He just meant that in terms of resource gathering, shrines are not as good as manors, which spawn settlers that gather res (more than shrines do). Ofc shrines have other advantages over settlers, such as not being as raidable and not using up hunt.

Overall I think you are placing too much importance on the viewer experience as opposed to the player experience. Maybe that's because you're not really playing the game anymore, or idk why else, but I think you would do well to empathize with the players a bit more. They're not just there for your...

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I just feel this is probably a subjective preference by some people who are most interested in the mechanics department of the game. Maybe there is (in some cases, not always of course) an overlap with people who enjoy LoL or CSGO. Not saying this to put anyone down, of course. This really is just ...

I just feel this is probably a subjective preference by some people who are most interested in the mechanics department of the game. Maybe there is (in some cases, not always of course) an overlap with people who enjoy LoL or CSGO. Not saying this to put anyone down, of course. I'm more interested i...

Yeah, I find this ^^ really true. I understand some people enjoy e.g. a micro heavy game, based mostly on micro, unit control, mechanic ability. That is fine and their prerogative. I just dislike it if some people then pretend this is the best or only way to play or balance the game, whereas many ot...

I know, I edited it. If this is going to be some sort of showmatch or tourney, some level cap would prolly make sense (or at least an indiciation of which level everyone is at, respectively, bc EGCTV might not know that in detail).

Adding inactive or pr 25 players is kinda pointless, no? No offense, but it would make little sense to have Greatscythe vs Hazza. I know it's not just about the best players (see the opening post) overall, but at least like pr 30+ or so would make sense, right?

Imo you assert a lot and most of it is wrong Are you gonna bring any arguments? [mention]u93[/mention] You keep mentioning the term "skill" but by that you seem to mostly refer to apm/unit control/micro. And that is actually precisely my point: some people consider only mechanical skill a...

RE Aztec FI relied on bug abuse lol. And? It would've been possible to preserve the strategy by fixing the bug and buffing it. It was a unique fresh strategy that has now disappeared in the void. And why? France making some huss and some musk and aging is not a very incriminating assault on the sup...

I tried to explain why in my previous post. I agree that it's a sad state of affairs, but it's not the players' fault. The game has many design flaws and even more balance issues, particularly in late game, that are somewhat hidden because the meta has been relatively stable and we've been able to ...

"Semi FF gang" is a meme and of course not everyone always does semi FF, but I'm increasingly starting to think that there is actually a sizable group of people who strongly dislike and try to avoid or nerf anything that isn't a variation of the following: - standard age2 contain, harassme...

It's so funny, aoe3 is already a way more aggressive game than most RTS, notably ALL games from the age series, and people cry about one of the only turtling options left. Newsflash: if your opponent turtles, the classic RTS response is not brute forcing it but booming. Newsflash: in aoe3, many civ...

See, if port water is a problem, that is a different thing. People always like to mix things up and just call the whole thing unbalanced. Is CM, as a card, really too strong? That's laughable, it barely gets used (effectively) in tournaments, aside from a few situations. If (!) Port water is too str...

It's so funny, aoe3 is already a way more aggressive game than most RTS, notably ALL games from the age series, and people cry about one of the only turtling options left.

Newsflash: if your opponent turtles, the classic RTS response is not brute forcing it but booming.

Has anyone ever done the math on the torii gates? Like, how many extra shipments does it grant you over time on average, eg at minute 6, 8, 10, 12 or so? I always feel there should be a decisive answer to the toshugo vs torii debate but curiously there isn't really. People only voice individual pref...

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lol that Kaiser response to you is just sad

We constantly see all kinds of strategies. Yes, the game has become more macro based overall, but that is often just a second TC or so. This kind of defensive or water boom type of, defensive play is by no means the dominant or even most common build. You see all kinds of strategies, notably still a...

It's pretty obvious to me that if i'm gonna give kaiser a fair fight with equal numbers on goon/skirms/cav etc he'll just win easily with his skill advantage. Some of you might feel like playing these 'fair' fights is the only right way to play the game, but I personally think the things I used in ...

Crazy performance. GGs wp

It's the same in most popular big European cities. Housing prices eg in Paris, London and also Munich are crazy.

I feel it is wrong to use a couple of games as evidence of any sort of new meta or trend. People like Lecastate said that Kaiser didn't play this series the best, so I feel we should take the result and strats with a grain of salt (not taking anything away from Don who played amazingly). How often d...

Big DON Artie made Kaiser quit AoE3.

Any chances of a stream today? :)

Hazza54321 wrote:I shall be casting kynesie vs callen at roughly 17:00 gmt today.

Thanks!