This guide is actually more like a compendium. It literally picks apart the entire game. Anyone who plays AOE3 as their favorite game should definitely take a look at this If you only go by ratings, don't bother reading this because I am a mere Captain that can only play on weekends due to work, pilot lessons, family life, and more work. My rock / paper / scissors is what got me that far. My micro needs improvement. I am however a video game addict with a talent in Excel. This guide is written as an Excel workbook. Therefore, Excel and some basic knowledge of how Excel functions will be needed in order to use it. Except for a few interactive features, most of the guide will involve reading. For those of you who do not have Excel, here are some suggestions to view the reference guide. I personally have not used either of these but they look good. This is a free Excel viewer that allows view but no editing: OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, the product is free to download, use, and distribute. I started to include strategies in this version. I did not create these strategies, I took them off various forums. Giving credit where credit is due, I want to thank the following players for continually making good guides (in abc order): Beatnik Joe, Ender_Ward, Flammifer, and turbo_supra. Here are some of the topics included: While there is a lot of great information, the guide is not perfect. There may be some typos as I am the only editor, or perhaps something is just wrong that I missed in the new patch. I have already spent a lot of time working on this so I am kind of burnt out on testing and want to actually play the game. If anyone finds an issue, writes a useful guide and wants it included (with credit of course), appreciates a complete compendium, and would like to share it with fellow gamers, contact me and I will make the changes and post a new version. Thanks in advance... [This message has been edited by Cyclohexane (edited 08-26-2006 @ 07:43 PM).]
•General links
•Known bugs (many I found and submitted creating this guide while testing)
•Acronyms
•Cheats
•Taunts
•Default hot keys
•Defensive structures
•Experience guide
•HC level progression and how to edit single player files
•House placement
•Maps and native Indians (with technologies)
•A market analysis
•Units statistics for the current patch (all civilizations, mercenaries, and Indians including HP and damage with upgrades)
•Politicians
•How to read players scores
•Training times
•Treasure guide
•Resource rate gathering times
•Building times
•A few hand picked strategies (I will include more in time)
•And more!
Lead, Follow, or Get the Hell out of the way!................CYCLOHEXANE'S FREE GUIDES:
-TAD GUIDE: AOE3 TWC TAD Quick Reference -or view online: On-line
AOE3 TWC TAD UNIT COMPARISON SPREADSHEET: Unit Comparison Spreadsheet
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