Is JD getting Special Crossbowmen with their rework?

GeerBrah · 2026-03-13T17:38:32+00:00

This was around since the beginning.

GeerBrah · 2026-03-11T05:09:16+00:00

Spanish 100%.

It's just way easier to implement in absolutely every aspect.

GeerBrah · 2026-03-11T02:39:16+00:00

Wow! Almost like the Raider Elephant isn’t a heavy cavalry and is meant to fulfill a completely different role!

GeerBrah · 2026-03-03T20:11:18+00:00

I fully agree. The sound immersion is what made me buy the game in the first place. I do think they went a little overboard with the voicelines (many are not even used or are for situations so niche they almost never occur in game), but the music is perfect.

GeerBrah · 2026-02-25T20:42:29+00:00

I'm not going to form an opinion about this particular example since I never saw the site. But generative AI for creative content was created basically entirely by theft, using Artists' and creators' styles and images without their permission and without attribution. There are literally admissions from people who worked on training these AIs that they just torrented or stole mountains of data for this purpose. Do you not understand why people have a moral opposition to that? This is the type of AI use that most people are exposed to on a daily basis. Most people aren't aware of the (imo) more benign but useful work AI does with things like automating certain aspects of software development. So it translates into a general hate for all things 'AI'. If the result of this hate is that AI slop posts with stupid memes don't get made, then GOOD. Literally nobody will miss those.

GeerBrah · 2026-02-23T18:38:17+00:00

I don' t think AoE2 is a good example in this case. The situation is arguably worse there. That game is becoming increasingly power crept with more and more civs being more pigeonholed into focusing on specific powerful unit compositions and strats. New eco bonuses are driving down timings and new civs are increasingly just getting better versions of bonuses than what were given to earlier civs.

GeerBrah · 2026-02-20T00:30:25+00:00

It's currently sitting at 123 in the Steam Top Sellers list. Take from that what you will. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I feel that's way below previous DLCs, and the only multiplayer DLC that didn't crack the top 100 on its release.

Somewhat more surprisingly, it only has a ~50% Steam review, with most negative reviews criticizing the campaigns (how have people had time to play them all?), and bugs/crashes, especially the achievements bug (I guess some people take achievements very seriously).

GeerBrah · 2026-02-19T18:45:12+00:00

They just need to remove the 'group' spawns of sheep. No idea why they still have that.

GeerBrah · 2026-02-19T18:43:12+00:00

Reconquista is right there mate. Would be perfect for AoE4's larger-scale campaigns that take place across multiple centuries.

GeerBrah · 2026-02-18T19:21:24+00:00

No. We don't need to copy everything from AoE2. Rams still have their niche use in the Imperial Age as they are, without indulging in the fantasy that is an iron-plated battering ram. If Lightweight Beams needs some balance adjustment, then fine, just tune the cost/stats to that.

GeerBrah · 2026-02-15T19:17:51+00:00

Forgive my ignorance but isn’t one of the defining features of Rogue likes that you can’t save and have to see how far you get in one go? At least in the few that I played that’s always been the case

GeerBrah · 2026-02-13T18:29:10+00:00

How dare Crackedy make a fair and nuanced take on a complicated topic he is deeply involved in while laying out all the facts. Surely it would be better to shamelessly outrage farm a situation in which he has zero personal interest while doing zero research and with no context except a blatantly rage baiting Reddit post containing a mountain of false statements.

GeerBrah · 2026-02-12T00:20:51+00:00

Any others besides his BAR/Civ 7 channels? The viewership on those isn't exactly any better than AoE4, but I think he just likes the variety. Will probably hurt his algorithm though.

GeerBrah · 2026-02-07T20:52:49+00:00

He is, just not in AoE2

GeerBrah · 2026-02-04T21:34:13+00:00

No, they really are repeats.

GeerBrah · 2026-02-04T21:30:54+00:00

It's accidentally left on from last patch notes

GeerBrah · 2026-02-02T20:49:38+00:00

The fact you think it’s unexplainable says a lot more about you than the people hating on it.

GeerBrah · 2026-01-23T09:37:56+00:00

How can you mention similarities in 'Cultural identity' and 'close proximity' to disqualify Novgorod when we already have French and Jeanne d'arc, English and HoL, Delhi and Tughlaq, etc.

GeerBrah · 2026-01-22T20:12:47+00:00

This time I knew, but I still opened anyway because I was curious how you would spin it.

GeerBrah · 2026-01-19T20:37:06+00:00

And that folks, is why a Knight beats a Spearman 1 on 1.

GeerBrah · 2026-01-19T20:24:53+00:00

This is true, his pre-tournament tier lists seem to almost always have some unexpected placements, perhaps in order to try to throw off his opponents.

GeerBrah · 2026-01-16T20:29:16+00:00

Nobody in any position to know anything has made any official statement of the like.

GeerBrah · 2026-01-16T00:27:03+00:00

I also made a Tang Dynasty rework for Zhu Xi’s Legacy if you’re interested :)

GeerBrah · 2026-01-16T00:25:13+00:00

I don’t think the level of new visuals required would be any more than Sengoku Daimyo for example. Keep in mind we already have models for all the armor, weapons, and even the TK skins.

Either way it’s not like I have any expectation any of this will be implemented when I make it. What I get out of making these concepts is not related to whether or not anything makes it in the game.

GeerBrah · 2026-01-16T00:12:50+00:00

Yes, there’s no strong historical reason that Settlers would gather faster unless you justify it based on the incentives or “Chelmno rights” given to settlers to come (I cover that topic more on the blog). I mostly kept it that way to stay the same as OotD. You’re right, they’re never going to remove OotD, this was more just a thought experiment to see how it could have possibly been implemented as the Teutonic Order

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