#1 there is about a 50/50 chance it will record game as only blue player's point of view will it record via quicksearch if it does at all (AOM it always recorded)
#2/3 online # is all flavors of age3 so it means fewer players per the three, then broken down even more by skill, then broken down even more by home city level. I find it can take a while for me sometimes and I am completely average skill (2nd leuit), select any city level, and play asian dynasties.
Today, supremacy as follows...(gmt-7)
20:01 to 20:58 - 500 games played using age3
13:52 to 20:54 - 500 games played using warchiefs
20:01 to 20:57 - 500 games played using asian dynasties
Warchiefs amount of games played seems terrible, but maybe there was a problem with ES stats on agecommunity or warchiefs server (assuming separate from the others).
(AOM there was no home city level variant additionally)
#4, This one ticks me off the most. I have even tried modifying the .xml file to add a sound gadget but it just will not recognize it.
Major PITA when you are falling asleep at your computer waiting for a quicksearch match only to realize it already started and not even knowing what map you are on or your opponent's skill. (AOM had this simple feature)
A small leap backwards from predecessor, but oh well.
There are at least some interesting new features in the game.
[This message has been edited by xentelian (edited 02-11-2008 @ 04:08 PM).]