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442 points apitman | 4 comments | 02 Apr 25 23:10 UTC | HN request time: 0.863s | source
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recycledmatt ◴[03 Apr 25 00:21 UTC] No.43563388[source]▶
Awesome to see AoE, and games in general being future proofed. Sad when functionality is lost because someone turned off a server.
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princevegeta89 ◴[03 Apr 25 05:27 UTC] No.43565099[source]▶
As someone who spent an immeasurable amount of time on AOE 2 online multiplayer, it has been a steadily refreshing experiencing the rise of AOE2 DE over the recent years. The game not only received updates that brought in the total civilization count to 50+, but also a ton of visual enhancements and improvements in the overall gameplay and performance.

This is nothing short of stunning to see new developments happening for these games, especially in the open-source community.

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moduspol ◴[03 Apr 25 15:45 UTC] No.43571369[source]▶
It probably won't matter. When I play a "random civ" game with my friends, I always get Vikings. On maps with no oceans.

For real, though, it's really great to see this game continue to live on.

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reactormonk ◴[03 Apr 25 15:57 UTC] No.43571584[source]▶
Vikings are a very good archer civ, full tree and the free handcart is a top-tier eco-boost.
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moduspol ◴[03 Apr 25 16:20 UTC] No.43571950[source]▶
I just distinctly remember getting slaughtered by Paladins, and having very few good options to counter.
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1. pertymcpert ◴[03 Apr 25 17:59 UTC] No.43573213[source]▶
With non-unique units paladins can only be countered by upgraded halberdier, heavy camels or a huge mass of arbalesters. Monks counter them in small numbers but in late game when they're massed they're almost unstoppable unless you have halb/camel in equal numbers.
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2. princevegeta89 ◴[04 Apr 25 00:58 UTC] No.43577259[source]▶
Well even arbalesters get slaughtered by Paladins, unless we are able to push them behind a wall or a corner with only a very tiny attack area for the Paladins.
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3. pertymcpert ◴[04 Apr 25 22:01 UTC] No.43588112[source]▶
I think even in open ground if you have a big enough group you can still trade well. Ethiopian arbs fire 25% faster. If you micro the arbs to focus on individual paladinsthey can one shot paladins and their attack surface area increases with the sqrt() of their numbers. For sure it's a lot more work than spamming halb.
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4. princevegeta89 ◴[05 Apr 25 14:45 UTC] No.43593906{3}[source]▶
Yeah it needs a lot of micro though.