Aoe2 HD: Tutorial: "Booming" and Economy Management for Newer Players
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- čas přidán 26. 06. 2013
- This is my tutorial video on how to "Boom" for newer players. This tutorial intended for players that are less experienced with the game, or are struggling with managing their economy. In this video, I build my economy from nothing to over 100 villagers without hunting any animals or using any advanced tactics (micromanagement). The methods I show in this video will allow you to get to the Castle Age by 18 minutes with a strong economy.
Disclaimer: There are obviously more efficient ways to manage your economy than those demonstrated in this video. The tactics in this video are designed to be very simple and easy to execute, while still being extremely effective and reliable.
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Results:
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Feudal Age Time: 14:07
of Villagers: 29
Castle Age Time: 17:47
of Villagers: 31
Imperial Age Time: 33:00
of Villagers: 108
End Results: 120 Villagers, 83 Largest Army
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I'm no good at being efficient in this game. My city needs to look good, I need straight rows, military areas, ect ect.
You should try out caesar III too then!
Yeah I'm the same strangely enough. Empire appearance comes first then military units
i think that your perfect game is Sim City
can you screenshot your city?
You should play Banished! You can make a massive medieval town, however you want.
But... but... the whole fun with AOE is to take a large area, build the perfect unpenetrable fortress and defend yourself untill they run out of gold and stone. 2-4 hours of gameplay depending of the map.
+Morten Bakke my friend does that and i hate him for it :P
+josh Strunk I used to do that when I was younger. Me and my two cousins always played team games regicide against other AI's and whatever map we played, we just defended at all cost. When they only had Skirmisher and other cheap units left, we attacked combined with fully upgraded Paladins and a swarm of Trebs from 3 different angles. When you saw the battle chart after, there was like 4 hours with straight line, and the last 10-15 min the chart pointed at total destruction. 2000 kills and less than 50 death was not a uncommon scenario. Good times ;)
+Morten Bakke I am from Austria, I want to play age of empires 2 multiplayer, if you want to play with me please tell me
+Morten Bakke Ever seen competitive AOE playing? There's no time for walling. Try the same strategy against a 2k player, consider yourself dead.
+Gonzalo Salomon I think he's being sarcastic
Personally I don't enjoy doing that doing that, the game gets boring pretty fast
This is probably the first video I watched of Resonance. After watching 20 plus videos of his and being around for two streams, safe to say Resonance is legit. Wanted to show my support so I am making sure to like all the videos I have watched. Love your content, keep up the good work!
Lol I'm terrible at strategy games, but this guide took me from getting to castle age in 35mins down to 23'ish mins. I feel a lot more comfortable building my economy and I find myself being a lot more productive rather than finding myself just watching and waiting every so often.
You should google "fast castle build order". It helped me get from 23 minutes to 18 usually.
Olav Haraldsonakadenhellige yeah if you are going to fast castle you want to be clicking that castle age upgrade around 13:30 to 14:30. Some high level players can do this by 12:30 but that takes a lot of micro.
I can usually get to castle age like first or second of all the players, but then my economy just gets fucked when everyone rushes me and I can't focus on both defending and my economy at the same time. Top that with my teammates complaining about why I'm not attacking.
***** Now I can get to castle age like 14:30 if I get a good civ :D Progress
Zero-G-Worx I generally go up 16 to 18 mins if im not rushing
Ugh thank you! I've been looking for a simple guide on how to go about your economy, but every video assumes a high level of knowledge and skips the basics. Cheers!
The basics is: never stop creating villagers until they're atleast 60 and don't forget to research shaft mining, wheelbarrow, hand cart...
This strategy is almost what I used to do instinctively before knowing any tactics or such. Wall in and focus on economy, saving the battles until later. Though in turn it gives the enemy time to build up too. I find it makes for a longer game [assuming they don't batter down my walls first!] :) Thanks for the video it helps me understand the tactics behind it more.
Absolutely, I am just making the tutorials for newer players first. Then after that I will do the more advanced stuff. This tutorial is mostly for people who are very new to the game. :) I can't give you a specified date, but I will definitely do a tutorial on "Booming" and Economy Management for more experienced players. (One that obviously includes hunting).
I love this video, I've watched it about 4 times in total. It still forms the framework for how I start every game, so thanks for that!
Thanks for the video. Very helpful. I've played this game since I was a kid but never learned any of these basic strategies... So i'm very glad your channel exists!
this was the most useful video for me, cause for some days after first play i couldn't understand how to properly build up economy, all other videos i've seen skipped all basic stuff and used many pro terminology
Thanks! You can definitely do this on Arabia or other maps, but only if you're not on the edge (flank) of your team. Most Arabia players in the pocket typically go for a fast Castle Age though, and then fight other players while Booming. You can Boom on easy to defend maps like Black Forest, Michi, etc, and not make any military until the Imperial Age, but on other open maps you really want to focus on making a Castle Age military while making many town centers and villagers. :)
Me: Gets second farm up... 10 knights rush in and kill all my people...
Everytime!!!!!
Every game...
For me its be get up to feudal a bit faster than the AI on standard, build some forward barracks, stables, and archery ranges for later, get rushed by 20 man at arms when the only military i have is my starter scout halfway across the map resulting in me scrambling to get my lumberjacks to build some towers.
Just want to say this tutorial is still so relevant today. I was in a slump and wanted to get a new perspective. I used this strategy while also luring boar and deer patches/adapting to the situation. I had a 30 minute imp time and was cavalier rushing/castle dropping before they even produced any legit military or had the production buildings to defend!! Just what I needed! 15 year aoe veteran btw
Thank you! Hmm good idea, I think that is a very important aspect of the game. At some point I plan to make tutorials on the more advanced aspects of Aoe2, like scouting, map-specific strategies, what units counter each other, etc. In the meantime I'm just trying to get all the broader basic tutorials out of the way first. :)
Dude you are AWESOME
This strategy helped me soooo much in the game. Thanks man.
You have a perfect voice for these vids brother, love them
Very good vid. Sure, im not a new player or so but this is still helpful, even to players who are not "noobs". Res you are an awesome guy and just wanted to thank you for your amazing videos and your lovely stream =) Keep up the amazing work youre doing and hope you are having a nice day. /haze
Still one of the best RTS games ever made, especially with the graphical update in definitive edition. Can't wait for the two new civ's coming out in 3 days.
reached castle age at 18:45 on my first try :) thanks for your informative videos!
Thank you kind sir! I'm one of those noobs who get rekt early in the game. I am now learning to set hotkeys and such, and being respected as a player on Voobly, being able to fight, and not let my team down.
Good guide. I really like how you sold your stone for gold to age up to castle instead of mining in the dark age. I think I like this strat a little more although this means you may not have enough stone to build 2 TC's as soon as you hit the castle age.
Great video!! Felt like I was in some sort of gaming lecture wanting to take notes on everything you were saying XD
Okay firstly: JUSSTTTTT DO ITTTT and I wish there were gaming lectures.. I would actually like school :D
I just did ;)
I've missed these tutorials, it's literally been years!
No problem! At the moment, I stream whenever I have free time, so I do not hold myself to a schedule. I hope to develop a schedule for myself in the future though. :)
just started playing age of empires, your tutorials are great.
Did you know you slowly turn into a Russian Czar as you play?
My new nightmare created
lol!! i hear that too sometimes
Best "AOE" I've seen so far! Thanks!
still relevant in 2019
Thanks Gwyn! :)
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Thank you so much for this video, really helped me getting started and learning the game
started playing two days ago been lurng boars since day one have only benefited from guides that told me to do si
All these blind people saying he's on easiest/normal cuz he didn't get attacked... God damn it, first off you can see it's on hard. Second off - the computers don't attack if they consider you to be equal or more powerful than them.
play the hd..... also map on revealed????
@@jaapburgers7581 its normal to be explored when u play Black forest, the most pro players of this game play explored Black forest map
@@matiasguzman7635 I always play with an Explored map is it okay?
@@apolakigamingandmore6376 its ok only if its black forest map, everyone plays it explored, the rest of the maps are played unexplored in mp. Unless rest of the players agree to play explored maps with u like for example Arabia but usually its unexplored
@@apolakigamingandmore6376 If you find explored fun, then absolutely! AOE2 is a game first and foremost so if you enjoy playing explored, all revealed, anything really, then all the more power too you.
Thank you for all your help you give out you have helped me on a lot
Excellent video. I'm still trying to cover the basics so this is a great help. I'd love to see an in-depth video on early game scouting if possible - I find it hard to locate all my resources and choke points quickly. Anyway, keep up the good work. :)
That is actually a really good question and I should have addressed that in the video. When your gold deposits run out, you have to take a look at your current resource count and decide whether or not you could use more lumberjacks or farmers. If you do not think you do, then you can just delete the extra miners and queue up some more Trade Carts to be built to replace them. :)
DUDE you are my Hero !!!!!
your videos are so fricking good with all the tips and the advises and what to do and what not to do
i have a competition with 3 teams , the winner team will get 100$ , and the Top player of all gonna get 50$
with your videos i can easily get the top team and the top player !!!!
Thank you So MUCH
Great video. I'm going to go and try this now.
I just got the game ! Thanks for the tips
Great tutorial! Earned my like and my sub!
Thanks! There are plenty more on the way! :)
2020 still relevant very useful video thanks for the content
Man thank you very much, Big help indeed :D
thanks for the great tutorial :)!
That is the standard Age of Empires 2, the Age of Kings soundtrack. It comes packaged with Age of Empires 2 HD Edition. However, in order to get it to play, you must go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Age2HD\Sound\music and rename music1 to xmusic2. Then it will play after The Conquerors soundtrack plays.
Really helped. I'm a new player and tested this on standart bots. Which are hard to me xD. Been playing for 2 days tho. At the end of the match I had the highest score and had about 50k wood 40k food 10k stone and gold. Reached all the ages first and upgraded my army to max really quickly in the Imperial age.
This is a really good tutorial
Thanks for tutorial really helps the aoe2 community.
Cant wait for that!
Very helpful! Thanks x
Excellent video! (y)
I used to build farms at dark age and boom like this. Now if don't have an awful start and I go well with only hunting (and berries), I manage to get to feudal and the mill upgrade before starting to mass farms, and to castle and the two upgrades if the map has lots of food.
thank you this will help me look less noobie on stream
Nice tutorial
my biggest mistake when I started playing was just focusing on getting to feudal too fast.
Died because lack of rescources
I have the opposite problem of not making enough villagers. Like, 14 villagers at 12 minutes.
Same
I mean with Tatara
Dude thank u so much you help me become a better player..
Used to play a lot but forgot the little things lmao this helped
I always go half pop cap as villagers too, it's so very important to keep resources up.
Oh good idea, I hope to make one of those when I get the chance. Actually, one of the next videos that I will upload to this channel is a Nomad video. :)
You got mad skills!!
Thanks this helped me alot
Still useful 2021
Very informative
This strategy seems to work pretty well on this map since not much walling is required. On more open maps you'd want to invest in some military a little earlier though, otherwise you'd get crushed. I noticed on the hard difficulties the computer will create a few trash units in the castle age as a defensive measure, then go all out in imperial age.
90% downloaded very excite :):)
she downloaded ready to boom
What would you do if you got attacked at any stage? And would you react differently depending on which age you get attacked in?
In the Dark Age, Pallisade Walls in the narrow choke points will prevent any early attacks made against you. Once you hit the Feudal Age, adding a layer of Stone Walls behind your Pallisade Walls will ensure that you stay safe until the enemy reaches the Castle Age. The best way to get through the walls is with Magonels and Battering Rams that are available only in the Castle Age. If your walls get attacked by Siege Weapons such as those, build a Siege Workshop immediately and make your own Mangonels. They will quickly defeat any enemy Mangonels and Battering Rams that attack your walls. If need be, you can always build another layer of Stone Walls behind your first one. If the enemy sees that you have Mangonels protecting your walls, he will usually back off until he hits the Imperial Age. This ensures that you get more than enough time to safely "Boom." :)
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Thanks for your reply =D after watching my first video I was really impressed with your whole channel, it was absolutely brilliant! =] After watching a second video, I subscribed straight away! lol Your commentary really shows that you have a lot of experience with this game ^_^
I'm guessing when you hit Imperial then scouting, trebuchets/bombard cannons and troop choices/formations pretty much make or break battles (from my experience anyway lol)
Do you have any advice on formations/how to control and micro units in battle (Especially melee units lol)? Do you use control groups for buildings only?
Do you think 50% of pop size is regular for military units? How many of those do you think you would send off to battle in the field, and how many would you keep at home?
And lastly, I think you can only select ~45 units at once!! Is it possible to effectively control more than that many units at once in the field?
This video was amazing! Definately learning a great deal from your channel, you're probably the best AoE2 caster I've come across! Looking forward to more videos =DDDDDDD
+shyguy778 i know this is a year old, but a strat that i've used against my friends before and them to me, is to tunnel through the trees and around walls. This is even easier if you have Mangonels because they can destroy trees
+Resonance22Channel I just picked this game back up and you really simplified the understanding of it. I still can't get the part where my tc is idle down. Continuously working on that. Have you ever tried playing on Nomad? Last night I did and started with only foraging and chopping trees as the Britons. Just thought it would be a challenge for you since you play Black Forest a lot.
+Unique and Hilarious Username mangonels can't right? only onagers and siege onagers, which are available in the imperial age. As a result you can still safely boom. might be wrong here though, but i though only onagers and siege onagers can.
bloody hell you're good!
you make it look easy. played 600 hours still get rushed. good video. i just suck is all.
Very Good thanx
Some advice. Always try to do a fast Castle time. Reasons are, more TCs, and a mangonel or two to keep rams away from your walls.
You Know, it would be easier without those stronk knights whooping my ass as soon as the opponent hit castle
In the booming method do you ever go to retrieve relics?
***** I would build a monastary as one of the two buildings needed to go imp. After you use your gold to go imp, spend the next 100 on a monk to collect up all the relics you can :)
I find relics essential to any game that drags on, so yes.
Great vid. One thing I just noticed is that hunting can really delay your advancement. I plan to try this method without hunting. Sure hunting brings a lot of food, eventually, but not immediately when you need it. Hunting is better done in the feudal age when you also have farms and berries to get food up as needed.
Good tutorial for the most part. Although I have to disagree with the strategy of not going after the boar or deer. The extra food boost that hunting provides allows you to reach castle much sooner. New players should search tutorials on how to properly lure boar
Thanks alot ! :D
damn speed racer, you're clicking everywhere so quick
Hi, I have a question. As a new player, when is the best time to start building additional town centers. Sometimes I go games against the AI and they have 5 where I only have 2-3, so if there is a way to know when it's good to start making more I'm clearly missing the signs. Any help is appreciated.
What do you do if the opponent places castles next to your wall with pikemen next to it before castleage so you cant take it down with onagers or catapults? :)
How do you see the timer? I'm very new in this game, sorry
hit f11
Drakon Lorek If you are playing against AI, u can also use F3 to pause the game and make more tasks at once.
after you wall off and you get think you could be attacked would building tiers to defend yourself out just stick with the siege weapons for defense?
guys i downloaded aoe 2 HD .. but in game styles i dont have standard i have all other moods ,, but icant find any mood that ican build more than 1 Tc .. any help plz ?
Someone please explain what all the different colors and widths mean on the timeline screen
Extra tip, a few minutes before advancing make gold mines, then you can build the buildings and then advance
Watching someone play AofE, who can REALLY play it, such as yourself, is fascinating. Thanks for explaining how you do what you do! By the way how do you get such a good resolution, and full screen for the game?
This is AoE 2 HD
Great Video, thanks for that!
Would this strategy work exactly the same if playing hungarians or Mongols?
What was the difference?
How to get that clock at the left top i don't have that in my game
How do you add more than one of a building at a time? Without clicking and having to reclick everytime
Does this work very well in SP campaigns? The AI tends to attack fast and is already very built up and often outnumbers the player so rushing them can be hard, but I thought maybe if I could come up with good strategies to stall them like walls and mangonels I might be able to boom in those hard mode campaigns and erase their advantage
Question, what mod did you use to have such of large view ?? In my game I can hardly fit a single castle on that ?
Why do you TC next to the resources instead of just building a mining camp for example?
Is it just because of the villager production?
I didnt get the farm part. How many farms do I have to build until I send the new villagers back to wood?
MisterZocker I believe he said until you get 500 food to age up.
@Resonance22Channel why did you build multiple markets? just so you can build carts faster and to have extra ones if they get destroyed? or is there another reason?
Any guide on how to hotkey everything effectively? :o
Just personal preference, I wouldn't use hard or even annoying to reach keys, though.
+Fishe Remember buildings and units' hotkeys. They save you a lot of time.
When you're preparing an attack, it's useful to hotkey groups of buildings, so all same type units can be controlled through the hotkey (production w/shift, rally point).
Micromanagement benefits a lot from hotkeys. If a group of crossbowmen encounter a mangonel, you can split it in half through a formation, thus avoiding the mangonel shot, and their consequent death.
Basically, learn to control villagers with hotkeys, to produce units from buildings, and you'll be fine.
Are there any written instructions on tactics? Like boom tactic, water tactics, rush tactics... etc? Anyone has it?
I don't get it why you don't queue your farm production. The new builds always have a small delay and your wood stock is sufficient enough to make the queue.
Can you tell me what's the catch here? I am really curious. Thx!
Actually yes, but you have to have the disk for the Age of Kings in your CD drive for it to play. :)
why get double bit axe but not the windmill improvement?
Instead of selling your stone to go to castle, wouldn't it be better to just mine gold in feudal? After all you need the stone for the TCs. I've seen others sell their stone for a fast Castle, but they were going for a knight rush, not a boom.
yeah go for gold
How would you make it so that a villager has instructions to build 3 barracks one after another? also how do you do that hotkey thing with the barracks and stables so that your military units go to a set point after they spawn?
Holding shift you can build many buildings one after the other if they're close enough.
You can set the place you want them to go by choosing the building then just right-clicking the place you want them to go.
I'm confused how you're zoomed out so far... mine feels really close, the buildings are huge and I have to move around a lot. I am however playing off the original CD that my dad used to have lol. That could very well be the reason why.
Okay thanks! I changed my resolution and the "zoom effect" worked:)
lol, you have your booming economy army ready faster than i have my first knight rush attempt
Hey man, good video I'm a nooblord and i can tell my AoE skills are increasing thanks to you. A few things from your game look different, are you running mods or re-skins? i really like them.
I am running HD btw
lol before this my record was 16 min to the last age turbo random max speed. but now havnt pplayed in years and im getting to how i used to be thanks to this
is it possible to run this soundtrack in The conquerors or even in Forgotten empries tho?
What do you do with walling ir you are in a map like arabia?