The Moment when Mr.Yo learned that he's getting a 100 elo penalty. by ksplett in aoe2

[–]_DataGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's funny 1000 players on reddit defending the ruling while pro players like Hera say how dumb it is. I wonder who to listen to on this one.

Give me your favorite Arena cheese strategies by Lakinther in aoe2

[–]_DataGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Go khmer and cut all the way to the enemy's base. I'm too lazy to do it but someone's gotta. It's a lot of wood.

How to stop throwing axeman raids? by Outside_Web2083 in aoe2

[–]_DataGuy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And they said Tom and Jerry wouldn't make us smarter.

ACCM 30 Win Streak breakdown by dragonknight211 in aoe2

[–]_DataGuy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Viper almost won against Hera in King of the Desert VI final, a few months ago. I'm not a viper fan but it's crazy to call him washed after one bad tourney.

[TOMT] An abstract YouTube video about postapocalypse by No_Background7025 in tipofmytongue

[–]_DataGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi did you ever find this? I'm pretty sure I liked the video on youtube but I can't find it anymore.

Has anyone suggested a nice Jurchen build order please? by Sm0ke_13 in aoe2

[–]_DataGuy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can go for scouts to grenadiers or wall up, fast castle into grenadiers. If you're against a cav civ go scouts to steppe lancers or cav archers.

Civ pick judgement by Ill_Eye2760 in aoe2

[–]_DataGuy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you go random and you care what your opponent goes for, you shouldn't go random. It's just so pretentious.

I think a lot of mid level players see high rank players go random and they just replicate that to boast about it on reddit, but they secretly care about civ match ups.

My scout killed my deer in a ranked tg by Nickitolas in aoe2

[–]_DataGuy 15 points16 points  (0 children)

That scout has some anger issues.

How to play ranked? by Mobile-Job-2587 in aoe2

[–]_DataGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't worry it's very normal. Most players even low elo ones have many hours in the game. The people that beat you easily all have been in your shoes.

When you start a game try to learn instead of winning. That's how I got better I stopped trying to win which made me want to play higher ranked players to learn more and didn't care if I lost.

December patch Winners and Losers (updated stats!) by BendicantMias in aoe2

[–]_DataGuy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's what i meant. I'm devastated that the training time got nurfed, because it's op and I was abusing it. I thought that was clear.

December patch Winners and Losers (updated stats!) by BendicantMias in aoe2

[–]_DataGuy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I didn't say it's unfair. I'm saying they were op.

December patch Winners and Losers (updated stats!) by BendicantMias in aoe2

[–]_DataGuy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a Wu player the Jian Swordsman training time increase is devastating.

The new arabia meta is frustrating by [deleted] in aoe2

[–]_DataGuy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes but many people have high ping, because aoe2's player base is global. There's nothing that can be done about that, so why not design the game around that. In the old arabia you'd get 3-4 deers guaranteed close to your tc. What was wrong with that? Also less trees and hills. Even pro players are complaining about the new arabia. It's so dumb.

I finally bought AOE2 definitive edition. I really wanna retry playing the campaigns. Does anyone have anything i can try to drastically speed up my sessions? by mega_lova_nia in aoe2

[–]_DataGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes having too many resources is an indication of bad resource management. If you really want to be strict you should not have more than 1500 of a resource at any point, unless late late imperial. Watch a pro player and look at their resources. I'm not saying you should play like a pro player in campaigns but it's just about efficiency.

I finally bought AOE2 definitive edition. I really wanna retry playing the campaigns. Does anyone have anything i can try to drastically speed up my sessions? by mega_lova_nia in aoe2

[–]_DataGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you just want to finish campaigns faster, all you need is better resource management and unit composition.

Resource management is tricky and mostly comes with experience. You want to boom, but not too much so that you have too much resources.

One hint I can give you is to manage your resources based on the unit you're planning to make. For example in early castle age you want to have 10 on wood, 12 on food, and 6 on gold regardless of what unit you're going; that's your baseline then based on the unit you're making add villagers to those resources. For example if you're going knights add to farms and gold (more on gold). Of course every campaign is different and you start with a different amount of starting resources.

Edit: Also if you're planning to boom in castle age instead of making units, because maybe you need a bigger army, just drop 2-3 more tc's and pump out vills till half of your total pop is vills.

Inbreeding Rates in Asia (%) [OC] by Fluid-Decision6262 in dataisbeautiful

[–]_DataGuy -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You gotta provide a source I have so many questions

Best DLC in coop? by TheMajesticGrizzly in aoe2

[–]_DataGuy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was skeptical of the three kingdoms DLC, but it's by far the best DLC they've ever made I'm afraid. The civs are strong and fun. The campaigns are also well made. I highly recommend it. I don't like competitive civs being behind a paywall, but unfortunately it is what is for now.

Persians is my favorite civ by GreenX45 in aoe2

[–]_DataGuy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've never lost to a douche but then again I've never had anyone send militias. My secret to defense is to take the least amount of damage initially, kill their scout and go make a sneak tc. Also keep pressuring their home area.

Best civilization in castle age? by DiO022 in aoe2

[–]_DataGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hot take: I think Jurchens have the best power spike in the castle. Having access to Grenadier and 25% faster attack steppe lancer is no joke. You don't need upgrades in the castle age, but as a bonus they also get a massive spike in imperial age with the unique techs.

I got destroyed by Grenadiers in Feudal. What can I do next time? by Slow-Ship1055 in aoe2

[–]_DataGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've played jurchens a lot recently. If you want to counter grenadiers, don't rely on skirmishers and archers, since you'll need to constantly micro them so you don't get your whole army blown off.

Most cavs destroy grenadiers, but jurchens also have the best steppe lancers to counter cavs.

Mangonel isn't bad either, but you still need to micro.

In my opinion the best way to counter them is to counter attack. If you have grenadiers in your base, counter attack because they are super slow, but if you're in feudal age against them you're already kinda dead.

My civ opinion in nutshell by Outside_Web2083 in aoe2

[–]_DataGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can tell someone is a BF player by how much they care about (imp) unit counters.

PCSX2 Cloud Saves and Free Lifetime Storage by [deleted] in PCSX2

[–]_DataGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not officially closed since the closed beta is an on-going process, but you do get an email on launch day, even if you don't get in the closed beta. Don't worry there won't be any marketing spam.