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So there was this vid I clicked on a while back and closed because "I'd surely be able to find it again". And it was basically an explanation vid of how if you have 20 somethings against 15 equal somethings, you'd probably only lose a couple of somethings when they fought. I think it even mentions it being used in real military science and poo poo. I'd assume it was a SotL video but I'll be damned if I can find it. Anyway basically I think the gist was you'll double or triple team an enemy and drop him quick and it'll cascade into a lopsided victory rather than a close one. I have no clue what to look up to find it either
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Milo and POTUS posted:So there was this vid I clicked on a while back and closed because "I'd surely be able to find it again". And it was basically an explanation vid of how if you have 20 somethings against 15 equal somethings, you'd probably only lose a couple of somethings when they fought. I think it even mentions it being used in real military science and poo poo. I'd assume it was a SotL video but I'll be damned if I can find it. Anyway basically I think the gist was you'll double or triple team an enemy and drop him quick and it'll cascade into a lopsided victory rather than a close one. I have no clue what to look up to find it either ask a football coach 
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Jun 3, 2020 22:56
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Milo and POTUS posted:So there was this vid I clicked on a while back and closed because "I'd surely be able to find it again". And it was basically an explanation vid of how if you have 20 somethings against 15 equal somethings, you'd probably only lose a couple of somethings when they fought. I think it even mentions it being used in real military science and poo poo. I'd assume it was a SotL video but I'll be damned if I can find it. Anyway basically I think the gist was you'll double or triple team an enemy and drop him quick and it'll cascade into a lopsided victory rather than a close one. I have no clue what to look up to find it either Is this the video? https://youtu.be/wpjxWBwLkIE
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Jun 3, 2020 23:12
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Please add this to the op, ty. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upy3WOgQVvE
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Jun 4, 2020 01:46
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Koskinator posted:Is this the video? Yup
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Jun 4, 2020 01:57
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Can I be invited to the AOE2 games you guys do? I'm mid level to good. Steam ID is Grevling.
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I’m terrible at this game, but it’s extremely fun. What strats are good on the new maps in the rotation (Kilimanjaro, golden pit)? I’ve been using mostly celts for woad raider rushes and Magyars for good cavalry, but I always seem to get hard countered and crushed.
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Grevling posted:Can I be invited to the AOE2 games you guys do? I'm mid level to good. Steam ID is Grevling. I'll send an invite the next time I host one. I'll probably be around tonight. meanolmrcloud posted:I’m terrible at this game, but it’s extremely fun. What strats are good on the new maps in the rotation (Kilimanjaro, golden pit)? I’ve been using mostly celts for woad raider rushes and Magyars for good cavalry, but I always seem to get hard countered and crushed. I haven't had a chance to play this rotation yet, but Ornlu is doing videos like this.
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Jun 6, 2020 18:19
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This game has the opposite of a dunning kruger problem. There are a whole lot of people who have no business being in noob games. Arguably, I'm one of them
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Milo and POTUS posted:This game has the opposite of a dunning kruger problem. There are a whole lot of people who have no business being in noob games. Arguably, I'm one of them I think this may be a bit of a holdover from Voobly/HD (before ranked was an option). "Noob" lobbies essentially meant "not in the top 50% of players". Also Battle of Africa 2 final happening right now.
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The problem with that is it's terrible for the community as a whole since you're gonna absolutely hemorrhage actual new players. Though by that definition, I am most certainly super noob since I'm maybe at 15-20% win rate for 4v4 team games. I may as well just start playing ladder, since at least I won't be saddled with allies who're still in feudal at the 40 minute mark while the enemy waltzes in with 30 crossbows at 22 minutes
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Jun 7, 2020 21:24
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I just like making farms
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Harveygod posted:I think this may be a bit of a holdover from Voobly/HD (before ranked was an option). "Noob" lobbies essentially meant "not in the top 50% of players". In my experience it equates to "doesn't play ranked". I've been kicked from noob lobbies multiple times just for having ranked games on record despite having a 1/5 W/L record and probably being worse at the game than the ones who kicked me.
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Yeah the community is not... spectacular. I'd go so far as to call a bunch of them unlikable assholes in fact
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I had good experiences. People giving tips after the game or answering when I ask them how to fight against their rush/unit comp etc. Only played ranked 1v1 though.
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Jun 8, 2020 09:39
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Anyone who hasn't bought DE yet, it's currently on sale for 25% off.
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loved this game as a kid, picked it up during the steam sale.
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Whats a good civ for someone who hasn't played in a while like since HD release? I was spamming Huns in 1v1s just because of the max pop from the start made it easy to play early on and they are not as wood intensive early on.
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Ulio posted:Whats a good civ for someone who hasn't played in a while like since HD release? Huns will still work. I'm partial to Mongols, myself. Mangudai (their unique unit, a better cavalry archer) are like my favorite unit in the game.
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Ulio posted:Whats a good civ for someone who hasn't played in a while like since HD release? Lithuanians are a nice beginner civ since they start with +150 food. It gives you a bit of a buffer if you're slow to find your sheep/boar early on, or you can use it to make a few extra scouts or similar in feudal age. They've also got a nice focus in castle age to find the relics and go hard on cavalry, since each one gives +1 attack to the knight line and their unique unit. If you get 2 or 3 + some blacksmith upgrades they're very powerful and even easily take out their counter units if the opponent hasn't massed too many. Faster moving skirmishers + spearmen are nice too, make it easier to chase down scouts or archers running around your base if you get rushed early on.
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Nice thanks lads, I do want to try the new civs so will give Liths a try. I know they can get paladins late game so thats always good.
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Their Leitis uu is considered pretty busted good atm too.
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I just played my 3rd ranked game and won - my first win against a human!!  If you're afraid of playing ranked because you think you're not good enough, play ranked anyway! There's someone out there who will lose to you.
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Watching ELO legends and you'll feel much better about yourself
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Milo and POTUS posted:Watching ELO legends and you'll feel much better about yourself this also helped haha
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Never got into multiplayer for this, but that's more because I never get into multiplayer on *any* RTS. Love the campaigns though. Since I got the game, I've been slowly working through them in order of release, and am starting into Le Loi, now.
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Yeah I mostly stick to ranked matches now since it will eventually find opponents who are a perfect fit for you and folks are less likely to drop early in team games. Highly recommend over getting stomped by "noobs" in random lobby games.
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Yea, matched ranked was a little intimidating at first, but it feels like it matches me up evenly enough where if I lose, it’s usually because of one of my many mistakes. The map pool rotations seem fun, but man, gently caress acropolis. What a nerve wracking map.
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Got a 100% win rate in ranked games  My first opponent dropped shortly after reaching feudal
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Milo and POTUS posted:Got a 100% win rate in ranked games this is age of empires, its called a surrender, good job noble victor!
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75% win rate, babay. I keep it up and soon it'll start pairing me up with people who can clobber me for like 20 games in a row and my interest will evaporate again.
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The fact that this thread has just 3 pages of replies while c&c remastered has a LOT more makes me sad... The meta is much better in this than that IMO but perhaps ppl are more nostalgic towards that instead.
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Viga_TCB posted:The fact that this thread has just 3 pages of replies while c&c remastered has a LOT more makes me sad... The meta is much better in this than that IMO but perhaps ppl are more nostalgic towards that instead. people are allowed to post about and like the wrong bad games if they want to all hail king of the losers, basically
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Viga_TCB posted:The fact that this thread has just 3 pages of replies while c&c remastered has a LOT more makes me sad... The meta is much better in this than that IMO but perhaps ppl are more nostalgic towards that instead. It's kinda sad but I love CnC too. Considering how atrophied this thread is though when they do remake RA2 it'll similarly fizzle lol
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Milo and POTUS posted:It's kinda sad but I love CnC too. Considering how atrophied this thread is though when they do remake RA2 it'll similarly fizzle lol Uh, don't take SA as a litmus test to how active a game is, champ.
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Milo and POTUS posted:It's kinda sad but I love CnC too. Considering how atrophied this thread is though when they do remake RA2 it'll similarly fizzle lol I organized a bunch of the Goon games but it's summer so I've been beaching and my brother is getting married so I haven't been as active. I'll post until the final fizzle. Milo and POTUS posted:75% win rate, babay. Congratulations on this! On my own front, I finally won a game with the Lithuanian Super Drush. (Build a barracks and send 2 militia as soon as the game begins and attack by 3 minutes.). Acropolis is a perfect map for it.
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i'm fascinated by this game but i have terrible micro skills. if i learn to execute a fast castle, but am still fairly slow with hotkeys etc, will i stand a chance against lovely players, at least?
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Statutory Ape posted:I like playing AOE2 as a compstomp and just making hundreds of villagers and being the resource breadbasket for my human cohorts I was/am utterly terrible at taking AoE II seriously so comp-stomps like this are still all I do, but at this point I'd have it no other way. My usual group for this game has even gotten worse over the years because once the option turned up in HD we immediately set the treaty to 90 minutes; we all start off well then just gently caress around like dickheads with high doses of laziness and complacency thrown in ("eh, we've still got 60 minutes left"). It doesn't help that it's usually treated as a 'secondary' game over an evening session, so by the time we start playing AoE half of us are pissed-up and even more useless than usual.
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beer gas canister posted:i'm fascinated by this game but i have terrible micro skills. if i learn to execute a fast castle, but am still fairly slow with hotkeys etc, will i stand a chance against lovely players, at least? Yes. After a few losses, you'll find yourself among like-skilled players. T90 had a Low-Elo Legends stream today and a guy was afk for like an hour (while his opponent boomed and didn't bother attacking). You can also live-spectate games. AoE2.net is a good site for finding live games and you can sort by Elo rating. ZogrimAteMyHamster posted:set the treaty to 90 minutes 
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