Spirit of the Law vs Hardest AI (Rematch)

[@IceSpoon]

You know that Spirit is canadian when he is polite enough to let the AI boom.

[@franzluggin398]

"It's okay if you're a little slower than the others, really! I wanted to play a slow game for once anyway."

[@fredericodipace4641]

And telling the AI "gg" at the end ^^

[@giantrobot5804]

I thought everyone GGs the AI at the end lol!

[@v8v465]

good guy spirit of the law

[@honkai8692]

yikes man

[@TonyG0317]

Like, you seriously are like the Bob Ross of AoE.

[@vurbelinekazmayi]

this comment should be on top

[@paulcoderre6132]

vurbelinekazmayi i agree

[@bdonaghu]

We're just going to chop down this happy little tree...

[@Creesh66Painy]

That's the most accurate thing I read, I think ever

[@neophyte8087]

Lets beat up the ol' AI again, this is the fun part!

[@CaptKewl]

"You always have to be nice and say GG to the AI cuz you never know when the computers are going to rise up. And you want to be one of the good ones in their books that were always polite and maybe they'll spare you in the new world." ROFLMAO Awesome.

[@AngelaMerici12]

Indeed!!

[@RandomRads]

That's not how AI works. And they won't spare you for any sort of emotional gesture.

[@foreverjune8]

Praneeth worth a try

[@krieghart5515]

@@KaNofbeans pretty sure praneeth is an AI

[@kingmidas2112]

The AI once asked me for a tribute to join it's team in a 3 player match. The 3rd player was already eliminated.

[@bananian]

You could have achieved world peace!

[@xotl2780]

They'll do it in 1v1s on occasion too. AIs are weirdos.

[@MrBeard17]

It recognized its losing position against you and attempted to get you into a draw, which is better than a loss.

[@kotzpenner]

It's like that AI that was programmed to play Tetris. When it became impossible to clear any more lines, it paused the game forever. Valid move in its' eyes (diodes?) since it isn't technically losing.

[@Cra3ier]

ally with him then build bombard towers in his base and change to enemy and win!

[@IVforGTA]

5:20 dat moonwalking scout though

[@Real_MisterSir]

MJ's spirit lives on in the digital world of AoE2 :D

[@deusvulture5183]

I scrolled to the comments the second I saw that. xD

[@zacke10]

Haha me too. That was amazing

[@maitah67]

in a nomad game, a villager of mine walked like 10 tiles with moonwalk, and when i went to the record, he was walking normally O.O 11.

[@cedrikullrich4298]

Dude where are you from? Hungaria? Just because your username's and channels' you subsriced to letter look strange :D

[@bbcmotd]

From now on I'll always say gg to the AI

[@maazypaaz]

SPIRIT OF THE LAW, Now that Zero Empires has stepped down from posting AoE2 content, this officially makes you the new official guide for the game since you have the second largest subscriber fanbase. Expect alot of flocking subscribers and live up to the game! Love your channel! Good Luck!

[@KrahTV]

I always prefered Spirit of the Laws vids, much better anmd more in depth explanations.. Also, chinese civ vid pls :3

[@augoeides9947]

Same, I am a newbie on AoE 2 started playing just now and he is better at explaining things xD, I used to play nothing but RTS games like RA2 until I got introduced to FPS and MoBA genre.

[@vodkaPetrov]

please we need to know in 2020

[@DukeOfMalarkey]

Your voice is so soothing. You're like the Bob Ross of AoE playthroughs.

[@wmtch]

"Be kind to the AI that they will maybe spare you in the other world" dude, you're so right...

[@smallpseudonym2844]

Roko's basilisk.

[@ta3544]

@-.- Cat I guess I'm never gonna be a threat then

[@juliofranciscogomezstoppel1860]

Has someone ever told you you are insane? That level of dedication to analyze a single game and all its mechanics... I LOVE IT. MOAR

[@Dabeyoun]

Good LORDS when I see you just creating farms randomly it HURTS me in the OCD.

[@pinholeopinho]

i wish more youtubers were like you, you dont carpet bomb us with stupid jokes and you keep a soothing tone that makes easier to stay until the end of the video. Thanks again!!

[@initiator0016]

Now a days youtubers playing fifa screaming like someone gave them a shock while opening fifa packs get's soo much subscribers and here a guy playing such a mind teasing aka far more difficult than fifa can not even get 1M subscribers for it. sprit of the law i am very big fan you and hope people appreciate your hardwork and subscribe to your channel and you may pass 1M subscribers very soon

[@Mathignihilcehk]

What is this fifa you speak of? IMO don't bother paying attention to what is "popular". The crowd is stupid, and therefore not worth joining.

[@gonzaloconde9365]

Redmond Kerr pretty much

[@markzakrocki4820]

now strip fifa

[@ДартКсенос]

@Damsen Apex was released polished at least.

[@gianferretti5781]

fifa is not an easy stupid game , its actually hard because it can get very fast an requires players to be very agile and quick at rrsponding. for a stupid game loved by the masses of dumb people i would go for call of duty in its heyday or gears of war an shit like that, specially all those console players. fifa is a decent game

[@joewilshire9095]

*Spoiler* Hold the door.

[@cabal4113]

i krai evertim

[@Oll1000]

what a horrible scene that was

[@135794415]

i don't get it...why was the past connected to the future in the first place??

[@TheMoloman]

+Omar Saad from my understanding it means that Bran can influence the past through his visions. I believe when what's-her-face was yelling 'warg into Hodor' Bran attempted to do it in the vision causing past Hodor to have a fit and become how he is. That way Bran can write the future or possibly rewrite it by warging into his visions. I could be wrong though...

[@135794415]

that creates a paradox such wow xD

[@MrDaftice]

I played my first AI-Match yesterday since a long time (and AoE at all aswell).. took britons against vikings at mediocre level.. the ai was faster getting into every new timeline, for like 5-12minutes each.. but I got him so quickly, after I grew my military in castle/imperial age, that I gonna try it on hard now.. wish me luck!

[@SettingsGear]

I know this comment is 2 years old but How it went?

[@nikiffleser2599]

never heard from him again. one can only asume he didn‘t gg the ai and got on it‘s bad side...

[@samrodrigues3199]

Damn, you jinxed 11:20. If you look carefully you can see two scouts coming to attack. If you'd waited a few more seconds then they'd have gotten through that wall.

[@HECKproductions]

21:00 this is why you always put your units on defensive stand always aaaalways except when you are invading

[@shugo541]

Honestly, i barely watch what's going on. I just like these long videos in the background on my hench 12 hour night shifts. It's kinda soothing.

[@WesleiMB]

wtf I cant even beat normal dificulty, i'm too bad at this game

[@TeufortCTF]

ikr

[@DPortain]

Same here

[@TheSpicyLeg]

LeXxleloxx I used to be like you. I’m by no means a pro, but I can beat the AI on hardest difficulty. The key is to practice. I probably lost 25-30 matches in a row against the AI, but every match I improved. Some hints. Scout! Knowing where your resources are as well as collecting sheep is very helpful. Every minute you spend looking for a boar or your berries is a minute the AI is building strength. You need to know what the terrain looks like so you can plan your defenses around it. Also, don’t be afraid to wall yourself in like Spirit did. Even if you are merely setting up houses for the AI to destroy, it is better than losing villagers. It’s also a good early warning system, so you can make counter units or get your troops there to defend. Practice streamlining villager production. The game should be called Age of Resources. The healthier your economy is, the better army you can field. Learning how to keep constant villager production is very useful. I still start games with the sole purpose of practicing the start of the game, and play until I hit feudal. Keep at it! You’ll be surprised how good you get.

[@hil449]

@@TheSpicyLeg awesome comment btw

[@subhadeepmandal2221]

@@TheSpicyLeg did u play till now the same way ?

[@mrvex6695]

And now 7vs you

[@HECKproductions]

its entirely reasonable on lower difficulties against the hardest ai its gonna be tough

[@darkness4063]

I've done it vs hardest, and I'm only about 1600 on steam... Unlike online play, it's really all about defending, and getting the relics. (Unless you're Portugese.... They're just broken...)

[@xmaserbex7392]

Luna Thats not possible. The AI is cheating his ressources at the beginning.

[@matzeo3478]

Not anymore. That has been changed long ago. Ai is just macroing perfectly

[@lancelotblancelotb7378]

Martinc my friend had won such game he was maya and converted more than 200 enemy soldier

[@burt591]

Yes! That's the way to play against the AI, rushing them is quite unfair in my opinion

[@DetectiveMekova]

People rush eachother all the time in competitive games lol I rush to practice timing my rushes. Locking down wood lines, etc etc. It helped a lot actually.

[@VineFynn]

Mekova The AI is literally not programmed to deal with rushes, unlike humans in online competitive games

[@xxlCortez]

burt591 I was fair abd let it boom. In teturn, the AI rushed me.

[@athletico3548]

just palisade AI town center = game over

[@outis2493]

@@xxlCortez it only rushes when it has more points than you.

[@Cupcake-zs7wh]

With sheep being trained to do such a complicated task as scouting the surrounding area for their humans autonomously. I feel like the next logical step in AOE2 is a War Sheep unique unit for a future civ.

[@b.v.brian4479]

Alec Werthingtons legend :p

[@sushantsardeshpande]

I think what we need is the shepherd hero unit that trained them to do so.

[@mrb7089]

How bout sheep tossing trebuchets? (Would be a fast way of getting em back to your town center atleast)

[@dylan__dog]

You mean Welsh shieldmaidens?

[@jessicaberry5596]

Spirit of the Law: "I feel like if the AI was actually programmed to use sheep like this, like the AI could be incredible at scouting." Definitive Eddition three years later: "Hold my beer"

[@Stefinder]

Spirit my man I think you have the greatest viewers on all of KZbin. No hate or trolling on any of your videos. All support and happy subscribers Well done sir

[@spikeguy33]

So we've figured out chess and "Go". AoE2 next?

[@SpiritOfTheLaw]

Exactly

[@mrjakkiebah]

I don't think all moves in Go have been calculated as of yet?

[@spikeguy33]

Hugo vR Only has to be better than any human :)

[@mrjakkiebah]

(nvm its been solved apparently by Google's AI) It does not only have to be "better" than any human; "A solved game is a game whose outcome (win, lose, or draw) can be correctly predicted from any position, assuming that both players play perfectly." :P

[@mrjakkiebah]

If AoE was "solved" by an AI, it could calculate which civ would always beat another civ if both played perfectly. However, the map is a variable and thus no civ has a 100% guarantee of beating one other civ. So an AI would only be able to predict a win or lose if it knows the exact layout of the map and civilizations facing each other. Probably a gazillion times more possible moves on AoE than on Go or Chess and thus a lot more complicated to solve. Definitely possible in the future tho.

[@ZackWatson]

Your commentary mimics the way I speak to myself when going through all of these crazy small processes. Subscribed and turned notifications on high. This makes me smarter!

[@gordonkroman1211]

i went to drink some H2O and when i return i though i was playing and started clicking took me 19 seconds to realise i was actually watching a video

[@JonatasAdoM]

Sometimes I start to watch the game and forget I am playing.

[@OrIoN1989]

I liked the deselect and set new task for new group of remaining vils and the mill farms select mill trick. I have not played since my childhood.

[@MinecraftPlanetChan]

more livecasts of you playing aoe2 would be awesome also the villager idle sound would be worse than the sound of your farms needing to be reseeded XD

[@yashdoshi9659]

Hold the door! Hold the door! Hodor ! Your videos are always entertaining and fun to watch ! Small things making me laugh randomly ....

[@ChristopherDijouxMickael]

"gg for the computer" that is a fair spirit.

[@dobi3156]

What an amazing channel you've got. Great for learning the game and getting into it. Also just super entertaining! Thanks bud, appreciate you.

[@robin9740]

I am a simple man, I see a spiritofthelaw video and I wet myself in excitement. Keep up the good work :p

[@MooncatteStudio]

I just got back into this game again, though I wasn't great at it before, and watching your videos has definitely inspired me try to get to your level of play. I really respect what you do man, your videos are a ton of fun to watch and pretty much always informative! Keep up the great work!

[@bebe7C9]

So the smartest AI asked to be ally with you because that's the only sane choice. You showed them we like to be fallible and reckless.

[@TheDaan54321]

Love your videos man. They help me improve so much as a new player. Thanks for the fun times u bring and keep them coming!!

[@milderg]

"16:05 the little prick's stonewalling me" - Enemy AI

[@SweGoat]

20:00 now that's how you react to a rush!! I see so many people just ring the townbell and pray

[@rightwraith]

"And this is the kind of thing a normal player wouldn't do . . ." *walks like 4 onagers into cav archers and watches them die*

[@lordaloa]

you literaly make some of the most entertaining gaming videos I've seen in the recent years. really nice, every time I watch you I wanna play age of empires again. keep up the videos :)

[@Fif0l]

"Didn't expect the AI to go through the hole in the wall" What a surprise!

[@TheRedNations]

I haven't played AoE II in like years, but for some reason I love watching you play and make commentaries

[@_antares031]

Let me tell you, playing 1 vs 1 with the hardest Resonance AI is as tense as playing with one of typical AoE players.

[@MT2NL]

Bruteforce OP

[@jesseh5888]

so that AI is the hardest?

[@_antares031]

As far as I know, yes.

[@jesseh5888]

How do you get it?

[@_antares031]

Subscribe to this, you need an AoE:HD to play this one: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=473358292

[@sikcJr]

Awesome work and good quality content, as usual Spirit ! You're making my office days less boring ! :D

[@antoniomele4830]

Do you know what "battle event" means in the final graphic?

[@knifed91]

I learned so much just by watching you play!

[@SimonChristensen]

5:23 talk about the AI doing silly things :D

[@ukibytow]

you should do that AI tournament you talked about in your Q&A. That would be awesome, because your commentery is very entertaining :)

[@kevinengel656]

hold the door xD hahahahaha good job, you made my day

[@Nikkko66000]

Almost made me cry again tho :')

[@AleksandraSieczka]

Just wanted to say that your videos made my day (or week) when I had to study a lot.

[@UM96lol]

5:20 Take note of the AI using dance moves as a scouting technique

[@RennieAsh]

What control this rider shows! Nice, smooth ride... Nice jump! That was a GREAT ride!

[@blakebeshires4999]

Could you please make more gameplay videos like this? Online games, ect. I love your playstyle and thought process.

[@Maerodir]

Hold the Door?... Why you gonna make me cry again Spirit? :'(

[@aliadnan5582]

Wow it was amazing had a good time watching you. Love your narration

[@wonderingfilms1201]

I notice you leave the sheep to rot once you have killed the boar, is this unintentional, or does it just not matter?

[@SpiritOfTheLaw]

Sometimes I have them take from the sheep in that situation, but then when they finish it they tend to go kill another sheep or stand around until I notice them. If I'm playing with 100% focus I try to take from the sheep and finish it off, but if I think I'm going to be distracted I just leave it.

[@wonderingfilms1201]

Thank you for the fast response lord spirit sir man.

[@tylerooney790]

I keep the sheep beinng eatn

[@freaksuyash]

Lord Sprit Sir Man.. Hehehe

[@vitekmajer8701]

does pay off to use buildings as a wall?

[@marccrew8773]

What I don't understand about walls is why is it when you put down a gate it doesn't give you back your stone from the stone wall segments that you replaced. As at about 16:00 minutes in, he built a stone wall, if you watch his resources after he puts down his gate, he still pays the full cost, even though none of the wall segments had been worked on. Why didn't the developers just have something that causes the resources to be refunded after someone puts down a gate over unbuilt walls?

[@Konakoazerty]

You're my faker of age of empire

[@MijnAfspeellijst1234]

um?

[@LightShady]

Talking about Faker from LoL

[@Neadly]

I think Spirit cannot be compared to Faker :D

[@Apnael]

The Viper vs Skt T1 Faker?

[@ponocni1]

He is more like jeremy minus the bullshit and clickbaits.

[@MrThisGuy23]

Subscribed for life because of that GoT reference! I've said it to every youtuber who does it and i'll say it again, i'm so grateful for those youtubers who give value to detail and that's why i've loved your videos since the time I started watching them. Thank you for your entertaiment material!

[@este5684]

i was playing with my noob friends last time and he was like : farms are useless then im like , but you need them or else you will run out of food then we start talking about others things and i have to go so i say something like : get your whole army here and well do a big fight after kicking his ass i see that he walled himself into a tiny space , had to kill every animals on the map for food and he didnt even had any vilagers left . I Sent him to your channel xd

[@diddlenfiddle7311]

Hmm I've got a friend getting into AOE2, i might try the same haha

[@tomaszw2729]

I am acually amazed how enjoyable your videos are. Even though i played my last AoE game like 10 years ago, i watch your every video since the chanell had like 10k subscribers. It's just so relaxing. I also think it has something to do with your calm, yet lively voice. I just wanted to drop it here, so maybe you will read it some day, and you will know i really am appreciating the effort you are putting into making this vids. Good luck in the future!

[@SpiritOfTheLaw]

Thanks bud! Means a lot :)

[@jagosvujovic2086]

How do you zoom out that far? When i go in options theres no such command to make the resolution bigger.

[@ChefLethalPlays]

Your demeanor is so cool during this. i love it! so enjoyable to watch!

[@anirudhdad2739]

how about trying to play against Aztec Bot. I find it most difficult by the sheer fact that aztec bot makes too many monks.

[@TabroArma]

You can use teutons they have monk convertion resistance or i like to use incas against them

[@Pedraga]

Just siege ownage them.

[@Fitischist123]

Or use the britons, Love the longbowmen vs the monks

[@kingkeeper99]

I don't know why I get so entertained when I watch your videos, even though I haven't played AOE in like 4 years and I don't remember how to even move the troops...😂

[@robertjuh]

dont know how i found you but you're a great aoe youtuber! Your intro music is amazing. What is your opinion about aoe3?

[@SentimentalNegativity]

aoe1>aoe2>>>>>>aoe3

[@RennieAsh]

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[@kevinkerkhoff6670]

I really liked that you showed the civ boni at the beginning. Good idea.

[@MoistTowelette125]

You know you’re a good dude, when you don’t take the non-living computer players’ sheep. Just because you “don’t wanna play that way”. 😂😂😂

[@leodexe]

The fact that you had a bad start with the vil dying to a boar and some enemy units managed to trespass your defenses for a while just tells that you make it look so easy. One archer gets into my base and I instantly get in panic and forget about doing everything else.

[@killamonjaromon]

I can't get holding down shift to work. I mean I can create a set of objectives for a unit to travel to but they will only go to the first one and then stop and ignore the rest. How do I fix it?

[@SpiritOfTheLaw]

On the last click you have to let go of shift

[@dogman_2733]

Thank you!

[@killamonjaromon]

Spirit Of The Law Thanks, this helps a lot.

[@justinz.3993]

This was really entertaining! You know< I would love to see a replay of a couple of your own ladder matches on Steam. Especially if you continued to commentate and explain the why's and how's of what your are doing (as you did in this video). Good stuff.

[@jamesliu6602]

spirit, when are you going to show those ResonanceBots whose the true master of arabia?

[@aidenpons9584]

One of my fondest AI-abusing moments was Incas (me) vs Huns. I'd built a wall with Castles + Mangonels + Scorps behind it. My other frontier was extremely weak with only Palisade Walls and no defenses at all. Delete one square of wall and the AI tried to get my castle - which didn't work well for them at all.

[@xshortguy]

Why did you chop the tree in front of the town hall? As soon as you cut it down, you can put a farm on it.

[@calerenteuber]

Great to watch, thanks for making these videos mate!

[@MrTheQuestioner]

That Hodor reference :'( too soon Spirt... Too soon

[@IAmBael]

I don't see anyone mentioning the 300 pop cap. Was this really the norm at some point back in the day? Also, deleting villagers at 220/280 pop felt like a pretty strange decision. xD

[@skillreks8637]

can't wait for your Chinese overview! (;

[@kylephelps9296]

me neither

[@darkness4063]

+1

[@KazoKazoKazo]

+Nizada +2

[@cedrikullrich4298]

+Ahmad Ashraf +3

[@sz8670]

+4

[@patrickbrady1884]

I love watching your vids dude. Very entertaining. This game was a bloodbath.

[@leandro169]

Now, it's time to fight the hardest Resonance22 bot =)

[@chirantans2162]

Good watch!! I couldn’t get to see which Hunnic king was the AI? Because each AI king plays a different strategy from the other. The moment I noticed Hussars I knew that Hunnic king had gold issues (prolly wasted on siege and h archers). Must be because it was a relatively mild King focused on booming rather than attacking. Because Hunnic Kings typically despatch Paladins and not so many horse archers. And among the AI enemies, Huns aren’t that strong on the hardest level. The toughest are the Persians and the Slavs. Try playing against them- it’s very tough sometimes. I don’t remember the Slavic AI king names but The Persian AI king Shah Rukh is particularly very tough. Other Persian AI kings like Hormidz, Bahram etc aren’t as tough as Shah Rukh. The other king Shah Takash is tough too but not as much as Shah Rukh I think it’s programmed that way for each AI Civ! That is, varying levels of aggressiveness for each AI king. Persians in general are tough given that their villagers are trained faster in the dark age itself - possibly one of the best economy bonus in the game - because they’re ahead by default on economy. And they send heavy siege and Paladins as well as War elephants. Persians have always troubled me and I always play against the Persians- for maximum AOE!

[@dirac269]

that villager you lost ruined the game !!

[@nortoncancellation]

33:20 I like how the music matches the "tiptoe sneak" vibe of the army out of the back of the camp with the pizzicato strings!

[@a.anderson2072]

Hey, how about you try a 1v1 vs Resonance22's Hardest Resbot AI? Now THAT is going to be a real challenge.

[@benjaminjones8782]

r

[@CmdrSloanne]

always remember to protect your walls & buildings also with guard towers early in the game too. great video Spirit. would have been cool to get a few Samurai troops too.

[@HECKproductions]

12:00 **ptsd kicks in**

[@travismcserge]

Well done man the farming trick i needed that putting the mill down last. Was there another trick I missed with hotkeys? I am going to step up my sheep scouting you inspire.

[@anandjabade9639]

I wanted to see your face for a long time. Is it your face that pops up in the first 44 seconds of this video?

[@TheWeight87]

Hello Spirit of the Law, I appreciate your work here. A small request, maybe a video on resource dropping "logics"? Like villagers losing the food when going from gather from a sheep to hunting a boar

[@kadudel]

how does he Switch between his townzenters ?

[@SpiritOfTheLaw]

Pressing H

[@kadudel]

THX :D

[@Volcano4981]

Also, clicking the full stop/dot [.] button cycles between your idle economic units :)

[@Coffee3553]

I actually fucking love you intro! No joking but it gets me so pumped for a bit of aoe

[@philipdore4686]

please make a chinese civ overview

[@XThexXTank]

I second this.

[@KazoKazoKazo]

+1MoreRep I minute this

[@jeevad.tharan4179]

+Ahmad Ashraf I hour this.

[@darkness4063]

I day this? I think... ^^

[@franzluggin398]

I week-en this chain.

[@RandomRads]

Learned a lot. I enjoy the aesthetics so much that I don't place buildings just randomly. And that's how I doom every single time. After watching your video now I'm able to win Hard with AI. Thank you very much.

[@mzza]

It's programmed to make around 120 villagers so try the same thing with 200 population limit and you can't overboom it anymore.

[@ShogunMura]

Late to the party but great insight into your gameplay, very hands-on, making it easy to learn. Thanks for the vid!

[@SupraOne25]

how did you removed POP limit?

[@SpiritOfTheLaw]

It's not removed. Just set to 300 :)

[@SupraOne25]

from am expansion?

[@SpiritOfTheLaw]

just regular HD through Steam can do it as well

[@SupraOne25]

hmm..hd, ty dude

[@MijnAfspeellijst1234]

you don't have hd? :D

[@bombayduk1608]

The AI is certainly better than with the original game; I do enjoy the battle. The AI adapts quickly, counters the type of troops you are using, and always sends troops to counter your attack, which you can use against it with distracting attacks. Still, you did great; I often spend 90 minutes or even 2 hours on hardest, probably because I use the gold dependent Mongols and have no trade. Nice video, Spirit.

[@Granas1988]

In generell your macro is really good. I wonder what league you would play in Starcraft 2... I think somewhere between Diamond and Master. Here are some things I realized on your gameplay, that you could improve on (imo) 1. You did stack a lot of unit production. It takes ressouces away that you could use somewhere else for example on more production buildings. Therefore you could build your Army faster/better. I suggest never more then 2 Units for each building. 2. You wanted to kill that scout with a worker, yet i think the information he gets nor the ressouces that the scout costs would justify to missed working time. I would suggest to stop to try this, because I think the chances are kinda low vs good players. 3.: You walled in with your late Production builds and *wasted* space and ressources with build houses randomly. Why dont you wall in with your very first houses? PS: Also for real games, maybe go for some proxy houses for scouting reasons (so you see when you can harass your opponent) (NA/EU Master in Starcraft 2 :))

[@Granas1988]

Walling is NEVER about stopping your enemy. Its about having an advantage. (his meele cant hit your range units) and giving yourself time to react when he wants to harss your eco.

[@V4shStampede]

StarCraft and AOE are both RTS, but they have many differences, mistakes that you are talking about are huge in SC, but here, you don't really think about that. And I tell you what, only a really small fraction of people would want to perfect their AOE2 skill. And these tips are specifically designed to do that. What I'm saying is AOE is nowhere near as competitive as SC, so people don't really care)

[@agentsmith5480]

Nice video man, definitely enjoy you commenting your live games

[@jorelldye4346]

Why don't you game at 4k? It gives a huge advantage because you can see much, much more area at once.

[@SpiritOfTheLaw]

yeah....let's blame my mediocre gameplay on my monitor not having enough resolution ;)

[@jorelldye4346]

Lol I doubt anyone considers your play mediocre. I was just wondering if you realized that the game doesn't scale (which is a very good thing :D). I got a 1440p monitor and my mind was blown. Then I found I could display 4k on it and I all but messed myself. I could see my whole base in one screen.

[@hazmaticx1994]

+Spirit Of The Law do you have any tips for like killing paladins quickly even with no great spear men like habridiers

[@tntisfun5736]

this is so wrong. the higher the resolution gets the harder it is to micro.

[@jorelldye4346]

TNTisFUN Lol I do not agree with you. You do need a good size 4k monitor and good mouse settings, but that's all. 40" 4k is optimal.

[@benrobinson375]

Wow you're really good. I would've crumbled after that second attack, but the fact you can micromanage so well and come ontop after being on the back foot? damn.