>>2404033 I think gurjarahs are pretty underated, really good tech tree and both their unique techs are very strong. Next most underrated is Burmese, arambai are kind of busted, strong eco, lots of good options for other units and top tier trash units.
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Anonymous05/15/26(Fri)14:51:11
>>2404011 Bad castle age transition for most units. Better off playing Tatars.
>>2404592 I feel like they should be more popular. Extremely full tech tree, donjons to rush or defend and cavalier can just ignore halb/camel to a degree. I guess it's just their lack of eco bonus holding them back, like many strong civs.
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Anonymous05/16/26(Sat)06:41:10
>>2404715 Hindustan's strongest soldier posted it again!
>>2404033 unironically chinese, the start isn't even really hard and its genuinely OP. Not a ton of players pick it when its waaay stronger than civs like mongols.
>>2405263 big if true. try to get a game where you go fast hand cannons with bohemians and then complain that it's to weak and needs to be buffed when you inevitably lose.
>>2406399 He mentioned talking to Day9 and many others like SingSing, from the list of people he talked to it sounds like it is likely to be a 16 player lineup and Hera would like to invite some of the players from the warcraft tourney too
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Anonymous05/18/26(Mon)00:06:18
>>2406405 >Tyler1 playing AoE2 That should go well.
Grubby is going to be playing seriously in a tournament for the first time in 20 years for this aoe2 invitational. I like the guy but part of me wants him to lose because I know he's a salty rager tryhard deep inside. Day9 and singsing will be cool to see too
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Anonymous05/18/26(Mon)12:19:19
>>2406332 the jeet&flush is evolving into an even earlier jeet&'jon... tremble team game enjoyers
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Anonymous05/18/26(Mon)12:58:22
>>2406575 isn't grubby like 1700, he's gonna absolutely wipe the floor with the whole tournament day9 for example is like 1100 max
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Anonymous05/18/26(Mon)13:21:12
>>2406636 Yep, he went 1700 with hindustanis like a month ago so hera should realize he'll have to invite some sweats to not have it be a stomp
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Anonymous05/18/26(Mon)20:40:01
>>2406636 I feel like a lot of the players are going to be good, micro is the trickiest thing to perfect, strategy and decision making can be taught. If Daut can be a pro then Day9 can get to 1500. >>2406648 I feel like Grubby might be a little hardstuck, he has a headstart but give other players a month to grind and they will catch up, one of the first things Hera taught Grubby was crossbow timing which can destroy a lot of sub 1500 players. The skill required to jump from 1000 to 1500 is less than the skill required to jump from 1500 to 1600
I havent played ranked AOE2 in 10 months... maybe my fire just went out and dont have to will to face a human enemy anymore...
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Anonymous05/19/26(Tue)23:08:06
>>2407311 I don't think the fear of playing ranked ever really goes away, like each time I get close to my elo high I get scared of playing. Team games tend to be less scary though.