After 21 years of AOE2 what are some things you never knew about the game until recently?

[JoshuaR]

Any time derp posts.

 

[HongeyKong]

Elephant archers and ballista elephants cost food instead of wood. I literally never used them in WK until a few weeks ago. 111

 

[Gentle]

Been playing some unranked BF on DE last week. Found out it's actually super easy to consistently double / triple lure the extra boars with a villager in a single trip (due to only needing 1 arrow shot).

Looking forward to trying out a quad / penta lure if I ever find that many boars #TheSkyIsTheLimit

 

[i_no_english]

Maybe because the settings were on 'easy' which made the boars have less attack? Don't know if it works that way.

 

[Gentle]

Maybe because the settings were on 'easy' which made the boars have less attack? Don't know if it works that way.

Nah, it was possible on voobly as well but u had to micro a lot more. U basically use the boars to block eachother so you shoot the furthest one first, then shoot the next one once its furthest, etc...

In the past u needed 2 shots on every boar so u spent more time aggro'ing the boars. Inevitably they would get some hits in so you needed sc/sheep to block the boars on the way back.

Due to the change where u need only 1 arrow shot u can now shoot multiple boars without getting attacked before the walk back. This means u don't need the sheep/sc unless u doing some crazy far lure.

 

[Gentle]

Made a clip:

 

[iViktorius]

Made a clip:

Ending the clip before the vill dies

 

[HongeyKong]

Ending the clip before the vill dies

He didnt lose a vil, you can watch the full video. Note that hes loomed tho.

 

[Gentle]

He didnt lose a vil, you can watch the full video. Note that hes loomed tho.

True! 50 gold for 1050 food is a decent price 11

 

[HyunAOP]

Been playing some unranked BF on DE last week. Found out it's actually super easy to consistently double / triple lure the extra boars with a villager in a single trip (due to only needing 1 arrow shot).

Looking forward to trying out a quad / penta lure if I ever find that many boars #TheSkyIsTheLimit

Ive done this on BF. The boars seem to get stuck on each other and you need to sometimes reaggro one of them

 

[JoshuaR]

Ive done this on BF. The boars seem to get stuck on each other and you need to sometimes reaggro one of them

Shouldn't they still track as long as other boars are in their line of sight? Like if the bird flies over.

 

[dodageka]

Shouldn't they still track as long as other boars are in their line of sight? Like if the bird flies over.

I think this is not about being out of line of sight but more bugging out due to being blocked - similar to what happens when you build a house to save a failed lure

 

[HyunAOP]

Shouldn't they still track as long as other boars are in their line of sight? Like if the bird flies over.

Thats why i said you need to re aggro one. Since doing so ensures they all still follow.