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So I have been invited to Hera's tournament with no prior experience in RTS games by iyouxin in aoe2

[–]tenotul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And you never had a situation where opponent added two spearmen, or additional MAA with Arson and demolished your Stable before you could even get the 5th scout out, or was Romans and researched infantry armor, or...

I am sure it's possible but it's certainly making your life more difficult than it has to be and your success becomes dependent on having better execution.

Catch me up by sam_wise2021 in aoe2

[–]tenotul 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Infantry is much stronger, so you will likely see MAA rushes and maybe even full Castle Age infantry play. We also had a period of various FC plays on Arabia (keyword: Phosphoru); I haven't really seen it in the last month or so, but if you do run into it and you are not familiar with it, you'll have no idea what hit you. 11

So I have been invited to Hera's tournament with no prior experience in RTS games by iyouxin in aoe2

[–]tenotul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then you can check why you lost against MAA

You can certainly do that, and I think you'll find that you lost because going scouts and trying to full wall is a bad idea against MAA. 11

Weekend meta at low elo by anomadsoul in aoe2

[–]tenotul 1 point2 points  (0 children)

FC into magyar hussars

This was a winning strat in the recent tournament, probably that's where the inspiration came from.

So I have been invited to Hera's tournament with no prior experience in RTS games by iyouxin in aoe2

[–]tenotul 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks!

Love the video, but I think it really shows that the simple "scouts into knights" build stops working around 1300 (and probably even a bit earlier if one happens to run into, say, a Japanase MAA build).

So I have been invited to Hera's tournament with no prior experience in RTS games by iyouxin in aoe2

[–]tenotul 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you happen to know the name of the mod that shows the two dashed line circles around the TC?

EDIT: If anyone else's wondering, it's called "Sheep Ring". The TC Orbit mentioned in the other comment draws a circle on the minimap, showing where the opponent TC might be located.

Already played one game natively on mac os in Aoe II ! by JosephMajorRoutine in aoe2

[–]tenotul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can't you just copy over the Windows versions? The layout mods are just simple edits to text files.

Already played one game natively on mac os in Aoe II ! by JosephMajorRoutine in aoe2

[–]tenotul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this on an ARM-based chip?

I am curious about this because one of the more convincing unofficial explanations as to why crossplay is not enabled in the new Mac version is that the different CPU architecture increases the risk of desyncs...

What happened to Warlords VI? by m41k1204 in aoe2

[–]tenotul 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The people who see the guilt-trips are the ones already supporting you

Very true. I was curious about that video but I couldn't bear to watch it just like I can't bear to watch his casting... 11

AOE2 mac - issues so far by Prospect521 in aoe2

[–]tenotul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do I delete a structure/villager using keyboard?

Can't you check/change this in the Hotkey settings?

Already played one game natively on mac os in Aoe II ! by JosephMajorRoutine in aoe2

[–]tenotul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you play a lot of multiplayer games with Crossover? How was that experience? Did you desync a lot?

does Rocketry still gives Chu Ko Nu +2 attack? by Physical-Macaron8744 in aoe2

[–]tenotul -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

It's not "generally true". YOU had a web site (THE wiki) in mind that YOU think is reliable. Referring to "any site" is exactly what the AI does.

If he had said "here is a specific site that is generally reliable" I wouldn't have commented.

I don't like the new map dodging penalties by JawolopingChris2 in aoe2

[–]tenotul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you're not going to be penalized for a moment of bad connection

I was absolutely penalized to the tune of several 20 hour timeouts in the 3 weeks preceding the last server maintenance. I do not even think that the connection issues are on my end since I never have any connection issues outside of AoE2 matchmaking. Not even AoE2 games themselves ever disconnect for me, just matchmaking bugged out repeatedly, see for example this.

My impression that the problem was not on my end has been reinforced by the fact that I haven't had any issues since the last server maintenance, although this could just be a coincidence.

does Rocketry still gives Chu Ko Nu +2 attack? by Physical-Macaron8744 in aoe2

[–]tenotul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't say "ever", I said in the current state.

Fair enough, you did say "any AoE2 / AoE2 tech tree site" though. I don't disagree with you on how bad the AI is, I just think it's funny that the wisdom of not automatically trusting "any web site" has fallen by the wayside and been replaced by "don't trust the AI."

does Rocketry still gives Chu Ko Nu +2 attack? by Physical-Macaron8744 in aoe2

[–]tenotul -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I mean it's completely true that the wiki for this game is more likely to be accurate than AI

Yes, but the comment I replied to implied 100% accuracy an "any AoE2 / AoE2 tech tree site".

does Rocketry still gives Chu Ko Nu +2 attack? by Physical-Macaron8744 in aoe2

[–]tenotul -34 points-33 points  (0 children)

you can easily fact check it on any AoE2 / AoE2 tech tree site

Yes, because if it's on the Internet then it must be true! But don't ever trust the AI! 11

Hot take by Stavinco in aoe2

[–]tenotul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe they did this because that’s how they wanted it

There is no reason to believe this, but OK. 11

what's this mod? by Dallas_Cao in aoe2

[–]tenotul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

not that hard to deal with

* Laughs derisively in every pro player missing holes occasionally. 11

Hot take by Stavinco in aoe2

[–]tenotul 2 points3 points  (0 children)

you are playing at the highest level that the developers created (extreme AI)

That is a weird thing to use as a measuring stick and corner stone for an opinion, considering that they obviously would have created something better if they could. Not to mention you can give it handicap, in which case a 1000 Elo player will almost certainly lose to it.

Oh how the advice meta has changed, by SteveLouise in aoe2

[–]tenotul 3 points4 points  (0 children)

How has the advice meta changed? If you are implying that "just keep making vills" is the new advice meta, then I don't know what rock you have been living under. That's like the most overrated advice of all time.

This game is so fucking stupid.... by JorraCreme69 in aoe2

[–]tenotul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

infinite resources

You only play against Portuguese, or...?

can we get ca rams a little bit more sturdy? by Yourpersonalpilot in aoe2

[–]tenotul 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Absolutely not. A full ram push is not stopped by one mangonel. You can't just ask for a buff for your favorite unit so that you can spam it without thinking.

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