I have been playing AOE for 10 years now, even more. I like to play slowly , and able to enjoy the game. AOFE is a game which i had been waiting for months now. I play with a friend of mine , in hard and sometimes hardest. Now why I am telling this , is when i play AOFE , it is hard for us ( 2 of us against 2 comp) to beat them. They streamrolled in moderate, and in standard they had armies like huge armies. Computer is not playing standard game or moderate at all. It is playing HARDEST at all levels, and only thing that it varies is the time of attack .
This is personal opinion. I understand team has done a marvellous job in AOFE, and i love it, but I would love to have standard and moderate difficulties manageable. Hard and hardest in current AI makes sense, but moderate and lower AI should simpler.
I see moderate and standard as a way for people to understand the game, and strategies, how different units play. But this new version makes it impossible for a new player to play. I had to go back to uninstall AOFE so that me and my friend can play again today.
This is personal opinion. I understand team has done a marvellous job in AOFE, and i love it, but I would love to have standard and moderate difficulties manageable. Hard and hardest in current AI makes sense, but moderate and lower AI should simpler.
I see moderate and standard as a way for people to understand the game, and strategies, how different units play. But this new version makes it impossible for a new player to play. I had to go back to uninstall AOFE so that me and my friend can play again today.