Why is it so fucking boring?
>>1851603no soul
>>1851603Because you're playing against the AI or turtling in a big team gameHigh aggro 1v1 or 2v2 is where it really shines; Imperial Age should only be reached 5 minutes before the match's end
>>1851603Because it's AoE2:modern edition.
>>1851603Because all of you fucking morons fell to the trap like with Far cry: Cyberpunk 2077, and this game still hads a considerable amount of retarded players.
>>1851603>180 mins to research wheelbarrow>600 hours to age upgee I wonder why
>>1851603no soul or personality, just spreadsheet game design
>>1851603cuz it's called AoE
>>1851603Asymmetry. Asymmetry without including interesting counterplay (cat without mouse mechanics) means everyone is just jerking themselves off to their unique mechanics. AoE2 has interactive counterplay for nearly every unit, you can outplay the mango with skirms.
>>1851813>>1851773>>1851607>They wanted the Starcraft crowd.was doomed to fail
>>1851603Stop being a contrarian
>>1852144What? Outside of the Malians, everyone has the same units, they're just unlocked in different ages. A number of these units do have their unique qualities, but that's little difference to a regular civ's modifer/unique tech. Yeah, civs have asymmetric styles: this means you have to have different strategies (counterplay) accordingly. You act differently for Franks and Britons the same as French and English.Most projectiles are tracked, yeah, but not mangos--you can outplay them with archers or xbows.
>>1852397>Briton player puts up palings>other player can choose to not charge into them>Mongol player moves his deerstone and kurultai forward>other player can choose to not fight near themPeak asymmetric gameplay
>>185219190% of the people in these threads do not own the game or were too much of a bitch to play online and hate it because all new games are bad. Half this site is third worlders too who can't even afford the game or the hardware to run it.
what do we think of season 9 patch notes?https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/pup-sept-2024-9th-season-release-notes-discussion/262362
Why is the hate pushed towards this game? it's great as an RTS and a great step forward from AoE2 in almost every wayThere are some really shit RTS games that came out recently, this one is not one of those.
>>1851813I honestly would even justify how bad the game looks if at least worked well on potato pcs. The shit looks worse than league of legends yet asks for a 10x better pc
>>1854105>There are some really shit RTS games that came out recently, this one is not one of those.Good one anon.
>>1854105>it's great as an RTS and a great step forward from AoE2 in almost every wayIf AoE4 was based in the Victorian Age, and not the Middle Ages...again.
nigga 4chan auto contrarian has been stale for awhile. aoe4 is exactly everything microsoft wishes aoe2 was. you really that ONE unique unit per civ was going to add soo much complexity and depth of gameplay?
>>1854092>removing anti-siege springaldsI dont like this, they were excellent counters to mangonels, who can already wipe out 10 spearmen/archers in a single shot. I won several games by using springalds then pushing with my trash.They weren't OP and could be countered by enemy springalds, which encouraged good siege micro
>>1854092i like it. springalds are fucking gay and ruin siege entirely imo. nerfed palisades are going to make dealing with french absolutely fucking annoying though.
>>1857003wtf beats mangos now?
>>1851603Almost same timeframe as AoE2.
>>1857109With 75% ranged resistance, it'd have to be melee/cavalry flanks
>>1854105there is no hate, aoe4 competes with aoe2 for audience. So it was a retarded business decision that ended up sparking civil war over which game is the better aoe2 - aoe2 or aoe4. The answer will always be aoe2
>>1857043this
>>1854175I would love a Victorian AOE but it wouldn't sell. People want to pretend to be knights.
>>1854105It's pretty well received outside of this site, the main thing I dislike are that civs all have eco bonuses that radically change how the civs are played meaning that unless you are playing brits or franks you need to learn a dedicated start for every civ.
>>1857240>I would love a Victorian AOE but it wouldn't sell. People want to pretend to be knights.Sure buddy, and planet Earth is plain and not round.
>>1857240itsnt this fucking aoe3?
>>1857509AoE3 only had the early days of the Victorian Age as the V age.
>>1851603because it's Shit of Cuckpire
>>1857240>I would love a Victorian AOEat best someone will make a napoleonic era rts and it most likely won't be aoe. It's just a visually boring era even if mechanically engaging with formations and artillery. Grunts in uniform white tights look gay and pansy in an era of dudebro navy seals with assault rifles in bright colours and with stickers and keyring toys
>>1857166>So it was a retarded business decision that ended up sparking civil war over which game is the better aoe2 - aoe2 or aoe4. The answer will always be aoe2There is no competition lmao you can play more than 1 game you cuck
wtf aom has more active players than us now. its fucking over.
>>1857747>you can learn to optimize RTS macro cycles in two games at oncesome people have a life and taste in video games you retard
is this a high enough rank to make faye chan my gf?
>>1858704You have enough rank to look pathetic to a dated "competitive" rank system.
>>1857731TL:DR: The only solution is going into medieval prostitution for american retardshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wup1cEdgOWs
>>1851603Because is a livestreamer game, what did you expect?
>>1858975whats so "dated" about it?
>>1859039uh sweaty? All cool games have precious metals as their rank descriptors? 2k ELO? What are you, some chess nerd?
>>1859054i thought elo was legit? man you seem triggered over an obvious shitpost lol
>finally do all my placing matches, can usually do well against golds and lose versus plat>face 5 platinum>get placed in silver 2well okay then
>>1859056lurk more
>>1857747>There is no competition lmao you can play more than 1 game you cucknot well
>>1856993>one unique unit is the only difference in aoe2aoe4 has much more distinct factions but the differences are a lot deeper than this in aoe2 and if they weren't then everyone would only play huns for no housesimo aoe4 is fun but aoe 2 is better and less flawed
>>1851603There was no passion behind the idea, the concept was brought up by suits in a board room when they saw how successful AoE2 was. >Let’s double-dip and make AoE2 again for the new generation
>>1851603it's great in small doses. i play it with my brother back home. playing it for meta, or with online randos, you're not doing it right
>>1859084Luckily for you, the Shitter Police ain't real
