Hello All,
So I'm coming to the AOC community to ask a simple question: How do I beat the Barbarian AI on hard?
First note, I am not looking for an exploit. I already know the AI does terrible vs towers and drush. I can beat the AI on hardest using those tactics. Second note, I'm doing this on Arabia 1v1 and doing a feudal archer rush, do not tell me switch map to migration or some other cheese map that the AI plays terrible against -- I am not looking for an exploit!! I can beat the Barbarian AI on hard if I give it a terrible civ like the Franks and I pick Huns. But I'm trying to improve by mirroring civs and I'm having a very hard time.
I am playing with the HD patch so I do not have access to recorded games. However, when the game ends and I span across the map I notice the AI only builds two archery ranges and maybe one stable. How the hell is it out producing me?? Sometimes I'll advance to feudal faster, plop down two archery ranges, and start pumping but the AI still shows up on my base with more than me. Is it the obvious thing that I just have idle time in my queuing or what?
Additionally, I saw this post on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/aoe2/comments/ ... _ai_on_hd/ -- where a user said quote: "hardest difficulty is actually 1900 or even 2k+ voobly rating hard is between 1550 - 1650 voobly rate" and, "I have been playing against this AI for a very long time and I have seen many streamers playing against it live, friends as well. so yeah that rating very accurate. Note that the hardest barbarian is really a 2k+, because none of the streamers managed to beat it except for viper and mbl who struggled with it until imperial age war and won miraculously :D". Is that statement true??
Thank you for your answers.
So I'm coming to the AOC community to ask a simple question: How do I beat the Barbarian AI on hard?
First note, I am not looking for an exploit. I already know the AI does terrible vs towers and drush. I can beat the AI on hardest using those tactics. Second note, I'm doing this on Arabia 1v1 and doing a feudal archer rush, do not tell me switch map to migration or some other cheese map that the AI plays terrible against -- I am not looking for an exploit!! I can beat the Barbarian AI on hard if I give it a terrible civ like the Franks and I pick Huns. But I'm trying to improve by mirroring civs and I'm having a very hard time.
I am playing with the HD patch so I do not have access to recorded games. However, when the game ends and I span across the map I notice the AI only builds two archery ranges and maybe one stable. How the hell is it out producing me?? Sometimes I'll advance to feudal faster, plop down two archery ranges, and start pumping but the AI still shows up on my base with more than me. Is it the obvious thing that I just have idle time in my queuing or what?
Additionally, I saw this post on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/aoe2/comments/ ... _ai_on_hd/ -- where a user said quote: "hardest difficulty is actually 1900 or even 2k+ voobly rating hard is between 1550 - 1650 voobly rate" and, "I have been playing against this AI for a very long time and I have seen many streamers playing against it live, friends as well. so yeah that rating very accurate. Note that the hardest barbarian is really a 2k+, because none of the streamers managed to beat it except for viper and mbl who struggled with it until imperial age war and won miraculously :D". Is that statement true??
Thank you for your answers.