Here is what happened: I selected 10 villagers and placed the castle foundation on the map. Before my villagers even arrived at the location or started building, the castle was already destroyed, and I lost all the stone as if it had been attacked.
When watching the replay (Recorded Game), it looks like he can see the exact position where I am going to place my castle before I even start construction. You can also observe that he does not explore the map properly — he goes directly to resources from the beginning of the game, finds gold and opponents without scouting, and locates villagers without having explored the area.
On my second attempt to build a castle, the same thing happened. He anticipated my move, attacked the foundation before construction started, and I lost my stone again. You can see in the screenshot that he comes down with a cavalry unit directly to my castle to destroy it, even hitting it from inside the construction area.
Could this be some kind of hack? Or is this a game bug?
Is it possible for an administrator to investigate this?
MP Replay v101.103.31214.0 @2026.02.16 001500 (7).aoe2record (5.9 MB)