After playing 2000 Aoe 2 games, I have a question- Why the PRO player usually play at BLACK unexplored maps.. They do that even at Black forest and Arena..
Age of empires 2 is a STRATEGY game. So, it is much better to play at Explored map from the begining of the game..
So the CLEVER player will choose their best strategy for the game. If you have a gold and stone at back, you may play ONE type of strategy. If your gold and stone are FORWARD, you may play other strategy..
At EXPLORED map, the player may decide their strategy, from the begining of the game. They may GUARD their boars, or greedily try to STEAL boars from other players. The player may decide to attack enemy villagers using their scout.
At Explored map, The players may decide to WALL yourself or to RUSH immediately.
At Explored map, it is much more FUN from the begining of the game... It is not just clicking at a black spaces at the map..
At Explored map, the player do NOT know HOW and WHEN will attack the enemy player. They know ONLY the map.
Also, in the reality the WARS, do not begin when you meet somebody. The wars begin when some country decide that other country is a ENEMY or they want to conquer them.
Usually, the countries at some war KNOW the MAP, the Mountains, the rivers BEFORE the war begins.
Playing at BLACK Unexplored map is as playing a RANDOM civ at FULL random map... It is only LUCK involved.
A player who has better LUCK, will receive a better civ for that map. You know that if equally skilled players play, the other important things are the CIV and the map..
At competitive game, It is much better to pic some civ. So the player will know their WEAK sides and STRENGTHS.
If a player PIC a civ, before the game, he/ she will think what units to use. And when a player see thh whole map, he will decide his / her BEST strategy for that map.
For example if some civ had bad archers, the player may build archery range ONLY for skirmishers, to counter enemy archers.
If some civ has very bad monks, the player do not need more that 1- 2 monks to take relics and heal their military units.
When I started playeng Aoe 2, I defeated 7 computers at HARDEST difficulty at SINGLE- player games. I used some monks with my army. I played at SLOW speed.
After that, I began to play Multiplayer games, and the players there played usually at FAST speed. They just Boom, made economy, reached IMPERIAL age, as soon as possible, and they spammed units from the military buildings.
They said that slow and Normal speed are for Noobs, New players. But I could not use monks.
NOW, I know it is better to play at Slow or Normal speed to use all your units and to micro them. At fast speed, the player can not micro units. Now, I defeat all these BOOM players, I use monks AGAIN and I play at Normal speed.
Now, I think, it is better to play at EXPLORED map, So I may choose my BEST strategy for the map, from the start of the game.
The black Unexplored map is good only fo QUEST games or Role playing games( RPG ), where the player must search. So the players will know where they was previouslly and they will not return again and will not waste their time.
Black Unexplored map is good ONLY for Campaigns, where the player attack and defeat enemy unit in a path, road.
Also, the players start the game with have ONLY 1 scout. So, if they lose it to "Town centre fire", they can not explore the map, and they will need to spend 175 wood and 80 food to build a new scout to explore the map...
And FINALLY , at Normal BLACK Unexplored map, if some player is a HACKER and he may change his colour to see what the other player does ( that is a CHEAT for SINGLE player at all mods at Voobly and Aoe 2 Definitive Edition ), that Hacker will have huge, ENORMOUS advantage. The other player has NO chance to win..
But at Explored map, even if enemy use that cheat, I have a chance to win..
For me, playing at BLACK Unexplored map is as playing a RANDOM civ at FULL random map... It is only LUCK involved.
Age of empires 2 is a STRATEGY game. So, it is much better to play at Explored map from the begining of the game..
So the CLEVER player will choose their best strategy for the game. If you have a gold and stone at back, you may play ONE type of strategy. If your gold and stone are FORWARD, you may play other strategy..
At EXPLORED map, the player may decide their strategy, from the begining of the game. They may GUARD their boars, or greedily try to STEAL boars from other players. The player may decide to attack enemy villagers using their scout.
At Explored map, The players may decide to WALL yourself or to RUSH immediately.
At Explored map, it is much more FUN from the begining of the game... It is not just clicking at a black spaces at the map..
At Explored map, the player do NOT know HOW and WHEN will attack the enemy player. They know ONLY the map.
Also, in the reality the WARS, do not begin when you meet somebody. The wars begin when some country decide that other country is a ENEMY or they want to conquer them.
Usually, the countries at some war KNOW the MAP, the Mountains, the rivers BEFORE the war begins.
Playing at BLACK Unexplored map is as playing a RANDOM civ at FULL random map... It is only LUCK involved.
A player who has better LUCK, will receive a better civ for that map. You know that if equally skilled players play, the other important things are the CIV and the map..
At competitive game, It is much better to pic some civ. So the player will know their WEAK sides and STRENGTHS.
If a player PIC a civ, before the game, he/ she will think what units to use. And when a player see thh whole map, he will decide his / her BEST strategy for that map.
For example if some civ had bad archers, the player may build archery range ONLY for skirmishers, to counter enemy archers.
If some civ has very bad monks, the player do not need more that 1- 2 monks to take relics and heal their military units.
When I started playeng Aoe 2, I defeated 7 computers at HARDEST difficulty at SINGLE- player games. I used some monks with my army. I played at SLOW speed.
After that, I began to play Multiplayer games, and the players there played usually at FAST speed. They just Boom, made economy, reached IMPERIAL age, as soon as possible, and they spammed units from the military buildings.
They said that slow and Normal speed are for Noobs, New players. But I could not use monks.
NOW, I know it is better to play at Slow or Normal speed to use all your units and to micro them. At fast speed, the player can not micro units. Now, I defeat all these BOOM players, I use monks AGAIN and I play at Normal speed.
Now, I think, it is better to play at EXPLORED map, So I may choose my BEST strategy for the map, from the start of the game.
The black Unexplored map is good only fo QUEST games or Role playing games( RPG ), where the player must search. So the players will know where they was previouslly and they will not return again and will not waste their time.
Black Unexplored map is good ONLY for Campaigns, where the player attack and defeat enemy unit in a path, road.
Also, the players start the game with have ONLY 1 scout. So, if they lose it to "Town centre fire", they can not explore the map, and they will need to spend 175 wood and 80 food to build a new scout to explore the map...
And FINALLY , at Normal BLACK Unexplored map, if some player is a HACKER and he may change his colour to see what the other player does ( that is a CHEAT for SINGLE player at all mods at Voobly and Aoe 2 Definitive Edition ), that Hacker will have huge, ENORMOUS advantage. The other player has NO chance to win..
But at Explored map, even if enemy use that cheat, I have a chance to win..
For me, playing at BLACK Unexplored map is as playing a RANDOM civ at FULL random map... It is only LUCK involved.
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