First of all, I'd like to clarify I have always played almost exclusively Arabia. I'm the kind of guy who bans Arena even though I enjoy it just so I can play more Arabia. I have defended Arabia as the bread and butter of this game, the crown jewel, the maximum expression of Age Of Empires 2. Until today, that is.
What started as a fair request from the community to make Arabia more open in the early days of DE devolved into an unjustifiable obsession. A handful of players that could not cause damage to their opponents despite several script changes to make the map more open and heavy wall nerfs still weren't satisfied.
Recently, the map was already open enough. Walling was hard if you didn't do it very early (with a big opportunity cost). Aggro and micro oriented players were already dominating the scene, at the expense of more strategic oriented players. Quickwalling is already a more important skill than walling your map correctly, if you are a good quickwaller you can get away with your poor strategic decisions. Which is why I can't fathom why they needed to do this abomination that came with the last update.
RTS means real time STRATEGY. If I wanted to play Fortnite or other ******ed game for 11 year olds that rewards reflexes and APM over intelligence I would be doing so.
I never thought I'd ever say this, but I might do a full 180 and start banning Arabia for Arena after all. Who are the clowns now?
What started as a fair request from the community to make Arabia more open in the early days of DE devolved into an unjustifiable obsession. A handful of players that could not cause damage to their opponents despite several script changes to make the map more open and heavy wall nerfs still weren't satisfied.
Recently, the map was already open enough. Walling was hard if you didn't do it very early (with a big opportunity cost). Aggro and micro oriented players were already dominating the scene, at the expense of more strategic oriented players. Quickwalling is already a more important skill than walling your map correctly, if you are a good quickwaller you can get away with your poor strategic decisions. Which is why I can't fathom why they needed to do this abomination that came with the last update.
RTS means real time STRATEGY. If I wanted to play Fortnite or other ******ed game for 11 year olds that rewards reflexes and APM over intelligence I would be doing so.
I never thought I'd ever say this, but I might do a full 180 and start banning Arabia for Arena after all. Who are the clowns now?
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