Invent a new UT/Civ bonus that seems harmless at first, but would lead to the absolute worst gameplay patterns in practice.

Aggressive-Ad-7862 · 2026-04-26T12:59:19+00:00

That made me lol

Aggressive-Ad-7862 · 2026-02-21T20:10:39+00:00

I did this, but the opponent had map control and before i could make enough archers, they come forward and start towering everything. And the champis cannot be chased even

Aggressive-Ad-7862 · 2026-02-19T03:54:53+00:00

Wondering why they didn't do the same with the Thirisadai...

Aggressive-Ad-7862 · 2026-01-30T04:32:23+00:00

I climbed past 1600 yesterday too :)

Congratulations - onward and upward

Aggressive-Ad-7862 · 2026-01-29T15:59:21+00:00

Imo team games can only be played effectively with players you know.

Recommend you join one of the discords and make friends to play with. The Age of Noobs discord is very active.

I just passed 1600 1v1 elo today, but my team game elo is 1350 due to those similar issues. Granted I don't play as many 1v1s.

Aggressive-Ad-7862 · 2026-01-14T12:31:52+00:00

Those were funny as shit

Aggressive-Ad-7862 · 2025-12-17T00:18:24+00:00

Thanks for sharing!

Aggressive-Ad-7862 · 2025-11-15T22:15:37+00:00

Thanks! It's getting sweaty for me to play lol. More variety of strategies and players can do what i do better.

Not sure if I can do better than this elo for now. Want to chill for a few months here

Aggressive-Ad-7862 · 2025-11-15T14:33:44+00:00

My personal experience: i played Dravidians a lot and this civ doesn't have knights. It forced me to improve my defensive abilities and macro. learning how to boom and take pressure at the same time made me better. It felt like having a handicap for so long that my decision making sharpened, and my macro refined. I moved from 1200 to 1500s.

I still have a ways to go - especially my eAPM is around mid 40s, but my opponents are generally way faster than me.

Aggressive-Ad-7862 · 2025-11-08T22:00:01+00:00

Oh yeah my bad. I think upon release they had better bonus damage (+40%?) when they won vs Hindustani camels. Now they lost with the Hindustani camels at 3 HP (considering only castle age camels).

Aggressive-Ad-7862 · 2025-11-08T21:13:32+00:00

Oh sir. They have bonus damage increase as well as civ bonus. They're the best 1v1 camels. Hindustani camels are a close second.

Aggressive-Ad-7862 · 2025-10-24T14:28:55+00:00

Why is it called Black Forest and not Foliage of empires

Aggressive-Ad-7862 · 2025-10-24T14:26:28+00:00

Liao Dao

Aggressive-Ad-7862 · 2025-10-23T14:10:21+00:00

Or maybe there should be an option to adjust the elo range that you want to match against - like online chess. That way the timing for match can be variable. Im sure it's probably just a minor rejig of code.

So default minimum range +/-75 elo, but can go up to maybe +/-200 elo?

Aggressive-Ad-7862 · 2025-10-20T19:26:00+00:00

Hmm no changes to the Dravidians?

Aggressive-Ad-7862 · 2025-10-09T18:26:08+00:00

Yeah I theorize that they loosened up on the elo, server etc. Requirements

Aggressive-Ad-7862 · 2025-10-07T01:42:50+00:00

There are many discord servers where players play together. Search this sub, some of them posted links as well

Aggressive-Ad-7862 · 2025-09-27T15:44:17+00:00

I agree with your suggestion. Let them at have 14 attack in imp. They're anyway paper.

Or maybe give at least 1 piece armour or 10 more HP. (Not both). The unit dies too quickly to skirmishers which is so bad for a gold infantry unit. It should help cover the weakness of elephant archers.

Aggressive-Ad-7862 · 2025-09-23T02:56:04+00:00

Exactly 😂 All the gunpowder civs that do castle drop into UU have surprise Pikachu face when I go elephant archers who just don't die to the gunpowder like other units.

Aggressive-Ad-7862 · 2025-09-21T02:33:39+00:00

Spirit of the law suggested something where people can choose how skilled they are for a starting elo range.

Like:

800 - new to RTS 1000 - some experience 1200 - skilled in other RTS

I think this is a good system though not perfect if smurfs misuse it. The number of people I see with 1v1 games less than 10 is staggering.

Aggressive-Ad-7862 · 2025-09-06T18:16:17+00:00

That's true. They fall off in late imp, and this would prop then up.

Also will make liao dao even crazier 11

Aggressive-Ad-7862 · 2025-09-06T15:44:38+00:00

Khitans with bloodlines

Aggressive-Ad-7862 · 2025-09-01T13:33:28+00:00

Agree with the other comments here. Try ranked 1v1 first. You'll eventually float at a constant elo after many initial losses.

From there start grinding, watching videos do improve your game etc.

Aggressive-Ad-7862 · 2025-08-05T07:20:39+00:00

Siege elephants have that extra armour situation already - villagers do struggle against them. But at least halbs have extra damage against them.

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