Pop Limit Way Too Small

[BAKED]

Is it just me that finds the 200 pop limit too small ?

Anyone seen any mention of if they will increase it

[I AM HIM]

200 is way too small, that was the max for age2 back on CD

[SnowWuffe]

200 has been the standard for almost all the AoE, and it's balanced around that population number.

It's likely Modded/custom matches will support it in the future, but the ranked and standard games are likely to remain at 200.
They might possible add it as a setting, to increase or decreases max population, thou that would likely break the balance.

Personally i prefer it at 200, as in AoE 2, and 3, (The first Aoe had a max pop of 50).
Thou i recall there being possible to increase it up to 500 in one of the games.
to long ago thou :P

[RitualistEssence]

AoE2 Definitive Edition has 300+ pop cap settings lol.

[SnowWuffe]

Originally posted by Pozole:

AoE2 Definitive Edition has 300+ pop cap settings lol.

Can't say i've played the definitve editions, only played the originals :)

[I AM HIM]

Yeah but why was it not added for custom settings at release? Half baked.

[DragoSz]

U bearly have enough units to put on u wall and have a decent expedition froce

[Styles]

200 is fine for competetive but horrible for big free for alls with friends i hope we get options to turn it up outside of ranked

[PJ]

It's like this to allow comebacks. If you put the cap too high, then whoever is ahead will just roll over everyone else. It becomes macro only games, where micro skills are near meaningless.

[Vudash]

200 is the standard in AoE2DE multiplayer match
They will allow us to +200 pop, for sure

[Heraclius Caesar]

Originally posted by BAKED:

Is it just me that finds the 200 pop limit too small ?

Anyone seen any mention of if they will increase it

I agree with you, it does feel small in this day and age. It would be great if they increased it dramatically.

[DrummerJacob]

200 is the same pop limit that aoe 2 had back in the early 2000s when people were using AOL to connect and .486/66. I think its time to upgrade the damn gameplay a bit guys. We waited too long for this to be the same f'ing game.

[fakemon64]

idk... going drastically higher than 200 would have adverse effects on balance imo... but i guess they should give players the option to screw around offline if they want to

personally i dont think more=better. I dont even think the game would play as intended with a pop count over 300. but to each his own...

[DrummerJacob]

yea there should be a original/ranked mode and then a fun/customized mode for good systems that can handle it. there used to be mods for this, figured the devs would take that as a sign that enough people really want to play with more units

[Brussels_Sprouts_Are_Not_Food]

I personally don't have a problem with the 200 pop cap, but it should be able to be removed for people who want large armies.

[I AM HIM]

Originally posted by Farnsworth:

I personally don't have a problem with the 200 pop cap, but it should be able to be removed for people who want large armies.

It wouldnt be as big of an issue if u its didnt cost X population. 6 for some ships, 3 for siege, it feels like company of heroes or men of war.