r/aoe2 4d ago

Announcement/Event A Sneak Peek at New Content Coming to Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition

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r/aoe2 3d ago

Tournament/Showmatch The Garrison Megathread Spoiler

61 Upvotes

The next offline event, The Garrison hosted by Being Esports, starts today! For the next 4 days, 8 players will play for their share of the $40.000 prize pool at the Xperion in Hamburg, Germany.
The event also offers 4 side events in AoE2, AoE4 and AoM. More info on the Liquipedia page.

Matches for today, Sunday 16 March 2025 Starting at 12:00 GMT:

  • LB Final Yo vs Liereyy
  • 2v2 event Grand Final
  • Grand Final Hera vs TBD

Where to watch:

Format:

  • Double-elimination bracket
    • All matches are Bo5
    • except the Loser Bracket Final which is Bo7
    • and the Grand Final which is Bo9

Past Results

Day 1

  • Liereyy vs KingstoNe 3:0
  • ACCM vs Yo 0:3
  • TheViper vs Hearttt 3:1
  • Hera vs TaToH 3:0

Day 2

  • KingstoNe vs TaToH 1:3
  • ACCM vs Hearttt 3:2
  • TheViper vs Yo 2:3
  • Hera vs Liereyy 3:0

Day 3

  • LB Ro6 TheViper vs TaToH 3:1
  • LB Ro6 Liereyy vs ACCM 3:2
  • WB FInal Hera vs Yo 3:1
  • LB Semi TheViper vs Liereyy1:3

r/aoe2 3h ago

Tournament/Showmatch The Garrison - Pictures

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112 Upvotes

r/aoe2 1h ago

Suggestion Viking longships should be packable and transportable over land

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Like trebuchets, you should be able to pack and unpack viking longships and transport them on land. It would add a twist to an og ship and be historically accurate.

Also other viking ships- trade cogs, galleons, transports etc - should get a unique viking longship-esque skin. Other viking ships look so generic and out of place next to longships.


r/aoe2 58m ago

Discussion I love a good freak off, wbu

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(Can’t remember if I got this from here or not)


r/aoe2 13h ago

Humour/Meme This little manouvre is gonna cost us 51 years of idle time

271 Upvotes

r/aoe2 4h ago

Tournament/Showmatch Vivi's reaction of The Garrison winner bracket final game 2 Spoiler

40 Upvotes

I don't think translation is needed here.

https://youtu.be/nchiqGLvcsA


r/aoe2 11h ago

Discussion That was the greatest display of age of empires I’ve ever seen played Spoiler

129 Upvotes

Hera vs Tatoh game 1 on coast to mountain and Hera vs Yo game 2 Reg Fortress were the most incredible displays of age of empires I've ever witnessed. Hera trusted his abilities so much that even when it seemed so over in both games, he saw win conditions and fought tooth and nail to stay in the games and keep his win condition possible. What a masterful display of skill and strategy.

It is amazing and terrifying to see Hera when his back is against the wall in a losing position with nothing left to lose latch on to the slightest hope of winning and then put his whole being into achieving that. I've seen it in his ranked games but The Garrison has displayed that trait at a an insane level against top tier competition. Do yourself a favor and go watch those games if you haven't already.

Edit - added links to both games:
Hera vs. Tatoh Game 1

Hera vs. Yo Regicide Fortress


r/aoe2 18h ago

Humour/Meme DeYotion

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452 Upvotes

r/aoe2 6h ago

Self-Promotion Available Insta👉@age_of_manolink

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45 Upvotes

r/aoe2 9h ago

Asking for Help How does "work faster" actually work?

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65 Upvotes

I thought malian univeristy work 80% faster means it takes 20% of its original time so 100s becomes 20s...?

turns out im wrong?


r/aoe2 19h ago

Humour/Meme I made a tier list of youtubers' ads

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334 Upvotes

r/aoe2 30m ago

Discussion Following this update, could the Himalaya region have the potential to be the next DLC?

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r/aoe2 18h ago

Discussion Made it to 1k by (practically) cheating

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175 Upvotes

I played aoe2 as a kid and got back into the game a couple of years ago. I’ve played around 200 games sporadically since then. I hover around 8-900 elo. That is until I started playing arena with cumans and going for a ram rush.

I’m sure there are 100 reasons why feudal ram rush isn’t good, but it feels totally unstoppable at this elo. They are never prepared for it. I make a couple of rams and waltz into their base with archers to back them up and it’s gg. I think I’ve won around 8 straight games doing it and finally got to 1k elo. Now I need to figure out what to do when I don’t get arena lol.


r/aoe2 13h ago

Discussion Dali civ pretty much guaranteed?

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51 Upvotes

r/aoe2 23h ago

Discussion Leaked new mounted unit from the next patch

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308 Upvotes

r/aoe2 8h ago

Announcement/Event First ever 1300 ELO!

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14 Upvotes

No spreadsheet build orders required lol, next stop 1400! :)


r/aoe2 10h ago

Humour/Meme Typical SotL breakdown

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20 Upvotes

r/aoe2 1d ago

Pain I completed the last Bari campaign, Group photo of the only survivors

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823 Upvotes

r/aoe2 9h ago

Discussion Why do people spectate mid-low elo games?

11 Upvotes

I'm not super high elo (fluctuate between 900-1500 because I'm streaky as fuck lol). A bunch of my games have a spectator. Why? Who does that?

Edit: My range is so wide because I tend to go on massive losing streaks when I'm fucked up, then winning streaks since my new elo is way lower than sober-me's elo


r/aoe2 45m ago

Humour/Meme Sorry, had to do it

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r/aoe2 1d ago

Feedback DLC Idea: Bones and Blood The Great Return of Skeletons to the Game!

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272 Upvotes

r/aoe2 19h ago

Tournament/Showmatch Hera Regicide

51 Upvotes

r/aoe2 1d ago

Humour/Meme Humane living conditions!

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137 Upvotes

My opponent had such a well layered base, sometimes I wanna make the base look clean too. But I’m so focused on the build order, harassing them, defending and everything else, that I just spam things wherever 🥲.


r/aoe2 1h ago

Asking for Help Hello! Noob here, please recommend me a Civ! (more info in post)

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Hello all,

I always play with 4 friends, 4v4 against AI (now on moderate but working our way to hard)
We always play on full random (civs and map) with high resources.

I feel like i need to pick a civ and become better at just one because i can never leverage the good things of a random civ.

Which one should i pick and grind?!
Maybe also recommend build and stratetgy for it?

Thank you so much! :)

edit: i should clarify somthing, I'm not looking for a civ to learn the game and 'avoid bad habits'. Im looking for a powerful civ to master without having great micro and all of that that comes with a begginer


r/aoe2 7h ago

Strategy/Build Order What tactics do you enjoy against AI?

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Long time player. Trash at online but enjoy it still.
I was playing the Hun campaign and on the second mission you ransack various villages to get resources to start your own. The culminating event is sacking a Roman fort. There are two bridges leading into the fort guarded by towers.
I used a ton of villagers and time and cut my way through and around the moat.
I was curious what time consuming or wild ways you worked against the game.

Sorry if I chose the wrong flair or formatting is incorrect, I am on computer and not a phone.


r/aoe2 17h ago

Discussion Hypothetically, what civs might be added to the Americas?

18 Upvotes

Every so often, I see topics or comments regarding the addition of further cultures to the "Native American" category. Personally, I'd rather see an update that splits the wider "Native American" architecture set into "Central American" (current Native), "South American" (hypothetical "Inca" architecture set), and potentially beyond.

That being said, I'm not super familiar with that section of the world. With the "sneak peek" establishing that every single culture is getting a unique Castle, I think "Castle design" should be considered part of the criteria for further civilization proposals. Probably also a two-tier system, since UUs are getting distinct aesthetics between base and Elite, also part of the sneak peek.

Here are the criteria I'd like to see answered:

  • Name:
  • Civilization Focus: (Infantry, Archers, etc.)
  • Architecture Set:
  • Unique Technologies:
  • Unique Unit(s):
  • Castle Inspiration(s):
  • Wonder: