Creating a second account fixed the issue for me. Thanks for the tip! The problem seems to be account specific which makes it even more strange.
I'm glad it worked for you, I'm kind of "against" smurf accounts, but if this is the only solution I can find to play the game in my scarce free time, then so be it 11Thanks for the tip, that's also the only thing that works for me. I guess today's the day I'm starting a second account...
Because they only fix things based on 2 things, first one and most important campaign bugs and secondly when the aoe influencers get too vocal about the bad state of the game, but since top players are getting tournament after tournament they are less likely to complain, it was fun to see hera,lierey,heart and roxy enjoying the alt f4, the matchmaking errors and wasting their time like most of us.I stopped playing multiplayer because 1v1s are full of tryhards and TG-s are unplayable due to the matchmaking system, but I've been reading many complaints recently and it is so pathetic they haven't fixed anything in 2 weeks.
Definitely frustrating.. but far from inexplicable lulAlmost the 2 year anniversary of DE, and we have basic features of the game not working properly...
It's so inexplainably frustrating.
Because they only fix things based on 2 things, first one and most important campaign bugs and secondly when the aoe influencers get too vocal about the bad state of the game, but since top players are getting tournament after tournament they are less likely to complain, it was fun to see hera,lierey,heart and roxy enjoying the alt f4, the matchmaking errors and wasting their time like most of us.
I wonder how many more times will I have to read this bs on aoezone. We do complain a lot. On and also off stream. Better blame it on whoever is "taking care" of the MP servers who is clearly doing a terrible job (not just the last 2 weeks but in the last 2 years)
Why would people buy the shitty AoE4 if AoE2 is still better? First they need to kick people out of AoE2 so that "you have" to buy AoE4 to keep playing.If we could get functioning servers with some of the DE/expansion cash, that'd be grand.
Hmmm, im sure you guys complain but when it is ineffective shouldn't the community, esp its biggest influencers, band together to escalate further. Imagine the AltF4 being a major 1v1 issue. You get dodged whenever u match with a CL player cause they want Arena and you have banned. Imagining waiting for 30m to even get a match. Would you be then like "we complain a lot"? No, right. You will either leave the game or pursue a tougher course of action. That's what I expect from this great community. There is an issue plaguing TG (Which have 3x players compared to 1v1s) for 2 years and all I have seen is lip service from the top influencers. Memb, MBL, Orunlu are a few who consistently speak out.I wonder how many more times will I have to read this bs on aoezone. We do complain a lot. On and also off stream. Better blame it on whoever is "taking care" of the MP servers who is clearly doing a terrible job (not just the last 2 weeks but in the last 2 years)
So they just don't listen to you either?I wonder how many more times will I have to read this bs on aoezone. We do complain a lot. On and also off stream. Better blame it on whoever is "taking care" of the MP servers who is clearly doing a terrible job (not just the last 2 weeks but in the last 2 years)
The devs have shown that they lack the technical skills to actually improve the game's performance in any meaningful way. Actually, it seems they can't do much of anything without the performance worsening. It doesn't matter if they listen or not.So they just don't listen to you either?
Yeah this is true, the only competencies I have observed are churning out low quality DLCs (maybe the campaigns are good? idk) and shitting on the artistic legacy of Ensemble Studios.The devs have shown that they lack the technical skills to actually improve the game's performance in any meaningful way. Actually, it seems they can't do much of anything without the performance worsening. It doesn't matter if they listen or not.
Looking at all these scripter reddit posts rn. Its as if that dude can watch in the future.I want to fully quote Scripter here from three years ago about the state of the franchise:
I think there have been some problems in management over the last few years with all of the involved developers and I'm not sure why these things keep happening.
For example, after taking on the African Kingdoms DLC project, those in management at SkyBox and FE should never have accepted a proposal to simultaneously work on the Age of Mythology DLC and Microsoft should have never let them accept it while seemingly understaffed and unable to support both games at once. It's a disservice to both the players and the people who actually have to work on the games when management makes these kinds of decisions.
This particular decision caused an awkward period for both AoK:HD and AoM:EE, where one game or the other was left without any real support or updates for many months at a time and AoM still hasn't recovered. In the interest of the game and the players, I think the AoM:EE project should have been left for another dev studio to take and dedicate its attention to.
I doubt I was the only one who suggested to those involved that this decision could lead to an unfortunate result, as there were many comments on the Steam forums, as well. However, it seems those comments were disregarded and history may be repeating itself with AoE1:DE, AoE2:DE, and AoE3:DE. According to some posts I've seen from a former FE dev, AoE1:DE has essentially been AoM'ed and left without any real support for the game or the players as the devs have shifted focus to the other DE projects. There's a thread on this topic at AoEH and it's just depressing to read (just saw it yesterday).
Watching this happen again, especially after what happened with AoAK/AoM, makes me wonder where the priorities are for the people in management at all of the parties involved.
I'm almost certain that none of this is the fault of the people who are working on the games, writing code and designing civs, etc. It's the management and I hope those individuals, both at the dev studios and the publisher, think carefully about the workload being placed upon those who work there and how taking on an excessive number of projects can affect the quality of work and eventually the experience of the players. Please don't abandon the people who bought your games.
Hopefully, 2DE, 3DE, and AoE4 can avoid these issues and become amazing games.
src.: https://www.reddit.com/r/aoe2/comme...low_expectations_for_aoe_4/e4243pk/?context=3
Very evenhanded treatment of the topic, well worth the time to read.The complaints of players and influencers... Well, based on the long-term state of things, let's say there are two options - either they are not alerting to the issues well, or they are being straight ignored. Problem here is that no change in status quo doesn't hurt those people, as they still make the money, they still have their popular streams, they still have their high-money tournaments, irrespective of the state of the game, and they're continually making more and more as the market grows. Which means they are not pressured to "mean it."
There are clearly some that are outspoken more, to which I thank, but also some that basically never say anything meaningful, and plenty that will say "but I try." Well, this comes back to what was discussed some time back, that there is with some an inherent (and not necessarily intentional) bias due to being on the good side of this business and wanting to stay that way, which prevents them from being clear, in a way that instead of "the game is having a serious problem x and y and it means z and w, you need to fix it so that v happens, otherwise r is going to pass," and being adamant about it, they would choose words along the lines "hey guys, you're doing a great work, please continue doing so and don't take this the wrong way, I absolutely do not mean it in a bad way and if you see it that way, I sincerely apologise, but if you could have a look at x, it would be absolutely swell, but only if you have time and budget for it of course, if it conflicts with your plans, I understand, don't want to overwork you, you're doing a great job, I will keep supporting you no matter what and don't listen to the haters on AoEZone, it's just a small thing anyway, thanks" and not pursue it any further.
With how things are since the beginning, and kind of beginning of HD, 8 years later now, you have to question how much of even that is just lip service to appear to the fans "I hear you, and I care" because it's expected and MS won't mind since they do the same, and being actually indifferent to the subject really, because money is flowing anyway, and how much of it is serious, sometimes maybe just inefficiently or ineptly put due to inexperience or maybe being just the kind of person that doesn't want to get involved in things due to being introverted or whatever. I mean if you have the same result going on a decade, it's hard not to see something is wrong.
Frankly, if you don't agree with something, you do not condone it. How can you explain that you are "angry and highly dissatisfied with the state of things and this must change" and then quietly join/cast/host the next 20k MS-sponsored tournament, play on release the new DLC you got for free, join the devs to work with them directly or indirectly under the same conditions, and doing all kinds of other effectively directly advertisarial actions supporting the status quo while making very good money on it (please count how much your streamer is making as a base by multiplying number of subs with their cost/percentage cut, and then multiply it by 12 for example to see what it is per year, which seems something many are not really understanding surprisingly and just see the sub count as some ethereal funny cool number that doesn't mean anything). Some have associated real-life concerns to take into consideration like living expenses, etc., making their decision-making more complex, some don't and it's just about how much they can get, but in the end it shouldn't matter - there's simply being vocal about an issue and trying to influence things, and there's being "vocal" about things (or just like not at all). The first requires personal sacrifice and risk to try and better things. Second seems to be a winning option though, as due to the nature of influencing, people will eat from your hand no matter what you do, and you'll always look like the good guy provided you have enough audience. Which could be used in the first option as well, and maybe quite effectively. But the risk, the risk, right? Doing the right thing is often not easy (in reality it is, it just depends who you are as a person).
Money, money rules all. For a long time has in this community. A lot of people though still live in the past when it wasn't so. It's also your, our, the community's, job to pressure the influencers you like to fight for you and make the game better. They have the chance to be heard more than anybody, as they are the key marketing tool for Microsoft (exactly because of their influence on you, their followers), and if they have all of you behind them, it might just work. Embolden them to take action, I'm sure there are some that would be willing to do it, if they felt the proper support - we are playing a game with Knights, aren't we, right?
And if they won't listen to you, maybe they are not worthy of your attention and you should look somewhere else.
Has anyone been able to join a lobby recently? I can't even find a single game anymore :_/