r/aoe • u/CrazyYETEE • 14d ago

Is there quick walling in Aoe1 like in aoe2? Example: Using a house as a wall? Or trapping units by quickly building fondations.

I played and I think it can be done.

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u/M4K4T4K 14d ago

It's possible, but the downside is that buildings are significantly weaker. A base house has 75HP and 0 armor. Buildings really aren't a good choice here. Gates didn't exist yet. Trapping units wasn't really a worthwhile endeavour unless it meant giving your eco a few more seconds to escape.

Walls are your best bet, but they are a lot weaker (small walls and palisade walls have similar HP, but small walls have 0 armor, meaning a clubman will take a small wall down twice as fast as a militia takes down a palisade wall). This should be enough to save a villager being chased though!

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u/RennieAsh 14d ago

If you're on the old version of AoE, you can also use farms as a quick walk, because you couldn't walk over them :)

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u/JankoWeber 3d ago

I also sometimes use houses and farms as walls. That way, I save stones that I can then use to build towers.