I have decided to come clean...

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I have decided to come clean...

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I can't keep it to myself any longer, and it is getting worse and worse.

I have an uncontrollable need for my explorer to scout the very edges of the map. Sometimes my explorer have to take de-tours around TP's, cliffs, etc so make that last spot of black disappear.

Most players send their explorer forward as soon as the game starts, not me, I send it back to the nearest edge. From there I go a little to the right, and then I go left. Once the area behind my TC is scouted, I zig-zag my way across the map.

Whenever I find livestock I also send them on a scouting mission, causing me to lose some of them, but that does not bother me at all as long as they have scouted a reasonable area of the map.

The area behind my opponents TC is none of my concern and I usually don't bother, unless I have rescued a monkey, then I send that. On some maps I have up to 4 control groups with various "explorers" going at the same time, making age 1 quite a stressful age.

Does any of you have the same need?
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RIP expectations from title
Pay more attention to detail.
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Gendarme wrote:RIP expectations from title

Same.
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Post by godzillaking »

I'd really suggest using Ports. Spy glass can help scouts those pesky corners of the map and reduce your anxiety. Trust me it'll blow your mind.
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mate you should be playing aoe2, there's an award for that at the end of each game
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Gendarme wrote:RIP expectations from title


Same.
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Gendarme wrote:RIP expectations from title


Same.
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Post by P i k i l i c »

I dislike black holes (black holes ? :hmm: ) in the center of the scouted area so I try to create a convex shape while exploring
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:hmm: AoE logic :hmm:
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I never scout. I just think what i would do if i were them. Usually i play reasonably intelligent people and my predictions are correct 9/10 times. Sometimes i play a complete idiot who does the dumbest shit imaginable that would never work if i bothered to scout, which i dont, so i lose some of those games. But its totally worth it. Idiots need wins too.
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umeu wrote:I never scout. I just think what i would do if i were them. Usually i play reasonably intelligent people and my predictions are correct 9/10 times. Sometimes i play a complete idiot who does the dumbest shit imaginable that would never work if i bothered to scout, which i dont, so i lose some of those games. But its totally worth it. Idiots need wins too.
If you only played good players you'd never lose
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The gibson-umeu paradox, playing better players increases win percentage OwO
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gibson wrote:
umeu wrote:I never scout. I just think what i would do if i were them. Usually i play reasonably intelligent people and my predictions are correct 9/10 times. Sometimes i play a complete idiot who does the dumbest shit imaginable that would never work if i bothered to scout, which i dont, so i lose some of those games. But its totally worth it. Idiots need wins too.
If you only played good players you'd never lose


I should always win. And therefore I have never lost.
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umeu wrote:
gibson wrote:
umeu wrote:I never scout. I just think what i would do if i were them. Usually i play reasonably intelligent people and my predictions are correct 9/10 times. Sometimes i play a complete idiot who does the dumbest shit imaginable that would never work if i bothered to scout, which i dont, so i lose some of those games. But its totally worth it. Idiots need wins too.
If you only played good players you'd never lose


I should always win. And therefore I have never lost.

How unoriginal
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deleted_user wrote:
umeu wrote:
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I should always win. And therefore I have never lost.

How unoriginal


Nothing is ever original. Diarouga has done everything already.
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umeu wrote:
deleted_user wrote:
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How unoriginal


Nothing is ever original. Diarouga has done everything already.

Even more boring
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deleted_user wrote:
umeu wrote:
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Nothing is ever original. Diarouga has done everything already.

Even more boring


That says a lot about you, not much, if anything about my post. Don't unburden the drudgery that is your life on the shoulders of other people.
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Please keep topic on scouting.
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omeo getting on the esoc meme train 5 years too late
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Post by Hidddy_ »

It's a shame the original post from this topic was deleted, sure helped me out when I first saw it https://eso-community.net/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=8739&hilit=scouting

@Diarouga any chance you still have the graphics from the original post?

viewtopic.php?f=466&t=9944
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Nothing have been deleted from this topic AFAIK.
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pecelot wrote:omeo getting on the esoc meme train 5 years too late


that joke is so 2008
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Umeu better than choco-pie
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Post by P i k i l i c »

@Hidddy_ the scouting guide is complete here viewtopic.php?f=466&t=9944 :flowers:
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:hmm: AoE logic :hmm:
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AoE-Scouting-OCD interesting :hmm: (Symptom: you can't have idle units) :lol:
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supahons wrote:AoE-Scouting-OCD interesting :hmm: (Symptom: you can't have idle units) :lol:

I have explorer, livestock, scouts, etc running around the edges of the map. My un-upgraded musketeers however, stay put until my opponent attack me with falcs.

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