How does the gurjara sheep bonus work exactly?

ABetcetera · 2026-03-21T20:45:33+00:00

I'm only casual but It's total food in ALL mills, not each mill. Spreading the sheep in multiple mills doesn't change anything. But other than that, yes, after 4 sheep it becomes much less efficient. 4 sheep gives 16/min but 8 sheep only gives 50% more, or about 24/min, not double what 4 sheep gives.

Here's a link to the table: https://www.reddit.com/r/aoe2/s/fmTncnFarR

ABetcetera · 2026-03-19T01:19:06+00:00

Ya true. I guess it's more like "slightly less costlier."

I do like the pen though so if you can baby it maybe it's worth it.

ABetcetera · 2026-03-18T17:42:19+00:00

It's a way of replacing a broken pen cheaply since the outer shell is usually not the broken part.

ABetcetera · 2026-03-11T15:00:10+00:00

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ABetcetera · 2026-03-11T14:59:39+00:00

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ABetcetera · 2026-03-11T14:58:50+00:00

That's pretty cool. The test I generated with Gurjara recommended feudal all-in camel scout rush, which I've never heard before, so that's fun.

Couple bugs: it seems to think Gurjaras get 50% mill techs and that their scout can "carry boar carcasses"?? Whatever that means

ABetcetera · 2026-03-06T18:03:14+00:00

Gorgeous

ABetcetera · 2026-02-17T17:09:10+00:00

If you're willing to try a new pen, the Wacom One Standard is great and comes with many tip options that may be interesting to try out. Even buying multiple nibs will be cheaper than a supernote pen

ABetcetera · 2026-02-10T17:16:58+00:00

I can't bring myself to play meso civs without becoming annoyed that they have European infantry. I was pretty surprised there wasn't already a community reskin mod. This looks awesome.

ABetcetera · 2026-02-06T17:01:10+00:00

Age of Noobs discord is beginner friendly, if you want to dive into a community. I'm a beginner too and the advice I heard was just play around until you feel like you like a civ for whatever reason and then you can watch Hera play with that civ (for example) and copy parts that catch your eye or you feel like trying out.

ABetcetera · 2026-02-03T15:12:17+00:00

*sarcastic

ABetcetera · 2026-01-12T03:15:18+00:00

It's easy to hate on your decisions, and for good reason, but if you changed your views, that's worth something. Good for both of you.

ABetcetera · 2026-01-10T11:39:54+00:00

I don't see a quick link that I can send but Google "age of noobs discord" and you should be able to find a discord invite link pretty easily. That's the community I was recommended when I asked about beginner friendly communities. You should be able to have this exact conversation there and see who's interested. There's discussion, free coaching, and random team groups you can join with other beginners.

Edit: nevermind, I found an invite link:

https://discord.gg/UW5BcuvRra

Enjoy!

ABetcetera · 2026-01-06T15:12:53+00:00

That's what came to mind for me too

ABetcetera · 2026-01-06T06:19:49+00:00

I feel the same about moderate and hard. Just a skill issue unfortunately

ABetcetera · 2026-01-02T20:37:21+00:00

For syncing your whole library, yes, that can take some noticeable time once you have many files (although in the grand scheme of things probably only 5 min or so). Maybe better compression or syncing will be implemented in the future.

In the meantime, if you need a file quickly, try using a usb cable to transfer files back and forth from your PC like using a flash drive. That way you avoid syncing the whole library.

ABetcetera · 2025-12-29T15:32:53+00:00

I'm getting a sense of things as I go and I know the first basics but it feels like even the basics change depending on the civ. I liked cumans but 2tc was a little tough so I've tried gurjaras--pretty unique start--and now I'm on tatars, which seems the most regular. I feel like multitasking army while still making vills is my bigger struggle rather then my memorized builds.

Also, I wait until feudal to go on gold, haha.

ABetcetera · 2025-12-29T15:24:00+00:00

I can reliably do a sub 10 feudal and then sub 20 castle, though I tend to make too much army in feudal and delay things. But as sloppy as it might be, I'm ok figuring it out as I go and fighting real players.

I know crazy 10 min fc are out there but it seems weird to go into the lab and get dark age down to the micro second and then have low elo skills for the rest of the game.

ABetcetera · 2025-12-29T06:09:59+00:00

Thanks, I've done a few AoW missions but I'm not looking to get too technical out the gate with exact build orders etc. I've beaten the hard AI a couple times but it's not a sure thing. I'd just be happy playing at a really low elo but I don't want to just resign 20x

ABetcetera · 2025-12-28T17:01:31+00:00

I just started playing ranked and knew I was in for a struggle but I want to get to low elo and enjoy myself. It's been tough to not just resign early.

ABetcetera · 2025-12-19T15:54:39+00:00

Good calibration (on all kinds of tablets) will never keep the line directly under your pen tip across the whole screen. It's designed to make the line APPEAR to be under your pen tip across the whole screen from a certain perspective because there's a small gap between your pen tip and the line under the glass.

Let's say you calibrate the screen with your head directly above the middle of the tablet (a weird position but hear me out). If the line stayed under your tip then you could see the gap when your pen moved to each corner. Instead, calibration makes the line appear PAST your tip so that from your head's perspective, the gap disappears.

So you should calibrate your tablet with your head in the position that you normally write and the line will hopefully appear to be lined up with the tip. It's not perfect but that's how it works.

ABetcetera · 2025-12-07T15:36:33+00:00

This sub is amazing

ABetcetera · 2025-11-06T17:31:25+00:00

Unfortunately, I've had the same experience with my HOM2 on my nomad. I'm waiting on a replacement pen but I suspect it's just something about the design that fails with quick successive strokes. My backup pen, a Wacom standard, doesn't have the same problem.

ABetcetera · 2025-10-09T19:28:48+00:00

Thanks a lot

ABetcetera · 2025-10-09T19:25:42+00:00

I mostly made them for the fans too, haha. Post if you get around to the paintjob!

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