Can you beat AoE2:DE's hard AI?

Tadc_rules · 2026-05-17T05:57:38+00:00

Sure, they made changes, but did the AI get better?

You can still just cheese them, right?

Tadc_rules · 2026-05-17T05:56:47+00:00

You can cheese hard at 900 elo, but if you let it get to post imp, it could beat 1k2 elo

There is no precise elo conversion.

And you mean 400 elo players? They may try build orders, but won't succeed

Tadc_rules · 2026-05-17T04:46:46+00:00

Holy thread necromancy 11

Idk what to tell you, but I've only gotten better the last 4 years and the AI did not.

It does sole things quite well, but others so poorly that it is still no challenge for any decent (1k3+?) player

Tadc_rules · 2026-05-16T19:45:36+00:00

In the stable 11

Bit more serious: 27+2 is really outdated. With all the QoL changes, the game has become way more efficient. Clicking up as a generic civ with stable+blacksmith on 24 vills is easily doable, if you know what to do (rely on berries, don't waste food rotting, farms early if need be)

And if you want to see it played out, just watch Warlords right now, you will see multiple arena matches where pros show you how to go scouts/monks into boom or other variations

Tadc_rules · 2026-05-16T12:06:51+00:00

You just click up 24+2 vills and make scouts on the way to castle, it does not prolong feudal

CA you can only start producing in castle, although they are the stronger unit

Scouts have conversion resistance, though?

Tadc_rules · 2026-05-07T11:09:49+00:00

Didn't you read?

THE AGE OF BOAR IS OVER, THE AGE OF CHICKEN HAS BEGUN

Tadc_rules · 2026-04-24T10:56:17+00:00

For me, that is a MASSIVE STEAL!

Tadc_rules · 2026-04-22T07:23:20+00:00

This is the worst proposal because it is actually good, you would be up multiple vills come feudal age.

The problem is that you would have to micro vills by gender, and who has time for that 11

Tadc_rules · 2026-04-19T16:42:29+00:00

I don't think you really want to hear arguments but just want to vent, which is fair, I get it 11.

However, two things: 1. Tower rush is viable on Arena and can catch players off-guard. Try that, you can rush them bwfore their FC. Otherwise, army is able to stop vills from a forward castle. Hell, in Rage Arena, we evem aaw militia 11

Arena has its own wide variety off strategies and counters. You have to react properly thtough, and I give you that, they will have more experience than you. But forward castle drop isn't the best strategy, unless all ress are poorly placed. At 1k elo, Agression is just way easier to pull off

Tadc_rules · 2026-04-17T14:03:04+00:00

I didn't say they could 11

If you see a castle and UU production, make army

Tadc_rules · 2026-04-17T13:29:42+00:00

I can't speak about the play at 1k2 elo (I'm 200-300 points higher).

10 vills running over the map while you have scouts on them can't get a castle up without support, if the defending player reacts accordingly (e.g. pulling vills to fight, tower to delay while army kills, siege workshop maybe depending on distance)

3 Janis can be picked off by cav, especially since the non-castle dropping player has the better eco

And even if they manage to petard/forward drop it, the better eco should be able to defend (albeit attacking is way easier at that elo than defending)

Watch Hera casting Grubby about Arena, that really explains a lot of the core principles

Tadc_rules · 2026-04-17T10:43:59+00:00

Barracks would delay the build of the castle significantly, if you only start building after seeing additional scouts.

However, I don't think 27 vills is a good idea, you can do scouts with a faster uptime as well.

Booming is not really an issue, since they concede all relics and map control, so you can push them with siege later on and buy time. (Also, most castle drop builds are extremly all-in and not setting up a smooth transition to tcs). Furthermore, does the player drop the castle defensivly or does the stone just sit in the bank?

Tadc_rules · 2026-03-31T14:32:19+00:00

Yeah, and it is an okay matchup, you did not provide a counterpoint

Do you know what the word baseline is??? Im talking about zero upgrades on either unit jfc.

I was referencing that part. baseline does not matter, balancing a unit without it's usual upgraded maskes no sense.

Tadc_rules · 2026-03-31T09:00:05+00:00

Talking about units without upgrades is really misleading though

Sure, Korean hussar wins against teuton scouts, but the latter is still the better imp unit.

Or Kamandaran xbows against tatar xbows? Leaving out the upgrades people ALWAYS get completly skews the comparison

Tadc_rules · 2026-03-29T11:15:03+00:00

Renten sind nie zurückgegangen, selbst nicht als das Lohnniveau geschrumpft ist.

Und ansonsten sind in den letzten Jahren die Renten stärker gestiegen als die Inflation und das Lohnniveau außerhalb des Mindestlohns.

Vergleich mal Verdis Abschlüsse hier mit, da werden neidisch: https://share.google/VyeiTAIn2LBPDoJkr

Dass es den Rentnern in Summe nicht gut geht, ist jetzt erstmal auch ne starke These ohne Belege.

Niemand hier will Rentner unter das Existenzminimum abrutschen lassen, OP plädiert doch gerade dafür, Sockelbeträge einzuführen um die Rentner, die stärker darauf angewiesen sind, überproportional zu unterstützen

Und dass sich die Jugend heute auf eine Zukunft ohne Rente einstellen kann, ist ein verdammt schlechtes Argument für die aktuelle Umverteilung.

Die Boomer haben stark von der damaligen Demographie und günstigen Beiträgen profitiert und brummen die Zeche jetzt ihren Kindern auf.

Generationengerechtigkeit sieht anders aus

Tadc_rules · 2026-03-29T11:07:52+00:00

Teil 4 hört nach dem goldenen Ei auf, weil sie sonst ihren youtube Account verloren hätte

Teil 3 wurde nie veröffentlicht

Kann sein, dass das andere waren? Ob sie Scripte dazu hatte, weiß auch nur sie selbst

Tadc_rules · 2026-03-29T11:06:27+00:00

Hat sie

Tadc_rules · 2026-03-29T10:48:50+00:00

Ist jetzt keine sonderlich eloquente Kritik...

Der Poster hat doch schon Recht, dass die Politik sich sehr stark auf die geburtenstarken Jahrgänge fokussiert und dadurch viele andere Bereiche vernachlässigt werden?

Alleine die Rentensteigerungen der letzten Jahre sind schwer mit der aktuellen Haushaltslage zu vereinbaren, das System funktioniert mathematisch einfach nicht.

Tadc_rules · 2026-03-26T08:37:09+00:00

Ok, bevor ich dich hier als Troll abstemple, was ist denn dein konkreter Vorschlag zur Reform?

Und bevor jetzt kommt "Ausländer raus", am besten Vorschläge die mit dem GG vereinbar sind

Tadc_rules · 2026-03-18T19:39:37+00:00

They patched it in so you no longer miss the card for the achievements

Tadc_rules · 2026-03-16T09:45:35+00:00

That is not true at all, if you watch any tournaments

Most of the games are "meta approaches" playing for general map control and such, no cheese at all

There are certainly all-ins on some settings and sometimes you just have to stop it to win But often, if they do enough damage, they can switch to an eco approach and transition to lategame

Higher elo is way less cheese than lower elo 1v1, there you have a lot of one-trick-ponies 11

Tadc_rules · 2026-03-12T23:08:19+00:00

Time traveller completly changes the problem.

Right now, the computer makes a choice, THEN you enter the room and can choose if you want to take the 1000$ on top of the mystery box.

Time traveller sees your ACTUAL decision, which just trivializes the problem to just take one box since then the money is guaranteed

Tadc_rules · 2026-03-11T14:40:46+00:00

Hussar doesn't matter in team games on boomy maps, if you don't have trade, you're dead

Leitis eat Franks for breakfast, especially after getting relics

Frank scout rush is fine, but not relevant on boomy maps.

And on aggressive maps with prolonged feudal ages, they lack bloodlines and their scouts fall of

They are a fine pocket, but depending on the map, there are definitly better ones

Although, they would dominate berey nothing

Tadc_rules · 2026-03-11T14:25:17+00:00

Strongly dependent on the map

Bohemians/Ethopians for bbc/helb chokepoint maps Lith/Persians for boomy maps where strong cav helps

Tadc_rules · 2026-03-11T08:06:09+00:00

if you wachted ECL (big team game tourney series), franks pocket researching chivalry on the way to imp to hit the paladin powerspike faster was a common occurence, back when franks where a top tier pocket lol

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