
Smoke Salmon: Donates 500 stone
Smoke Salmon: Stone please
 

Also, my favourites:
Teutons
Byzantines
Turks
Vikings
Aztecs

[Naryar]

the koreans are just a giant bullsh** nation to try to assault with long range towers, heavy support units, rapeboats, +2 RANGE ONAGER BONUSESS GRRRR

although the most overpowered faction is definitely spanish. 3x as good cannon galleons ? borderline battle-worthy villagers ? super-fast monks, super-fast and innacurately precise, very fast, tougher hand cannons ? yup.

greatest nation will and still remains mongols. very nice cavalry and mangudais and very good, FAST (this is important) siege engines.

Huns ? What's that ? You the one to play 4-way Hun only deathmatches ? I feel bad for you son.

also i remember fondly AoE1 but it's pretty unplayable right now, last time i installed and played it (the Yamato campaign) the pathfinding killed me dead

Though I stopped playing AoE2 now, i'm in a M2TW phase. Much better game as well.

[Lemonism]

the koreans are just a giant bullsh** nation to play against with long range towers, heavy support units, rapeboats, +2 RANGE ONAGER BONUSESS GRRRR

Exactly why I like them :P

[martymidget]

Hussar spam is a legit strat.

*Creates Pikemen*

You try creating those pikemen when there isn't much wood left

[Natster-104]

the koreans are just a giant bullsh** nation to try to assault with long range towers, heavy support units, rapeboats, +2 RANGE ONAGER BONUSESS GRRRR

Hmmm I'd agree with you 1/4 of that, Yes they specialise in Cannons and stuff, but they lack in monks and Archers, and tbh, siege is very inaffective against other siege, Bombard towers wipe out infantry but get raped against trebs and onagers

greatest nation will and still remains mongols. very nice cavalry and mangudais and very good, FAST (this is important) siege engines.

Though I stopped playing AoE2 now, i'm in a M2TW phase. Much better game as well.

1. hmmm, depends on your style of gameplay really
2. Nary nooooo!!!

Hussar spam is a legit strat.

*Creates Pikemen*

You try creating those pikemen when there isn't much wood left

Market? 

[martymidget]

Not if they sneak in and take it down c:

[Naryar]

how do you even run out of trees in a standard map ?

also mongols and teutons are my favorite civs. diametrically opposed playstyles but I like both.

[martymidget]

how do you even run out of trees in a standard map ?

also mongols and teutons are my favorite civs. diametrically opposed playstyles but I like both.

in about 4 hours anything is possible

[Incredirobotwars]

I like playing as the Mesoamerican civilisations. Even though they don't have cavalry...

[Psydia]

Man I can penetrate that double wall lock with a couple of teutonics backed by trebuchets. Either my opponent will choose to:
-Destroy the trebuchets first, if this is the case I will take advantage of bombard tower's minimum range rule. But now my teutonics would be vulnerable to longbowman attacks, which is not likely because a fully upgraded longbowman (or any sort of archer) inflicts only 1 damage point to a fully upgraded teutonic knight. If my opponent somehow manages to destroy my army of teutonics, I will simply send the second wave of teutonics and trebuchets. or
-Destroy the teutonics first, but this will require lots of micromanagement since my opponent will need to take down one trebuchet at a time with bombard towers. While my opponent loses time with taking down trebuchets one by one, I will have more time to get my teutonics closer to the walls. As opposed to the bombard towers and bombard cannons, trebuchets do not cause damage on friendly units, which makes them a more feasible option of siege unit for me. And not to forget, in case that my opponent opts to attack trebuchets with any other unit, I will be guarding my trebuchets with archers, which will repel those other units.

Is there any third option? Please let me know :)

[martymidget]

Flank the trebuchets and archers from a side exit with cavalry and use archers and siege to kill the teutonics.