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Top 9 tips AOE2 beginners need to know

2020-05-26
By: MonsieurBaggins
On: May 26, 2020
In: Blog

1. Wall your base: It doesn’t have to be stone walls and it can include your buildings (houses, blacksmith, etc) but 9 times out of 10 you should be walling up your base. I don’t mean to say that your walls need to be rushed up – DO NOT go to the effort of walling up before 12 villagers. Instead, try for around 19 population when you palisade. You shouldn’t use multiple villagers unless you are closer to clicking up to feudal, as it can hurt your economy. Most players who first play ranked Age of Empires 2 are used to playing against the AIRead More →

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