I really like the idea. Do you have any plans for what to do about shipments? It might be interesting to remove all XP gains from the game, and make it so all civs start with 30ish shipments available, but have each shipment cost some other resource.

bart331 wrote:I agree bow rider need some sort of buff, else this mu is clearly imba

BR is age 2 goon, they don''t need a buff.

AR+Cetan/War club is more effective. Any time you close range vs LB you will have a better chance. Save BR vs Huss/raiding only.

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Yeah but writing guides is way more of an involved effort IMO. Video making can be more improvised. And if those are things every PR 25+ already knows, then how is a high-level guide going to be much better? At high levels, the factor of adaptation and reaction is way more important than a comprehen...

^against CDB or settler wagons maybe. They're the only settlers that don't have melee resist. Trample nerfs your normal cav damage, so it'd be optimal to use it on units that don't have melee resist. Again, I think it's very situational when it could be useful, and you'd probably just want to use st...

I've been thinking about wanting to see some sort of Mythbusters for AoE3 that explores why certain cards are bad to send, why some civs are bad on certain maps, why some units are bad overall, etc.. It could involve many of the things you don't see in competitive play. Like Churches/monasteries and...

They are the strangest anti-cav unit in the game. They have good hitpoints but only 20% hand attack resist. No range resist. So the other player's anti-cav is going to be looking to snipe down your WW and Uhlan. The other civ could even use skirms+pike/goon for this. WW seem like a specialty unit me...

Sorry, if I had actually clicked the button for aenna before that batch of 1 popped out you would''ve won a lot Edit: actually I just checked the system and your name isn''t in there so I guess I didn''t count your bet. Lucky for you lollll. I''d have been fine if it counted. I did that just to pro...

Making farms is not booming. It''s just wasting 800 wood. I understand your thought behind it but it''s always possible o find a positive in anything. The exp + option to tech hunting dogs for 100/75 and the other techs is not viable . You are free to keep trying it though. Not trying to be harsh j...

Wait so does my all-in bet count? I made it when the score was 1-1, and barely lost cuz of Iroquois mirrors are stupid.

Well Sioux is a broken civ so who cares about viability? Like 700 wood, 4 vills, 700 gold, 2 dog soldiers, 3 axe riders, 8 cetan, cav cuirass are better cards, but I like playing to experiment, and part of my experiments is about testing the economic boom-ability for any civ. Comparing 2 farm travoi...

Put it all on GoodSpeed winning 4-3. :U

Yes I've just grown to prefer the farm shipment over direct hunt upgrade improvements simply for the sake of added XP, and the only expensive hunt upgrade occurs in age 3. If I age up with the bison and 10% hunt improvement, then send farms as my 2nd/3rd shipment, my hunting is good enough I can put...

Awesome stuff. I was kind of hoping for the UI to be laid out almost like a mirror so from left to right: portrait ////// commands ///// stats ///// resources ///// mini map. Though I've only tried it once and already like it. Thanks a lot. I think there might be a bug when you have multiple barrack...

Lol there is no going back to the standard hotkey setup for me.

@iamsoldier have you tried using alt+q and whatever other formations instead? I do alt+q (volley) +w (melee) +e (cover).

2 farms isn''t a viable option in 1v1. It also takes a precious spot in the age2 grid. Yes BR are not that great vs French. Still gives you some control over the game. Axe semi makes more sense indeed. And it has been the standard for ages in fact. Yes, 1000g cards are good, they extend your alread...

Suiox have an exp problem in general. That''s one reason I like sending the 2 farms in age 2 as my 2nd or 3rd shipment. Building costly infrastructure helps boost XP plus the hunt upgrades makes the farm act like an advanced market. The XP in building both farms almost gets you enough to send anoth...

Trample can be effective but only under specific circumstances. Like the terrain has to favor your cavs ability to get in close quickly so you don't lose or heavily damage too many cav vs whichever ranged units. Also if you have any armor upgrades it's a bit more efffective and can allow your cav to...

^you can customize unit control groups. Mine are set to x ,c ,v, b, s, d, f, g. It's just easier on my hand to have the ctrl groups there. but yeah I get some hotkey conflict too with various buildings. I think the way to bypass it is change the hotkey used for those rice paddies. I have mine set to...

well that's the problem with cliff maps in general is they're so wallable. It's why you usually never see people play on Himalayas even though it's one of my favorite maps. The compromise to having a good map is finding the balance between wallable terrain and raidable terrain. IMO it's not good to ...

Yet, fog of war already acts like a "nighttime".

Can somebody tell me what the results are so far? 8 votes by 8 users. I'm choosing not to vote because I think either build is equal in that they're meant to counter heavy infantry. But Dutch aren't the only ones with age 2 skirms. Never forget Russia! And in that, the comparison is completely lost ...

It'd make more sense if AoE3 was a turn-based sim.

Not really a ground breaking idea either but sounds kinda cool I guess, anything for the sake of variety. Outlaws are rather OP and shouldn''t be used. 4 lines/8 wolves sounds ok though. Yeah my suggestion wasn''t meant to be groundbreaking. Was meant to be a throwback to classic AoE, but actually ...

[quote source="/post/6119/thread" timestamp="1430274905" author="@h2o"]Yes Garja and myself are really just looking for what you want to see in maps and if you have any really cool unique map ideas to share! The viability of water can be discussed in another thread[/quote]Seeing as most of my concer...