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I’ve been playing Romans almost exclusively lately and basically built my entire playstyle around ending games as early as possible.

My opening is usually a 20–22 pop Feudal into Men-at-Arms rush. I make the Militia while going up, get the MAA upgrade as soon as I hit Feudal and try to arrive at the opponent’s base with the pressure already rolling.
From there I go into very heavy Feudal.

Usually 2 Barracks, sometimes even 3 if my eco is flowing well, infantry upgrades and basically constant MAA production.

My #1 target is almost always gold.

I know archers are the obvious answer to MAA, so I try to make sure my opponent never gets a proper archer mass in the first place. If I can keep them off gold, suddenly their “counter” is 3–4 archers instead of 15.

And honestly, I’ll sometimes even dive the TC to kill those few archers if I think it means they won’t be able to rebuild the mass afterwards.

I also often send 1–3 villagers forward for a tower. Half the time I don’t even care that much if the tower goes up. People see the tower, pull villagers to deny it, and suddenly my MAA are killing villagers instead.

Best case, the opponent ends up completely boxed in: no gold, limited wood access and no room to expand.
If they stabilize, I usually try to keep the game aggressive rather than switching into a big eco game. Castle Age → Longswords + Rams and another huge all-in push is normally my next step.
Sometimes I Even kill tcs with my longswords.

And this is where I’m wondering what I should actually learn next.
Is this basically an all-in strategy that will eventually stop working at higher Elo?

Or can I turn this into a legitimate 1-TC aggressive playstyle?

For example, should my Castle Age follow-up become something like Longswords + Scorpions/Siege to deal with archer masses? Mangonels? Knights? Forward Siege Workshop?

I really don’t enjoy the classic “okay, pressure is over, now add 3 TCs and boom for 20 minutes” approach. I’d much rather learn how to keep converting early pressure into even more pressure.

The funniest part is my Elo journey.
I started around 1000 Elo and dropped all the way to ~200 because I basically never built armies. 😂 I always wanted to build the perfect economy, multiple TCs, get upgrades, boom… and then eventually got killed.

I slowly fought my way back to around 600 and at some point changed my entire mindset:

What if I just try to end the game as fast as possible instead?

Since then I climbed from roughly 600–700 to around 1200 Elo, mostly playing this Roman infantry pressure.
And I’ve never been flamed this much in AoE.
Today alone I played 6 games and got insulted after 4 of them. “Noob”, “learn to play”, “abuser”, “cheat code”, etc.
So for the higher-rated players here:

I am not sure if they are just frustrated or its only because of the Roman civ? Is it „op“ or is it just this elo that cant handle it.

How would you evolve this playstyle from 1200 onwards without turning it into a 3-TC boom. I guess scorpian with romans are good, but I always loose them and they cant kill tcs. Manganols are Hard to handle, but they are good against tcs and Archers.

Hello everyone,

for the upcoming server, I really want to tryhard – not in terms of server first or rankings, but simply to get the maximum out of it for myself.

My current plan looks like this:

3–5 ranged ninjas + 1 shaman
alternatively even 7 ranged ninjas + 1 shaman (full 8-character group)

The idea behind this is that all ninjas farm permanently with bows and auto-hunt. I’ve already tested this, and in SD as well as Grotto it works surprisingly well in my opinion, as long as the equipment is right.

On each account, I would immediately use double drop, EXP ring, and third hand. That’s exactly why I’m wondering whether 8 accounts even make sense or if 4–5 accounts would be significantly more efficient.

My planned progression:

level directly in Map2 and farm Yang
then move on to SD2/SD3 and later Grotto
mine ores in the temple from time to time
keep one character fishing permanently (ideally get a carbon rod early)
do Cors quests on all characters (even though I’ve heard they’ve become worse)
of course, participate in events as well

I would deliberately ignore stones at the beginning. Later, I would create a separate Map1 farmer for that once the situation on the server has calmed down a bit.

My actual questions:

Would you rather play 4–5 accounts or go straight for the full 8-character group? Or maybe just 1 ninja and 1 shaman?

Do you think ranged ninjas are a good choice for multi-farming, or am I overlooking a major disadvantage?
Which source of income would you prioritize at server start? Fishing, mining, events, or something completely different?
Are Cors still worth it nowadays?
As a main, I want to play a ninja + shaman later on. Would you skill the ninja for melee or ranged?
In the endgame, do you play a ninja permanently with daggers, or do you regularly need a sword/two-hander as well (e.g., for fighting on horseback)?
What’s the fastest way to get a carbon rod?
For Hydra or similar content, you need 8 characters – is that a good argument to start directly with 8 accounts?
What’s the fastest way to get enough Yang to buy auto-arrows from the general store for the ranged ninjas?
My long-term goal would be to get all characters to at least level 95 and then decide whether to push them all to 105+.
I appreciate any opinions – especially from players who have already played multi-character setups or ninja farming on new servers.

These are many ups😭 Thanks alot

Do we know When the Summer Servers are Starting?
Just want to give it a try

Hello everyone,

I’ve been playing Age of Empires II for quite some time now. When I started, I dropped below 300 Elo, but I’ve managed to climb my way up to around 1100 Elo.

However, I still struggle to win games convincingly. I’ve tried a variety of civilizations and strategies. Usually, a strategy works well for a while until I start facing opponents who know how to counter it, and then I end up switching to something else.

At the moment, it feels like I’m playing something different every game because I can’t really settle on a specific civilization or playstyle. I think I’ve reached a point where what I’m lacking most is game knowledge, matchup understanding, and overall strategic awareness rather than mechanics.

Because of that, I’ve decided to look for a coach. Does anyone have recommendations for finding a good Age of Empires II coach? Maybe through Fiverr, Discord communities, or streamers who offer coaching services?

I’d also be interested in hearing about your experiences with coaching and what a reasonable price range would be.

Thanks in advance for any advice!
I am from Germany, my understanding in english is very well, but i cant speak it fluent. I prefer an German Coach, but I am Open for english as well.

Ein Kumpel von mir raucht ab und zu Cannabis, aber das Problem ist halt der extreme Geruch vom Joint – gerade in der Wohnung echt unangenehm.

Vaporizer haben wir schon getestet (kein Billigteil), Wirkung ist auch da, aber irgendwie deutlich schwächer und nicht ganz vergleichbar mit einem Joint.

Haben uns gut informiert und selbst ab 220* ist die Wirkung von joint hoher. Wird halt mehr freigesetzt.

Oder sollte man durchgängig auf 185-195 bleiben?

Jetzt die Frage:

Gibt es Möglichkeiten, mit einem Vaporizer eine ähnliche Wirkung wie beim Joint zu erreichen (z. B. Temperatur, Technik etc.)?

Oder sind Alternativen wie Edibles (z. B. Cookies) sinnvoll? Hab aber gehört, dass die Wirkung komplett anders ist und schwerer zu dosieren.

Und noch: Bekommt man gute Vaporizer oder Produkte auch direkt über Apotheken in Deutschland?

Er erzählte mir es gäbe bei nordleaf auch liquid vaporizer, jedoch teurer.

Würde mich über Erfahrungen und Tipps freuen 🙏