$10,000 Gameathlon: Athens LAN: Day 1

After playing sever matches with my friends 3vs 3 Titan and trying different god compositions with varying degrees of success we realized one important difference with original AoM. The buildings and the walls, even the strongest ones, are being destroyed in seconds even without the use of siege.

To make matters worse it seems that the siege weapons of the Norse got some sort of durability buff. If they reach a fortress they destroy it in seconds even if you have infantry around them hitting them with everything you got.

In our latest game which we lost I realized that the japanese balista (don't remember the exact name since I don't play them) is basically a machine gun. When the Titan AI was attacking they were dealing insane amount of damage to the army and to the buildings.

My question is why? Is the game focused on offensive play only?
And as an after thought while typing my rant, is the game being optimized for 1vs1 only? Titans are also a lot weaker when compared to the original, they die easier, some minor gods are also less impactful in team games e.g. son of Osiris is always snipped by AI no matter what especially out in the open, good luck as an egyptian to make another 350 favor to summon him again.

Despite being buffed in every single way compared to AoT, Colossus feel really weak rn when they felt really strong before, at least in my opinion, and most tierlists from the time seem to agree.

Why do you think they fell off so much? Hero creep? MU creep? Or other siege weapons just make more sense?

Hey, does anyone know where I can download full pro matches to study their gameplay and improve my own skills? Looking for a way to watch them. Thanks!

Before anyone complains about the fact that we played as Ra in multiple missions, this is clearly not about that. Ra didn't play any part in any story. It was mainly about Osiris, Isis and Set.

"We can invoke Rain from Ra!" was the only time he was even referenced. Compare that to Odin, Zeus or Poseidon. Even Hades had more involvement in the story. We ventured into the underworld to recover his lost relics. Reginleif was a servant of Odin, and Odin's Tower played a minor role in the Titans campaign. There was nothing about Ra in Fott or in any one of the DCL campaigns.

I was watching some old content and saw during October and November last year there were pumpkins instead of berry bushes. Is this happening again this year?

Reading Egyptian mythology, it's so annoying they have Isis on there instead of Horus. The rivalry between Horus and Set is perhaps the biggest story in Egyptian mythology. Having Isis there is like having Freyja over Thor or someone irrelevant like Demeter over Poseidon or Hades. Ra is fine to stay since he's kinda like the "all father" god in Egyptian mythology.

Here I attempt to pull of an early mass naginata rider strat for the first time in an online. Narrated in brazilian portuguese.

That is her specialization, right? Drop your Pharaoh on the monument, and it will get 2x as much favor. Sounds like it might be a good idea to use if you want to go for some myth unit Strats, right?

Lol. No.

I ran some numbers. See, Ra's special bonus is that his empowering will also empower all the other buildings in the radius... INCLUDING OTHER MONUMENTS. Except he also gets to get extra resources, research things faster, and get buildings up quicker.

So which gods gets more favor? Here are the numbers assuming 5 monuments:

Ra: 0.08 + 0.11 + 0.15 + 0.17 + 0.25 = 0.76
Isis: 0.08 + 0.10 + 0.13 + 0.15 + 0.40 = 0.86

Yep. Isis gets 0.1 more favor than Ra does. That is 12% more favor, or about an extra monument to the villagers. And it costs her 20% of her gold income.

Why on earth do pro players rate Isis so highly?

Edit: Oh right. A+E. That's it.

Played 7 missions ao far I have only encountred a few typos that ofc I had to fix

Also!

Made mission 3-4 a little bit harder. And mission 5 a little bit easier.

And gave the reworked relics a new VFX to all of them! Made the boss on mission 1 harder and gave mission 2 boss a theme!

Also

If anyone wants to playtest it. Contact me on discord. Up to 2 testers max!

Discord :

@_._saber_._1

Village Centers make a lot of sense.

if you can find a spot that is directly adjacent to gold and food, slapping down a village center there can work out better than going for a full town center. You want to make it so that the Pharaoh is empowering the gold gatherers, and the hunters in the same building.

The 20% boost from the Pharaoh empowerment almost counteracts the 25% slower villager creation, but there should be A LOT less walking time, so it might actually get an edge against a regular town center.

Set has an easier time with this because he can bring food to the TC as husk and boit showed a few months ago, but it still works well for Isis and Ra too, if you can find a good spot

Does anyone know where I can get Freyr? It doesn’t seem to be on Steam

A taotie can eat workers like Atlantean citizens (not hero citizens). But it can't eat a kuafu, including both regular kuafus and a hero kuafu. Is it a bug? Or intended?

By the way a Jotun can make a one-shot kill against a kuafu.

Is anyone else frustrated with the current matchmaking system in Age of Mythology: Retold?

It's really annoying to constantly get matched against players who have 300–400 more Elo than you. These matches often feel completely one-sided, and instead of having a competitive game where both players have a fair chance of winning, you end up spending 15–20 minutes getting stomped by someone who is clearly playing at a different skill level.

What makes it even more frustrating is that the matchmaking seems to work only one way. I never get matched against players who have 300–400 less Elo than me, but somehow getting matched against players with 300–400 more Elo happens. Why is that?

I understand that AoM: Retold doesn't have the largest player base, and matchmaking may need to expand the Elo range to find opponents. However, I'd much rather wait an extra 4–5 minutes in the queue for a reasonably balanced match than waste 15–20 minutes playing against someone who's in a completely different league.

I genuinely believe matchmaking is one of the major issues contributing to player frustration and potentially to the game's declining player base. A competitive game needs to make players feel that they have a fair chance, even when they lose.

A 100–200 Elo difference is perfectly fine, but anything beyond 200 Elo makes the match feel unfair and unbalanced.

Would you rather wait a few extra minutes for a balanced match, or get into a game quickly against someone with 300–400 more Elo?

I think this is something the developers really need to look into.

If there will be new civilizations in the future, what do you think they'll be? Incan, Mayan, Native American, Indian, African, etc

TONIGHT IS FIGHT NIGHT.

This is the event none of you asked for but you’ve all been wanting for a very, very long time! The strategic genius, never played a bad game in his life, all-around fun guy John Arbiter takes on the up-and-comer, community hero, hard-work-first Motaba in a world-first $500 showmatch. The biggest prize pool for a Retold showmatch, if I’m not mistaken, making it the biggest event of its kind ever!?! Sort of... kinda?

Okay, with that out of the way, let’s get to the serious stuff.

Both players are currently rated around 1750, which is pretty high on the ladder. They both play a fairly wide god range. John has recently proved to the world how easy Gaia is by getting to 1900 playing only Gaia. Motaba has not cracked 1800 with anything yet. It is bound to be a cracker of a series, and we don’t get to watch this level very often, so I hope you all join in and enjoy it for what it is.

I will be pointing out mistakes, I will be hyping up big plays, and I will be enjoying the ride, so come join me and the rest of the AoM community to watch these two duke it out.

When: TODAY 1500 GMT
Where: www.twitch.tv/iamboit
OR: www.youtube.com/boittv
Why: ’Cause John is a fairly popular streamer, and Motaba has also thrown his hat in the ring for commentating and streaming. I think that is enough for them to have somewhat of a stage to perform on.

Hope you all enjoy :)

I was so happy to find the Old Man from Ioklos/Iolcos (that one that appears in the beggining of Fall of Trident/ More Bandits scenario) hidden in a cave in the Obsidian Mirror campaign along with some capybaras!

He is a little bit hidden in a cave, although I am 100% sure a lot of people noticed this already xD but didn't found a post about it (which is understandable, kind of a minor detail. But it's awesome to find these kind of things as easter eggs, because it shows passion with our game from the developers).

I edited the https://ageofempires.fandom.com/wiki/Good_Enough_to_Eat#Trivia with this too.

I am having trouble with cross play for age of mythology retold on Linux (Ubuntu).

I used to be able to play on Linux just fine. I think the crossplay would automatically sign me in.

Everything was fine and dandy.

Then after September 2026 it stopped working.

This user for AoE2 DE

Describes a similar issue here:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/813780/discussions/3/598526768326946113/

I think I used to get an in-game pop up with a code that allowed me to sign in with my phone.

But now it doesn't do that. For some reason.

Any suggestions?