Questions

FS_Maverik> I was wondering if there will be an option for raiders to be like animals that are controled by no player. Maybe every once and a while there would be some raiders that come onto the map and attack your town. ----Down with the MA clan!

Bruce@ES> We don't think random events, like the raiders you describe, are good design. Increases player frustration for no gain.

Hello Bruce, What are your plans for cheats in AOE 2?

Bruce@ES> We not thinking too hard about cheats until we get closer to being really done. my best suggestion right now is Vikes on Bikes. A hard-hatted Viking on a big chopper.

MK_Maddog2020> will there be a civ you can get only by a code

Bruce@ES> That would be an incredible amount of work for one cheat code.

Marcoon> "Are Castles going to be pretty much like Town Centers in AoE? If so, in what ways?"-"And can you build more than one Castle?" "And, is there a demo in the future?"

MTerrano@ES> Castles are a building separate from the town center - you train your unique unit there along with other technologies.

AoE2_Net> Hello, How many scenarios are there (roughly) for each civ? and secondly What are some of the features the music in AoK will have? ie. different music for each civ? - Thanks for the time, PsyThrax, AoE2.Net

Eat_No_Donuts> Will there be actual voice communication in Aok Muti? And secondly, can you guys give examples of some of the Technologies and what they do that we haven't seen? Lastly, will the unitspecifications come with a unit animation in the lower left box as well?

MTerrano@ES> (If you ask 3 I get to pick one to answer, right?) - One of the technologies that I really like is the Town Bell... When you are being attacked, you can ring the town bell and your villagers run inside your buildings - after you dispatch the invasion, you ring the bell again and they go back to work.

James_Bond006> Hi guys, I was just wondering how many people could join a multiplayer game? And can you build bridges?

Bruce@ES> 8 player multiplayer. you can save and resto re Multi games. No bridges. Maybe next time. Sound simple but actually a complex problem. Thats what Tim Deen told me anyway.

Zanzard_Lothar> There were many people complaining that "AOE was too unbalanced". Has anything been done to AOK about this? And are foreign countries going to receive AOK in a short or in a humongous amount of time? That's all, thank you.

KillMe@ES> We're certainly always looking to as many people as possible to get balance input, and the public beta will help as well. Bruce said earlier that the foreign shipments would be ~1 month or less after US

Hoomooerectus> will there be any improvement on the map?

Winter@es> The new "terrain-mapping" stuff which you see in the screenshots is an incredible feature coded by our own Optimizer, Matt Pritchard

plasticbrain@es> It allows you to have passable farms on the elevation.

CoR_Duke> Hey, guys, what skills and what degrees do I need to have to get the job like you do, and second....Do you know when approximately AoK comes out?

KillMe@ES> AoK ships this fall

Th_Cardinal> Can yall tell us the Unique Unit of the Byzantines. If not can you maybe tell all the animals that will be able to be domesticated or is it only sheep. Thanks alot guys: ) (Killme thanks for posting at AoK Heaven)

KillMe@ES> sheep is the only thing you can domesticate - at this very moment ;)

Servantlife> 1. Does the king and queen fight? 2. Can units climb the mountains, go through forests? 3. Will you ever come out with a patch which lets you save multi games in AOE or ROR? Thanks!

KillMe@ES> 1. only if he stays out to late. 2. only if there's a place to walk 3. it's too difficult to retro-fit

A8_11_85> Hi, I have three questions.... Anynew resources? What are some of the cheats or ideas? Last, I heard that thje animals are going to reproduuce what is the word on that? -A8_11_85 AoE Kingdom

KillMe@ES> i don't think so. cheats won't be really worked on unil the end. animals, don't, um, reproduce :)

Servantlife> Can you build castles in any age, or only in ceartain ages? Will your 'huge directory' of taunts be available for download? Are bowman really really powerful, or is it more balanced? --Seth

KillMe@ES> castles are available in the late ages.

Hole6> Are you going to do anything with AoE after AoK is released? New add-ons or civs? Are you going to have any new defenses against elephants? And you didn't answer my question about what the Vikings superunit will be! :-) Longboat or Berserker?

KillMe@ES> The viking superunit is still in flux, so I can't answer, since there's not an answer. *whew*

AoEH_Archaic> How will age progression be presented? Will it be the same as AoE/RoR (2 buildings and resource limit met), or will it be a more gradual update, brought about through new tech upgrades and such? Btw, i love the old egyptian temple...! :-)

KillMe@ES> Age progression is essentially like AoE

AOEH_Omnivac> Earlier during the chat, Bruce Shelley mentionned that each civilizations would have a wonder. Was this a mistake... Is it a wonder for a building set (like AoE/RoR) or a wonder for EACH civ?

KillMe@ES> per building set

AOEH_washizu> Hey guys, wish I could have been here for the whole thing. One question: Will there be multiplayer campaigns or will random map/deathmatch/scenarios be the only options for multiplay?

KillMe@ES> there's currently only sp campaigns

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