Hello AoC community, this is my first post on these forums.
I guess there's really no need for a proper introduction, but a little background wouldn't hurt. I've been playing AoE for about a year now, as in online gameplay, cause a few of my friends asked me to play since I played when I was like 11. Through words of wisdom and ridiculous 4 hour games against AIs, I finally learned micro/macro, boar luring, unit counters and combos. Now I've only played on GR, cause my friends thought that was the simplest way. As a result, all I've played my "career" was no rush black forest. This is where my predicament comes in.
I've gotten to the point where I can do NR 40 games without much problem (call me a nub, I can't play unexplored Arabia/GA for life ). In fact, me and my buddy have climbed the ranks and don't get auto-kicked from higher level rooms with good players for being "unknown". I'm still the weakest link on any team, but I can hold my own due to my macro and extensive knowledge of counters. However, yesterday, when I hosted a nr40 game, this guy joins, goes on my team and proceeds to dominate (he was Huns). ~16 mins in (in fast speed), he asks me and my friend what our ratings were. I knew he was referring to Voobly ratings, and I told him we only played on GR. Our scores were tied at that point, so I thought I was on his level. Not really. If he were on the other team, we would've embarrassed ourselves.
I always said I'd expand and try Voobly, but I heard they don't really play NR BF, which I'm used to. I tried GA but I sucked and I can't play in anything but fast speed. I'm not saying I'm at the top of the world in GR, but what are your opinions of what I should do? What are your impressions of players who only excel at NR BF games and want to try out Voobly? I'm really sorry if this post is really long and boring, any insight would be appreciated.
P.S
[VeNoM] Guizeh is a boss. If you're reading this, you're a big inspiration as to why I want to get better.
By the way, my GR name is Bonafide Scrub, thanks if you read this far.
I guess there's really no need for a proper introduction, but a little background wouldn't hurt. I've been playing AoE for about a year now, as in online gameplay, cause a few of my friends asked me to play since I played when I was like 11. Through words of wisdom and ridiculous 4 hour games against AIs, I finally learned micro/macro, boar luring, unit counters and combos. Now I've only played on GR, cause my friends thought that was the simplest way. As a result, all I've played my "career" was no rush black forest. This is where my predicament comes in.
I've gotten to the point where I can do NR 40 games without much problem (call me a nub, I can't play unexplored Arabia/GA for life ). In fact, me and my buddy have climbed the ranks and don't get auto-kicked from higher level rooms with good players for being "unknown". I'm still the weakest link on any team, but I can hold my own due to my macro and extensive knowledge of counters. However, yesterday, when I hosted a nr40 game, this guy joins, goes on my team and proceeds to dominate (he was Huns). ~16 mins in (in fast speed), he asks me and my friend what our ratings were. I knew he was referring to Voobly ratings, and I told him we only played on GR. Our scores were tied at that point, so I thought I was on his level. Not really. If he were on the other team, we would've embarrassed ourselves.
I always said I'd expand and try Voobly, but I heard they don't really play NR BF, which I'm used to. I tried GA but I sucked and I can't play in anything but fast speed. I'm not saying I'm at the top of the world in GR, but what are your opinions of what I should do? What are your impressions of players who only excel at NR BF games and want to try out Voobly? I'm really sorry if this post is really long and boring, any insight would be appreciated.
P.S
[VeNoM] Guizeh is a boss. If you're reading this, you're a big inspiration as to why I want to get better.
By the way, my GR name is Bonafide Scrub, thanks if you read this far.