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[bulbeni]

I'm playin' this game for HOURS and didnt already understand whats going on accurately.

I mean this game is CRAZILY HARD!

I particularly meant online gameplay. Everyone on the online lobby has superpowers in this game, I think every of them played AT LEAST 1,000 hours.

Let me explain: I join to a room, I wait for others then start the game and after 5 minutes I watch them having a 500 population with my 50 population looking directly to their sigma faces.

I had inferiority complex in this game. I come home, open my computer, just want to play some games to float out then on 10th minute, I watch that somebody who had 5,000 population smearing my empire in a flash and my all wishes for this game just gets down.

Then I take a look at the summary and see that my enemies had 3205214121 points at all and I only had 2320 points and then I cry for the whole day.

[Deicide4u]

Hi @bulbeni, welcome to the forums!

The game is hard, especially online. There aren't many players in the lobby, and those who are there are all very good.

Try making yourself comfortable by playing against the AI first. Eventually, join some MP games as a spectator once you decide that you are ready.

[bulbeni]

Well thanks for the answer but I already played it for many  hours. I mean I want to warn developers about.

42 minutes ago, Deicide4u said:

Hi @bulbeni, welcome to the forums!

The game is hard, especially online. There aren't many players in the lobby, and those who are there are all very good.

Try making yourself comfortable by playing against the AI first. Eventually, join some MP games as a spectator once you decide that you are ready.

 

Edited 2 hours ago by bulbeni

[Classic-Burger]

It's not that difficult. I found a practical way to win easily. Regardless of your skill.

You need to create an economic boom. Invest in villagers (in the new development versions, they're now both male and female)Invest in archers or skimishers, spam this unit, then invest in ranged cavalry, either cavalry skimishers or horse archers. Finally, good champion cavalry. Rams but  this is even optional.

Another requirement is to play small maps. I mean medium to small.

Here is an example.

 

[Deicide4u]

1 hour ago, bulbeni said:

Well thanks for the answer but I already played it for many  hours.

This game is different than standard Age of Empires games. You need to adapt to the Citizen Soldier system.

First thing to know: boom is King. Forget about champions. Forget about cavalry if you don't intend to rush or there's no hunt around. All you need are your Melee and ranged Citizen Soldiers. Spam them alongside your females and get them to work.

Focus on food and wood before you reach 100 population. Then, advance to the Town phase and shift some of your male workers to stone and metal. You will need them to build your second Civic Center, your Temple and research all economy upgrades.

By this time, you should have a minimum of two Barracks, but build one more still. 

Build a Forge for upgrades. The key here is to focus on three units. 

1) Your melee tanks. This can be basic spearmen. 

2) Ranged support. These are your killers at range.

3) Your utility unit of choice. This can be your melee cavalry on Defensive stance. You will use it only to rush into the enemy's ranged units, flank them or harass their workers. 

Anything else will just steal your focus and APM. Focus on macro and getting those upgrades, expand into the unoccupied areas before your enemy, and you will win.

Getting siege is situational. Getting your Hero is a bonus. Getting healers is a waste. If you need to heal your troops, garrison them inside the Temple. 

Edited 1 hour ago by Deicide4u

[Classic-Burger]

Spearmen are very ineffective in this Alpha. Both spearmen and swordsmen infantry can suffer greatly against a massive force of ranged units.

[guerringuerrin]

Hi, @bulbeni. Welcome to the game!

0 A.D. has a pretty steep learning curve (though I wouldn’t say it’s much harder than AoE2’s). Still, some basic tips can really boost your level. I’d recommend checking out this basic economy guide video — it teaches you the fundamentals you can use with any civ for a standard eco build. Even though the video was made for a25, it still works perfectly in the current version. Throughout the video he gives a lot of useful tips, so I recommend paying very close attention to what he says.
Once you’ve got the basics of early eco down, you can focus on improving your mid/late game economy and the military side of the game in a much more consistent way.