A truly incredible take. One of the all time great AoEZone opinions IMO.
I like to imagine how Influenza navigates daily life. Watching the world change around them with blank incomprehension. "What's this new thing doing where an old thing once was? Who would want to make an old thing new...
I don't even think the Bengali's bonus is as cracked as people think. It's a good bonus, for sure, but the way the civ is designed it's as if the devs think they are going to have an insane economy lead in every game and need to be nerfed back into line to compensate. Yes 4 free vils by the...
Like, lots of units are countered by skirms and are still good. Conqs, mangudai, camel archers, plumed archers, arbalest... I don't think skirms are the whole issue here. The problem is that Bengalis need a better overall tech tree. Normally making a unit that forces your opponent into a lot of...
Honestly I think the main issue for Ratha is that it's attached to a garbage civ. It's not a great unique unit, of course, but if Bengalis had literally any unit they could make against skirms it'd be alright. As it is their own skirms lack thumb ring and their champs lack plate mail and...
I enjoyed the tournament, but that last game sucked. Real let down after what I thought was a consistently good final up to that point, with close games and very high level of play overall. I know several top players have already weighed in during interviews etc., but from my PoV as a viewer, it...
I think this is incorrect, most historical accounts that I've heard of describe the "testudo" formation used primarily in sieges and when facing archers, not for close quarters battle. That said, it was used in the medieval period both by the (Eastern) Romans and by various Muslim armies, again...
This is true, but I think it's a bit more complex than just being easy to counter. Yes, swordsmen die hard to xbow (assuming a realistic engagement, i.e. some micro, reasonable numbers on both sides). And xbow die just as hard to eskirm (again assuming reasonable numbers, upgrades on both sides...
This is a perennial topic of debate as others have noted. The role of the swordsmen-line in game has seen a lot of tweaking overall, and IMO is in a fine spot at the moment, but many people want to see swordsmen armies be viable in the mid game and there are a bunch of opinions about how to...
Personally I have no interest in watching LOL, but I wish Hera all the best - he was clearly fed up with AoE2, disappointed with AoE4, and since he's a full time streamer now he does need something to play. I guess LOL makes as much sense as anything else. Sad day for the AoE2 scene tho.
Currently watching Hera's AoE2 stream, and it's kinda horrifying honestly. His chat is like 50% people trashing him for playing AoE4, 50% people asking when he'll be streaming AoE4 next. He's visibly regretting deciding to practice for KotD on stream, and talking about how he's going straight...
This is just the most bizarre response to my post. Yes, anyone can set up a Twitch account and livestream, but that obviously isn't the same as being a full time pro. Similarly, anyone can cook a meal, but that obviously isn't the same as being a professional chef. The fact that the activity of...
Honestly given the amount of hate on this thread, it's pretty funny that people are attacking streamers for not being "loyal" to the community that "supports" them. If this is how Viper and T90's fans react to them moving to a new platform, I'm not surprised they didn't feel any great desire to...
- Be the Kievan Rus
- Conquer an empire from the Black Sea to the Baltic
- Introduce Christianity to the East Slavs
- Fight off Byzantium, Poland, various Steppe nomads
- Largest state in Medieval Europe
- Descendants on the thrones of Norway, Sweden, Poland, France and Scotland
- Only defeated...
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