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Is TheViper's dynasty over?
It was Eth vs Britons. And not going for Trebs and/or Siege ram felt a bit odd, since he had Tatoh cornered. Tatoh did a fantastic job defending, but Viper's decision making felt off. Watching his latest sets, I can recall many times, where he went for questionable strategies, which is weird to...
The_Philos- Post #1,052
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Do we need AoEZone?
The maintenance of AoeZone definitely has gone down, which makes me check aoezone less and less. The top list have not been working for almost a year now and you can't find facebook streams. Plus the website got really slow (at least for me, every page takes a long time to load). In this very...- The_Philos
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How you doing devs?
In the latest interview they briefly touched the subject. It seems to be even more complicated, since all games (Age 1-4) use the same matchmaking-platform. At least they acknowledged the issue, but it's probably still a long way down the road until significant changes will be made. Maybe in the...- The_Philos
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Biggest AOE 2 DE PUP changes
This change was for targeting of units, not really related to villagers. More likely that this change: Villagers no longer stay idle after finishing constructing a building, garrisoning into it and being ungarrisoned by send back to work button. broke the behaviour. I don't even understand...- The_Philos
- Post #130
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Who made the decision so you can force civ pick and not force random civ?
Simply said, no. And btw the data you are refering to hasn't been updated for over a year. Even if we consider this data, it is incomplete without considering the playrate. Considering your example: Chinese is a good example to point out that at lower elos the 6 villager start has its downside...- The_Philos
- Post #28
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Who made the decision so you can force civ pick and not force random civ?
NOT too much? I would agree that theoretically bonuses don't play that much of a role, but there is a reason why knight civs are so dominant in lower elo. And having a bonus on your eco is simply more forgiving in your macro mistakes. I think the system now is a good compromise for new and...- The_Philos
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Which website for aoe2 match history and stats is currently still working?
aoenexus uses the API provided by aoe2.net, which has its ups and downs at the moment. The player's rating is updated frequently, but the match history does not get updated as much. For match history you can use aoe2insights.com , which seems to be fine, if you update your match history...- The_Philos
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NAC 4 - Trailer
It isn't taking place in Nili's apartment, but instead in Berlin in the GL gaming house. However I guess, there won't be any live audience allowed or very limited. Maybe GL can organise a public viewing like in Heidelberg.- The_Philos
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Boars and the Treaty Box
Actually didn't know that. I always thought, you can only deaggro, when the vill is about to start building. You're right then, there is something weird going on with the boxes. It probably is connected to the 'yellow-box' behaviour that you are not allowed to build anything in that radius, if...- The_Philos
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Boars and the Treaty Box
For me it seemed like the foundation was slightly misplaced, so the boar didn't get deaggroed because the vill couldn't start building (at least second and third attempt). The fourth looked like the boar was attacking over the edge of the foundation, which happens with scouts aswell, so the...- The_Philos
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Pathing worse than before?
I don't know if it was an one time occurence, but when I was garrisoning units in a castle and clicked ungarrison to the gather point, a large group of units would simply not walk to the gather point. Instead they gathered in formation nearby the castle. Can anyone confirm that behaviour? I was...- The_Philos
- Post #26
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Getting called slurs/falsely portrayed as racist on Stellarmeesh' stream #Feelsbadman
If you are okay playing with him while he spews that in form of his username, then yes, you are at least tolerating it. Sorry, but there is a line with "BS name" and something like that. Don't even know why this would be up for debate. If you don't want to be associated with his Nazi propaganda...- The_Philos
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Getting called slurs/falsely portrayed as racist on Stellarmeesh' stream #Feelsbadman
He's on his friendlist and they played multiple games, so pretty sure not a coincidence.. Also a friend of _Cheap.- The_Philos
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Getting called slurs/falsely portrayed as racist on Stellarmeesh' stream #Feelsbadman
His user name states(stated) that he denies that the holocaust happened. It's not racist, but it's some weird Nazi propaganda twist on history. So probably calling them Nazis would've been more appropiate. Don't even know why would anyone defend someone with such a username or associate...- The_Philos
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Towers
I don't think they actually can address it, since it's probably linked to the slightly different hitbox or projectile behaviour in DE.- The_Philos
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What's your favourite most memorable tournament trailer / video announcement of the past 5 years
Weird, I couldn't find it with any of the tags. Thanks YT algorithm I guess. Thank you for the link!- The_Philos
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What's your favourite most memorable tournament trailer / video announcement of the past 5 years
Actually was curious about this trailer and managed to find it (sadly not on YT anymore): Link- The_Philos
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AOE-II DE Jan 31th - Update 58259
You can change the font back to Sans Serif in Options->Interface. Don't know if this helps.- The_Philos
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WWC | Discussion
A quick glance at the handbook: the games have been played already, but they are streamed tomorrow and sunday, starting 15 GMT. The set between Daut and Villese is probably the first to be casted.- The_Philos
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Can everyone reach 2k?
I don't deny that they are talented, but I would also say that their time invested was/is bigger than others. And that the RTS skills from another game can translate well into another RTS (hotkey usage, eco management, counter-mechanics, etc.) with a bit of adjustment to the new game and pace...- The_Philos
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