Return of Rome Discussion

Age of Empires II: DE II - Discussion
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I’ve done a custom campaign set during the late Roman era to early byzantine empire (from Constantine to Heraclius) and I substituted cannon galleons with caravels throwing trebuchet stones, catapult ships indeed. It make no sense you don’t have siege warships until late imperial and you realize this when you’re making castle age restricted custom water maps.

Also maybe it’s me designing too much Roman related scenarios but isn’t the legionary unit bugged right now? Like at times it just disappear and reappear…
Also I noticed that after the last update the legionary now attack different after the first strike (the sound changed too), maybe it means the new one will get a charge attack like the coustiller? The first attack twist his sword and the next one’s it just swings it.

Am I having hallucinations due to anticipation or what ahah

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697

New stealth mode incoming…who knew that the Romans were such masters of disguise.

Pretty sure its just a different animation for variety, but whether it’s a stab or slash seems purely dependent on the direction he’s facing.

The sound is different though, now it sounds like a more subdued version of the villager’s attack.
But yeah, something about it is being changed.

698

Legionary the new UU of Romans civ - new gimmick ability is confirmed.

699

I really hope you’re right and nothing substantial about the legionary has been changed cause otherwise I would have to rebalance all the campaign ahah

It’s funny how the same year I started making custom campaigns about late Rome they thought of making return of Rome, there must be something in the air…

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700

It’s the date Elagabalus came to power.

701

& in general patch day

702

Maybe something big drops this week?

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703

I think the only drop will be the Patch. Anything regarding RoR will most likely come later this month

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704

Yea how bizarre. What the.

705

The big patch right?

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706

Yep! The PUP is already on for a while so I guess it’ll drop this week to give them enough time for potential hotfixing.

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708

We think you should delete it unless you can show that it’s been released as an official promo image.

We already got the other thread closed when someone else decided to play the role of Sir Leaksalot.

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709

What does that have to do with Rome?

It’s surely just coincidence. Roman history is so well-recorded, almost any date they picked would be the date of some relevant event.

710

interesting that you consist of several personalities :sweat_smile:

alright then, doesnt make too much sense to me why not atleast talk about it, but ok 11

711

Well, MS usually releases patches and new content either on Tuesdays or Thursdays whereas Wednesday is reserved for Server Maintenance:

  • AoE 2 DE - 14th November 2019 (Thursday)
  • Lords of the West - 26th January 2021 (Tuesday)
  • Dawn of the Dukes - 10th August 2021 (Tuesday)
  • Dynasties of India - 28th April 2022 (Thursday)
  • Consolve Version - 31st January 2023 (Tuesday)

That’s something I only noticed until now.

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713

I hope they add crossplay between civs, and also add unique units to AoE1 civs, the technologies aren’t that far away, it’s still about sword and armour, although Romans didn’t have stirrups, but Asian cultures did, which gave them a very important cavalry advantage.

There is no true revolutionary technology that would cause a medieval civilisation to win against an Antiquity one.

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714

Well one video mentioned that there will be no crossplay between aoe1 and aoe2 civs.

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715

I hope this is because the Antiquity civs would need a rebalance, or add unique units i.e. Kungas (the first known human-made hybrid animal, which was used for war chariots) for the Mesopotamians, etc etc. The DLC would take more time to complete so it couldn’t be released in May, I think, but over time it’d be ideal.

Hybrid gameplay would attract Vietnamese players to AoE 2 DE civs, and would make the game more fun and interesting overall. It’s Age of Empires, not Age of Medieval Age. Like Vietnamese players, for whatever reason, AoE1 still remains my favourite, although AoE2 is a better game.

718

I am doing the AoE 3 campaigns in AoE 2…

Can you imagine?..

Rome is Rome… There is no other…xd

Yes, super weird… the only battle that Heliogabalus fought was that of Antioch in 218 CE, but later his reign in the imperial history of Rome was super anodyne…

And gunpowder?..

In my case, the era of AoE 1 attracts me more than the Middle Ages of AoE 2 and AoE 4, but the poor guy of AoE 1 already weighs the years, so I consider AoEO a better alternative to AoE 1 …

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how so? Is it there a mod to play the AoE3 campaigns in AoE2?