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• AGE OF EMPIRES 2 THE CONQUERORS MODS PATCH

Before 1.0b bombard towers were able to defeat armies of rams easily after 1.0b and 1.0c, cavalry archers and bombard towers were balanced to be less powerful.

AGE OF EMPIRES 2 THE CONQUERORS MODS PATCH

Patches ġ.0c was the final official patch by Ensemble Studios it fixed many bugs and balanced units. The most popular places to play 'Age of Empires II: The Conquerors online after this shutdown were Gamespy and GamePark. In June 2006, MSN Gaming Zone was shut down. The Mayans appear in The Conquerors Expansion and their unique unit is the Plumed Archer, which are stronger, faster and have better pierce armor but less attack.

In addition, the "Lepanto" scenario from "Battles of the Conquerors" is about a Spanish victory against the Ottoman Turks. The Visigoths (who later became the Spaniards) play an important role in the Attila the Hun campaign, El Cid goes over the Christian reconquests against the Moors, and Montezuma is about the Spanish conquest. Possibly by coincidence, all three campaigns (excluding "Battles of the Conquerors") deal with the history of Spain. These include the Battle of Agincourt, the saga of Erik the Red, and the Battle of Hastings, among others. The fourth campaign, "Battles of the Conquerors," is actually a group of unrelated single scenarios, each based on a significant historical battle. These are based on Attila the Hun's rise to power, Montezuma's defense against Hernán Cortés and the adventures of El Cid. The Conquerors Expansion adds four additional single player campaigns. These are only some of the game modes and options open to you before you start a game.

Objectives are changed depending on the game selected: You could make it so that whoever destroys each and every unit & building of the enemy wins, whoever reaches a certain score wins, whoever kills the enemies king wins, or you could even have a non-combat game where whoever builds a Wonder wins. The "Standard Game" mode allows you to set the map, the number of players, the AI difficulty and more. There are different game types available to the player outside of the campaigns.

Archers arrows are weak against all siege weapons. The strongest siege weapon is the trebuchet, a slow loading, slow moving, giant catapult. These are destructive catapults and battering ram type weapons. These units are weak to melee attacks and are best served as defensive units, or backing up a group of melee units.įor the destruction of buildings, there are siege weapons. There are also ranged units, such as the crossbowmen and spear-throwing skirmishers. Cavalry refers to units riding on horseback. They are cheaper but weaker than cavalry. Close-range units are the various types of infantry and cavalry. If any of these resources become scarce, the player can simply create a marketplace and sell resources to buy what is needed.Ĭombat is usually close ranged. Villagers can create farms, harvest from wild berry bushes, or hunt packs of boar and/or deer. It is used up the most and also easiest to harvest. Food is primarily used to create villagers and soldiers. Finally, there's food, the most important resource to any civilization. It can be mined from the few stone deposits found on the map. It's used for building castles and stone walls. Stone is the least important, but still useful, resource. It is harvested from mines established on deposits of gold. Otherwise, it can be used to pay for researching certain technologies, or constructing certain buildings. Usually this is used when creating military units. They can drop off the wood at a lumber camp, or your town centre. It is gathered by having your villagers cut down trees. Wood is used for most buildings and some soldiers, such as archers. There are four resources necessary to wage a successful war: Wood, Gold, Stone and Food. The gameplay in Age of Empires II: The Conquerors remains largely unchanged from Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings Changes: Many smaller upgrades including: new multiplayer maps, the ability to have farms automatically replant, more efficient game recording, new technologies, and garrisoning in battering rams.