From their mighty gods to their legendary heroes, the upcoming Chinese Pantheon brings a lot to be excited for!
We dive into units, favor generation, and other basics in this latest video. Immortal Pillars launches on March 4th!
I know, I know... There aren't many games yet on the new patch! But the changes to Georgians seem gooooooood. From the worst civ in the last 3 patches to potentially the best? ๐ We'll see it how it shakes out over the coming weeks!
@AgeOfEmpires I don't think we'll have long on this patch as the March PUP is out and will most likely be released by the end of month. Hopefully we have enough time on this pathing patch to get some more reasonable sample sizes.
Stats are now published for the latest @AgeOfEmpires II patch! Patch 104954 changed pathing and regrouping behavior of units. Sample sizes are smallish. Notably some archer civs have jumped up in the standings: Mayans, Ethiopians, and Britons as standouts https://t.co/IOmMqXeoD9
I'm very surprised we haven't seen Incas played in the main event of #HC5 yet. They've been picked 3 times, but not played. In the quals they were picked and played quite frequently and had at 57.9% win rate! Strong civ! Perhaps due to less Arabia games?
@paradox303_ Hard to argue against... You should consider writing a dissertation on your detective work! ๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ
My two thoughts:
1. I don't think Lierrry is in the finals. Maybe because I didn't see him at NAC5, but I don't think he's up to form.
2. I think Sebastian made it further. Godly quals
Mongols have been banned a lot. In the #HC5 main event they have always been picked when not banned. What's unique is that Alexios values Mongols over Chinese. Alexios has first picked Mongols TWICE even though Chinese were available. Who does that?!
Hear me out #HC5 crowd... What if Alexios Komnenos is ACCM? Alexios has first picked Mongols every time they aren't banned and has played them each time. Who values Mongols that much? ACCM. ACCM first picked Mongols when possible in #NAC5! He only lost to the runner up, Yo 4-3๐ค
Going through the stats from the qualifiers and the #NAC5 stats for players that were invited, I don't see anyone else value Mongols as highly as ACCM. Is ACCM having a crazy good #HC5 tournament and gonna ruin a lot of predictions? It feels unlikely.... but possible?
I added some quality of life and design tweaks to the tournament pages on aoestats! Check them out now for #hc5!
More data in the tables and you can now filter the games section by opponent civs and maps to dive deeper, easier. https://t.co/qKBxiCMkyl
@paradox303_ Honestly, the amount of thought you have put into farm placement is slightly terrifying 11
(but also actually quite fascinating and interesting to think about!)
Vasco da Gama is on a tear through #HC5 so far! What's fascinating is that they have picked and played Ethiopians twice! No other player in the qualifiers or main event has played Ethiopians! And Ethiopians are the only civ Vasco has played twice!
@pinch3terneira They were missing from the main event NAC5, but were picked and played by Ubetnir against @tatohaoe in the qualifiers. Surprisingly all civs were played at least once in NAC5 https://t.co/zmJohXW7h1
4 civs remain to be drafted in the main event of #hc5! Tatars, Burmese, Vikings, and the Bulgarians! In the qualifiers only the Bulgarians were never picked.
In the #hc5 qualifiers the Ethiopians were picked only once and were never played. In the main event they were picked and played the first day by Vasco da Gama (my pick to win the whole thing by the way!) So who among the contestants would pick Ethiopians ๐ค