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Welcome to my post! I’ve been following AoE2 for quite a while, and more and more new civilizations have been introduced to the game. As a Swiss player who is interested in both history and AoE2, I think the Swiss are a notable omission and would fit the game perfectly. I’ve had this idea for a long time. Around this time last year, I tried to implement the civilization using the Advanced Genie Editor, but I wasn’t able to make it work. The closest I came to implementing the civ can be seen in the picture below. I would have loved to playtest my theorycrafted civilization! showcase 1920×978 1.02 MB After creating the Swiss Civ out of my head I wanted to compare to others who also created a Swiss civ. Ideas about the Swiss civ are already present since several years or now even decades. Interestingly some of those guys came up with similar concepts as I do. Firstly I want to mention the guys who had already contributed to a Swiss civilization: MantisAoE (youtube) ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHL1VilPp_g ) RobbyLAVA (youtube) ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ham8lfy-cOg ) @Apocalypso4826 ( Civilization Idea: Swiss ) @Zero17893 ( New civ concept: The Swiss ) Alastan (reddit) ( https://www.reddit.com/r/aoe2/comments/12ylxf0/civilization_concept_the_swiss/ ) Alechemist1330 (reddit) ( https://www.reddit.com/r/aoe2/comments/bckshu/swiss_civ_idea/ ) mafeefam (reddit) ( https://www.reddit.com/r/aoe2/comments/87uv9i/swiss_civ_idea/ ) General thoughts about the Swiss Civ Design The Swiss…. should be stronger in team games than in 1v1 should have one of the best infantry in the game should excel at defensive play while having limited offensive options should have limited access to cavalry and archers should have multiple ways to win the game besides relying on infantry (e.g tower rush) Military perspective: So, why do the Swiss so perfectly in this medieval themed game? The history of Switzerland begins in the antique with the Celtic tribes, the Roman settlement of the re

Let me preface this by saying I have always been able to play AoE2DE with all the graphics maxed out, and I have already run tests with turning everything down to potato with no difference. So I'm coming back to AoE2DE after having put it down for a year, and I noticed a rather crippling issue when playing skirmish and campaigns, something that has never happened to me before; the game runs fine at 120 fps regardless of what's happening on screen. But then I select a modest amount of units (say, 15 or 20) and my fps drops immediately to 15. It goes right back up to 120 fps when I deselect my units. The lag persists even when the units I have selected are off-screen. OS: Bazzite CPU: Ryzen 5600x GPU: Arc A770 RAM: 32 GB DDR4

I'm honestly surprised by how little YouTube content there is for AoE2 on console—you can count the dedicated channels on one hand. So I decided to do my part and start one myself. I share gameplay, strategies, and extreme AI challenge runs, with ranked matches coming soon. If you're a fellow console player,or if you're just curious to see what's possible on console with high APM, I'd love to hear your feedback! https://youtu.be/qrG6WzLbP3c?is=Uqqz\\\_VOCbwxPXyPD

AoE2.ai is tracking 46,360 RM 1v1 players. Top five: #1 _LY_Yo 2,930, #2 Oni.Vinchester 2,914, #3 VIT | Hera 2,840, #4 Oni.Lewis 2,837, #5 TAG_Sitaux 2,836. Longest hot streak in the sampled top ladder: 抖音ique (64 wins). Best sampled win rate with 300+ games: VIT | Hera 74.8%. 53 of the sampled top players have played in the last 24h.

GAME INFORMATION GAME BUILD #: 24094652 GAME PLATFORM: Steam OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 11 ISSUE EXPERIENCED When SP game vs. AI ended and went to stats screen, it flickered because I had a picture-in-picture video playing. The vid was over the lower-right corner of game while I played he whole time, no problem, as I often do. But as soon as I won and it went to the stats screen, flicker started. When I moved the PIP window over to my 2nd monitor, flicker went away. When I moved the PIP back over AoE2:DE on my 1st monitor, flicker resumed. Happens on the Options screen, too REPRODUCTION STEPS Here’s the steps to reproduce the issue: Pop out a browser video from another service Scale the vid smaller and place it in lower-right corner area of screen so you can watch/listen to the video while playing AoE2:DE Win the game, go to stats screen, watch flicker. Or, I’ve tested just existing the game and going to stats screen, same thing Go to Options menu, screen flickers there, too. Same issue happens when bringing screen-recording software overlay over to the same AoE2:DE pages EXPECTED RESULT Stable screen = good. Flickering = bad. IMAGE

Title says it all. I like to test strategies against extreme AI, but my games needlessly drag out because the AI refuses to resign around 80% of the time. Instead, it forces me to hunt down every last villager. Egregiously, the AI often runs away with some vills, hiding them in the corners of the map like a grieving human player. This screenshot is hilarious because I was saved by a snake, which killed the very last vill hidden in the corner to finally end the game. Not sure if it happens at other difficulty levels. I tried the 104/105 chat commands to no avail. Does anyone know how to fix this issue? https://preview.redd.it/d0sd3tz6yfeh1.jpg?width=2880&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e7991f7c4146104c0b3ecd0d57e055e273159806

hello aoe2 community, I was playing a game of Chinese 1v1 on Arabia (1250 ELO) and I've encountered a few things that got me scratching my head, specifically Castle Age aggression . Unless my math is wrong, Rocket Carts are less effective against buildings than Mangonels, and so I opted for Rams instead. Because I was facing Wei, I opted for a Fire Lancer + Skirmisher backup (due to the cav archers kiting my lancers). The enemy also added a defensive Mangonel, therefore: My line-up: Fire Lancers, Elite Skirmishers, 2 Siege Rams Enemy line-up: Xianbei Raiders, Hei Guang Cavalry, 1 Mangonel My logic was that the Mangonel was the largest threat to my offensive (I'm always scared of mangonels), so I thought "I have to get rid of that piece of junk + the subsequent Mangos that'd come out later," but I found that Fire Lancers aren't fast enough to get in and out without sustaining casualties under TC fire, and I didn't want to risk losing all of them. How to proceed in this scenario? My first instinct was that the Chinese tech tree isn't outfitted for Castle Age aggression (1250 elo brain), so I pondered these ideas: Go Rocket Carts and try to out-micro the Mangonels with Rocket Carts? Keep map control and boom into Imperial Age for Trebuchet back-up. P.S. - still learning. Thanks

how do i use formations? for some reason i sent some crossbowmen to attack a mangonel and when i clicked the flank formation it did nothing. but when i dont attack it, it works. is this normal? (i lost the battle including 12 crossbowmen and later lost the game)

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Hey, Am I the only one having big probleme to build anything with villagers since the patch of june? Anything I try to build with the vills I have 50% chance of the villager just go in the middle of the foundation and get Idle doing nothing. This is very annoying. I always have to double click to be sure, lose time and apm. The worst moment is when you are housed and wait for that house to just realise your vills on the middle of the house foundation doing nothing! Someone have the same problem or have solution?

Mapuche are the only civ that has no options for land units for with melee armor if you do not count siege. If counting siege, then that gives the option of Heavy Scorpion which has 1 melee armor and trebs which have 1 or 2 depending on form. Every single other unit they have has 0 armor (or negative if counting rams). They even lack redemption to convert stables so they cant make xolotl warriors unless given a stable from megarandom. This makes them the only civ in the game that has effectively no melee armor unit.

Hey all! Handbook and large majority of event info has been released for The Transatlantic Cup a brand new tournament, with many new and unique tournament features. Just waiting to finalise map pool in the next two weeks! Here’s a quick summary of what to expect in the event: - UK vs USA - 20 player teams, top 8 auto and 12 captain picks - 4v4 (4 series), 2v2 (8 series), 1v1 (12 series) - all players must play in at least two phases - specialised map pools based on map type - some new and interesting concepts in AoE, 4 match format with ties possible, 1v1 single matchups drafted by captains My favourite part about the coming event is the fact that many different people can get involved, TG specialist? There may be place for you. Really good at closed maps, water maps? There may be a spot. The Americans are just coming off a really successful USA Cup, and I think that this could be a great event if people get behind it. Join up the discord for more info and I can answer questions there https://discord.gg/jWAVSUzBB

Time for another weekly round of questions!! Talk about everything from build orders to advanced strategies. Whatever your questions, the community is here to answer them.

Sorry for making yet another post about aoe2record replays. It's recently come to my attention that these replays are hosted by Microsoft and then vanish after a short time. I keep seeing ~2 months but in my experience it feels more like ~2-3 weeks. That's understandable.. must cost a lot of money to host these files for a long period. But is there no site or person keeping a curated selection of these replays for longer? For important matches such as grand finals and yearly prestigious tournaments?

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