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That's the first bloody quest!!! You aren't going to tell me you didn't get any further yet, are you?


peugeot407

I said way back didn't I?

I'm Lvl 10 now, I mean look at the first pic, do you think I could get to Age III at a level 2 capitol?

OMG, it's even worse than I imagined!!! :lol: :lol:

But come on, look at that AI!

Have you noticed pathfinding is back to sub-AoE1 levels??? It's absolutely hopeless!


peugeot407

Path finding always has been horrible in Age of Empires.

Pathfinding??

Are you kidding me?

Lol?

It's just funny that you don't know what pathfinding is, you play AoE 3 after all...

It's just like Robert and how gathering berries is supposedly faster than hunting.

I never said that. Berries are a lot safer though...

As for pathfinding: I think not. Sure, AoE1 had rubbish pathfinding, but AoE2 was much better already, and AoM and AoE3 are very decent as far as pathfinding is concerned...


peugeot407

About pathfinding: Is it "exploring the map with your Explorer" ? Or what? :lol:

About Berries: Don't gather them in Age I, it slows you down. But when there aren't any animals close-by, Berries can have an advantage.

Well, a crash course of pathfinding then:

If you tell a unit to walk from A to B, it will walk there in a straight line. But what if there's a forest or sea between A and B? Humans would walk around it, but the computer would go straight from A to B again, run into the obstacle and assume B cannot be reached. Pathfinding is the bit of the AI that makes sure the unit walks around the obstacle by first calculating an accesible route, and only then walking to B.


peugeot407

You would think that iliander would work it out by the name. Pathfinding, finding path, moving from A to B, not that difficult to work it out. AoE 1 was so bad at that. I loved the game and I would still play it if it had slightly better pathfinding.

You would think that iliander would work it out by the name.

Oh my, sorry for being too much of a pro for not playing against comps anymore.

AoE pathfinding, STILL sucks Robert. ^^

@iliander: Pathfinding affects all moving units. Yours, those of an AI enemy, those of a human enemy, even those of 'Mother Nature'.


peugeot407

Also, what is wrong by playing against the computer, many players I find are not great and provide next to no entertainment. To counter that I play against computer players, they hold out longer than many human players.

Not really.

Sandbox is ridiculous
Easy is ridiculous
Moderate is too easy
Hard is too easy
Expert is just fine

There's more variation against others, most TAD players are far better than any comp.

I never said that there aren't any good players, but sometimes I want a consistent player. Nevermind, moving on, WotTA is released, how about that.

I'd say it's a pretty big news and everyone of you should download it.

Well, I was surprised by the Great War... I love the Airplanes and Tanks. And the Coca-Cola tech... :lol:

But one thing... Who is responsible for the unit stats??? Since I'm very critical about them...

Um, for the planes, the formations looks horrible. I suggest putting them in the "phalanx" type formation, so it looks like a reverse trample formation in the air.

I know.

It's just that I like letting them attack enemy troops.

I wasn't talking to you, I was suggesting hoop make a new formation for the planes.