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Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (often shortened to The Age of Kings, AoE II, or AoK) is a real-time strategy (RTS) video game developed by Ensemble. The second game in the Age of Empires series, Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings was released in 1999 and lauded as a very improved sequel. With 13 civilizations (Britons, Byzantines, Celts, Chinese, Franks, Goths, Japanese, Mongols, Persians, Saracens, Teutons, Turks and Vikings) it was set.
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Welcome to the guide.:)This guide contains information designed to help both new players and those more comfortable with the game including the setup and installation of Voobly and WololoKingdoms, some basic guides to get you started in multiplayer games, and a large amount of information about the community. Please feel free to leave a comment suggesting changes and/or additions to this guide.This guide is brought to you by the 'Age of Empires 2 HD & WK'-Discord. We are a community-based server where everyone is welcome, currently over 300 members and growing, so don't hesitate to join the party by clicking discord.gg.
Daut (Pro-player, Serbia)All hail king Daut, Daut has been around in the competitive scene since 2002, so he is known for his vast experience and antiquity. Until he was dethroned by TheViper (2012), he was considered by many to be the best player (BO21 vs Chris).
Nowadays he still competes at the highest level while also streaming and conspiring with Viper, who on top of things transformed his face into an emote, the iconic grassDaut. Twitch: TyRanTDauT. Voobly: TyRanTDauT. Discord: Daut. YouTube: Daut Age of Empires 2. Joining a GameNew Player Lobby is the best place to start and most games will be played on the conquerors expansion (otherwise referred to as Original Data Set).Choose the New Player Lobby from the right side of the game browser.This will bring you to the New Player Lobby, which should look something like this:You can click List view at the top to get this view:Fast Proxy is definitely something to watch out for.
You may have to forward a port on your roouter to your computer (by setting up a static IP address, and forwarding all network traffic on UDP port 16000 to it).This is what Fast Proxy (fp) looks like in game:If you would like to play with the HD Expansion civilizations, check the WololoKingdoms Installation section of this guide. What is WololoKingdoms?It is a mod for AoC (Age of Conquerors) that allows you to play the new civilizations (Forgotten Empires, African Kingdoms, Rise of the Rajas) on Voobly.The advantage of Voobly is a more stable and close to lag-free experience even in team games with up to 8 players!:wololoHype: Also it is now possible to import your hotkeys from HD to Voobly, in a single click, so there is no need to customize them. To be able to play the new civs you need to own all the DLCs on Steam.Following are the links to set up Vobbly WololoKingdoms.
Step 2Navigate to then download and run the latest version of the installer.During the installation process you will need to be logged in to Steam, but not running Age of Empires 2 HD. Once you run the installer Steam will show that you are playing Age of Empires 2 HD, this is okay, it has to do with how the installer verifies your ownership of the DLCs. There are options available to import your HD hotkeys (you should definitely choose this option if you are freshly installing Voobly) as well as small trees, grid, short walls, and regional monks, all of which are commonly found to be very useful/interesting mods.
Before tackling multiplayer. Learn the basics.Play through the first couple of campaign missions, this will get you slightly more familiar with the basic game mechanics and more prepared for basic multiplayer experiences.
Improve your uptimes.Once you are familiar with the game basics try to improve your uptimes and get less idle time. This means: Keep you town center busy producing villagers and always give your villagers something to do. Also don't forget to use all of your sheep and the boars (+ deer) in the beginning of each game. It is extra food you don't want to miss!. Start using hotkeys!Ensure that you know the hotkeys for making villagers and going to the town center, since most of the time you will need to be producing villagers constantly from all of your town centers as you expand through the ages until you reach between 50% and 60% of the total population limit in villagers / trade carts. Later you also want to learn the other hotkeys, but this takes time and can wait a bit.
The gap between HD and Voobly.Notice that a 1700 HD (Steam) player is on a much lower skill level than a 1700 Voobly player. If you decide to start on Voobly, you should definitely join the 'New Player Lobby'. Build Order: The Fast CastleThe fast castle is perfect for pocket position in team games. Try the Fast Castle Tutorial by Zero Empires available on the steam workshop, which is a campaign mission designed to train you to do the basic Fast Castle build order.
This may take a few repetitions or more to be able to consistently get a B or better grade, and once you can, you are ready for some basic online play. From there you can start learning build orders for Scouts, Archers, Drushing, Towers, and more. Update is needed:Most of the famous players are not in TyRanT anymore, they are Team Secret. This also means that links to their profiles on some pages have died.Maybe a kind-of recent group, RBTV should also get a mention, their show Rage of Empires is among of the most watched AoE II content and takes a huge part in popularizing the game in Europe.Also, as a lot of people have mentioned, AoE 2 Tools is now the easiest way to have an up-to-date setup of AoE II.More personal feedback: Not to offend anyone, but. Who is Odette?
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Lierrey, who is widely considered the 2nd best player and having the best micro among all players who have ever lived, is only at the end basically as a footnote.Not to mention top players and legends like Yo, Heartt and BacT.