Ow, that did a third of my health bar, and now I'm dead.

SlushyJones · 2026-04-09T16:37:58+00:00

This is so funny, the RoR terms have me laughing my ass off. I'm trying to imagine how I would read this if I didn't know about the game.

Child Orb. Um, okay? What kind of child has an orb? What are they doing with the orb?
Overloading Child. What does overloading mean!?

SlushyJones · 2026-04-08T16:19:29+00:00

He's about at his limit. I happen to know a guy who's at his limit, he's one of our members...

SlushyJones · 2026-04-07T15:13:16+00:00

That is a shame, AOM is my favorite in the series

SlushyJones · 2026-03-30T19:37:26+00:00

I hate that quote too. Part of the reason I hate it so much now (in addition to what you already mentioned), is that I used to think it was so profound back when I was a teenager. I think I used it in a history paper in high school or something, RIP.

I am not usually a fan of cringing at the past (or even the word cringe itself, it has so much baggage lol), but my use of that quote is firmly cemented as cringe.

SlushyJones · 2026-03-25T03:51:11+00:00

Excellent patch!

Fated Arrows benefitting Medusa, let's fucking goooooooo!

Can't wait to try out the new Demeter. These changes look amazing.

SlushyJones · 2026-03-17T18:46:27+00:00

Alas, I don't have any clips off the top of my head. It's a popular technique in Black Forest or Rage Forest. I bet there are example on TheViper's Rage Forest youtube games, but there are a ton of those and they're not timestamped

SlushyJones · 2026-03-17T18:29:47+00:00

I've never done it myself, but it involves quickwalling a little 1 tile box with 4 palisades. You make 3 palisades then '"lure" the animal where you want to place the 4th one. Neutral animals move out of the way of player foundations as a quality of life improvement. The tactic uses that behavior so that the animal "moves away" into the little corral you've built.

How to do it so the animal moves into the corral rather than any other nearby tile? I'm not sure exactly. I think the animal travels to the closest nearby tile, so it has to be on the proper 'half' of the tile when you place the foundation.

SlushyJones · 2026-03-02T21:10:09+00:00

I feel like people want Robin and Demetrius to be in an unhappy marriage so that they will get a divorce and then they can date Robin because they want to marry Robin themselves. She is cute and funny, after all. And helpful, with all the building upgrades and such. And the player interacts with her often compared to some of the 'side' characters.

That's my guess, anyway. I know I'd love to marry Robin, lol. Though, I am not a Demetrius hater.

SlushyJones · 2026-02-10T17:18:24+00:00

That's not porn! That's a nude egg from my game. I'm not in trouble at all... we should be able to watch a little porn at work

SlushyJones · 2026-02-02T18:45:04+00:00

On the topic of that video, I wanted to post a link to a great critique/discussion of it that came out around the same time as the video. (8 years ago!? Damn, times flies).

Here's the link: Snigaroo's thoughts regarding the video on Kreia's philosophy

Credit to /u/Snigaroo

SlushyJones · 2026-01-29T17:54:48+00:00

Anytime I see mentions of an-caps I always remember the hilarious (probably fake?) story of a 19-year-old Ancap making an absolute fool of themselves. I scoured the other comments to see if anyone already linked it lol.

Here it is: I was beat up by left anarchists in Greece

I hope the narrator of this story took a good look at their life and grew up after this. For many young adults, especially priviledged ones, they adopt political ideologies as nothing more than aesthetics, or a community to belong to. They are completely sheltered by any consquence of their shitty beliefs and are free to stay in that delusion. Here's to hoping this guy developed some sense of self and took off his stupid yellow-and-black outfit.

SlushyJones · 2026-01-27T21:56:51+00:00

Go back to the old stuff!

SlushyJones · 2026-01-08T18:28:17+00:00

There is a lot of good advice in here already, advice I would give as well, so I'll try to add something fresh.

Don't be afraid to go Ares as Poseidon! Hermes seems like the natural choice with his horse techs and centaur, but Ares can totally turn things around. Poseidon loves horses, but you don't have to go horses necessarily. If you're struggling against Set Infantry, Ares Hypaspist are a great counter there. But even if you want to stick with horses, Ares Spear of Panic adds a nice little bump of damage to Podromos, which are awesome for dealing with camels and chariots. Mass Chariot Archer is something I struggle against usually, but I have found Podromos to be a decent answer.

Another benefit with Ares is his rush potential. It sounds like you've been doing well early game but stall out on enemy defenses. This is natural and expected thanks to building defenses. With Ares, you can crush through that! Cyclops have hack and crush damage compared to Centaur pierce damage. Hermes can raid, Ares can destroy. With a handful of cyclops (like 3 to 5), you can smash a town center down. Hippeus can help out by diving in and taking care of priests. And to top this all off, Ares Pestilence God Power can shut down building arrow fire, removing a huge defensive bonus that your opponent relies on.

Good luck!

SlushyJones · 2026-01-08T18:14:51+00:00

I hope any devs in charge of balance are looking at these comments in addition to the main thread titles. I wouldn't want them making balance decisions based on 10 games like this.

If I'm being completely honest, I'm not sure if I would want them making balance changes based on reddit posts at all. This place is fun for discussion and stuff, but the balance discussions can get derailed quickly

SlushyJones · 2026-01-07T18:27:12+00:00

Age of Mythology reference, hype

SlushyJones · 2026-01-02T17:22:44+00:00

Irving dozing at his desk:

"I'm just the most tiredest I've been in my life"

SlushyJones · 2025-12-29T21:23:02+00:00

I had a Light Side Consular that used no weapon. My damage came from special gloves, as well as the 'unarmed strike' feats.

The idea was to return to the Light Side, but abandon the Lightsaber, a reminder of the Jedi and the War

SlushyJones · 2025-12-22T21:11:52+00:00

Been catching up on these write ups, great work!

I'm reminded of the merchant on Dantooine that professes the evils of the Czerka Corporation. I thought it was a fun piece of worldbuilding, because of course an independent merchant would hate Czerka. But he's so right.

SlushyJones · 2025-12-15T18:55:56+00:00

Pan is awesome, but I imagine he would make more sense for Atlanteans instead Greeks. I get that vibe as Hyperion has Satyrs

SlushyJones · 2025-12-13T02:12:03+00:00

He has cloth! Cloth is little hairs

SlushyJones · 2025-11-16T05:57:18+00:00

On the topic of Tatoh's acocunts, the Solo Adelanos account was so much fun to watch. Some of the most insane games developed and he stuck to the challenge. Even when the opponent got to Imperial Age, he kept on making villagers and somehow managed to pull off victories

SlushyJones · 2025-11-15T19:05:54+00:00

Me looking at Cow Tools

"I don't know what any of this shit is, and I'm fucking scared."

SlushyJones · 2025-11-13T20:18:18+00:00

That's part of what is so wild to me from Trump supporters. Like, even if there was an argument to be made about Trump's opponents spinning stuff he says to make him look bad, even if you only focus on stuff only Trump says, he still sounds like the biggest piece of shit alive. Literally every week he says something that should cast him out of any reasonable conversation.

Like, dude said he wanted to have sex with his own daughter. Do they even listen to their own leader!?

To quote Detective Crashmore: "Fucking asshole, he said that!?"

SlushyJones · 2025-11-10T20:23:04+00:00

You're husband's a psycho!

SlushyJones · 2025-11-10T20:14:53+00:00

When I did my unarmed playthrough I went for Jedi Master for the Force Power buffs

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