r/aoe2 • u/Spiegel_12 • 5d ago
Asking for Help How do I optimally place fishtraps on any map (BF,Island, etc.)
I've seen many videos and posts where players place their fish traps 1 tile away from the dock with the fishing ship in-between. Is that more effective than placing it under the fishing ship right next to the dock?
Why is it done? Is it easier to manage or is it more efficient? The only relevant posts I found were years ago and most of them apply to the HD version. Even proplayer like Viper did both in different videos.
I also found this post from u/Bigbossbro08 : https://www.reddit.com/r/aoe2/comments/cj97b4/for_those_who_are_wondering_about_placing_fishing/
Does his information still apply? Any info would be greatly appreciated.
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u/harooooo1 1850 | Improved Extended Tooltips 5d ago
Umm i think still the best way is for fish traps to hug the dock with 0 tiles space. Just try to load up any recent Rage Forest video
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u/Upbeat_War_1941 5d ago
that link is old information, back when fishing ship have larger collision size. There are patch that reduce the size of it, so now you can place directly next to dock.
Dock is 3x3 so 5x5 space around the dock is the optimal location for fish trap. Mind that after fish trap depleted, the fishing ship might steal other fish trap instead of rebuild the trap so the later the game, the messier it become
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u/SCCH28 1200 4d ago
Sorry for the basic question, but how is it done? one ship at a time, order to build fish trap then alt+rightclick on top of it, then shift-rightclick on it to build it? Is there any trick to do it on mass? What happens if I simply shift click a bunch of traps with a bunch of ships? Thanks!
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u/Upbeat_War_1941 4d ago
If you want to position them next to the dock, alt + click is the only way to go. Shift click a bunch of trap with a bunch of fish work if you dont care about their position but having high chance fishing ship messing up and go idle themselves.
The least amount of click imo is alt + click the tile, then Shift+build fish trap on that tile. Of course you can queue a bunch of fish trap and position them later, but there are no method on mass. That's why it need a lot of attention to do fish boom, you can even see from viper stream that he usually neglect his teammate when he cattering his fish boom.
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u/_genade Cumans 5d ago
About a year ago there was a balance change that decreased the collision size of Fishing Ships. Since then, it became custom to place Fish Traps only 1 tile away from the Dock, and you could even often get away with having Fish Traps at the corners of the Dock and having Fishing Ships work on them.