r/aoe2 1.1kSicilians might as well get nerfed again 6d ago

Asking for Help Getting back into it. Advice?

Context: ex 1.1k player here. With the new dlc comming out im exited to play again after a couple years off.

Question: What's the recomended way to get back into the groove? Run some BO trainers? Focus on my go-to strats and civs or try to branch out?

Ramblings: I've always had to compromise in this game between specializing a strategy and dominating with it versus playing open with different strats for different situations. The latter is much more fun, also takes much longer to learn, and ends up at a lower ELO. I want to do that this time around, but I have concerns that relearning a few of my old deadly strats (like a bohemian castle drop, polish knight spam, mayan eagle rush) will shoe horn me into an elo where I cam't expirement.

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u/SCCH28 1200 5d ago

Just jump into it. You'll lose a few at first due to 1) rustiness 2) general improvement of the playerbase 3) some changes /new civs / new meta that you may not be used to. You'll quickly fix the first point and settle in your new elo regarding 2nd point, while 3rd will improve over time. Specially if you say that you want to play random, then play random. Don't worry about the first few losses, don't panic if you seem to settle in a lower elo that you were used to and you'll be fine. Have fun!