"Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden! Spear shall be shaken, shield shall be splintered, a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises! Ride now, ride now, ride! Ride for ruin and the world's ending! Death! Death! Death! Forth Eorlingas!"
One of the best Meme-able games I've ever seen, the Cataphract line formation was like mass Hussars, the secret pass was Thermopylae, and the trampling of entire armies was the charge of the Rohirrim ! Awesome !
26:36 were all gonna be safe! were all gonna have a good time! what in the jesus christ was that! "Drongo decimating both sides of a foreign conflict."
38:54 It's not that the observation tower is in the way. It's a kind of bug of the Byzantines and apparently it hasn't been fixed yet. Sometimes bombards can't pass through the gates or peasants won't get wood.
6:40 Not sure if you were mistaken or just misspoke, but the Grand Winery doesn't give an accelerated gather rate, just extra olive oil. Still useful if you're planning on selling the oil to get to castle, but kinda weird choice given you were planning on massing cav.
Aussie, when you go mass cav with Bzy you have to always go Hippodrome. The ability you get from it is what makes has Cav with the Byz possible since they don't get a charge attack. You also have to go Cistern landmark also for the healing flask. If you go Merc then go the other two landmarks
I wonder if spear + hand cannoneer would really counter mass cataphracts - even a half decent player with minor micro would send the cataphracts to charge through the spearmen into the back line of HC and destroy them. That AoE dmg + their survivability would be really interesting to see. Spear+HC's definitely slaughter mass knights but the cata's charge might be the difference. Guess it'd be an eco race to see who could sustain the constant re-maxing of their army. I bet the spear+HC would win in the long run but it'd be a slog for sure.
As a Byzantine main, not using the Olive oil for mercenaries and instead selling it for gold never occurred to me. This makes late game so much better when you run short on gold.
Every time I watch these I really want to play FFA, but on the other hand, I'm also really sh!t lol Never really actually played against anyone other than AI at least since AoE2 when we'd "hack" the school computers in the 90s & early 2000s then install AoE1,2 & WC3 or AoM on the school system to play against each other.
Drongo playing my strategy I use since byz release in ffas just does it all 50x faster. Even full map house spam! Only scout mixed in for extra torch damage missing. Gotta love it!
SPEARMEN + HANDCANNONEER DO NOT COUNTER CATAPHRACTS! PERIOD! I tested it multiple times, because I love 4-8 player matches and lategame parties. Cataphracts are too op in lategame!
48:18 Hannibal moment Alps crossing
The most gravely laugh came from me at this moment
I can tell you after watching this game i even became a Cataphract
"Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden!
Spear shall be shaken, shield shall be splintered,
a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises!
Ride now, ride now, ride! Ride for ruin and the world's ending!
Death! Death! Death!
Forth Eorlingas!"
need to watch the scene after that epic fight haha
That's what the cataphracts charge feels like, even if it was based on polish hussars instead of byzantine cataphracts.
Love how the guy at the end was so oblivious he didn't even realize it was a 1v1
One of the best Meme-able games I've ever seen, the Cataphract line formation was like mass Hussars, the secret pass was Thermopylae, and the trampling of entire armies was the charge of the Rohirrim ! Awesome !
Straight up war crimes at 26:08 ! 🤣🤣
48:00 -Thermopylae with Cataphracts... nasty!
The ending flank through the woods reminds me of the goat trial in 300.
"this guys cheating! he has more pop than me."
🤣🤣🤣 there is always a way to learn the hard truth
Day 3 of telling drongo he’s scared to 1v1 me
DRONGO WEAK
DRONGO WEAK
Or he doesn’t want to waste time on you lol
@@joshhemsley9181 are you allergic to fun
He’s scared
Green, green whats your problem green!
😂
34:45 you scared the shit out of him🤣🤣
that's hilarious 😂 he's just like "nope nope nope nope"
26:36 were all gonna be safe! were all gonna have a good time!
what in the jesus christ was that! "Drongo decimating both sides of a foreign conflict."
38:54 It's not that the observation tower is in the way. It's a kind of bug of the Byzantines and apparently it hasn't been fixed yet. Sometimes bombards can't pass through the gates or peasants won't get wood.
I can't wait to play this game in 2 years when I get a good computer
windows 95 could open this game with no FPS lol
Getting one later this year. It’s been a long time of saving but the end is near! Purely for this game lol
It’s on Xbox as well
Maybe an Xbox is more accesible than a decent rig.
man, me too.
Poor purple, oblivious to everything going on in the game then bam a tsunami at his gates.
Mix in some scouts with trapezites for boosted torch dmg burn down much faster!
6:40 Not sure if you were mistaken or just misspoke, but the Grand Winery doesn't give an accelerated gather rate, just extra olive oil. Still useful if you're planning on selling the oil to get to castle, but kinda weird choice given you were planning on massing cav.
Aussie, when you go mass cav with Bzy you have to always go Hippodrome. The ability you get from it is what makes has Cav with the Byz possible since they don't get a charge attack. You also have to go Cistern landmark also for the healing flask. If you go Merc then go the other two landmarks
“Even the king was coming to help.” Had me laughing during lunch break!!
that moment when the pathfinding takes on the role of Ephialtes. . Nightmare indeed
I wonder if spear + hand cannoneer would really counter mass cataphracts - even a half decent player with minor micro would send the cataphracts to charge through the spearmen into the back line of HC and destroy them. That AoE dmg + their survivability would be really interesting to see. Spear+HC's definitely slaughter mass knights but the cata's charge might be the difference. Guess it'd be an eco race to see who could sustain the constant re-maxing of their army. I bet the spear+HC would win in the long run but it'd be a slog for sure.
Lmfao! Not the forest foot path! 😂 derp!
As a Byzantine main, not using the Olive oil for mercenaries and instead selling it for gold never occurred to me. This makes late game so much better when you run short on gold.
Every time I watch these I really want to play FFA, but on the other hand, I'm also really sh!t lol
Never really actually played against anyone other than AI at least since AoE2 when we'd "hack" the school computers in the 90s & early 2000s then install AoE1,2 & WC3 or AoM on the school system to play against each other.
guess what? max out your pop with army means business 😂
AND ROHAN WILL ANSWER!
Drongo playing my strategy I use since byz release in ffas just does it all 50x faster. Even full map house spam! Only scout mixed in for extra torch damage missing. Gotta love it!
Yeah the mass house spam was the thing I went wait how do?!
And I was wondering, where that red king went - I guess purple found him after all...
This is madness...
THIS IS BYZANTUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*Spams Kataphraktoi*
SPEARMEN + HANDCANNONEER DO NOT COUNTER CATAPHRACTS! PERIOD! I tested it multiple times, because I love 4-8 player matches and lategame parties. Cataphracts are too op in lategame!
@0:55you might have been able to wall in pink’s king. Though I’m not sure if the time and res would be worth it 🤔
Whats the reason for wanting to put the relic in a monastery and not the winery?
Bro u were a monster this game💀💀💀
What if I told you you can make another unit to support your cataphracts
when you play for Byzantine 450 population it feels like the faction is revealing its full potential. Although it probably all depends on the skill
What hotkeys do you use? I think you are wasd - ing to move the screen around.
Riders of Roha!
Riders of Rohan!
What’s the song Drongo tends to hum when he’s doing his dark age attacks?
'Its a dinosaur, fucking dinosaur'
I dont know the artist. Think it won a grammy
Jurassic park!!
Thanks :)
The lack of hippodrome made me sad throughout this watch.
so stroooonkk byzantines booming
get the torch upgrade whne a scout is close to your units
edit- oooh thank god you got it
Anyone know how to use monarchs ability (sprint and seeing where other kings are) on Xbox?
Drongo if you want more usernames just joke around a bit with the name of a historic leader of the civilisation you're playing as
When will octagon 3 will come?
So when is xbox going to get the king abilities????
Where's the spectating videos
How do you use King's ability on console
Why not go for the relics in the middle? That's a bit sad lol. I feel like that was such a wasted opportunity. Lol
so much skill ! lol
Any custard games cumming up Mr.Drongo?
Drongo if u keep doing this, us nubs wont want to play anymore. Its already hard as a gold player.
Sadly handcanoneer and spearmen doesnt counter them
Fart at 6:25
EPIC
epic
😂
How and why are you playing against people that don’t know how dominion works lmfao.
Disgusting lol