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Does anyone share the same opinion? Why would i want to play AoE in a perspective camera. I look at AoE2DE it just feels great to look at. Everything looks so much more clear and makes sense.

Also its the same with other games that went 3D:

Red Alert 2 -> Red Alert 3.

Caesar 3 -> Caesar 4.

Lords of the Realm 2 -> 3.

Stronghold Crusader -> Other Strongholds that went 3D.

Sudden Strike 2 -> Sudden Strike 3.

So many examples.

Age of Empire is the game franchise that introduced me and millions of players to strategy video games, and I am glad that the franchise is still continuing although the first strategy game I played was browser game but Age of empire is the first non browser video strategy game I played.

I enjoyed Age of Empire more than other strategy games, I enjoyed the civilizations, the characters, and hearing phrases from other languages, my favorite thing about the gameplay is when players are advancing to new ages when it make their kingdom develop.

Although I wished that the game was more realistic, like making players need at least 3 men to build buildings, instead of allowing players to build buildings with one person even if it was a woman, women didn't build buildings and things in previous ages, let alone one woman.

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What other revolt would you like to see?

[AoE2 HD] Fortress Age – an Alpha rebalance mod for slower wars, stronger defenses and meaningful upgrades

Steam Workshop:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3783484476

Hi! I've been working on an experimental rebalance mod for Age of Empires II HD (2013) called Věk Opevnění / Fortress Age.

The idea is simple: I wanted AoE2 to feel less like a race toward the strongest upgrade and more like a long, expensive medieval war where fortifications, logistics and unit losses actually matter.

Instead of simply increasing or decreasing a few stats, the mod changes the overall philosophy of progression.

Some of the main ideas:

• Walls, towers and castles are significantly more important.
• Siege weapons are powerful, expensive strategic assets rather than disposable units.
• High-tier units are much more expensive to replace.
• Many unit upgrades are no longer pure upgrades.
• An upgraded unit can gain HP or damage while losing range, vision, attack speed or economic efficiency.
• Gunpowder weapons hit extremely hard but fire much more slowly.
• Battles are intended to last longer and developed defensive positions are much harder to break.
• The late game and Post-Imperial phase are much more important.

For example, upgrading a Crossbowman into an Arbalest gives you a much harder-hitting unit, but at the cost of a major reduction in range. Scout Cavalry can be turned into much stronger combat cavalry, but loses much of its scouting ability. Heavy Camel and Paladin upgrades give you powerful elite troops, but replacing those troops becomes considerably more expensive.

So the question is no longer always:

“Can I research this upgrade?”

but rather:

“Do I actually want this upgrade for the army I'm using?”

I am also working on a custom AI designed around the mod. It focuses more heavily on fortifications, keeps part of its army in reserve, invests more into stone, uses siege for breaking defensive positions and tries to make some of the new trade-off upgrades situationally instead of researching everything automatically. Steam currently lists the AI as the third component of the project.

The mod is currently in ALPHA, so balance is absolutely not final. I'm looking for players who enjoy slower games, turtling, huge fortified bases, long sieges and experimenting with unusual balance ideas.

I'm especially interested in feedback about:
unit balance, fortification strength, upgrade trade-offs, AI behavior and late-game pacing.

If vanilla AoE2 sometimes feels too fast and you have ever wanted to spend an hour staring at an enemy fortress thinking “how the hell am I going to get through that?” — this might be for you.

https://preview.redd.it/3pymlh5noijh1.jpg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7b0e929a0bc86ef9e2ca328ccdf3983ed5c66318

I'm playing Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition on a water-heavy map, but the enemy AI barely attacks me.

They build up their economy and army, but they don't seem to make any serious attempt to invade my island or attack me by land even if they have a way to do it without ships.

Is this a known issue with the AI? Is there something about the map generation or AI behavior that prevents it from using transport ships effectively?

I'm playing against the standard AI, not a custom scenario.

Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a setting, map type, or difficulty level that makes the AI more aggressive on water maps?

What do you miss about the Poles?

Saw this while playing ranked, and couldn't help but to share it