Warcraft 3 Multiplayer and Singleplayer Discussion

What's WoW?

Dude... get your names straight lol.

Okay here... WoW is a MMORPG, but this is the RTS game, I would say it's known as WC3 (but this is the Easytech Fan Community - and it's not World Conquer 3).

Anyway, ALWAYS produce your peons in the beginning of a skirmish (some particular missions in the campaign might be a bit different). Just think StarCraft, it works off the same principle... he who mines minerals and gas the most, he will win (assuming both players spend much as possible). Of course, to make good use of the resources, you have to spend down quickly and efficiently.

I would say get a guide on how to tech up to whatever unit you want to use from the sound of your questions here.

But because they are similar, there should be some strategy that are similar;
1. Never let TC (or the worker building thing and main base) idle.
2. Keep Scouting until find enemy base.
3. Understand your Civ (or faction) and see which stuff you need. Do you boom and go for lots of Inf as Huns? No! You rush and research only the stuff that you need, whether it's FC and Knights or scout rush.
 reddit.com/r/WC3/ is reddit link, ask there maybe?

AoE has exact same strat.
Whoever can control gold in late-game, wins.
Unless if the enemy raids and walls all your gold.
Then tower/inf/galley/scout/archer rush your base.
Or drush with huns since they don't need houses.

Nope, not quite... but it's true that Protoss is heavy on tech, expensive mega-huge units. Zergs just have dirt cheap cheap spawnings but boy they do it all quite good on 3 different tech levels (TC levels if you think in that way). Terrans are sorta middle of the road between the two. That's the comparison between those three inside the SC universe but in comparison to AoE...

the AoE civs are almost exactly the same as each other in the tech tree except with quirks here and there. Plus you have the castle that gives the special unit of the civ. It's similar to TW13, most of the tech tree is same for all civs, right?

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In SC, the ENTIRE tech tree is completely different for each faction. And the way of developing the economy is completely different for each. Some buildings do have sorta a similar purpose but fits differently in their own tech tree.

Also the way you construct is very different. Terran is same as AoE, you assigned a worker and it works on the construction until it's done. Protoss just moves a worker near the site and starts the construction then you can move the worker somewhere else because the construction is automatic (very high-tech). The Zerg is a wholly different thing. It uses a worker to mutate into a building and you lose a worker every time you build something. You have to use a larva to pop out a new worker.

Each also have a very different house system. Terran again is probably the most familiar one for you. You bulid something anywhere you can fit it into.

Protoss uses giant crystals called Pylons and bulids them to raise the population limit AND to permit construction in that zone. You see, the pylons are their power plants, sorta of crystal electricity lol. You MUST bulid in the area near a pylon.

Zerg uses their TC (hatchery, lair, and hive) and also creep colonies (which can convert to anti-ground or anti-air defenses) to "infect" the ground by covering it with some kind of a goo or slime. On the creep (or slime whatever) you are limited to bulid there, so you have to infect more ground to be able to expand. Their houses for population limits aren't buildings but flying creatures that can automatically detect invisible units and transport army units in the air.

Quality, imho. SC was way better than AoE2 original.

Also, who is your opponent in AoE changes your unit selection a bit right? Like if you face the Persians you BETTER get some pikesmen or their elephants are making roadkill out of your archers and infantries or even calvary. But other than the special units, everything is exactly the same.


In SC, every single unit is specifically special for that faction only! I don't mean a different graphics and label, but different movement speed, attack range, HP, DPS, etc...

Also what use is basic infantry in AoE? In SC every single unit in the game is SO useful for something, and it would have hurt the game balance so badly if an unit is missing from the game. (Granted, no game is utterly perfect but Brood War came close)

Don't assume that I am just praising SC as a fanboy tho, I have played all 3 of the main AoE series before SC. I grew up with AoE as one of my favorite. But after I graduated from high school, a friend introduced me to SC and gave me a copy... I got hooked HARD.

You're talking about the MLG scene.

I bet if AoE had a MLG at all... it would be even MORE rigid with its smaller pool of unit diversity.

But yeah I agree with you, I am not into SC for the competitiveness and that stuff. I just wanted to have fun in an amazing game that I have fallen in love with.