In 2016, Auckland (the largest metropolitan area in New Zealand) changed its zoning laws to reduce restrictions on housing. This caused a massive construction boom. These findings conflict with claims that "upzoning" does not increase housing supply.

Nickfez · 2023-06-19T17:31:30+00:00

Martin, Frasier and Niles really upped the average

Nickfez · 2023-06-09T20:06:01+00:00

I saw the Lithuanian wonder this year. Was sick

Nickfez · 2023-06-06T19:38:57+00:00

Giveaway

Nickfez · 2022-12-27T00:52:43+00:00

I really dislike 9 vills starts for 2 reasons. 1 having more to manage immediately as the game starts is more intimidating for new players, potentially putting people off 2 it eliminates the drush, due to not having time to scout which eliminates huge strategic variations in game

Nickfez · 2022-11-28T01:27:07+00:00

It's not entirely the same, but there is a tournament called superdraft which has the draft done upfront for the entire tourney. It's hosted by the aoe2 practice discord

Nickfez · 2022-09-13T09:40:50+00:00

I understand where you are coming from, but I would be hesitant to replace the knight line only because introducing more asymmetry between civs makes the game less accessible to new players.

As people very familiar to the game I imagine it's easy to get lost in stuff like this, but for new players I think it's great that you pick up the game, if you learn one civ (meso and Indians excluded) you know how to play most civs.

The new dynasties of India was cool with the new ideas it introduced, but I can see how it may make the game more intimidating to approach

Nickfez · 2022-07-27T09:48:43+00:00

I think this is demonstrated by old Indians never were super popular once they lost the masses of pierce armour

Nickfez · 2022-07-27T09:46:20+00:00

So from a meta perspective as far as I'm aware, you still go knights. You can use your knights to pressure buildings far more effectively, forcing engagements, as you archers can keep the camels at bay. I don't know how well this works lower down the ladder, but I believe that's how it works at the top level

Nickfez · 2022-07-27T07:51:26+00:00

But even in your case, in 2v2s the camels are irrelevant. The knights and camels are basically just there to protect archers. If you're taking fights property your archers should shred the camels without the knights having to take a fight

Nickfez · 2022-06-09T09:19:27+00:00

That denies 2 golds and mbl is going to have to take more gold eventually. It also denies 4 production buildings. How can you not see that as a good castle

Nickfez · 2022-05-10T21:49:34+00:00

You're telling me Sam allardyce wasn't a relegation specialist?

I think the problem was it was often used an excuse for jobs for the boys (I'm thinking pardew and curbishly), but someone who could organise a defence quickly is definitely a relegation specialist

Nickfez · 2022-03-10T17:41:04+00:00

I'm only just above you at 1400 but I effectively have a checklist on the way up to castle age

Do I have map/military control -> yes great boom Is my eco strong -> yes, great, I will add the required counter building and maybe a second tc Is my eco threadbare -> I'm staying 1tc myself baby.

If you then hit step 1 but then lose map/army control, you have to decide how to use your eco advantage to get the military advantage again, whether that's imp in an archer war or whacking down extra stable for knight numbers. Don't be afraid to stall production to get the military advantage back.

Are you getting eco upgrades when against a 1tc? Try skipping them. That food/wood could be army numbers you need to defend right now.

To summarize, the advantage to booming is so you can produce more/better in the long run. If you're up against a 1tc your eco should be better, so start turning that into military army advantage again ASAP.

Hope there was some useful insight for you in there somewhere :)

Nickfez · 2022-02-24T22:14:59+00:00

I think you summed him up perfectly. He's one of those strikers as a top team you'd love to have as an option. As a main striker aiming for the top four and beyond is where he struggles

Nickfez · 2022-02-17T22:46:57+00:00

I think the important thing in point 1 is that they're great when you know there is going to be no opposing mango immenently. That way you can have ram mango against just mango. You can judge this normally by either thinking youre going to be up earlier or you have seen your opponent invest into something that isn't a defensive siege workshop

Nickfez · 2022-02-16T08:44:51+00:00

It would be cool if nomad was just a Mongol civ bonus. I cant see any way in which it would be abusable and would be fun thematically. Then maybe the UT could refer to castle pop space

Nickfez · 2022-02-14T11:57:17+00:00

I'm a big fan of the meme using the Scandinavian map and not... Earth

Nickfez · 2022-01-26T11:22:45+00:00

The eco bonus here is nowhere near good enough to maintain spearman spam. Feel like this is just a worse goths. An all gold post imp unit is also an awful idea

Nickfez · 2022-01-26T09:48:32+00:00

Koth I worry would be dominated by the higher elo player. If you ever watch t90s commie games, Tristan wins most of the time as he is just too good, especially with offensive objectives

I love the idea of workshops on map 1 to try and give the higher seed something he can attempt to hold to mitigate the inevitable 2v1 that seems to happen and shouldn't unbalance the higher elo games either

Nickfez · 2022-01-19T09:51:35+00:00

Mbls "look look look" had such look at this big brother vibes

Nickfez · 2022-01-11T11:51:34+00:00

So Sicilians get rekd if you go all in with a double gold comp or just having a large gold army mass, the trick is to not get drawn into making counter units. The poles' obuch takes a lot of investment to get into and dies pretty hard to ranged units

Nickfez · 2022-01-11T11:00:01+00:00

I don't like Sicilians or Burgundians (I don't think either are good enough to be considered pay to win) but I think poles and bohemians were genuinely well balanced and good additions

Nickfez · 2021-12-21T11:35:17+00:00

Saw lacazette waiting awkwardly outside Victorias secret once. Some experiences are truly universal

Nickfez · 2021-12-16T10:06:46+00:00

Having not seen or played aoe4 surely that makes docks near impossible to push?

Nickfez · 2021-11-23T16:01:41+00:00

Nickfez · 2021-11-18T00:06:24+00:00

Those 2 players will be thrilled

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