I definitely want to reject any notion that we're not working or listening to pro players, because we absolutely do, but unlike EP we are not (because we cannot) exclusively listening to top players. :smile: Unfortunately I think that many higher Elo players ignore the fact that they're far from ma...

Yeah, there used to be, and most likely still are quite a few esoc members consulted by the devs. Most are probably still in there under NDA so I won't give names, but there were several top players with various playstyles (so not "semi ff gang" haha), some of the bigger streamers, and oth...

Communicating is too hard I give up

In fact, Kaiser did even more before, he opened a thread named as whole "community made list of issues" https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/community-made-list-of-issues/105877/120 My post is clearly about "competitive community made feedback" while giving reference to what I call...

Don Nameless wrote: ↑

17 Mar 2023, 16:05

I noticed how kaiser was very listened to by the developers.

Trust me, the devs didn't listen too much to me or other top players. If they did, and they really had the opportunity, the game would be so much better by now.
They have their agenda and that's about it.

In fact, Kaiser did even more before, he opened a thread named as whole "community made list of issues" https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/community-made-list-of-issues/105877/120 My post is clearly about "competitive community made feedback" while giving reference to what I call...

Don Nameless wrote: ↑

15 Mar 2023, 17:12

How can India be even stronger if she received a useless buff and only nerfs?

It can OOS

No 3v for brits XD how can they be so incompetent, it's pathetic

Cool guide tete btw, but won't praise it until there's a merc build in there

where's the EZ_Uhlan build order ??? Disclaimer: You're gonna need to focus a lot on mechanics, because you have to keep multitasking them. And also have to micro hard: uhlans die quickly if you let them fight melee inf without microing, while they kill quickly if you outmicro your opponent and his...

If you're gonna naked FF I guess it's okay to send that card as you won't chop much wood and can use the coin for an age up and then unit production. In any other scenario, I think you'll chop wood for TPs or military buildings/houses and you definitely want 3v.

It feels like if you're playing a given MU in treaty, it's just gonna be kinda the same game everytime, at least if both players play it right. Most of the time there's one optimal unit composition on each side, one guy being aggressive and draining resources while the other tries to survive and pus...

I don't think it has enough tempo to send it before 700coin. You usually send it instead of 700g. Shipping 700g after silversmith is suboptimal as your coin gather rate is so fast, and shipping silversmith after 700g is usually nonsense as you're going age 3. So you usually don't end up shipping bo...

Used it several times in tourney, can probably find it on twitch or youtube

Just saw this and was surprised. I literally can’t understand what is going on… the game is very far from where it once was! To be honest, I'm pretty nervous about what's going to come. The amount of content is so big already. I don't think the game gets better. At least this applies for competitiv...

I did quick maths, and 2 azaps (160 res in age 2) should barely beat a WW (300 res in age 3), unless they miss shots I guess. Sounds very balanced. Try the same with 2 xbows and you'll see the WW wins with almost 300 hp left haha. Inb4 "yes because it's an anti goon unit", sure but it also...

Lmao good call buffing abus. Now the unit overperforms even more, and against basically everything. Now you one shoot a goon with 6 abus, so clearly they really needed to add a new anti goon unit that deals 64 damage to goons every 3 seconds

Also is the eco really "bad"? Sure 13v is ugly but there's also 2 TPs and 3 saloons (though I have no idea what the trickle is for these?), and I guess on some maps the 2 nat posts (no idea why you need these for this strat either) for the native treaties follow up

Btw we can see on the screenshot he was also able to spend resources on MM lol? Or is that part of the highlander thing somehow

Iroquois, Aztecs, Russian, Otto. Obviously you scout the buildings and understand what he's doing. 1) You listed 4 civs out of 22 2) These rushes barely come in before 5:30 in your base (I'd say around 5:10 on average), too late to prevent the strat 3) Even if it worked, going all in (e.g fast agin...

I would say easily countered with a nice rush. A nice rush before 5:30? 5:30 in your base is more like 6:30 in their base with bad eco, doubt its OP You don't need 1 min to cross basically any map. More like 30s most likely. And then unless you have skirms in colo or a billion units as iro or somet...

What a pile of utter garbage

9 highlanders is only worth about 30 colonial musks, no big deal at 5:30!

Okay let's pretend all top players quitting DE was just due to bias I guess

Haha, legacy tourney still being the most popular option just shows how much of a failure most of these new civs are... Even 2 years after release