No.11071
>>11070i havent played aoe in 10 years but ill try it out and can turtle and act as a low level trash mob in mp if its fun
No.11075
>>11070im not good at these kind of games
No.11078
I don't know how these games work but can you play Sakuya
No.11080
respect for making reimu flat
No.11081
>>11070I feel like I've had this game on my wishlist for ages. Gonna download the demo since I missed it last time.
No.11083
>>11078Yeah, just play SDM
>>11079For some reason you can only set hotkeys from the main menu
>>11076>>11077I'll set up a lobby in an hour, let's say? If the turn out is small we can do 3v3 vs the AI, otherwise we can do free for all and take it easy while people figure stuff out
No.11086
I must be retarded because the AI is kicking my ass.
No.11087
>>11086im building more towers to protect myself and its working well so far
the AI seems to love zerg-rushing with cavalry so early lancers help too
No.11088
>>11086Yeah the AI can rush as early as 10 minutes in
Sometimes they'll send a cav harassment force even quicker than that
No.11090
I have to get dinner but I'd down to play when I get back. Like maybe 20 minutes it'll take me.
No.11092
>>11091Oh as it turns out we can't play free for all, so hope you enjoy team games
Also there's an option to play as spectator, not sure if that takes up a lobby slot or not
No.11094
>>11091Still two empty slots!
No.11096
>>110911 more slot available!
No.11100
Making a new room now, here goes nothing
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No.11101
Goddamn it, fuck
No.11103
>>11100Ok then, it doesn't want to work. Guess I'll wait until they put out a patch...
No.11105
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One last try for good measure
No.11107
I'm NOT a happy camper
No.11110
Wait it doesn't work? I just got back.
No.11112
maybe try turning off the time limit?
No.11113
I'll see if me not playing lets it work for you guys, could be linux screwing it up.
No.11114
I'm still hyped up from coffee and love disappointment so I'll try again in 5 minutes in case it's literally just the linux guy crashing us
No.11115
Did you guys experiment with different hosts?
No.11117
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Try this.
No.11119
Oi linux friend, I have the dev's attention, were you using proton?
No.11120
It works.
No.11123
>>11119Not sure if I was, I just ticked the proton comparability box so we can see if it works now after the game's done.
No.11124
It's over
No.11125
you jinxed it
No.11127
>>11124>>11125>>11126Did it crash even with everyone running Windows?
No.11128
>>11127I don't know about everyone else but I'm running windows and I was hosting it.
No.11129
>>11127All four of us were running windows, right?
I was on windows
No.11130
>>11128>>11129I was on windows too
No.11132
Well uh, I was all of the lobbies that crashed, maybe create one and I won't join and it'll not crash
No.11133
>>11132in* all the lobbies that crashed
No.11134
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Final test to see if its a linux issue or not.
No.11135
>>11134Anyone else joining? 3/4
No.11139
>>11138GG, we didn't crash this time!
What did we even do differently?
No.11140
>>11138Oh it worked? Maybe I can join in the next one.
No.11141
>>11139This was a different host this time wasnt it?
No.11142
How do you build the books? They seem to be artillery of this game but I didn't see them listed in any of the barracks.
No.11144
>>11142I think I unlocked the lab building for them when I reached Hard
No.11145
>>11141The first time I hosted it crashed. Second time I hosted was with 4 players, no bots, and all windows machines.
No.11146
>>11142They're built in the mages academy building (forget the exact name) but they're only available when you're hard
No.11149
I'm tired as fuck but need an excuse to stay up, so if anyone makes another lobby I'll join
Otherwise see you guys tomorrow hopefully
No.11151
id play more now too if someone hosts
not sure if i can make it tomorrow its my cats birthday
No.11152
>>11149>>11151Not sure how many people are up for it, so I made a 4 player one.
No.11153
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woops forgot code
No.11155
>>11146good thing im always hard
No.11156
Ok, I think I understand now. Rush Level 3 and then make books out the wazoo because nothing can really counter them. Those are some strong as HELL units, auto aim and you can't run away from it, if you're not similarly stacked on grimoires you're just dead.
No.11157
>>11156I wonder if you get something equally overpowered when you hit lvl 4
No.11158
>>11156Yeah grimoires are basically the reward for getting to level hard, if you outspeed your opponent here you can pretty easily go for the win
If you're thinking that's all it takes to win though you should going against the lunatic AI that'll rush you long before you even get to level hard
No.11159
GG fun game. I feel like books are overpowered, wonder if there's a counter to them I haven't used. Also it feels like making multiple bases is kind of pointless when there's so many resources around your initial base.
No.11160
>>11159There is fairy mages who counter grimoires
I suppose the next logical step is NOT to make grimoires, and instead make fairy mages to catch out the fuck out of your opponent who tries to spam them
Though in saying that, I'm not really sure how effective they are
No.11166
>>11164In the demo there's only team pvp so you and players could team up against AI.
No.11187
I'm down
No.11190
If we got anyone here that successfully hosted from last night they can make a lobby whenever they want
Otherwise I'll make one in like half an hour and hope for the best
No.11191
I can make it now since I might be busy later
No.11193
mou ikkai
No.11194
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No.11195
Wonder if I am the one causing the disconnections...
No.11196
>>11195hopefully not... but it could be if it's a ping issue that the servers can't handle, given it says sync error
No.11197
Should I try hosting?
No.11198
blehhhhhhhh... it was going so well....
No.11200
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using the same settings as the last time it worked.
No.11201
>>11196>ping issueI'm in Europe. Is everyone else in the US?
No.11204
>>11200Is the other guy going to join? Try it one more time, we got it to work yesterday.
No.11205
Well that was fast, new record.
No.11206
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
No.11207
Okay what the fuck is with this game, why is there no consistency to when it works
No.11208
Well I've got something to take care of soon, was hoping to get one game atleast but oh well. I might try later if someone is interested in playing.
No.11209
>>11208I do want to play but that was very frustrating, I'll check again in like an hour and see if it works at that time
No.11210
>>11208I'll try a 1v1 if whoever's left is up for it
No.11211
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No.11212
>>11211I just finished eating and got here is this for 1v1 or more people
No.11214
I guess I was a bit late to get to N3, guess the correct thing to do after reaching Normal would be to immediately build the second TC because it's just so much of a loss to be waiting on extra workers if you don't have the wood available in time.
No.11215
What's the player limit for matches?
No.11216
Ok actually fuck these grimoires, I thought I could make a unit to counter them and maybe gain some headwind, but no, those things are retardedly powerful and will nuke anything that's not a grimoire itself.
No.11217
>>11216Try rushing them. They lose like 50% of damage close quarters.
No.11219
>>112156 but we've been having de sync issues the more players we have
>>11216They do less damage at close range and do half as much as damage to cavalry
Heavy cavalry have like three times as much health as normal cavalry, so they counter grims even harder
Mage fairies do like X5 times damage to them, though they're awkward because they're cheaper (less strong) but take almost as long to create as grims, if you want to use them you should build two mage academies
Also both grimoires and mage fairies have a quirk where they gain a slow down effect to fire, if you trigger them to attack and then back off they can't keep up
Despite saying all that shit I do agree that grimoires are overpowered in that creating them is always a good idea, especially because they tend to trade unit kills before going down
I hope cavalry units get an attack bonus against them in the future
No.11221
Anyone want to try again?
No.11223
>>11221I will, just finished some stuff I had to do.
No.11225
Give me like 5 minutes and I'll post a lobby.
No.11226
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No.11227
gg, was really behind the whole game
No.11228
>>11227It's fine, I've had more time to practice so it's not that fair to you. But I was kinda wide open for a long while because I realized you weren't attacking, so if you rushed me I would've been put into more of a corner than I was and probably wouldn't have easily made it to Lunatic level.
No.11241
It got a patch today that hopefully fixes the de-sync issue
Also I said it was only three days in the OP but I think it's actually running til monday
We can try playing again tonight if people are interested
No.11242
>>11241I'd play tomorrow or Sunday, too busy tonight.
No.11244
>>11241I can make it tonight
No.11247
>>11241cv2:cbe18990-e071-468d
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Here's the lobby code
Probably only play one match to see if things are working better
No.11248
>>11247gg hard was surprisingly tamer than I thought. Is there a difficulty higher than that?
No.11249
>>11248Yeah there's lunatic difficulty
Also hard AI does play better than in single player, not sure if it being online/2v2 makes them be less efficient
I do think something definitely went wrong with the green AI as they were a full five minutes slower aging up
No.11250
>>11249Yeah it was definitely noticeable. Anyway atleast it didn't crash so thats good.
No.11251
>it didn't crash so thats good
who wants to try next
No.11293
Might host sooner rather than later to hopefully get a few games in, I'll throw a lobby up in 10 minutes
The demo is going to wrap up soon so don't be afraid to join
No.11294
>>11293cv2:7d03b444-0dba-4227
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We'll start whenever we feel like it
No.11296
error
No.11297
Did it crash? I got bumped out but I didnt see an error message this time
No.11298
Welp that's a new error, I'll just restart it and hope that was a fluke
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No.11300
game froze but i already died lol
No.11301
A-AI-sama...
No.11311
I missed the last lobby...
No.11313
>>11311I'm awake if people want to play at the moment
No.11339
It's gone...
No.11383
>>11360Alice's spellcard is summoning a bunch of hourai dolls to fight
Her age up ability makes alice houses more cheap
The idea is that her spell card is good for stalling and her upgrades are good for cultivating a strong economy