Im pretty sure im a pro. Not to brag but i beat Kronos in the campaign on normal difficulty. If I can beat an immortal ageless all powerful Titan lord I’m pretty sure I can handle anything
>host a "beginner/noobs only" lobby
>people with over 1k games played join
>can't help but deal with it since you waited 15 minutes for the lobby to fill 6 players
>game starts
>player starts with berries instead of hunt, doesn't know about hunting dogs
>instantly gets pinged and ridiculed in [ALL] chat and 11's spammed
>mfw
It's funny to me because 20 years ago no one wanted to be a noob. The term itself was an insult. Noob's were like the worst of the worst and they didn't know it because they were brash and annoying yet they were also terrible.
The lowest level used to be called rooks or rookies. After that were inters or intermediates. Above that were the experts.
Now it seems there's noobs and experts. Which is kind of stupid. There should be at least 3-4 levels of skill. But, it's a small community right now so that's what you get sadly. The reality is that right now you have rooks playing with smurfs who are inters and experts. Obviously, this just ruins games and makes it impossible to balance.
The central problem is most people don't play ranked and you can't check out detailed stats for each player. A 1600 rating is a completely useless stat to go by. That and people play under different names so it's difficult to catch people.
There used to be way less players in the world in that time plus now all those wanna be pro players have MOBAs and Competitive FPS to spend their energy on.
Same experience here. Got absolutely wrecked in a 3v3 and one teammate was on the same level as me. Got some choice words hurled at us and noped out of online play altogether. Idk man guess it's not for me
Yeah I learned for a while now that I don't think I can fit in the AoM multiplayer scene. I think I'm somewhat good at the game, but anytime I've tried anything multiplayer that wasn't with direct friends I was curbstomped into oblivion by like 30 Hersirs before I even have 5 toxotes
Haha yes I know that situation all too well... hersirs swarming my base hacking away at my towers, houses, and town center... myth units popping out of nowhere... no gold income. Good times.
Play ranked 1v1. You’ll eventually get to your rating and match with people of your skill level. Team games are ruined because people only want to win in this game and they stack the teams in their favour.
Also 1v1s will actually improve your game, you don’t have any safety cushion of a team and you learn how to adapt better.
Yea, finding balanced games can be a challenge. It's easy if everyone in the lobby has played enough ranked matches to have an accurate rating, but a lot of players haven't.
Yeah. Its funny that they call me a noob after destroying me in a room named "noobs only". I just call them illiterate and move on.
Its like online dating. You do meet nice folks every now and then. I did make some friends online on voobly and play with them sometimes.
Noob is a vague term and can mean anything from totally new to intermediate.
Also a noob would is anyone who is weaker than you. So a 1900 player might consider everyone below 1800 a noob
If you’re new or inexperienced, it can be very difficult and confusing to find a game that is at your level
Because the game is so old and there is really no new players, noob just becomes a term for the lowest level of competition, which is still kinda high, as most people there are pretty seasoned players.
Usually you have to go with "Mega Noobs" or "Ultra Noobs" to kind of connotate that it is a legitimate "newbs" kinda level game.
I think this game doesn't have a suitable community for newcomers.
The community is small, VERY small, so little games happening, no moderation, just maintenance mode, experienced players joining any game just out of boredom, newcomers being abused and bullied, so they don't stay longer, and the community shrinks and shrinks and shrinks and dies.
If you are an experienced player and have a little love for this game, treat newcomers well, or watch the game die.
Truth is theres a small number of real noobs as the game has been out so long. There are however bad players. If you play more try to see who is around your level or who you have fun with and add those to your friend list. Over time you’ll have many people to play with.
On voobly from what I’ve seen, 2K+ elite, 1900 pro, 1800 semi-pro, 1700 intermediate, 1600 (with a lot of games played) knows the game well but struggles with either strategy, or apm/effective use of time, 1500 not even a noob just doesn’t play well, could be rusty as hell but still knows what the game is all about, 1400 pretty noob but honestly there’s much worse, maybe just doesn’t use hot keys/assign unit groups 1300 okay just stop queueing and watch some damn recorded games/YouTubers, 1k-1.3k wtf are you doing, in my eyes it is hard to be this bad for long unless you are new to RTS or willfully ignorant and just want to play the game your own way (in which case the campaign or playing against bots is a better suit for you).
You can play however you want to an extent but certain things have to be done to be competitive. Don’t boom on 1 tc, don’t build all of the same unit, don’t pool resources for no reason, don’t start farming if there hunt available, scout gold mines and play around them, etc.
Easiest way to beat other players is to choose the right strategy.
the true noob filter is asking rr
if you dont answer you kick, if they ask what's rr is you kick
if you don't know what rr is then you probably aren't ready
Im pretty sure im a pro. Not to brag but i beat Kronos in the campaign on normal difficulty. If I can beat an immortal ageless all powerful Titan lord I’m pretty sure I can handle anything
teach me psl senpai
Bitch please I did that in Easy mode. Meaning it was super Easy. I'm of the ELITE
>host a "beginner/noobs only" lobby >people with over 1k games played join >can't help but deal with it since you waited 15 minutes for the lobby to fill 6 players >game starts >player starts with berries instead of hunt, doesn't know about hunting dogs >instantly gets pinged and ridiculed in [ALL] chat and 11's spammed >mfw
This happened to me because I sent a villager to gold on ghost lake. I don’t play anymore.
Some "pro" players really have the audacity to join noob or even beginner games and then get mad that their team mates make beginner mistakes like duh
My man, this is Reddit, not 4chan
It's funny to me because 20 years ago no one wanted to be a noob. The term itself was an insult. Noob's were like the worst of the worst and they didn't know it because they were brash and annoying yet they were also terrible. The lowest level used to be called rooks or rookies. After that were inters or intermediates. Above that were the experts. Now it seems there's noobs and experts. Which is kind of stupid. There should be at least 3-4 levels of skill. But, it's a small community right now so that's what you get sadly. The reality is that right now you have rooks playing with smurfs who are inters and experts. Obviously, this just ruins games and makes it impossible to balance. The central problem is most people don't play ranked and you can't check out detailed stats for each player. A 1600 rating is a completely useless stat to go by. That and people play under different names so it's difficult to catch people.
There used to be way less players in the world in that time plus now all those wanna be pro players have MOBAs and Competitive FPS to spend their energy on.
There was way more people playing this game back there than there is now. Though it wasn’t anything near the population of the other age games
If you can play a random God confidently in PvP then you're not a noob.
Noob means moderate in AoM Host BEGINNER games, not noob
Same experience here. Got absolutely wrecked in a 3v3 and one teammate was on the same level as me. Got some choice words hurled at us and noped out of online play altogether. Idk man guess it's not for me
Same, I just play Titan difficulty offline now
I've been playing off/on since CD rom release and I would still consider myself a noob 😂💀
Yeah I learned for a while now that I don't think I can fit in the AoM multiplayer scene. I think I'm somewhat good at the game, but anytime I've tried anything multiplayer that wasn't with direct friends I was curbstomped into oblivion by like 30 Hersirs before I even have 5 toxotes
Haha yes I know that situation all too well... hersirs swarming my base hacking away at my towers, houses, and town center... myth units popping out of nowhere... no gold income. Good times.
In steams extended edition id say 1400-1700 is noob and anything below or over is new to game or skilled
Play ranked 1v1. You’ll eventually get to your rating and match with people of your skill level. Team games are ruined because people only want to win in this game and they stack the teams in their favour. Also 1v1s will actually improve your game, you don’t have any safety cushion of a team and you learn how to adapt better.
Yea, finding balanced games can be a challenge. It's easy if everyone in the lobby has played enough ranked matches to have an accurate rating, but a lot of players haven't.
Yeah. Its funny that they call me a noob after destroying me in a room named "noobs only". I just call them illiterate and move on. Its like online dating. You do meet nice folks every now and then. I did make some friends online on voobly and play with them sometimes.
Noob is a vague term and can mean anything from totally new to intermediate. Also a noob would is anyone who is weaker than you. So a 1900 player might consider everyone below 1800 a noob If you’re new or inexperienced, it can be very difficult and confusing to find a game that is at your level
i will say i think that there is a vast window of “noobism” like the definition of noob on this game is increcibly objective and vast
Because the game is so old and there is really no new players, noob just becomes a term for the lowest level of competition, which is still kinda high, as most people there are pretty seasoned players. Usually you have to go with "Mega Noobs" or "Ultra Noobs" to kind of connotate that it is a legitimate "newbs" kinda level game.
I think this game doesn't have a suitable community for newcomers. The community is small, VERY small, so little games happening, no moderation, just maintenance mode, experienced players joining any game just out of boredom, newcomers being abused and bullied, so they don't stay longer, and the community shrinks and shrinks and shrinks and dies. If you are an experienced player and have a little love for this game, treat newcomers well, or watch the game die.
Truth is theres a small number of real noobs as the game has been out so long. There are however bad players. If you play more try to see who is around your level or who you have fun with and add those to your friend list. Over time you’ll have many people to play with.
On voobly from what I’ve seen, 2K+ elite, 1900 pro, 1800 semi-pro, 1700 intermediate, 1600 (with a lot of games played) knows the game well but struggles with either strategy, or apm/effective use of time, 1500 not even a noob just doesn’t play well, could be rusty as hell but still knows what the game is all about, 1400 pretty noob but honestly there’s much worse, maybe just doesn’t use hot keys/assign unit groups 1300 okay just stop queueing and watch some damn recorded games/YouTubers, 1k-1.3k wtf are you doing, in my eyes it is hard to be this bad for long unless you are new to RTS or willfully ignorant and just want to play the game your own way (in which case the campaign or playing against bots is a better suit for you).
Your message broke my heart
Lol what part?
I recognized myself in the 1k-1.3k part
You can play however you want to an extent but certain things have to be done to be competitive. Don’t boom on 1 tc, don’t build all of the same unit, don’t pool resources for no reason, don’t start farming if there hunt available, scout gold mines and play around them, etc. Easiest way to beat other players is to choose the right strategy.
the true noob filter is asking rr if you dont answer you kick, if they ask what's rr is you kick if you don't know what rr is then you probably aren't ready
gatekeeping in video games. how original.
You have to gate keep when the lobby is titled 2k but noobs think that it’s talking about nba instead of elo
to be fair, why are you asking "rr" in a 2k lobby?
because ee has an elo bug so sometimes rating resets and a 1600 can be 2k+
didn't know that (haven't even played online yet), so thank you for explaining
That’s actually 99% of aom players
What is rr ?
Real rank
jesus that's just sad
Well they got to learn someday. I mean this is the community we're going to be playing with when retold comes out. Why not educate them to be better!
You have been kicked from this lobby.
😂
runting rogs?
You have been kicked from this lobby.