Interactive Fast Castle Tutorial [A+ Demo]

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This is a Demo of myself playing the Interactive Fast Castle Tutorial and achieving the A+ grade. This should serve as a guideline for what an A+ score will look like when following the instructions.
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  • @fr3ak1shh
    @fr3ak1shh8 жыл бұрын

    I realized just how bad I am within the first 40 seconds

  • @DrMessed

    @DrMessed

    5 жыл бұрын

    I know that feeling bruh

  • @ahuzel

    @ahuzel

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thats great, at this pont im sure you are far better.

  • @fawazr.e.s1199

    @fawazr.e.s1199

    4 жыл бұрын

    Try online games :)

  • @fawazr.e.s1199

    @fawazr.e.s1199

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Tiber Mentese I just beat hardest Ai ..you have to use hotkeys and play fast ..know when to go to next age ..and never let your town center idel in the early game ..the walling is important ..and as soon as you be in castel age ..build 1 or 2 or even 3 more town centers

  • @fawazr.e.s1199

    @fawazr.e.s1199

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Tiber Mentese kzread.info/dash/bejne/gHipmtaidJunnJc.html

  • @CiliophoraEuplotes
    @CiliophoraEuplotes8 жыл бұрын

    "Don't forget, keep exploring the map!"

  • @tyrannosaurhex6132

    @tyrannosaurhex6132

    8 жыл бұрын

    "Hahaha! A splendid sight!" :P

  • @666vurdalak

    @666vurdalak

    7 жыл бұрын

    shift + right clic over the minimal apll the time until you discover all the map or your explorer dies

  • @MicK22ICE

    @MicK22ICE

    5 жыл бұрын

    i guess im the only one that read it in the tutorial guys voice

  • @caelmarquard

    @caelmarquard

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@666vurdalak doesnt work in original AoE2

  • @sukhvinderbura1572

    @sukhvinderbura1572

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@MicK22ICE naah me too😂😂😂

  • @tzucson4458
    @tzucson44588 жыл бұрын

    Hey this is a great tutorial! Don't let anyone who said it's subpar bug you; they aren't getting that this isn't fully designed to make you master of the map, game, etc. It's just a useful way for intermediate players to boost their skill and learn the intuition and routine behind getting to a fast castle or feudal. Like the video says: really designed to help players master the Dark Age and working through it efficiently; however, it focuses almost solely on the economy aspect. That is the whole point though! I have to say, after hitting a block trying to learn myself and get faster and better just watching videos and playing more - nothing has quite boosted my ability and skill like this tutorial has. I was legitimately a E, maybe at times a D, player (in respect to this video). After mashing out the tutorial nearly 100x over the past few days, I was finally able to achieve an A+, and most importantly, can now comfortably control my economy and make room to learn to scout more than just the beginning stages and think about other plans while I operate the economy instead of being 100% distracted by that aspect I now have mental room to breathe. I play consistently at an A to high B level now in regards to the Dark and Feudal Ages, and I have transitioned that knowledge and skill into my regular play and it's been spectacular. Even if you are looking to do other things besides Fast Castle, this tutorial helps you master a solid structure for mainly the Dark Age and with minor tweaking you can detail it to be something more like a Feudal Rush or Drush/Fast-Castle, etc. It's very handy to be able to run your economy without the actual feeling of urgency, yet still work it like you were being quite urgent. A+ for this! Make more!

  • @rickywatch3430

    @rickywatch3430

    2 жыл бұрын

    i´m not reading that

  • @haramaschabrasir8662
    @haramaschabrasir86624 жыл бұрын

    Zero Empires: *Clicks up to Feudal at 11 minutes* MbL: "Hold my scout" *Reaches Castle at 11 minutes*

  • @cowchunks5120

    @cowchunks5120

    4 жыл бұрын

    Haramasch Abrasir feudal age is usually within like 4-7 mins... unless your worse than me.

  • @robin9740

    @robin9740

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@cowchunks5120 Such a fast feudal time is really bad for you. Especially since a 4 minute feudal means you have ~4-5 villagers, depending on if you get loom. 7 minutes results in 11-12 villagers, which is better, but still awful. The point of build orders is that they give you a solid feudal time:economy balance so that you can harrass/outboom the opponent.

  • @MOISECRIMI
    @MOISECRIMI8 жыл бұрын

    So the build order is : 1 Food (Sheep) 2-Food (Sheep) 3-Food (Sheep) 4-Food (Sheep) 5-Food (Sheep) 6-Food (Sheep) 7-Wood (Lumbercamp) 8-Wood 9-Wood 10-Wood 11-Food (Lure Boar) 12-Food (Berries) 13-Food (Berries) 14-Food (Berries) 15-Food (Berries) 16-Food (Farm) 17-Food (Lure second Boar) 18-Food (Sheep) 19-Food (Sheep) 20-Food (Sheep) 21-Food (Farm) 22-Wood 23-Wood 24-Wood 25-Gold (Miningcamp) 26-Gold 27-Gold

  • @RoadNotDestination

    @RoadNotDestination

    8 жыл бұрын

    +MOISECRIMI Na... Both farms you have down are the two wounded villagers that lured the boars. With scout it should be 26 pop going into castle age for half of the civs

  • @tomaaa

    @tomaaa

    8 жыл бұрын

    +MOISECRIMI Is like a %*$# combine with icecream. The idea is genial but the gameplay is %*#$.

  • @ericarizaazules

    @ericarizaazules

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you but you forgot about house

  • @RJLpt

    @RJLpt

    3 жыл бұрын

    Add: -2-Wood (House) -1-Wood (House) 0- Wood (House)

  • @Bismuth9
    @Bismuth97 жыл бұрын

    I used to be really bad, however after a handful of attempts and a few resets (stupid AI stealing my sheep), I managed a 16:18 Castle Age, including the 35 seconds of waiting at the beginning, which puts me only a few seconds behind this video. While a lot of it is due to the fact that I was starting to know this map by heart, I really learned a lot on how to get to the Castle age in a really efficient manner. My biggest issue in the past was gathering that 800 food quickly. I would often get to the feudal age on 25-26 population, but then I would have 300-400 food and I was never able to get the 800 required for Castle.

  • @Rattfatz
    @Rattfatz7 жыл бұрын

    In case anyone else was wondering how this is graded, you have to reach castle age by the following times for each grade: A+ 18:20

  • @shimonmahmud

    @shimonmahmud

    5 жыл бұрын

    I reached castle age within 12:57, but it still graded me an E.

  • @SilentHotdog28

    @SilentHotdog28

    5 жыл бұрын

    Maybe too good? haha

  • @SilentHotdog28

    @SilentHotdog28

    5 жыл бұрын

    I got 17:40 on my first try......not too bad considering I am terrible with hotkeys and multitasking.

  • @vahzahbronah5518

    @vahzahbronah5518

    5 жыл бұрын

    it is to fast. You haven't a stable eco then

  • @modest123

    @modest123

    5 жыл бұрын

    I made castle in 16:05 in an actual game after a bit of practice but I can't break lower than 16:35~ish in the tutorial no matter how hard I concentrate lol

  • @pecelot
    @pecelot8 жыл бұрын

    I would suggest giving the player advice on how to scout much earliet - for instance: scout around your base, make sure that you find your 8 (stress the number so that they don't look for them forever) sheep, 2 boar, stone mine and 2 gold mines, and once it's done, send your scout to find the enemy (you can flare potential spots in which he can be). Also the in-game sound in the video is a little too loud.

  • @ravinschannel

    @ravinschannel

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Przemysław Gradek I agree

  • @traywor1615

    @traywor1615

    5 жыл бұрын

    Don't forget the 4 deer at the back of your base.

  • @ImSquiggs

    @ImSquiggs

    5 жыл бұрын

    Are you always assured these resources in AOE2? Or is that only on specific maps?

  • @jonpaulcer3128

    @jonpaulcer3128

    5 жыл бұрын

    Most maps yeah

  • @ImSquiggs

    @ImSquiggs

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@jonpaulcer3128 Awesome thanks friend! I'm just getting into AOE2 after a lifetime of AOE3 so this little stuff is really helpful

  • @markismiller6484
    @markismiller64844 жыл бұрын

    I feel like this games skill is based off of memorization and speed running. Kinda weird I used to play this game as a kid like I played roller coaster tycoon 2. A city buildeing game now that I'm older and comeing back I see what it really is an intense speed run that requires precision,memorization,and extreme multitasking abilities.

  • @jellyfish0311

    @jellyfish0311

    3 жыл бұрын

    You can play it calmly if you want, against the easy ai or in wonder games. But if you're doing it competitive, yes then it's brutal. Just do what you enjoy

  • @Magyar_Huszar
    @Magyar_Huszar7 жыл бұрын

    So the build order is : 6 Food (Sheep) 2 house+ 1 house (new vills) 4-Wood (Lumbercamp) 1 Lumbercamp (new vills) 1-Food (Lure Boar) 4-Food (Berries) 1 house+ 3 Mill (new vils) 1-Food (Farm) 1 farm (wouned) 1-Food (Lure second Boar) 1 house (lumberjack) 3 -Food (Sheep) 1-Food (Farm) 1 farm (wounded) 3-Wood 1 house (lumberjack) 3-Gold (Miningcamp) 1 mining camp (new) Send 4 vills to the deer 4 mill (new) sheep runs out? 6 farms + send one vill to cut wood Research Loom Go to feudel Send one vill from gold to wood Send two goldminers to built a market + one lumberjack to built a blacksmith 2-wood go to castle

  • @degamevlog1219

    @degamevlog1219

    5 жыл бұрын

    thak you

  • @MichelSchallenberg

    @MichelSchallenberg

    5 жыл бұрын

    thanks man

  • @cameronchristiansamson4792

    @cameronchristiansamson4792

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lol thanks. Literally gonna just screenshot this. I get wrecked so hard man

  • @arturtoth3185

    @arturtoth3185

    4 жыл бұрын

    En is Magyar vagyok!

  • @Noumankhan-nx9nz

    @Noumankhan-nx9nz

    4 жыл бұрын

    if you are new its good order but i would not recommend this build order if you a little strong

  • @bjduncc
    @bjduncc8 жыл бұрын

    Please make more of these, they are amazing!

  • @FacundoTupac
    @FacundoTupac8 жыл бұрын

    Great work Zak. This kind of tutorial maps should be part of the official game by default.

  • @stefanstockinger7165
    @stefanstockinger71658 жыл бұрын

    wow thats actually amazing now i'd like to have something for practicing my archer rush :D

  • @ZeroEmpires

    @ZeroEmpires

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Stefan Stockinger It's all coming up!

  • @SarudeDanstorm

    @SarudeDanstorm

    8 жыл бұрын

    +ZeroEmpires - Age of Empires 2 I would love to see that too.

  • @hamsterpoop

    @hamsterpoop

    8 жыл бұрын

    +ZeroEmpires - Age of Empires 2 this is awesome! thanks for this!!! MOARRR!!!

  • @DaEpicGuy123

    @DaEpicGuy123

    8 жыл бұрын

    +ZeroEmpires - Age of Empires 2 will you make it on the steam workshop

  • @MariusIhlar

    @MariusIhlar

    7 жыл бұрын

    want more! This is sooo good!

  • @Wahkien
    @Wahkien4 жыл бұрын

    Helps out a lot man! Awesome!

  • @KomradeCPU
    @KomradeCPU8 жыл бұрын

    Teach me your ways, Zero senpai :3

  • @saigudbai
    @saigudbai8 жыл бұрын

    Damn, I need to practice. You are one full minute ahead of my best time. I see it's balancing the resources and timing perfectly at the end.

  • @Retorix303
    @Retorix3035 жыл бұрын

    After so much solo practice and hours of effort, I finally got that D! Wololo!

  • @Byoboy33
    @Byoboy335 жыл бұрын

    Thanks mate, video like yours is a real pleasure to watch ! :)

  • @Kellar_AoE
    @Kellar_AoE8 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for keeping aoc alive

  • @Laudrengen
    @Laudrengen8 жыл бұрын

    Great job on this scenario!

  • @youduntknowmyname
    @youduntknowmyname8 жыл бұрын

    Awesome tutorial bro! Keep it up

  • @HeardyGaming
    @HeardyGaming8 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic vid, Helped our build orders alot! liked and subbed

  • @Gothstana
    @Gothstana4 жыл бұрын

    I live for the day where Zero will verbally tell me I did a good job

  • @GhostofVegie
    @GhostofVegie7 жыл бұрын

    This guide is fantastic! Please add other interactive tutorials for additional tactics.

  • @PedoPlueschi
    @PedoPlueschi8 жыл бұрын

    'Tis what I needed, thank you!

  • @jayashell28
    @jayashell288 жыл бұрын

    The very first time I took too long and had to restart, I got an E grade the second time and a D grade the following two times. But it has definitely helped my game quite a bit even against the computer Thank you!

  • @hadoblado
    @hadoblado8 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic. I actually got an E first time. The disappointment in your voice was hard to bear, especially when you said I must be new!! Fixed myself up and got A+ second time round. A few constructive criticisms: - I think it's a good idea to keep a running total of which villagers are doing what. In video, this can be achieved by keeping the economy tab open. In tutorial, this can be achieved by the triggered messages. This way, it's easier to memorise what's supposed to be happening, as the information is collated. It's also easier to check that you're doing things right. - The more mnemonics and elaboration the better. Maybe with a followup reader to explain why the things are being done. e.g. you need six on sheep to maintain villager production. This also allows people to extend on that logic when playing with different races (5 on sheep for brits). - Maybe have an updating mission objective. Build a house, put three on wood, build a mining camp. Whatever. Again, it helps structure the information in people's heads. Great work though, I look forward to seeing more.

  • @CakeStak
    @CakeStak8 жыл бұрын

    This is great, do you think you will do more interactive tutorials for other build orders? Thanks!

  • @gyuui4242
    @gyuui42428 жыл бұрын

    This is great, I'd love to see a flush or a grush for the next video!

  • @Tasselhooff
    @Tasselhooff8 жыл бұрын

    Hi ZeroEmpires. I absolutely love your Videos. Your Commentary is absolutely perfect. Could you please do a print-out of what all the villagers should do for a successful Fast Castle. I would really appreciate it. I tried doing one myself but I feel it isn't that good. All the best and I hope you wont get sick of this game any time soon ;)

  • @onesixtyofficial
    @onesixtyofficial6 жыл бұрын

    10.57 Feudal 14.58 Castle (Without waiting and no loom) Very helpfull tutorial. Lots of fun to practice and very satisfying when you manage to knock off some seconds!

  • @Andalus710
    @Andalus7108 жыл бұрын

    its funny how in this video you're acting so professional lool you're talking style is like an automated service haha

  • @Horstmaniacman

    @Horstmaniacman

    8 жыл бұрын

    +KingQuraish because its part of the scenario and not a commentary

  • @cagataysunal1130

    @cagataysunal1130

    8 жыл бұрын

    because it is.

  • @Andalus710

    @Andalus710

    8 жыл бұрын

    ***** that's cool didn't know that. Thanks

  • @mricardo96
    @mricardo968 жыл бұрын

    really nice zak

  • @Youliesis
    @Youliesis8 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for the time & work you spent on this! I really appreciate it (fun fact: my father, who is in his fifty, is learning also how to FC)

  • @arunasimas
    @arunasimas6 жыл бұрын

    that's quality stuff m8, thanks

  • @AG-zu7vn
    @AG-zu7vn7 жыл бұрын

    this helped me so much! any chance of you doing another tutorial for a different build? for a grush or for a feudal archer rush maybe? that would be so helpful!

  • @FearInYourEyeZ
    @FearInYourEyeZ8 жыл бұрын

    i play the game 3 days now and was able to hit the B awesome Tuturial my friend playing AoE 2 over 1 year now and im Able to beat him now thank you :)

  • @Lavitz1126
    @Lavitz11268 жыл бұрын

    "at this point you build a FARM" God that was great.

  • @settlersofthesun4512

    @settlersofthesun4512

    6 жыл бұрын

    the fuck, i pressed randomly on the time bar and took me in to that part

  • @Carrotomatato
    @Carrotomatato8 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a bunch zero, A+ after about 30 tries. Fantastic guide, although I found that when you had the 5 villagers gathering sheep after sending 4 to the mill, it was best to send one villager to wood before, not after finishing the sheep.

  • @ProperComment
    @ProperComment8 жыл бұрын

    I so wanted to see a demo for myself have read this strategies many times

  • @mathnik5
    @mathnik58 жыл бұрын

    This is awesome. So far I have been playing only BF maps. This has immensely helped my game. Can you make similar videos for archer rush and tower rush. So that i can make the transition to arabia. I know i am being greedy, but could you make one for water maps as well. Please... :))))

  • @kamilsmola6320
    @kamilsmola63208 жыл бұрын

    Just bought AOE and tried it, took me 22 min. AOE memories from childhood ;D

  • @nishkamsharma8820
    @nishkamsharma88203 жыл бұрын

    Good Video : )

  • @666vurdalak
    @666vurdalak7 жыл бұрын

    great. i dont speak good english but i undertnd all your video and its the best i ever seen. thankyou

  • @phun1901
    @phun19017 жыл бұрын

    Yay I finally got an A on normal speed! Food drop off and keeping TC going while doing boar lure is the hardest thing.

  • @The_Colonel_M
    @The_Colonel_M8 жыл бұрын

    Seems like I gotten better. I got a B after a couple Ds. I got housed once though in the B. 11. On a side note I didn't do the Horse Collar - though in fairness I think I had well over the amount of food to do it (Wood I was unsure on - enough for 1 TC I'm sure). This has been a huge help for me. Thank you!

  • @santochrome
    @santochrome5 жыл бұрын

    First try I got an E, tried it a few days later with more practice and got a D, just did it again and got an A but was only a few seconds off A+. Awesome tutorial🙏

  • @evilrumpy7208

    @evilrumpy7208

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hey how did you manage to get so much better? I've just done E three times in a row and I'm struggling to see what I'm getting wrong :/ haaalp

  • @santochrome

    @santochrome

    5 жыл бұрын

    eViL RumPy Are you using hotkeys? What I do is set my scout to 1, my 6 sheep vils to 3, my town center to scroll down on the mouse wheel and idle vil to scroll up. Seems to work pretty well so far. I keep forgetting to build houses tho🤧

  • @evilrumpy7208

    @evilrumpy7208

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hy-JRez_ yeah maybe the wrong hotkeys though :/

  • @zaibnisar1865
    @zaibnisar18658 жыл бұрын

    wow amazing man!! plz do more like doing what after castle age.like making military ... and wt do do in a water map... a water map bulid plz

  • @mbartelsm
    @mbartelsm5 жыл бұрын

    Finally managed to pull this off without the guide and without any major mistakes. I kept messing up things around the time of the second boar (killed vil, forgot housing, forgot exploration and ran out of sheeps, etc). Funnily enough, the times where the enemy scout steals my sheeps and I can't get them back is usually when I do best.

  • @liquidalloy7361
    @liquidalloy73616 жыл бұрын

    Edit the Steam listing, to include this video on its page, so that peple can Shift+Tab and open this tutorial video IN-GAME. Subbed cuz of this, great stuff for players of other RTS games who want to learn BO's and meta fast.

  • @StealthMinecrafter
    @StealthMinecrafter8 жыл бұрын

    I. Got. E. 12 times.

  • @Ipufication

    @Ipufication

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Im Flash I know that feel. I've been playing this game for fucking ten years, and I still suck major balls. I wish I'd get a D sometime.

  • @StealthMinecrafter

    @StealthMinecrafter

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Ipu Finally I Get a D. :D

  • @DaEpicGuy123

    @DaEpicGuy123

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Im Flash same :D

  • @Ipufication

    @Ipufication

    8 жыл бұрын

    Mage Bank Ohh yess, I did manage to get the D once already, it was amazing

  • @crazymetallian

    @crazymetallian

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Im Flash hi!! how much time for a E, and how much for a D?? i take like 20min before i saw this video and now i know that i need 27 villagers maybe i can inproove a couple of minutes

  • @ROFLBOB24
    @ROFLBOB248 жыл бұрын

    Have one coming up for flush defense? It's not incredibly hard to defend from a flush, but it's hard to do it without blowing your resources, and your opponent still somehow advancing before you.

  • @metal2886
    @metal28868 жыл бұрын

    Hey zach, great vid. If you wanna put a 4th TC, is it more efficient to go up with a lil later with extra vils in the dark age, or play a standard FC meta?

  • @erickendoka2953
    @erickendoka29538 жыл бұрын

    Yeah!!! hold there Viper im coming for you !!!! ... in a few life times hehehe thanks for this ZACK !!!!

  • @SuperHansburger93
    @SuperHansburger937 жыл бұрын

    I'm a new player and I just tried your tutorial. I got a C at first try. I got a lot of TC idle time and a few idle villagers... I can definitely improve this!

  • @SuperHansburger93

    @SuperHansburger93

    7 жыл бұрын

    Finally got an A+ after a few tries :D

  • @stonecoldsteveaustin9520
    @stonecoldsteveaustin95208 жыл бұрын

    Great video ! However can you make a tutorial for a feudal aggression. You know after the standart 22 pop how many villagers on gold for archers or how many on food for scouts. Thanks !

  • @AvihooI
    @AvihooI7 жыл бұрын

    Nice tutorial, but a few key points :) 1. You should have let the boar luring villager build a house instead of luring the boar immediately then come back as soon as the second sheep is over. 2. Mill the deer first and the berries later (but you didn't scout the deer soon enough! use your sheep to scout and make sure you have everything in your immediate surroundings revealed to you before you scout away and into the opponent territory). The reason for that are two-fold: A) you're decreasing the chance of your opponent(s) laming them, and B), they gather faster which means you're going to have food for going up the castle age quicker. This allows you to deprioritize food in favour of some other resource like wood which will enable you to boom quicker. Stone is also a good candidate if you require more than a single defensive tower or if you're planning a tower/castle drop. 3. You have to build a barracks in the dark age if you want any castle rushing done, the barracks unlocks the stable and the archery range. If you want to knight rush, you need to have a stable built as soon as you hit castle age. In this situation the stable is built instead of a market. If however you plan on full booming, then avoid building a barracks and send the unemployed villagers to wood instead of gold.

  • @elduriangavriel2130
    @elduriangavriel21305 жыл бұрын

    So I tried this and it has upped my game a little bit but I find myself diverging from this build order significantly in order to not get slaughtered when my enemy first sends troops against me. If my strategy is to play defensive until castle and then do an all out push in castle age, what would be a good guide that incorporates putting out just enough defenses/troops in feudal to get me to castle safely?

  • @koraksarkar
    @koraksarkar8 жыл бұрын

    Hi Zack, great stuff as always. But one thing, is there any offline download option available for this Interactive session. Since my internet is behind a proxy server I am not able to download it from STEAM. But I would like to practice the build order on my PC. Thanks in advance. :)

  • @Zeru.
    @Zeru.5 жыл бұрын

    It's just fascinating how different is the early game in every AoE.

  • @kriskong1
    @kriskong18 жыл бұрын

    I know this is kind of irrelevant but boy do i wish my screen was as zoomed out as much as yours. Thanks for this, i don't often use specific builds but i think i'll be giving this a go some time soon :D

  • @Joseph-xe1ry

    @Joseph-xe1ry

    8 жыл бұрын

    +kriskong1 He's running 1080 resolution, my monitor goes to 1440p and then it's too small haha.

  • @ubellubo
    @ubellubo6 жыл бұрын

    One thing that would make this video better is having the bottom right hand corner display economic stats such as how many villagers are on each type of resource instead of the players scores. That way it would be easier to tell how many villagers you have on food for example.

  • @xoing33
    @xoing338 жыл бұрын

    maybe say that you should scout your base until you have found your deer as well xD - a kind of housewall to the tc would be good - good job, make more campaigns :D

  • @sharperguy
    @sharperguy5 жыл бұрын

    Ok I realised that reflexively toggling between looking at the scout and selecting the TC over and over again really helps. Only got a D this time because I had low food due to messing up my sheep micro at the start. But my scouting was WAY better than before, never had a problem finding all my resources quickly, and my TC only went idle due to having low food a couple times. I still wonder if I'm having frame rate issues since some people in the comments are claiming to get away with more mistakes and still getting better grades.

  • @Ghibliite
    @Ghibliite5 жыл бұрын

    First try: E (20:30 min) Second try: E (18:30 min) Third try: D (18:00 min) This is looking good, my best last game before trying this tutorial was 22 min, I cut down 5 minutes just by learning the order of things. Thanks! I'll be aiming for an A+.

  • @TheJakeEX
    @TheJakeEX8 жыл бұрын

    i prefer to go up on 26 vills to have one more villager on wood - i get an A+ doing it like this scenario but i'm always missing like 30-40 wood when i'm up to feudal and i hate to wait building the blacksmith...

  • @alphaplays8219
    @alphaplays82198 жыл бұрын

    Wow i did get an A+ in 15:30 without using ANY Hotkeys..... :D Nice video keep it up!

  • @LivingLegacy77

    @LivingLegacy77

    8 жыл бұрын

    +AlphaPlays Well Zac got to castle at 16:15. You did 45 seconds better than he did without hotkeys? That doesn't seem right. Did you start the tutorial at 00:37?

  • @porekpolinski5148

    @porekpolinski5148

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Jake Belyea I have to agree with your assumption, as what Alpha says seems incorrect.

  • @NiceTry0

    @NiceTry0

    6 жыл бұрын

    How do you know he took 16:15? Is the video sped up? Or does he have the game on fast?

  • @Mr47steam

    @Mr47steam

    6 жыл бұрын

    top left corner you have the time

  • @reeceengineering3560

    @reeceengineering3560

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Hielke You forgot Santa being the Queen of England

  • @Chocolatnave123
    @Chocolatnave1237 жыл бұрын

    Just tried this, got a E grade of course. 19:10 to finish Castle Age. Some things could be better, like my vil not dying to the first boar, and my vils not killing all the sheep and deer at once. Thanks for making this though, scenarios like these are, I find, much more helpful than tutorial videos that people make.

  • @roastghost901
    @roastghost9015 жыл бұрын

    I see people (like mbl) sending what would be the 4th lumberjack to collect the boar, then the next vill goes to wood/build house. Probably just to time the boar for when the sheep runs out.

  • @goodusername7037
    @goodusername70375 жыл бұрын

    Is there a spreadsheet we can look at to make sure we are doing this right?

  • @tvbandit115
    @tvbandit1153 жыл бұрын

    Holy hell that game volume vs mic volume

  • @somecuriosities
    @somecuriosities6 жыл бұрын

    +ZeroEmpires Zack, would you release this on Voobly or AOE Heaven? (please)

  • @Tsskyx
    @Tsskyx8 жыл бұрын

    YAY, I got a D, what an achievement xD

  • @Eembuster
    @Eembuster8 жыл бұрын

    Got a D on my first 2 attempts, but i had not found all my sheep yet, and i split my lumbercamps when i get my 3 extra villagers on wood. I think these misstakes are what caused my low rating. I think i have to practice scouting whilst also managing my eco at the same time. Also, at what amount of vills do you usually split your lumbercamps?

  • @Bunny_love..
    @Bunny_love..8 жыл бұрын

    can u make a demo video how to boom in differnce ways that would be awsome

  • @lucasunruh6124
    @lucasunruh61244 жыл бұрын

    Help! The mod installed correctly but the scenario won't show up in the scenarios list. Any tips to fix?

  • @edimert1554
    @edimert15545 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the usefull video but what is the point of being in castle age without stone and castle . Anyway good to build second tiwn center

  • @BeefIntoCake
    @BeefIntoCake3 жыл бұрын

    Does this still apply to the DEFINITIVE edition ? I realise this might seem like a redundent questions...but, i am not aware of any balance changes since the CD/HD versions. (Sorry for bad english)

  • @1SEChawk
    @1SEChawk8 жыл бұрын

    I've used this tutorial and have only managed to get an A so far, but well done. This is a great training scenario. I noticed your instructions are to take 3 wood gatherers for the market & bs, but in this video you use gold miners for the market. Any reason the video and tutorial don't match?

  • @ricardozatarain5769
    @ricardozatarain57695 жыл бұрын

    Can you do an archer rush after this?

  • @dilipprabhakar141
    @dilipprabhakar1418 жыл бұрын

    @Zero empires : can you please give a similar tutorial if i want to go for an effective attack in feudal age ? :) :)

  • @pecelot
    @pecelot8 жыл бұрын

    What I would recommend as well is that you should tell the player that FC is quite a risky strategy in a 1v1 Arabia match, so in order to survive safely without much harrassment in the Feudal age they should place some walls or build barracks and create some spearmen - you can set the AI to send like 3 scouts to attack their base at let's say 13 mins.

  • @sharperguy

    @sharperguy

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's not as risky when you're playing other new players because they might not be able to pull of a feudal or dark age rush.

  • @ecruosedoc4104
    @ecruosedoc41047 жыл бұрын

    What about after castle age into imperial? How many extra TC do I get? When do I tech up to imperial? What do I do. I'm new.

  • @CellarDoor2806
    @CellarDoor28064 жыл бұрын

    I’m back to practicing scenarios after a break. How do you see the grade? Doesn’t come up :(

  • @Mjuhi88
    @Mjuhi886 жыл бұрын

    This tutorial is great. However, i tried hard but failed duo to realy frustrating stuff. For example, i cant find my first 4 sheeps lol. Oftentimes they are not spotted at the start and its frustrating to look as efficiently for them as possible but they are exactly in the last possible "dark spot". Trying this out in arabia oftentimes the woodline is realy far away, which costs a lot of time as well. Finding all 4 + 2 + 2 sheeps + 2 boars + deer in time is like not possible in 95% of the time even when i try realy hard to maximize the efficiency of the scout. My next problem is that oftentimes there is not are basicaly no deer around. I started to play with hotkeys and tried to follow up. But as a beginning player its so easy to get out of the concept, trying to adapt to the map situation. Do you have any suggestions for me? I would be very thankful!

  • @elroy9186
    @elroy91868 жыл бұрын

    If you get this stuff down, here are some pro tips not mentioned that apply to EVERY game: -Don't build houses against the wood line in the dark age, they will get in the way when you build more camps/ TCs later on. -Don't build houses between your TC and resources (between mill/ TC for example) -Only boar lure without loom if the distance is short enough. If there are hills, or the villager has to take a couple corners, they may die. -Don't return sheep food before shooting boar unless you need the food to build villagers. The food does not disappear when shooting a boar and it's unnecessary idle time and micro. -Build economic buildings with one villager while the other(s) gather the resource. Especially if getting deer, have 2 or 3 shoot the deer while one builds the mill. -Taking deer is risky, the villagers are exposed. You can achieve a great castle time without deer, or by pushing the deer to your TC with your scout.

  • @rovsea-3761

    @rovsea-3761

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Gerrit Beltman These are all great. Some of them (deer lure comes to mind) might be a bit beyond newer players, but it's all pretty sound. Those Dark Age houses, ideally, should be placed in such a way as to also not impede later farm placement around the TC, and potentially so that a make-shift wall of buildings to protect, for instance, the woodline and maybe berries is achievable later on.

  • @BlackOps78321
    @BlackOps783218 жыл бұрын

    So many people can do this that it almost always comes down to experience. This is only like 1/4 of the game. That is how I can go for months and then not advance on time and still win the game.

  • @endbreit
    @endbreit8 жыл бұрын

    How do you set those waypoints for your scout to run along?

  • @thomaspierce5835
    @thomaspierce58358 жыл бұрын

    you said to scout around you for boar sheep and deer, and neglected to scout the enemy until then but what if the enemy was preparing some sort of rush? Or does this strategy not care about that?

  • @daddyleon
    @daddyleon8 жыл бұрын

    Oh, can you actually improve from A+?

  • @Jeans11234567
    @Jeans112345675 жыл бұрын

    This should be a tutorial they implementedinto the real game, where you could improve your timing and it would keep records of your best timing :)

  • @Draxis32
    @Draxis328 жыл бұрын

    Zak...but what about walling? If you know your opponent isn't going to boom, he's going to Feudal agreession(something much more common and viable now with FE and AK). Would be nice to have a tutorial where you teach us the best spots to wall yourself and prevent your economy from being attacked(streesing how important is to know the distance of archers so you don't get caught sleeping)

  • @bip901
    @bip9017 жыл бұрын

    I started before the intro finished and still could only get D

  • @michaelmalina6947
    @michaelmalina69475 жыл бұрын

    Nice tutorial! Hey gus, do you how to move with unit like he does with a scout? I mean that tracking point by point. He used some kind of flag to determine the points, through which the scout passes. Do you know the hotkey for it? Or just tell me how it works please. Thanks. :)

  • @HydeKills

    @HydeKills

    4 жыл бұрын

    hold shift key

  • @lucaskang548
    @lucaskang5484 жыл бұрын

    I used to think that if you reached the next age first, you were advantaged

  • @yrret1996
    @yrret19968 жыл бұрын

    But the custom scenario will always load up the same map? If that's the case isn't it always easier for the second time? Since you'll know where all your resources are

  • @doctirdaddy4876
    @doctirdaddy48764 жыл бұрын

    the early game is just absolutely ridiculous

  • @Milkakuh
    @Milkakuh8 жыл бұрын

    Now this is great. I wonder why one should build farms with weak Vills? Because they stay near the TC and are less vulnerable to harras?

  • @rovsea-3761

    @rovsea-3761

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Peter GANS that's exactly why. With good micro, you can avoid scouts and potentially even archers (or at least get out a few revenge arrows) whereas a weak vill on the woodline or on gold is easier to kill. Also, under-strength vills who are sent forward or otherwise exposed can be killed by wolves if a player isn't careful.

  • @AnonymoStranger
    @AnonymoStranger6 жыл бұрын

    Haven't played this since hs, now I'm 23, & after floundering my way in to a victory, thought "Maybe I should learn a real strategy" So not a total noob, this was easy to follow & I got it down after 3 tries Ready to crush my friends

  • @st1mp0
    @st1mp04 жыл бұрын

    lol and pray you dont get rushed!

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