AoE III

[Kozmos]

I think a lot of fans were expecting it to be great as AOEII but it failed at that, so ergo disappointment.

 

[Ecclesiastes]

Discounting the fact that it in no way lived up to its predasecor, even for a regular run of the mill RTS it was very boring and generic, it reminded me of the call of duty games, they were good at what they did, problem was, they didnt do anything new for the genre and therefor the generity of it was its downfall.

 

[salty mud]

Ergo?

Well, I like it myself. Played it for quite awhile. Everyone to his own, I suppose.

 

[Nikis-Knight]

It was a good break from Civ 4 (till the mod in my sig came out). Got it as a christmas present and I played single player and occasional lan game for a few months.
The best part is cannons shooting guys into the air.
I don't think I'll bother with the Xpack til it's in the 10$ ben somewhere.

 

[Fifty]

I played AOE2 competitively for a long time, and I can say that AOE3 is generally disliked by competitive players:

1. It is too "noobized"
2. It emphasizes graphics at the expense of balance and gameplay
3. nobody likes the home city concept
4. until/unless they have been nerfed in a patch, the germans are uber-overpowered.

 

[salty mud]

I like the Home City concept.

Define 'Noobized.'

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

I suppose he means that it was designed with people who had never played AoE before in mind. Therefore it is more accessible to newcomers, but puts off the older players as it's too simple.

 

[GoodEnoughForMe]

I just decided to reinstall this and give it a go. I like it now, though it still doesn't hold a candlestick to civ. If anyone ever wants to play me, PM me. I do suck right now though.

Any tips for how to do better in multiplayer? I do really well against AI, but suck over the internet.

 

[Nobody]

Ill play anyone, just send me a pm

 

[GoodEnoughForMe]

I suck though...

 

[tomsnowman123]

I'll play you. My friend gave me my copy back, since he pretty much outpayed it. I havn't played it in forever though.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

I'm really dissapointed in this installment of AoE. I played it a few times, it made zero sense and wasn't fun, and I gave to a friend.

 

[Xtream_Rockstar]

ill play anybody since right now ive exiled my self out of the Civ SGs

@ goodenoughforme

the multiplayer game consist of 3 major elements of stratagy and i quote from my Statagy guide that i got from the collectors edition

the core srategies for the 8 playable civilizations are booming, rushing, and turtleing these high level starategies affect your entire game

Booming
book definition

Booming is a startegy where you focus solely on growing your economy in the hope that you will get a larger more powerful army in the late game this stratagy can make you vulnerable if you are attacked early in the game but a booming player will have a better economy than a defensive player almost every time

my def
this is the most popular stratagy in the AOE3online universe the other 2 r taboo
Rushing & Turtuleing
Rushing
Book def

rushing is the opisite of Booming you ignore ecodomy and focus on military early in the game you want to attack an enemy player before they are ready and hurt their economy so much that you can pass them up or even take them out of the game immediately

stop makeing villagers early so you can train millitary as early as possible in the colonial age you arnt likely to have a highly upgraded army but you might be able to sacrifice quallity for quantity

my def this is very rare in warcheifs since the new trety mode but in origanal game you have to watch out for it
and if u rush me u cant kill me ill just escape and run to an enemy base and keep on fighting in guereila forces but most people will quit and wont care if there rep is taken down

Turtleing

turtling is essentially booming except that you devote many more resources to defence you anticipate being rushed so you want to be ready for it turtling offten assumes building defeenses such as wall oustpost or a stronger TC (town center) but could also involve devoting an early shipment to soldiers who will remain close to your town to defend it like bomming turtling is generaly easier and safer if you arent on the fron lines when turtling you should be able to fend off a rush but your economy is going to fall behind a pure boom because you dont have as many villigers

my def
if im playing and i get rushed i would tell my team members to build up
but ussually u can tell if somebody is going to rush if they have a rushing civ

so thats all you need 2 kno for online gamein

 

[Ecclesiastes]

This is why company of heroes is so awesome, you cant "turtle" or boom, you have to play aggressive and get out there into the field.

 

[Xtream_Rockstar]

This is why company of heroes is so awesome, you cant "turtle" or boom, you have to play aggressive and get out there into the field.

yah COH is awesome but..... its rated M for poor reason sum cursein so what and ive played the game it doesnt seem that violent 2 me and if its in the cutscenes then cant u just skip the cuts scenes ?

 

[GoodEnoughForMe]

I beat a level 98 home city last night...

When he resigned...

But I had aged faster than him the entire game, and I was in Ag IV when he was still in III when he resigned.

I was level 1.

 

[salty mud]

Really...

Resigning people are a nightmare however. On GOW my team always end up outnumbered 4-2 hbecuase people RESIGN!!!

 

[GoodEnoughForMe]

Really...

Yeah, I was proud. I had gotten my ass kicked in my first online game.

But in both games, people have resigned. It really pisses me off.