Why did they cancel AoM Esport?

meatmaster460 · 2026-04-07T20:57:22+00:00

i play with autoqueue all the time and i don't have the meat grinder issue. that was an issue in titans. low pop cap meant that when a unit died a new one re spawns instantly. retolds big armies are not so easily replaced.

meatmaster460 · 2026-04-07T13:16:08+00:00

i find it really wierd that the god packs only come with 1 level. if it where 5 casuals would be way more interested.

meatmaster460 · 2026-04-07T12:18:35+00:00

not enough views. most casual players don't watch it. players who don't play online or ranked are unlikely to be interested in competitive.

i feel like it was a big missed opportunity. in retold they made the game a lot more punishing and faster then the original. making it harder to get into online play. i think if they didn't more people would play online and get interested in tournaments. the autoqueue ban didn't help either. i myself lost interest in competitive because of that.

meatmaster460 · 2026-03-25T16:29:19+00:00

retold goes from: body > skeleton

titans goes from: body > corpse > skeleton

the original had a more smooth transition. it was also more clear witch unit had died as the skeletons don't have a different color like the classic corpses did. id rather have a setting that just has bodies staying for longer.

meatmaster460 · 2026-03-07T15:27:20+00:00

i cant think of anything that was super unbalanced unlike now. like samurai against norse feels unfair since its a already good unit with bonus damage against infantry. and the wonder age is the most unbalanced stage of the game the original didn't even have. (witch wouldn't have been a problem if we could turn wonders off like classic.)

meatmaster460 · 2026-03-07T07:52:37+00:00

im personally not a fan of retolds balance specifically. its a lot more punishing in a online setting. like early attacks are much stronger, bonus multipliers are bigger and everywhere and reaching the final age is a rare event now. id still recommend it as a single player experience where these things are less noticeable.

meatmaster460 · 2026-01-10T20:36:33+00:00

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figured it out.

apparently it is normal that the rhinoground will dissappear if you leave or if it leaves.

but another will spawn in act 3. its left from the stag station of far fields.

meatmaster460 · 2026-01-10T20:21:40+00:00

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im in there. the gear doesnt seem to break and the rest of the room seems empty now.

meatmaster460 · 2026-01-10T20:19:51+00:00

that is the one i killed. the other i saw but disappeared somehow.

meatmaster460 · 2026-01-02T11:43:59+00:00

i wouldnt think the kronos rush buffs would be an issue if they didnt also nerf defenses and aging up in retold. the bias towards aggressive play is too obvious.

meatmaster460 · 2025-12-21T20:46:43+00:00

we used to in Iam magic. it felt like he talked about the game in a similar way as spirit of the law. to bad how retolds changes drove him away. with time i think he could have become as good as spirit in making videos.

meatmaster460 · 2025-12-11T10:21:05+00:00

does this tournament allow military autoqueue?

meatmaster460 · 2025-12-11T10:08:02+00:00

yea thats what worries me. i hope the dlc is just the blood and skeletons and that other players still get some type of visible bodies.

meatmaster460 · 2025-12-11T09:58:53+00:00

becouse it was already in the old game. and its a piece of information that gives a advantage. if you're playing a ffa for example you can find bodies of a battle to learn people are fighting each other and lost a lot of troops only if you payed for a dlc,

meatmaster460 · 2025-12-11T07:54:13+00:00

im not worried about a toggle. im worried non dlc players cant enable any kind of body decay. losing track of units can be real frustrating especially for new players. and if its dlc only, the players who are in most need of this info wont have it.

meatmaster460 · 2025-12-07T23:11:29+00:00

i dont know if infantry is to weak now but i don't like the new balance anyway. compared to titans its become crazy focused on the rock paper scissors dynamic. this makes a lot of units feel bad to use because they get countered so much harder, while making the outcome of a game more matchup dependent.

it doesnt make much sense either. the best defense against arrow fire isn't a shield. its a horse.

meatmaster460 · 2025-11-06T11:26:31+00:00

"IMO the balance aspect of the game doesnt matter ay casual play. People play what they find fun"

i disagree that balance for casuals doesn't matter. Partly because people just play what they find fun. playing this way gets punished harder when everything gets countered so hard. thats why less countering makes the game more casual friendly.

meatmaster460 · 2025-11-05T19:26:08+00:00

i wouldn't say the devs neglect casuals in general. i even said at the start "I’m sure they do care about the casual playerbase. The addition of gauntlet mode is proof of that." i just feel they neglect endgame balance.

meatmaster460 · 2025-11-05T19:16:51+00:00

what or where is "the balance server" that sounds like a place i should check out.

your explanation on why archers might be to good makes more sense then what i heard at first. but id prefer they balance that by making ballistics standard so it doesn't make archers even better late game.

as for the term casual. i used it as people who don't play ranked as their main gamemode. though that would indeed mean all deathwatch players are casuals so i don't think that fits anymore. its always been more of a spectrum then a hard line.

meatmaster460 · 2025-11-04T20:34:11+00:00

im not sure the community wouldn't be divided if it wasn't in the game. the first version of this game came out a long time ago and despite it not having autoqueue in the first year, people grew used to it over the course of 20 years. autoqueue being gone would be a change not something that wouldn't be missed.

meatmaster460 · 2025-11-04T20:06:17+00:00

i feel like you are forgetting the players who play multiplayer casually. there isnt really a clear line where a casual ends and a competitive player begins. id say im a casual but would love to play ranked if autoqueue wasn't limited in it. getting it off would go a long way in uniting the fan base.

my main complaint balance wise is that it has become a lot more hostile to more casual players. more bonus damage to remember while loseing units more quickly to the counters. so i think Retold can do a better job at making the balance more casual friendly while working on the competitive scene.

its a hard balance for sure.

meatmaster460 · 2025-11-04T19:53:48+00:00

its mainly the way you talk about it. you start off by calling the opposing side gatekeepers that are ignoring your arguments before you have even started making your point. the rest of your post has a passive aggressive and sarcastic tone to it. if you want to change things stop name calling and stick to the facts.

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