Re: Age of Empries 2: HD

by Gauz Wed Apr 10, 2013 11:18 pm

I never played conquerors, so playing as Huns was a pleasant surprise today.
Note: Huns don't need to build houses. AT ALL.

I'm not sure if it's OP, but it's pretty awesome not having to manage real estate .

by Elabajaba Thu Apr 11, 2013 11:08 am

Gauz wrote:I never played conquerors, so playing as Huns was a pleasant surprise today.
Note: Huns don't need to build houses. AT ALL.

I'm not sure if it's OP, but it's pretty awesome not having to manage real estate .

From what I've read, huns are one of the strongest races due to not having to build houses resulting in better economy (don't have to pull villagers to make houses and can start working on econ earlier due to not have to start game with building a house or 2, also less micro since you don't have to always be building houses to not get pop blocked) and also having cheap cavalry archers (kite for days with decent damage) and tarkans if the enemy tries to wall off.

by Gauz Thu Apr 11, 2013 9:02 pm

True, they are very very offensive. Although, their defense is pretty terrible and the only decent siege weapon they have is the catapult.

Turtling isn't even viable for the huns, and even staying in one location is dangerous in itself. They only really have one tactic too, which is CAVALRY KILL KILL KILL

So if you're an infantry nation building halberdiers is a pretty solid counter. Especially since anything but cavalry on the huns isn't really viable.

by **Kasrkin Seath** Thu Apr 11, 2013 10:36 pm

Gauz wrote:True, they are very very offensive. Although, their defense is pretty terrible and the only decent siege weapon they have is the catapult.

Turtling isn't even viable for the huns, and even staying in one location is dangerous in itself. They only really have one tactic too, which is CAVALRY KILL KILL KILL

So if you're an infantry nation building halberdiers is a pretty solid counter. Especially since anything but cavalry on the huns isn't really viable.

Horse Archers can negate those pesky but slow anti-cav infantry. Camels seem like they would be really good against Huns. And yeah, the lack of siege equipment makes them shit against a fortified opponent, but that doesn't really hurt them that much since their main advantage is fielding a strong mid-game while being the first civ to reach mid-game.

by Gauz Fri Apr 12, 2013 12:44 am

The main advantage for me while playing huns is how easy it is to boom your economy. Removing houses gives you a lot of time, and it's so easy to spam villagers with huns. Only problem is I usually mine all the gold possible before late game even arrives. By then I have 150+ units though lol

by Elabajaba Thu Apr 18, 2013 10:59 am

http://steamcommunity.com/app/221380/discussions/1/828936718633144719/

Performance patch currently in beta on steam.

Patch Notes for ‘performance build’

-Frame rate & performance improvements that increase frame rates up to 50% on low end machines and up to 500% on the high end systems previously experiencing frame rate issues.

Visual fixes:
-Windows DPI scaling no longer zooms the in-game perspective
-Default scroll speed increased
-Multiplayer fixes including:
-Quitting a multiplayer game triggers a resignation instead appearing as a ‘drop’
-Private lobbies stay private
-Quick match no longer crashes
-Long Steam usernames no longer cause crash
-Hotkeys for multiplayer are correctly saved
-Lobby now enforces that you only play multiplayer with the same build version
-Visual indications of players in your lobby and in game who have low frame rate
-Better networking verification prior to entering game (prevents getting stuck on the voting screen)
-Performance warning if you have high ping to one other player who isn’t host or if your data is being relayed
-Multiplayer quick match speed defaults to normal
-Quick match has additional map size filter
-Multiplayer Lobby doesn’t lock to a region for displaying games
Achievements fix: Single player unlocks achievements properly

To opt in:

To access the build, simply right click on Age of Empires II: HD Edition in your Steam library, select “Properties” and then choose the “Betas” tab. From there use the drop down to select ‘performance’ and steam should download the update automatically.

by **Kasrkin Seath** Wed Apr 24, 2013 2:01 pm

so... Is this worth the $15-$20?

by Gauz Wed Apr 24, 2013 4:24 pm

by rzgrz Fri Apr 26, 2013 1:36 pm

I already have it for disk.. so screw Steam.

by **Kasrkin Seath** Fri Apr 26, 2013 3:45 pm

I already have it as well... it's just it would be nice to play it with people on something a bit stable and have it look nice

by **CivBase** Fri Apr 26, 2013 4:07 pm

But...

But...

HD!

by rzgrz Fri Apr 26, 2013 7:32 pm

I guess that would be nice... but I just don't see the point in making it higher than what it's being sold in walmart for..

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