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Age of Empires II: The Forgotten is the second expansion pack to the 1999 real-time strategy game Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, having been released nearly 13 years after the first expansion, The Conquerors.^[2] Created for the HD Edition of the game available on Steam, The Forgotten originated as an unofficial modification for the game known as Forgotten Empires. The expansion pack was developed by the team that created the mod with the assistance of SkyBox Labs,^[3] based in Vancouver. The Forgotten introduces five civilizations (the Italians, Indians, Slavs, Magyars, and Incas), seven campaigns, units, technologies, gameplay modes, maps, improved AI and other tweaks to gameplay.

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When Great Moravia’s King Ratislav asked the Byzantines for help in translating Christian texts into Slavic, the Byzantine missionaries entrusted with the task, Cyril and Methodius, successfully developed the first Slavic alphabet and wrote down the oldest text in Slavic literature (a translation of the Christian Gospel) in 863.

• In the game of age of empires 2 there are five that actually dominate in the castle age and swindle in the imperial age. These civs are the Huns, Franks, Slavs, and Persians occasionally the celts too but there also powerful in imperial age. Byzantines also get cheaper age advancement.
• This nation was founded by the Bulgars, a non-Slavic peoples who settled in the Eastern Balkans (north of the Byzantine Empire). However, the Bulgarian Empire expanded into most of the Balkans, which was by then mainly Slavic, and by the tenth century the state was effectively Slavicized.

Gameplay changes[edit]

The Forgotten introduces various new gameplay features, tweaks and previously undetected bug fixes, including the new game modes Capture the Relic and Treaty. Additional maps, including an expanded maximum map size that is four times bigger than the previous largest. Over 30 new technologies and 9 new units are included. Custom creations can be shared directly to the Steam Workshop. Artificial Intelligence has been improved, modeled on competitive players.^[4]

Campaigns[edit]

The Forgotten adds seven additional single player campaigns (Alaric, Bari, Sforza, Dracula, El Dorado, Prithviraj, and Battles of the Forgotten) which are partially based on historical events. The 'Battles of the Forgotten' campaign is, like the 'Battles of the Conquerors' campaign in Age of Empires II: The Conquerors, a set of unrelated scenarios relating the stories of several medieval battles: the Honfoglalás, the Battle of Langshan Jiang, the Battle of Bukhara, the Battle of York, Dos Pilas, the Battle of Kurikara, the Battle of Bapheus, and the Conquest of Cyprus.

Battles of the Forgotten

Bukhara (557) Khosrow I leads the Sassanid Persians into battle against the White Huns while they are at peace with the Byzantines, allying with the Gökturks to do so, all the while taking advantage of the Silk Road trade to achieve a solid economic base. Once the White Huns are defeated, Khosrow must then defeat the Gökturks, who have turned against him.

Online play[edit]

Multiplayer is supported on Steam. The Forgotten introduces an 'observer' mode, allowing for spectators to view online multiplayer matches, and also allows for streaming direct to twitch.tv.^[2]

Additional content[edit]

In April 2015, Microsoft announced that a patch, as well as a new downloadable content (DLC), which is a follow-up to The Forgotten is in development through a blog post.^[5] The DLC includes features such as civilizations, campaigns, game modes and units.^[6] This expansion was released with the name The African Kingdoms.^[7]

References[edit]

1. ^'Release date for Age of Empires II: The Forgotten'. ageofempiresonline. November 6, 2013. Archived from the original on November 13, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
2. ^ ^ab'Announcing Age of Empires II HD - The Forgotten'. Steam. August 16, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
3. ^'Age of Empires II: The Forgotten'. SkyBox Labs. Archived from the original on July 5, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2014.
4. ^Steven Bogos (August 16, 2013). 'Age of Empires II Receives First Official Expansion in 14 Years'. The Escapist. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
5. ^'Age of Empires II: HD Edition – Patch 3.9 and the Path Forward'. Age of Empires Blog. April 8, 2015. Archived from the original on August 17, 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
6. ^Starkey, Daniel (April 9, 2015). '16-year-old Age of Empires II Gets a New Expansion, Patch'. GameSpot. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
7. ^'Age of Empires II HD: The African Kingdoms on Steam'. store.steampowered.com. Retrieved January 5, 2016.

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The Slavs are an offense-oriented civilization that features strong infantry and cheap siege units.

Strengths Edit

The Slavs' farmers work 15% faster, allowing them to produce food faster than other civilizations. They possess all economic upgrades except Stone Shaft Mining and Guilds.

The Slavic team bonus allows military buildings such as the Barracks, Archery Range, Stable and Siege Workshop to provide five population. This bonus is useful for rushing strategies and civilizations, because it allows population space to be built up quickly. It is especially effective with other civilizations that have bonuses for these buildings.

The Slavs excel at fielding powerful infantry, as their infantry benefits from full blacksmith upgrades, free Tracking, and the unique technology Druzhina. Druzhina gives infantry the ability to damage nearby units in an area with trample damage, similar to the ByzantineCataphract with Logistica. This makes massed Slavic infantry formidable and deadly, especially when defending their cheap siege units.

Units from a Slav Siege Workshop receive a 15% discount, making them much easier to field en-masse.

Their unique unit, the Boyar, is a strong mounted melee unit that can be used to annihilate lesser infantry and cavalry units. They are mobile, have high amounts of armor and damage, but are vulnerable to ranged units and expensive to produce.

The second Slav unique technology, Orthodoxy, provides Monks with armor, making them harder to kill. This helps them to survive closer to the front lines, and provide combat support.

Weaknesses Edit

The Slavs have weak defensive structures. They lack many technologies that benefit buildings, such as Architecture and Heated Shot. Their towers are mediocre because of a lack of the Keep upgrade, and they cannot build Bombard Towers.

Slavic archers are notably weak, as Slavs cannot research the Arbalest, Bracer, and Thumb Ring upgrades.

Expensive Slav units are vulnerable to conversion, because Heresy and Faith are unavailable at the Monastery.

The Slavs do not possess any gunpowder units other than the Cannon Galleon.

Strategy Edit

The Slavs perform various strategies effectively, thanks to their 15% faster farmers and wood saved from building fewer houses.

The Slavic Feudal Rush (flush) is above average, due to free Tracking and Barracks that raise population capacity by five. Clicking up to Feudal Age on twenty-two population (typically with twenty-one villagers) and building two Barracks is recommended, and finishing an opponent quickly will help to off-set the Slavs weak late-game defenses. Depending on how starting resources are positioned, a Slav player may be able to skip building a Mill and 4 houses and build a Barracks and a house with the initial wood instead in the Dark Age.

Strategies in the Castle Age become significantly more diverse due to a discount on Siege Workshop units and the Orthodoxy technology. Monks, Mangonels, and Rams are strong additions to any infantry-heavy army, as Monks can heal wounded infantry and Mangonels/Rams are fantastic anti-archer tools. If a Slav player has invested heavily in infantry, it is recommended to research Long Swordsman and any infantry-relevant Blacksmith technologies, starting with the armor upgrades.

The Slavs perform Castle drops and Castle Age rushes with some proficiency, as their Unique Unit is incredibly strong. If the enemy player is fielding infantry or cavalry, the Boyar is an excellent choice because of its stellar melee defenses. Slav players can produce limited numbers of Boyars with effective results, and employ infantry and siege as the main army composition. Boyars perform well as a heavy cavalry substitute, and may catch opponents who are expecting infantry off-guard.

In the early-to-mid-Imperial Age, the strategy is determined by what tactic was chosen in the Castle Age. A typical strategy is to prioritize upgrading Rams to Siege Rams, followed by infantry upgrades and additional siege techs. If the player went for a cavalry-heavy strategy in the Castle Age, Light Cavalry can be upgraded into Hussars for effective economy raiding. The Slavs also have an attractive offensive Monk tech tree that can be utilized, and it is recommended to research Block Printing and Sanctity.

Slavic infantry becomes top-tier in late Imperial Age with the Druzhina unique technology, which allows the Militia and Spearman line to deal trample damage. This means that fewer infantry are required overcome a larger enemy army, especially when the enemy is bunched up or in a choke point.

The Slavic navy is average, missing the Shipwright, Heavy Demolition Ship and Elite Cannon Galleon upgrades. With this in mind, the Slavs should keep their feet dry unless water control is crucial, since their resources are far better spent on troops and siege.

Strategy Changes inThe African KingdomsEdit

The brand new Siege Tower unit is cheaper for the Slavs due to their siege cost reduction. This siege unit allows garrisoned foot soldiers inside the tower to overstep walls, and has great synergy with the fantastic Slavic infantry.

The Slavic Farming bonus gathering rate, which was bugged until Patch 5.7, is now fixed.

Alliances Edit

The Slavs perform quite well in any map position in team games, but are favored in the flank position. They can also perform as a springboard due to their farming economic bonus. Civilizations with rushing capabilities are ideal allies for the Slavs, with the notable exception of the Huns (who have no synergy whatsoever).

For economic team bonuses, Slavs make a good combination with the Chinese. Slav farms receive +45 food from the team bonus, and the faster Slav farming rate takes full advantage of this extra food.

In terms of infantry, they benefit from the Goth team bonus (Barracks works 20% faster) and the Italian team Bonus (Condottiero available in Barracks). A team of Goths, Italians, and Slavs can make a devastating combination, thanks to their amazing team bonus synergy. The Burmese also perform well in place of the Italians.

Other siege-oriented civilizations are good partners for the Slavs. A Celtic ally makes all Slav Siege Workshops work 20% faster. This can be devastating, and helps them amass their cheap siege units faster. Slav Siege Onagers also benefit from the Korean team bonus. Depending on the Patch version being played, it either grants the Onagers +1 range or reduces their minimum range. A Khmer ally gives the Slav Scorpion line +1 range, giving the Slavs access to cheap, long-range Heavy Scorpions.

Many civilizations make great use of the Slavs' military housing team bonus. An Incan player benefits from having a Slavic ally, as Incan houses already hold ten population and the Slavic team bonus grants military buildings five population space. Wood saved from this bonus also benefits a Goth ally, because they are able to spend less wood on houses and more on Barracks, which are essential for the Goth infantry spam strategy.

A Slav-Burmese alliance amplifies the best parts of both civilizations. A Burmese ally can adopt a strong rush or sling strategy, abusing free Lumber Camp and infantry attack upgrades to quickly train strong infantry or boom up to Castle or Imperial Age. Both the Burmese and Slavs benefit from strong Monk tech trees, and from the Burmese team bonus of revealing the location of Relics at the start of the game. The Slav housing bonus saves the Burmese time and resources, and wood can be sent back to the Slavs for farms.

The Teutons may be considered as a great defensive partner for a Slavs player, thanks to their anti-conversion team bonus and superior defensive structures. Both civilizations have great siege, and the bonuses somewhat make up for the Slavs' inherent weaknesses.

Compared advantages and disadvantages Edit

Advantages vs other civilizations Edit

• The Boyar crushes most melee units with its high attack and melee armor, and therefore civilizations reliant on infantry or cavalry (like the Aztecs, Goths, Celts, Franks, Magyars and Huns) may struggle against them.
• The Slavs possess a strong economy with a bonus to population via military buildings, so civilizations that are susceptible to early-game raids (like the Indians, Italians, Spanish, Turks, and Vietnamese) may find it difficult to respond. This is especially true on open maps like Arabia, and if starting from the Dark Age.
• Slavic Monks have nearly all upgrades (except Heresy and Faith) and armor from the Orthodoxy unique tech, so they perform well against civilizations like the Khmer, Burmese, Persians, and Indians, all of whom have slow-moving, non-ranged units (like the Battle Elephant).
• Any cavalry-centered civilization (like the Franks, Magyars, Huns and Persians) will find it much harder to fight Slavic Halberdiers when fielded en-masse after Druzhina is researched, as their Halberdiers will deal trample damage to surrounding units. This also gives the Slavs a slight advantage in 'trash unit' wars.
• The Slavic Champions also benefit from the Druzhina tech, giving them a considerable advantage in large, hectic, mass-unit battles. Any civilizations that rely on quantity over quality of troops (like the Malay, Goths, and Magyars), or high-quality trash units (like the Vietnamese and Berbers), will find difficulty against them.
• Civilizations with poor defensive capabilities, like the Goths and Magyars, will fold more easily due to the cheaply-produced Slavic siege lines; the mass-produced siege may even overcome civilizations with strong defenses, like the Incas, Teutons, and Byzantines. Slavic Onagers and Rams pose substantial threats to civilizations that rely on archers (like the Mayans, Vietnamese, and Britons), and Slavic Scorpions can decimate civilizations that field huge numbers of units (like the Goths and Malay).

Disadvantages vs other civilizations Edit

• The Boyar has 1 base pierce armor, slow movement speed (for cavalry), is expensive, and has little conversion resistance, which is further exacerbated by the Slav's lack of the Heresy and Faith techs. Civilizations such as the Aztecs, Burmese, Saracens, and Spanish can field monks to capitalize on this. They are also susceptible to any civilization with strong anti-cavalry capabilities, and fall easily to the Italians' Genoese Crossbowman, Indian Imperial Camel, Incan Kamayuks, and even the Japanese Samurai and Persian War Elephants with their high melee attacks.
• The Slavs's gunpowder units only include the Petard, Cannon Galleon, and Demolition Ship, and therefore fare poorly late-game against civilizations with strong late-games (like the Turks, Portuguese, and Spanish), or civilizations with Bombard Cannons or Hand Cannoneers. This disadvantage can also be exploited in closed maps like Black Forest, as civilizations can rush to the Imperial Age after stopping rushes with early-game walls.
• Slavic archers are mediocre at best, as they lack important upgrades like Bracer, Thumb Ring, and Arbalest. In this regard, they have difficulty against any civilization with strong Skirmishers (like the Vietnamese), decent Onagers (like the Koreans and Celts), powerful cavalry (like the Persians and Franks), or simply better archers (like the Mayans and Britons).
• The Slavs do not receive the Architecture, Bracer, Keep, and Arrowslits techs. Any civilization with robust anti-building units (like the Huns' Tarkan) or siege (like the Celts, Turks, Ethiopians, and Teutons) can destroy Slavic buildings with ease.
• In seige-vs-siege battles, the Slavs may encounter difficulty against civilizations with buffed siege, like the Ethiopians' increased blast radius siege units, the Celts' faster-firing and higher-hit point siege units, and the Teutons' increased melee armor siege units. Civilizations with decent light cavalry, or specialized anti-siege units (like the Magyar Huszar or Mongol Mangudai), can tear apart Slavic siege.
• The Druzhina tech is costly and only available in Imperial Age; Slavic infantry may dissolve against other early-game infantry civilizations like the Aztecs, Burmese, and Japanese. Archer-focused civilizations like the Britons, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Mayans still counter Slavic infantry. Byzantine Cataphracts still threaten Slavic infantry in large-scale battles even after researching Druzhina, as the Cataphracts also deal trample damage after researching Logistica.
• The Slavs' reliance on both Monks and siege makes them inherently weak to civilizations with decent light cavalry (like the Berbers, Huns, and Magyars), or to the Aztecs, Mayans, and Incans' Eagle Warriors.
• Large contingents of Mayan Plumed Archers or Incan Slingers can be a problem for the Slavs if they don't make use of skirmishers.
• Mayans, Incas and Aztecs have access to the Eagle Warriors, which can very effectively counter siege units, Monks, and to some extent Boyars. Regarding their Monks, they are vulnerable to light cavalry, so civilizations with good light cavalry (like Berbers, Huns, and Magyars) can easily counter them.

Situational advantages Edit

• The Slavs are advantageous on the Fortress map because players start with a Barracks (providing an extra 5 population space for them and their allies) and Farms (instead of sheep or boars).
• Heavily-armored Slavic monks are well suited for the 'Capture the Relic' game mode.
• The Slavs can perform well on the Black Forest map ,as their cheaper Onagers enable them to cut paths through the forest to unsuspecting enemies.

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