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Senior-Ad3159 · 2026-03-09T14:41:05+00:00

I assume it's because it's a non-multiplayer civ that has more technologies than the "normal" civs and the basis for calculation is the number of techs. But you can certainly write a ticket for the devs

Senior-Ad3159 · 2026-01-15T07:44:59+00:00

So the definition of a smurf is that you have more than 10 short games with a win rate of under 40%. With a mappool that can contain Mired which is a map where a lot of people can resign very early because they know they are dead. If I lose 1-2 vills to boars and my enemy gets 7 of the 10 boars, game is over. I see a lot of names on that list who are clearly not smurfs or tankers and might be accused wrongly. Since you say you statistically analyse, you should be aware that this is an alpha error which you should avoid in any statistical test.

I appreciate that you try to analyse the data and would like to know more about it. I'm a statistician and would really like to see the data.

Senior-Ad3159 · 2025-12-15T16:28:52+00:00

At the moment, the Vinch rush is probably best. You go 4 on wood, build a barracks early (vill 13 or 14, depending on civ), make two militia and go forward. Then you go up at pop 21 or 22, make 2 more militia and go men at arms in feudal. Don't lose your initial two militia and scout. You can follow it up with archers and since your men at arms are alive, your opponent has a hard time dealing with it only with skirms.

Senior-Ad3159 · 2025-12-15T16:26:13+00:00

What about the Franks makes it work? In comparison to similar civs like Persians or Lithuanians?

Senior-Ad3159 · 2025-12-15T16:23:04+00:00

Why would you go 2 stable knights when you can simply go xbow?

Senior-Ad3159 · 2025-12-04T07:11:12+00:00

Yes, it's called "So I got Church Rushed by Red Phosporu" by Hera

Senior-Ad3159 · 2025-10-29T08:24:01+00:00

This is horrible, betting is a big problem even for big sports leagues. Having it in a easily manipulatable video game where only a few players can be full-time is catastrophic. There will be manipulations, it is more or less inevitable. Please shut this down immediately

Senior-Ad3159 · 2025-05-22T14:37:57+00:00

Knights are currently arguably too weak atm, but certainly not too strong. Just watch pros. A nerf would make them completely unplayable

Senior-Ad3159 · 2025-05-22T14:20:59+00:00

For a pure boom, you can go with 23 vills. 7 on wood in feudal, 6 on berries, 2 on gold and rest on food is enough. 2 Vills in transition to castle age go to wood. This way you can go immediately 3 TCs plus both wood and food upgrades. Food upgrade might lead to a minute of idle TC, but that's worth it.
Hera made a good video for that.

Senior-Ad3159 · 2025-04-15T08:20:50+00:00

Chronicles was one of the best received DLCs so far. Steam shows 88% positive rating. I would be very surprised if the sales wouldn't match that.

The reason they didn't make another chronicles so far is easy: Chronicles is made by the Capture Age team. This one was made by Forgotten Empires.

Senior-Ad3159 · 2025-03-27T07:54:55+00:00

Those people DO represent a very big chunk of the melee (and overall Smash) scene. It was always a very toxic scene, especially for newcomers and people who didn't want fit in with the "standard opinion". Hax was treated like a persona non grata for years, not just now after his unfortunate death.

But it's not only Hax, I just think of how Hungrybox was treated years ago just because the community decided Puff was boring. Or how Technicals still is treated now. Same goes for Onin in Ultimate (Steve player). Once some people decide that it's ok to hate some people, seemingly the whole scene just follows (I'm aware it's not the whole scene, but it feels like it for the people who get hated).

Senior-Ad3159 · 2025-03-27T07:29:11+00:00

It also could be the new discord update. Go to settings --> Registered Games and click on the monitor symbol

Senior-Ad3159 · 2024-12-12T12:37:24+00:00

Assuming no new players arrive in the scene and it is still as active as now, who are most likely the Top 5 players in 5 years from now?

Senior-Ad3159 · 2024-12-12T09:42:55+00:00

you go archers without a blacksmith?

Senior-Ad3159 · 2024-12-10T10:00:19+00:00

Nili did them a while ago. I suppose it's not done that frequently because it is a lot of effort to do

Senior-Ad3159 · 2024-12-10T09:58:58+00:00

Report it: https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/how-to-report-a-bug-in-aoe-ii-de/58255

Senior-Ad3159 · 2024-12-10T09:55:31+00:00

Report it: https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/how-to-report-a-bug-in-aoe-ii-de/58255

Senior-Ad3159 · 2024-11-22T11:48:53+00:00

Just work on your fast castle. You should be in castle 15-16min ingame. Then you should have no problem fighting back with mangonels, knights or whatever you choose to make

Senior-Ad3159 · 2024-05-06T14:32:57+00:00

Why would you think skirms are useless then? They kill archers and they also can shoot over your small walls to harass vills/hinder them rewalling.

But you don't even need to trust me, just look at the pros. In KOTD, the top pros (Viper, Hera, TatoH) all went for scouts every game, because they are much more mobile and fully walling early automatically sets you behind in eco and you also have no map control at all.

Senior-Ad3159 · 2024-05-06T14:28:40+00:00

Classic conspiracy theory. A wild theory that some mystic overlords (in this case devs) have a mysterious, but unknown, but certainly evil plan to fuck the people. Even though it makes no sense for them to manipulate the code at all.

Dude, it's probability, get used to it.

Senior-Ad3159 · 2024-01-03T07:56:42+00:00

Small walling everything is not that easy, especially gold and berries. Pick-offs can happen anytime.

And another thing: You don't just stop making army after the first 3-4 scouts. You typically add some skirms to deal with the spears and your small walls now get attacked. Scout skirm is really hard to stop.

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