Talk:Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
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[edit] 2.0b patch?
What is 2.0b patch? As i know the final one is 2.0a (http://aok.heavengames.com/), someone have download link and/or information about this patch? Maybe it's something like unofficial patches for The Conquerors (1.0d, 1.0e and 1.0e Final) but why no one write about this and place as official patch?
[edit] Mongolian Wonder
Zolotaya Orda/Golden Horde/Złota Orda is really Wonder of Mongols? As i know this is not building, but Mongolian country/state/organisation, etc. Better option is write Genghis Khan Tent/Genghis Khan Personal Tent (like here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=777Du5gS64M in 03:34, yes i know other Wonders in this movie can be incorrect). Heres photo of Genghis Khan Temp from Google: http://www.thelongridersguild.com/Ger.JPG (looks like this Wonder from Age of King), very hard to find any photo of this building...
[edit] Quality of the article
While this article is decent enough, I feel it needs a bit of editing for style, so as to make reading it more pleasant. Also, this game is a very popular one, played by many people. Maybe a Sales paragraph might be in order, so as to reflect the impact it has had on the gaming industry and gamers worldwide? This game was one of the landmark games for the Strategy genre... Please comment.The Nouv (talk) 10:53, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Archives
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[edit] AIScripters
They currently have a reconstruction notice up. The wayback machine hasn't archived them in a while (http://web.archive.org/web/*/aiscripters.com), but the most recent posts in their forum are from 2003 (http://www.aiscripters.com/tonto_ivb/index.php?act=SC&c=22). I'm voting that they be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.8.105.140 (talk) 05:14, August 24, 2007 (UTC)
- Here is the correct link to there tournaments forums http://www.aiscripters.com/ivb/index.php?showforum=9 and its very much active. There main website was not being updated with new versions of AI because they were regularly being posted on there forums and are available on forums. Acetylcholine 08:02, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] rogan
which unit had the "rogan?" quote again? or was it a number-emote? --84.164.106.177 13:35, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
re: the 'rogan' quote was used by villagers Mrormisterhenry 18:12, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Willing to help
I've played AoE (but not AoE2), and I can see from this article that the concepts are very similar. I'm willng to help re-structure and re-phrase, which is what Wikipedia:WikiProject Strategy games seems to think is needed. You can see examples of my style at Master of Orion, Master of Orion II and Space Empires III, on all of which I've done major edits. Please leave a message on my Talk page if you'd like me to help.Philcha 13:47, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Multiplayer POV
Biased not at all. Somebody with knowledge of subject should tell the "truth". Tuntis 23:44, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Multiplayer
The Zone was a popular place to play, with over 1000 people playing at a time.
The Zone probably had 30-80 thousand players playing at the same time. AoK had 2-3 thousand at its max and Counquers had even more.
After a hiatus, Gamespy was proclaimed as the official successor of the Microsoft Zone, however it was soon realized that not many players decided to join Gamespy. Instead two prominent websites were advertised in the Zone game rooms: Empires Legacy, and Gamepark.
No, Ensemble Studios decided to go with GameSpy after Empires Legacy missed their deadline (19 June, the date Zone closed). Empires Legacy contacted Ensemble Studios through Age of Empires III.
After a huge argument between EmpiresLegacy.com and Gamepark.eu, GamePark had created a better zone for players, and so by player choice EmpiresLegacy redirected to GamePark after they had lost.
This is wrong too. Empires Legacy was closed because GM_Leader_L450 (the guy paying for the server) got fed up with EL never finishing their client. When it closed they remade www.empireslegacy.com to a vote. The vote was about what site Empires Legacy should link to which GamePark won.
Around the end of 2006, Gamepark had about 100 players playing Age of Kings, equaling the MSN Gaming Zone in popularity; Microsoft though, still supports Gamespy. Currently [which date is this?], there are over 100 Age of King players playing in IGZones.com due to its recent popularity and the Age of Kings players have stopped going to GamePark.
I never used GamePark but 100 players is not much and not equaling to Zone. So far no AoE Gaming Server can be compared to Zone. Zone was the starting point and is still the site AoK links to (if you start the game on your computer). IGZ got more then 100 players playing. www.igzones.com
There is also a direct IP multiplayer
It needs to be clear that IP games are played through your AoK game on your computer and not a Client. This is what GameSpy uses which is a major part why some people are switching to IGZ.
So who am I to say all this?
I'm known as Perfect on AoK and I play Custom Scenario. I was a mod on Empires Legacy, IGZ, vGo (Old AoK CS Forum) and GameFanatic (Current AoK CS Forum). I've been playing AoK for about 5 years. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.217.207.131 (talk) 19:52, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] AoK Heaven
There's a lot of advertisements for AoK Heaven which from what I know is an AoC site and I've never heard any AoK CS players refer to it nor use it. Have heard about RM and AoC players using it but that's it.
I did view it a bit but didn't see any aok parts.
AoE2 Strategy Center is a place to find strategies and guides to use in Age of Empires 2. Guides are mainly intended to use in Age of Empires 2: The Conquerors but some may also be able to use in the Age of Kings.
Would be good if someone removed all these AoC links and all the AoC text in the AoK section. AoK Heaven is not an AoK Site, nor is AoE2 Strategy Center.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by WOC Perfect (talk • contribs) 21:03, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
damn,The good old times..Why did msn zone got rid of the online. This is a legendary game,shame on msn zone. hey guys you know where they play online now becuase i still think there are at least a 100 gamers playing online.
[edit] Question
Why can't we have a picture of the game's final version? Bane of Durin 06:03, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
- Umm....as far as I can see, we do. Can you be more specific? Dihydrogen Monoxide ♫ 06:39, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Soundtrack Song Titles
The song titles seem to be a little wacky, are they correct? 206.252.74.48 (talk) 18:35, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
Yes, they are-- Freshbakedpie (Wanna talk?) \'_'/ 19:56, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Aachen Cathedral?
Is the British wonder really the Aachen cathedral? Seems quite strange since it's located in Germany, and doesen't seem to have anything to do with England! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.8.238.23 (talk) 00:33, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
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- Yeah, a German building commissioned by a French king seems like an odd choice for the Britons... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.52.132.224 (talk) 22:13, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
- It's actually just weird. Try opening the scenario editor, and put down a British wonder right next to the Cathedral. You might note that the British wonder is simply a rearrangement of portions of the Cathedral building. The Cathedral building looks strikingly similar to the Aachen Cathedral (also odd, as the Cathedral building is never used for the Aachen cathedral in the campaigns). Coanda-1910 (talk) 07:31, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
- Yeah, a German building commissioned by a French king seems like an odd choice for the Britons... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.52.132.224 (talk) 22:13, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Reception, Sales and Awards?
Where are they? I've added a reception section that so far has a small reviews table so I hope others will expanded it from there. Stabby Joe (talk) 12:51, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Citations
It would be nice if somebody could give a citation or two for the first...2/3 of the article. I've lost my manual, but I suspect a lot of it could be sourced to that.Coanda-1910 (talk) 00:42, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Yep Freshbakedpie (talk) 18:28, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
