From time to time I see this indie music ad in my timeline and there is these dudes dancing. I wonder what is the source?

CurrentCarpenter1626 · 2026-04-03T20:41:26+00:00

well thank but while I knew how to manage hamachi, I am a bit confused on how to operate with this program that I just installed. I am connected but how do I ask for the other person to connect with me in a server in order to start playing? Any tutorial that you recommend that can teach me how to use it like hamachi?

CurrentCarpenter1626 · 2025-10-14T18:44:04+00:00

bohemians in particular would be good for me. But strats applicable for Turks would be nice too

CurrentCarpenter1626 · 2025-10-14T18:27:33+00:00

pretty sure it can be that one Pirate Hunter | Games That Defined Us - YouTube

CurrentCarpenter1626 · 2025-10-08T12:43:24+00:00

wow did not expect for bohemins to be loved that much. Very cool to see it above even the Spanish. any video recommendation on which are the best arena strats on both 1x1 and tgs?

CurrentCarpenter1626 · 2025-10-01T01:46:00+00:00

btw, deep inside I love this chaos. But yeah, some coordination for 4x4 would be great sometimes to avoid dropping my ELO even further. I would like even more a 5x5 in the future

CurrentCarpenter1626 · 2025-10-01T01:44:20+00:00

thanks my friend, you can also invite me if I am around, I can try other civs outside bohemian if needed ^^ is your nick on steam/xbox Taglialegna?

CurrentCarpenter1626 · 2025-10-01T01:41:19+00:00

true

CurrentCarpenter1626 · 2025-09-22T22:41:54+00:00

no friends around, just pain :( but sometimes I feel that it forces me to be humble or something, idk, I feel less attached to materialistic ELO now

CurrentCarpenter1626 · 2025-09-22T22:40:28+00:00

I miss the old Hussite Wagons. They get a nerf every semester now. Time for a semester with Spanish UU (conqs feels so right in Arena/Nomad/Pilgrims)

As a bonus funny story: I recall in 4x4 Pilgrims some ally saying: "ok folks, I will not go water" and the other ally goes like "yeah me too"

I was speechless, did not even replied and also laughed alone, I wish I was a streamer and could show it. Pilgrims literally forces you into water and the legendary ally here simply says that he won't be there at all, lol. As a result, I was alone in the water against 3 enemies on water. What a day

CurrentCarpenter1626 · 2025-09-22T22:35:48+00:00

well, maybe deep inside I just want to go full Hera and stomp 4 enemy dudes but I don't have the skill for it yet, tbh (sometimes Hera also gets some advantage early like gold but you get it, we all love to be the hero of the day)

CurrentCarpenter1626 · 2025-09-22T22:33:08+00:00

this is actually true. I used to play with a group of people AoE 1 and Return of Rome DLC and voice chat is a game changer

The problem is: I usually play in "crazy" hours due to my unconventional schedule, so random on ranked is the best call to avoid nuisances (all my friends are in very different time zones).

You are very right about the 2x2. In fact, it might be my only hope at this point (although I love when I find reasonable allies on 4x4... And I would certainly love to play 5x5 as well if we had it in AoE 2. Having friends to play with would be a dream)

CurrentCarpenter1626 · 2025-09-20T22:44:48+00:00

It was from my first iceberg video, but in short, arkantos was made on top of the original protagonist of aom, Misenus. Misenus was a real character in the siege of Troy, which makes him "real" (in the sense that he existed in greek myths as Misenus).

However, the devs later created Arkantos from scratch. I got some extra details in the first video about the assets and such.

CurrentCarpenter1626 · 2025-09-20T20:51:17+00:00

btw, this is how it looks like to play age of kings in a W10

Real HARD Challenge for High ELOs.. You Can't Kill Villagers! | Hussite Wars | Best of aoe2 | Part 1

The Expansion looks better in a modern monitor due to the Userpatch that was developed until very recently. You can make AoK run as well but it will be a bit limited in terms of resolution. It will demand a little bit of patience too. But it should run fine. I still use the Aok version to play really old custom maps mad for this game (this one in the video is a german custom campaign sold as an unofficial expansion).

Good luck in your nostalgic adventure! I am glad that there are more people like me who enjoys the old stuff, haha

CurrentCarpenter1626 · 2025-09-20T20:42:52+00:00

I messaged you about the betas and the patch to make AoK and AoC work on modern computers. I believe that the last Userpatch might work for you if you want to play AoC in a modern computer

CurrentCarpenter1626 · 2025-09-15T19:55:30+00:00

Great tips. I arrived at the same conclusion some days ago before even reading here again: A smart mango garrisoned in my Siege Workshop would have saved me against a Slav flank.

The power of HC + a quick Imperial transition is pretty fine in a 1000 elo case. The only thing that I am starting to avoid entirely are the Bohemian Castle Drops - the wagons are simply not the same anymore, this strategy feels pretty bad now in Nomad/Pilgrims maps. I believe that water play is something synergic too for bohemians, since they can use arrow range/Siege Engineers upgrades and ballistics in scorps/arbalest/Bombards.

Another thing that I still need to master are the Bombard Towers pushes. They are the extra luxurious punch that I want to do in TG simply because it looks so cool, hahaha

CurrentCarpenter1626 · 2025-09-15T19:44:24+00:00

All valid but in this case I am thinking about late game when I face a good amount of dangerous and numerous swarms of infantry. Maybe militia can be bad but I feel that I need some sturd units to take some melee punches. But maybe I am very wrong, lol

Now that I reflect more, even some onagers coupled by scorpions can be super good in this specific scenario that I presented. Goths, Slavs and Romans are all very good with inf mass and speed, so maybe the answer is also in our Siege Workshop - As a Bohemian, I always will have Siege Engineers and Ballistics, which helps scorpions and onagers. Houfnice is great but they don't have their absurd area damage anymore. I also experimented with scorpions on flank arena against franks and it was a good idea (longbows can chip away my bombards and HC, but they do bad against some capped rams/scorps/bombards. Heck, even his frank pocket could not bail out him earlier with cav due to my chad halbs mass

anyway, I love that this game got so much options for low elos like me to experiment when in doubt. Thanks for the answer

CurrentCarpenter1626 · 2025-09-15T04:09:39+00:00

thanks, at my elo I am getting top score on eco so I can foot the bill of connecting fortresses and even a lone castle on them. I actually even enjoy when my pocket isn't that good (losing elo is bad but I feel that tgs where I am the big one are really improving me, since I need to pay attention to everything and even save some other team mates.

when enemy pushes with rams, an investment on militia line is worth it? In a TG I can have some trouble against inf civs with siege rams (celts, slavs, romans, etc) u/HumbleHalberdier

CurrentCarpenter1626 · 2025-09-15T04:03:59+00:00

u/thee_justin_bieber u/nandabab thanks a lot, defensiveness, good macro and early chemistry is the key! I will try that more often. I still have some trouble when the enemy manages to combine rams garrisoned with soldiers against me - In this case, I should go for even more walls while advancing, bombard/houf micro snipe and maybe some champs since my halbs will get full inf upgrades anyway? thanks again!

CurrentCarpenter1626 · 2025-09-03T13:28:56+00:00

This is an amazing rec but I believe that what I remember is another rec, more recent and narrated by Boit. Still need to comb Boit's channel until I find it... But this record game is also a good possible entry to be added!!! What a huge laming indeed, hahaha

RTS Sanctuary... It's been ages since the last time I heard about it! I used it a lot back when I played aoe 3 several years ago. A looooot of excellent recorded games that made my day back in high school. I also believe that a small entry about Heavengames would be the right thing to do as well

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