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Goodspeed wrote:
31 Oct 2024, 07:59
Yeah Callen was right it's playable. Problem is finding people to play with. The lobby population is clearly casual players only, I guess everyone else is playing ladder. Need to get an obs crew going like back in the day, who's in??
The problem is DE interface is very anti-social. 2005 ESO wasn't.
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Goodspeed wrote:
31 Oct 2024, 13:51
Who do I flame for deleting boyars
One could argue that you should blame yourself; under your direction, EP set a precedent for changes like this.
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I don't think anybody uses lobby for 1v1s, just ladder.

1v1s are far more balanced than team imo but you'll sometimes find Frontline and others between 1900 - 2300 elo hosting a lobby, but usually 3v3s.
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are obs maps even a thing in DE? so sad. such a fun way to spend a saturday.

https://freefoodparty.com/browse // this website will let you browse rated team games going on and open lobbies, with Elos (usually).

yea most activity is 1v1 on ladder. there are little team game communities like with igormatador and others, decent south american team game presence too I think, keturboy been playing team, you can find high level team lobbies but you have to be looking for them at the right time. Some of these players will stream, so you can get in that way.

I have time to play lately, so if you want to run some 2s or 3s or smth hmu.

That's half the problem, no great or consistent way of hitting players up. everyone in a different 'cord. the 'cords are boring.
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callentournies wrote:
11 Nov 2024, 21:10
are obs maps even a thing in DE? so sad. such a fun way to spend a saturday.
Lack of OBS maps is sad for tournaments as well. On EP when you could start the lobby with casters you knew casters could let you know if anything was fucked up, and could just focus 100% on the game. On DE I have to stress about whether or not a remembered to check "enable spectators" and keep my discord open when playing when I'd prefer to keep everything closed and muted except for aoe3 (and Spotify).
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iNcog wrote:
28 Oct 2024, 14:21
I feel like the bugs are probably fixed and that the game runs well.
For what it's worth, I have quit playing the game, mostly because it crashes on my PC like 75% of the time during a late-game battle. I believe my PC specs are sufficient - I have no problems playing Halo: Infinite on reasonably high settings, for example.

I also had zero problems with DE for the first several years after it came out, with the same PC, when many others were reporting frequent crashes. I can only conclude a bug introduced in recent patches causes crashes in my particular environment for some reason - maybe my graphics card (GTX 1660 Ti) is uncommon or something.
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RefluxSemantic wrote:
04 Nov 2024, 13:40
Goodspeed wrote:
31 Oct 2024, 13:51
Who do I flame for deleting boyars
One could argue that you should blame yourself; under your direction, EP set a precedent for changes like this.
Lol is this about the sepoy change?
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callentournies wrote:
11 Nov 2024, 21:10
I have time to play lately, so if you want to run some 2s or 3s or smth hmu.
You're not interested in 1s?
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Goodspeed wrote:
12 Nov 2024, 09:45
callentournies wrote:
11 Nov 2024, 21:10
I have time to play lately, so if you want to run some 2s or 3s or smth hmu.
You're not interested in 1s?
I'm not interested in 1s for your own good. if you want to get the smackdown, lmk!
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Yes please

Struggling for time rn but this should improve in a few weeks.
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One could make an OBS map right? Or is this not possible at all in DE?
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It's definitely possible to make a classic obs map
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Mitoe wrote:
14 Nov 2024, 18:38
It's definitely possible to make a classic obs map
I think so far nobody has done that. At least, I have not seen any. Crazy actually, those used to be so enjoyable. Now, you can spectate but not chat.
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MCJim wrote:
21 Nov 2024, 23:56
Mitoe wrote:
14 Nov 2024, 18:38
It's definitely possible to make a classic obs map
I think so far nobody has done that. At least, I have not seen any. Crazy actually, those used to be so enjoyable. Now, you can spectate but not chat.
Aiz literally made a whole spectator mod: viewtopic.php?f=985&t=23494
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musketeer925 wrote:
22 Nov 2024, 03:03
MCJim wrote:
21 Nov 2024, 23:56
Mitoe wrote:
14 Nov 2024, 18:38
It's definitely possible to make a classic obs map
I think so far nobody has done that. At least, I have not seen any. Crazy actually, those used to be so enjoyable. Now, you can spectate but not chat.
Aiz literally made a whole spectator mod: viewtopic.php?f=985&t=23494
That's not what's being requested here though; they want a classic obs map as in join the actual match with the players and chat with each other like on legacy.
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EAGLEMUT wrote:
22 Nov 2024, 07:38
musketeer925 wrote:
22 Nov 2024, 03:03
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Aiz literally made a whole spectator mod: viewtopic.php?f=985&t=23494
That's not what's being requested here though; they want a classic obs map as in join the actual match with the players and chat with each other like on legacy.
Yeah that's true. P1 and P2 play vs. each other and P3 to P8 watch the game and can chat with each other, which P1 and P2 can't see.

As for the spectator mod by Aizamk, why is this not used in tournament games actually?
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Re: DE meta

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MCJim wrote:
22 Nov 2024, 12:21
EAGLEMUT wrote:
22 Nov 2024, 07:38
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That's not what's being requested here though; they want a classic obs map as in join the actual match with the players and chat with each other like on legacy.
Yeah that's true. P1 and P2 play vs. each other and P3 to P8 watch the game and can chat with each other, which P1 and P2 can't see.

As for the spectator mod by Aizamk, why is this not used in tournament games actually?
miss the crazy obs nilla days :cry:

anyone actually able to create this?
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