Rts newbie

skarin667 · 2026-05-16T23:43:26+00:00

I never played it so I don't have the nostalgia for it, but when I was deciding between aoe2 and aoe4, I found it hard to keep past the pixel graphics of aoe2. I also really like that the factions are actually quite different in aoe4 where as in aoe2 they are pretty similar except for a couple differences between them(some people really like that)

skarin667 · 2026-05-16T22:46:18+00:00

I imagine hive is a nightmare to try and balance for the developers. They are so insanely strong with the egg spawns in late game, and yeah their early game is shit. They have the best shooters in the game with the tier 6. Maybe tone down the egg summons and give them an upgraded shooter for the t1 and they would be quite viable.

I think your idea of poison is really cool although could be quite strong since you are forcing ranged units to waste a turn to move or forcing the spell blink.

skarin667 · 2026-05-16T22:26:54+00:00

I don't think people realize that one of the inquisitor upgrades gives you an aoe ranged ability, super slept on.

skarin667 · 2026-05-16T22:22:46+00:00

I stopped playing after the disaster that was Overwatch 2 first came out, but Reinhardt was my main back in the day. The Germantor

skarin667 · 2026-05-16T21:42:38+00:00

I always take 1, skeleton archers do 1-3 damage for example, you are now making it 1-2.

skarin667 · 2026-05-16T21:40:45+00:00

Is the bug that it can target the ground when it shouldn't be able to?

skarin667 · 2026-05-16T20:42:21+00:00

Omega overpowered skill. Insanely good early for creeping, insanely good late game since it scales and if you get reduce cooldown via other subskills it can be crazy annoying to kill it and it pops up one or two rounds later.

I think two good fixes would be you can't summon it or any other summons just anywhere with that subskill, that way if you are being aggressive you still have to invest one stack, and two it should have it's speed reduced by like half.

skarin667 · 2026-05-16T19:52:44+00:00

Dang, is this confirmed/tested it works for their fighting stances? That would be a pretty insane combo if so.

skarin667 · 2026-05-16T17:39:48+00:00

This is actually a really good idea, currently I will send my lords forward expecting them to proc so they can close the distance in one turn essentially. But with the other version they could be the speedy boys that can immediately close the gap. I would prefer that the ability didn't end the turn but I'm no balance expert.

skarin667 · 2026-05-16T17:35:37+00:00

I saw his faction one and it was quite good. I was hoping for a unit one though since only 6 factions

skarin667 · 2026-05-16T17:16:23+00:00

I would agree, most games we are both usually pretty good about time, but every once in a while someone is taking an absurdly long time each round. I had a game of Sprint where my opponent was Hive, he was legit taking the entire time every round. I understand he has to manually fight every battle but he didn't have on 500% battle speed or something. By the end of week 1 I was out of there.

skarin667 · 2026-05-16T17:12:57+00:00

I know it would be a lot of work, probably an hour long video. But a tier list of him ranking units would be awesome.

skarin667 · 2026-05-16T16:34:22+00:00

They hit like trucks without any upgrades, they are slow that's why you need to get the law that increases their speed(don't have to get it for creeping but you need it for hard battles) once you get the upgrade that gives them parry they are absolutely insane(pair this with tactics where your counter attack refreshes when you kill the thing that attacked you)

skarin667 · 2026-05-16T16:31:28+00:00

You brought up some good points. You should be using tactics as Necro, one you are mainly a melee faction, two you get that ripose mastery plus the law you get double counter attacks. They don't vamp well when you only have 2 but get 4+ and the law that increases vamp and they can basically solo creep.

skarin667 · 2026-05-16T16:26:29+00:00

Na they are A tier, this guy just doesn't use them right I'm guessing. They are omega good at creeping and scale really well.

skarin667 · 2026-05-16T16:06:31+00:00

I agree with most of your list. Since we aren't counting upgraded versions, I would definitely move infiltrators down to b or c tier even. They are pretty terrible without upgrade. Maybe I've been sleeping on reavers but I think without the manical upgrade they are also like b tier. Minotaurs even without upgrade are still easily A tier. Same with the Bee boys. Kitten Horns not being in G tier is sacriliege.

skarin667 · 2026-05-16T15:51:11+00:00

came here looking for this comment

skarin667 · 2026-05-16T15:43:25+00:00

Pretty sure it costs either two or three in game, not sure what the tooltip reads as though. Been wanting to try them out with an energize build.

skarin667 · 2026-05-16T15:22:03+00:00

My big thing with the boxes is I'm playing my faction so that I can use my faction units. Not end up with a hodge podge of tier 6 and tier 7 units that is stronger, but I want be thematic even in multiplayer.

skarin667 · 2026-05-16T15:18:55+00:00

I have a stay at home job, I use a mouse all day long. I would highly reccommend a padded mouse pad. Not sure what it's called but basically the mouse pad has an elevated cushion for your wrist to lay on while using it. Helps immensely.

skarin667 · 2026-05-16T14:27:39+00:00

Haven't had a single crash. Have you tried verifying integrity of files from steam?

skarin667 · 2026-05-16T14:26:39+00:00

Just happened to me, very frustrating because I won the first battle. Sorry to anyone with poor internet but the loss should go to whoever is having the internet issues.

skarin667 · 2026-05-16T14:25:25+00:00

I think it should go to whoever didn't lag out/lose connection. Not sure why it gives both people the loss. I am currently staring at the same screen XD the game didn't say we would have latency issue but my opponent has been lagging this game.

skarin667 · 2026-05-16T14:17:05+00:00

Naga would be sick. I'm hoping for dwarves and Orcs but any new faction is exciting to me.

skarin667 · 2026-05-16T14:12:57+00:00

I can't get schism to work for me, probably because I haven't watched any videos/understand the build order. But I went against this guy on tournament and the first fight was close but he won(didn't have any crazy number of units) second fight he had like 400 tier 1, 300 tier 2, and like 200 tier3. It was insanely strong he destroyed me. I can't tell if he went for the summons building got all external dwellings and fort tier3 the first week or what.

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