RAGEQUITTING AOE3

[Riotcoke]

When will german merc fi be the meta?

[Mitoe]

Skirm goon isn’t even that common right now FYI. Only Fre and Dutch ever go skirt goon

[bwinner]

I didn't read everything so Idk if someone already mentioned it but I think the reason why so many player are leaving is because the community is aging also. People don't have the same interest in video games at 25 and at 20. Look at ryan for instance.

[Squamiger]

I didn't read everything so Idk if someone already mentioned it but I think the reason why so many player are leaving is because the community is aging also. People don't have the same interest in video games at 25 and at 20. Look at ryan for instance.

that is a good point. the influx of new players to this game is super low, or non-existent. the fortnite zoomers do not play rts.

The people who answered “real life stress”, the most common reply, are all the people getting too old to spend hours a day playing rts

[dansil92]

Skirm goon isn’t even that common right now FYI. Only Fre and Dutch ever go skirt goon

Ive noticed a large amount of cav-goon combos on epl lately, i definitely agree skirm goon is a lot less meta than it was a year ago

[Zutazuta]

Skirm goon isn’t even that common right now FYI. Only Fre and Dutch ever go skirt goon

Skirm/goon was a generalization of the current age 3 focused meta game. It's a superior combo than what most civs can make in age 2 (especially with a 2 falc shipment). Agree that not every civ should make skirm/goon in the current meta, but if we go back to the days of ramming musk/huss at each other, you'll see those pesky 5 goon and 8 skirm cards become the every day choice once more!

[iNcog]

por que no los dos

[Hazza54321]

Skirm goon isn’t even that common right now FYI. Only Fre and Dutch ever go skirt goon

lul

[dansil92]

When will german merc fi be the meta?

nothing quite like a random assortment of landshenkts, hackapells, mamelukes and elmeti to really get the meta churned up

[Riotcoke]

When will german merc fi be the meta?

nothing quite like a random assortment of landshenkts, hackapells, mamelukes and elmeti to really get the meta churned up

https://clips.twitch.tv/TemperedMagnifi ... colateRain
Exactly.

[StandardOfUr]

Nothing is. I'm just getting back into it.

[EAGLEMUT]

Is this based on a feeling or numbers? Are the player numbers on RE/EP decreasing, do less people watch the streams or YouTube uploads, are there less average posts on the forums?
This "burnout" feeling could very much just apply to a very small group of people while the rest (like me) is having a great time as always with the game

Well, it's mostly based on the fact that all of the top players seem to be inactive at the moment. I'm actually not sure about how the player base looks below PR35.

See, that's the funny thing about this whole thread.
If you check the actual population numbers, you can see that TAD ESO is literally the most active it's ever been. That's right, in April 2020 there were more players online on average than when the game released, or ever since it released. And that's despite ESO constantly crashing, which brings the average down compared to when ESO was more stable during the early days (presumably).

[gibson]

Last time I was on over half the lobbies were hosted by conscript or private.

[Riotcoke]

Last time I was on over half the lobbies were hosted by conscript or private.

Yeah if you're like cpt there's like 2 games max ever, it's depressing.

[Rohbrot]

Last time I was on over half the lobbies were hosted by conscript or private.

Yeah if you're like cpt there's like 2 games max ever, it's depressing.

Get low to play this game

[CuCkO0]

Typical aoe drama queens causing drama

Is this based on a feeling or numbers? Are the player numbers on RE/EP decreasing, do less people watch the streams or YouTube uploads, are there less average posts on the forums?
This "burnout" feeling could very much just apply to a very small group of people while the rest (like me) is having a great time as always with the game

Well, it's mostly based on the fact that all of the top players seem to be inactive at the moment. I'm actually not sure about how the player base looks below PR35.

See, that's the funny thing about this whole thread.
If you check the actual population numbers, you can see that TAD ESO is literally the most active it's ever been. That's right, in April 2020 there were more players online on average than when the game released, or ever since it released. And that's despite ESO constantly crashing, which brings the average down compared to when ESO was more stable during the early days (presumably).

Would this have something to do with a majority of us being in lockdown? Are we likely to see these numbers drop as the world goes back to normality?

[helln00]

Typical aoe drama queens causing drama

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Is this based on a feeling or numbers? Are the player numbers on RE/EP decreasing, do less people watch the streams or YouTube uploads, are there less average posts on the forums?
This "burnout" feeling could very much just apply to a very small group of people while the rest (like me) is having a great time as always with the game

Well, it's mostly based on the fact that all of the top players seem to be inactive at the moment. I'm actually not sure about how the player base looks below PR35.

See, that's the funny thing about this whole thread.
If you check the actual population numbers, you can see that TAD ESO is literally the most active it's ever been. That's right, in April 2020 there were more players online on average than when the game released, or ever since it released. And that's despite ESO constantly crashing, which brings the average down compared to when ESO was more stable during the early days (presumably).

Would this have something to do with a majority of us being in lockdown? Are we likely to see these numbers drop as the world goes back to normality?

Its already sort of going down a bit, presumably because the US states are loosening up

[EAGLEMUT]

Typical aoe drama queens causing drama

Show hidden quotes

Is this based on a feeling or numbers? Are the player numbers on RE/EP decreasing, do less people watch the streams or YouTube uploads, are there less average posts on the forums?
This "burnout" feeling could very much just apply to a very small group of people while the rest (like me) is having a great time as always with the game

Well, it's mostly based on the fact that all of the top players seem to be inactive at the moment. I'm actually not sure about how the player base looks below PR35.

See, that's the funny thing about this whole thread.
If you check the actual population numbers, you can see that TAD ESO is literally the most active it's ever been. That's right, in April 2020 there were more players online on average than when the game released, or ever since it released. And that's despite ESO constantly crashing, which brings the average down compared to when ESO was more stable during the early days (presumably).

Would this have something to do with a majority of us being in lockdown? Are we likely to see these numbers drop as the world goes back to normality?

Definitely, but that doesn't make the timing of this thread less funny, when TAD is the most active right now, in the 13 years that it has existed.

[CuCkO0]

Like I say, typical aoe drama queens

[Plantinator]

Typical aoe drama queens causing drama

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Is this based on a feeling or numbers? Are the player numbers on RE/EP decreasing, do less people watch the streams or YouTube uploads, are there less average posts on the forums?
This "burnout" feeling could very much just apply to a very small group of people while the rest (like me) is having a great time as always with the game

Well, it's mostly based on the fact that all of the top players seem to be inactive at the moment. I'm actually not sure about how the player base looks below PR35.

See, that's the funny thing about this whole thread.
If you check the actual population numbers, you can see that TAD ESO is literally the most active it's ever been. That's right, in April 2020 there were more players online on average than when the game released, or ever since it released. And that's despite ESO constantly crashing, which brings the average down compared to when ESO was more stable during the early days (presumably).

Would this have something to do with a majority of us being in lockdown? Are we likely to see these numbers drop as the world goes back to normality?

Its already sort of going down a bit, presumably because the US states are loosening up

Yeah what means well have even more ppl online around october when the 2nd outbreak Wave comes.

[Podawe]

To me one of the biggest turn offs towards the game is how whiny so many players are. When they lose its NEVER because they were just beat. There's always something to blame. OP civ, lag, map balance, etc. It's present at all levels. It's especially annoying at the pro level when I watch a stream of a fantastic game and then see someone spoil it by complaining about how "they probably would have won" if it wasn't the minor inconvenient lag us noob players deal with all the time... What happened to just saying GG and doing better then next game?

It's especially annoying when people complain about a civ being OP. If that's true, THEN YOU CAN PLAY THAT CIV. But I think people would rather whine. It seems like to me that the divide in this thread is between the players who are currently having a lot of success on EP, and those who are not and are looking for stuff to blame rather than adapting their play styles.

Ultimately I think the biggest thing that could "fix" AOE is just a larger pool of active players. 1-2 thousand is nothing especially at the top levels. Even as a measly 2nd LT I still find myself playing the same players all the time with the same strats and yes of course it gets boring. If we had 10,000 active players then I feel that things would be a lot different.

[Plantinator]

To me one of the biggest turn offs towards the game is how whiny so many players are. When they lose its NEVER because they were just beat. There's always something to blame. OP civ, lag, map balance, etc. It's present at all levels. It's especially annoying at the pro level when I watch a stream of a fantastic game and then see someone spoil it by complaining about how "they probably would have won" if it wasn't the minor inconvenient lag us noob players deal with all the time... What happened to just saying GG and doing better then next game?

It's especially annoying when people complain about a civ being OP. If that's true, THEN YOU CAN PLAY THAT CIV. But I think people would rather whine. It seems like to me that the divide in this thread is between the players who are currently having a lot of success on EP, and those who are not and are looking for stuff to blame rather than adapting their play styles.

Ultimately I think the biggest thing that could "fix" AOE is just a larger pool of active players. 1-2 thousand is nothing especially at the top levels. Even as a measly 2nd LT I still find myself playing the same players all the time with the same strats and yes of course it gets boring. If we had 10,000 active players then I feel that things would be a lot different.

Idk man ofc they are some bot like who do the same shit every time but i basically play 13 out of the 14 civs and try to adapt every game. Also prob becuz some ppl know my fav strats so i dont wanna be predictable. I rather Think the Problem is that often 90% of games are 3v3 deccan (which gets even worse if u get randoms like @Hazza54321 recently posted "200 food to delete shrine" haha)

[Podawe]

To me one of the biggest turn offs towards the game is how whiny so many players are. When they lose its NEVER because they were just beat. There's always something to blame. OP civ, lag, map balance, etc. It's present at all levels. It's especially annoying at the pro level when I watch a stream of a fantastic game and then see someone spoil it by complaining about how "they probably would have won" if it wasn't the minor inconvenient lag us noob players deal with all the time... What happened to just saying GG and doing better then next game?

It's especially annoying when people complain about a civ being OP. If that's true, THEN YOU CAN PLAY THAT CIV. But I think people would rather whine. It seems like to me that the divide in this thread is between the players who are currently having a lot of success on EP, and those who are not and are looking for stuff to blame rather than adapting their play styles.

Ultimately I think the biggest thing that could "fix" AOE is just a larger pool of active players. 1-2 thousand is nothing especially at the top levels. Even as a measly 2nd LT I still find myself playing the same players all the time with the same strats and yes of course it gets boring. If we had 10,000 active players then I feel that things would be a lot different.

Idk man ofc they are some bot like who do the same shit every time but i basically play 13 out of the 14 civs and try to adapt every game. Also prob becuz some ppl know my fav strats so i dont wanna be predictable. I rather Think the Problem is that often 90% of games are 3v3 deccan (which gets even worse if u get randoms like @Hazza54321 recently posted "200 food to delete shrine" haha)

But like I said if the active player pool was 5 times bigger than it is now, naturally there will be more diversity and more spontaneity. Also, I almost never play team games with random people because I just hate having people get so angry about things like if they don't agree with my BO or playstyle etc. Normally idgaf but with the population being so small, it matters because I've had bad games (and good games) where someone labels me as a troll or Smurf or noob or something and the next time I want to play I just get kicked and can't get a game. It doesn't happen often, but it does put an unnecessary pressure when I just want to casually play a team game.

[Astaroth]

To me one of the biggest turn offs towards the game is how whiny so many players are. When they lose its NEVER because they were just beat. There's always something to blame. OP civ, lag, map balance, etc. It's present at all levels. It's especially annoying at the pro level when I watch a stream of a fantastic game and then see someone spoil it by complaining about how "they probably would have won" if it wasn't the minor inconvenient lag us noob players deal with all the time... What happened to just saying GG and doing better then next game?

It's especially annoying when people complain about a civ being OP. If that's true, THEN YOU CAN PLAY THAT CIV. But I think people would rather whine. It seems like to me that the divide in this thread is between the players who are currently having a lot of success on EP, and those who are not and are looking for stuff to blame rather than adapting their play styles.

Ultimately I think the biggest thing that could "fix" AOE is just a larger pool of active players. 1-2 thousand is nothing especially at the top levels. Even as a measly 2nd LT I still find myself playing the same players all the time with the same strats and yes of course it gets boring. If we had 10,000 active players then I feel that things would be a lot different.

So true.

No offense, but players in aoe3 are the most whiny I've ever seen, encountered or watched on twitch in any game tbh.

Grown adults resign before 2mins bc their opponent got a good wood treasure, people whine before the game is over, people don't say gg, become super salty etc.

Idk why tbh. If you compare it to aoe2, everyone at the top level there ALWAYS says gg after even the worst loss and performance and NEVER posts any immediate explanations or excuses for their loss right afterwards, even if they got horribly cheesed, tower rushed, vill rushed, boar lamed etc.

[Podawe]

^ Exactly.

And not gonna lie, it's made me lose some respect for some players...

People complain about the meta and "stale" build orders and what not, yet when anyone does anything differently with success, it's considering "trolling" or something. When in reality people just want to complain and find excuses when they get beat.