Get ready for the stinkiest of cheese, because this is the only level in the original campaign that you can intentionally break without the use of cheat codes. Here’s how (warning: this is going to be looooong): First, DON’T build a town center. The timer for the attacks won’t start until one is built. And since you have some villagers and ox carts with you from the start, you can collect as many resources as you want before building one. This is one way to cheese the mission, but we can do better than that. Next, you’ll need Reginleif. As some of you might’ve noticed, her healing rate is absurdly high. She can fully heal any unit in less than 5 seconds. Take all your heroes and send them towards the northern base. Keep Reginleif away from the rest of the heroes. You’ll find a ton of infantry, jarls, and some giants. Lure them slightly away from their base and have them fight and kill your heroes. Once they’re dead, the army will retreat back to their base. Bring Reginleif and heal the heroes. Repeat this until the orange army is wiped out. Since you’re Thor and have access to the Dwarven Foundry, you can fully upgrade your heroes even though you’re stuck in the Classical Age, and you should since the north base will fully upgrade their troops as time goes on. Once the army has been dealt with, you can destroy most of their buildings (since they don’t have boiling oil) with help from your ulfsarks. The only exception is the town center, since it can attack nearby units even without boiling oil. You could take it out with a large enough army, or… You can use Reginlief’s healing to your advantage. Just select any hero (I use Amanra since she’s got the lowest dps against buildings) and set them to Stand Ground stance. Then lure arrow fire from the TC and have Reginleif heal them. Remember that Reginlief’s heal is slow when a unit is moving or attacking, but if they're standing still, the healing rate returns to normal. Now watch as Reginleif heals the hero faster than the TC does damage to it. With this strat, you can take down the TC just with the units you started the level with. And with one enemy down, you can beat the level with ease… b u t w h y s t o p t h e r e ? Start building an army of axeman and ulfsarks, maybe some raiding cavalry too and take them towards the eastern part of the map. Separating you from Gargarensis base is a boulder wall. It has 9999 hp with 99% resistance to everything. It might take a while but you can destroy it. Do this and you can attack Gargarensis base. However, the devs knew this could happen, so they set up a double wall protected by 8 towers to prevent you form passing. Since we’ve got no access to siege weapons unless we build a TC, we would normally be unable to pass without sacrificing a large number of units. BUT by using the Reginleif healing trick, we can cross with minimal loses. Turns out that a fully upgraded hero that's standing still while being healed by Reginleif can tank 8 towers single-handedly. Once in the enemy base, repeat this strategy but be careful with their stables and archery ranges, as Gargarensis has hacks enabled so he creates units ridiculously fast. To deal with them quickly you can set up a kill zone with lots of towers. It might be slow but it’s doable. Once the enemy base falls, you can go to the southwest of the base and there you’ll find Gargarensis, Skult, and a huskarl. Kill them (or just kill Skult) and return to your base and finally build the town center. Then wait the 10 minutes for the attacks to start and, if you’ve done all of this correctly, you’ll be rewarded with... …the cutscene on the top of the cliffs failing to run because Skult, Gargarensis, or the huskarl are no longer there. The game doesn’t crash or freezes, but you’re completely unable to continue unless you restart the game. And that’s how you break the level without cheat codes. *Is there a reward for doing this?* Nope, not even bragging rights. *Is this worth it?* No. *Is this petty revenge against a level that kick your butt repeatedly when you were ten years old?* YES, and in the end, that’s what cheese is all about.
God, you killed the leviathan of one's childhood ! I still think that destroying Gargarensis' base before Odysseus' arrival as a player that tries the mission for the firsst time on hardest difficulty was enough, though. Bless Ragnarok.
When you are pop capped and have a lot of favor you can store the extra favor by queuing myth units, that way you don't sit at 100 and can't get anymore.
13:45 better remember Ajax by what this game did with him. Don't look for his actual myth and end. Damn Greek tragedy!!! Great timing just before work on monday, you help me get my dose of RTS for the week!
I love how oblivious Viper is while he plays this. It reminds me of my own playthrough of the huns where i was competent and actually did it all in a day. Actually got the story that way.
You can kinda 'cheese' these multiple approach defense levels if you wall them off but leave one spot open, the AI will send everything towards that one opening and you instead of sealing it off just have a long hallway walled off on both sides with towers and ranged units filling it
"Oh hello Gargarensis! We are apporaching the end, the end of our enemy. Long have you been bothering us. We have come to take your life. Where are you Gargarensis?" (Followed by Arkantos ordering the execution of Gargarensis by Ajex). Ajax: "This is for Chiron... ". "Wow, that was quite a brutal end to.. that was quite brutal of an end." OMFG I LOVE YOU VIPER NO HOMO
It’s sometimes worth to wall off all but one section, the AI will usually only focus on the unwalled section (and therefore not spread out) as far as I know. (Though not really to much of an issue in this particular mission)
i'm pretty sure i have heard viper saying on-stream that he has been top 1 on STGB ( 1 and 2 ? 2 differents ones at least ) . So , he probably knows the game ... But maybe i'm wrong ;)
Why do you prioritise hack armor so much over pierce? When you are walled like that melee units can't even attack you so getting techs to counter range would seem like a more logical choice :S
It's just a normal military base, I think Skult is there too if memory serves me right. I used to always try to destroy that base before going to finish Gargarensis off as that was always such an anti-climatic end. I thought that fighting through a slog of relentless armies and towers was a much more fitting end to the scenario. Fun fact, you can see the place that appears in the previous cutscene at the 10minute mark in that base.
I feel sorry for the person that is counting the hero deaths...... anyone, did anyone count how many Ragnarok-Heroes died this time? I didn't keep track unfortunately.
We need Ranged Units. What will Daddy Bipah pick? The extremely long range, high damage, bulky vampiric-regenerative myth unit that is more efficient than any human archer? or Axey Boys
Ayy, he makes Fire Giants. Pity he didn't pay much attention to them, but they have AOE special attacks, and a pretty damn good one at that. They have strong ranged attacks in general, and they fire quite quickly for having that much damage. Their special attacks can wipe out clumps of units very quickly because it's a particularly strong one. It's also why the Greek Chimaera is powerful. Extremely cost effective units.
Get ready for the stinkiest of cheese, because this is the only level in the original campaign that you can intentionally break without the use of cheat codes. Here’s how (warning: this is going to be looooong):
First, DON’T build a town center. The timer for the attacks won’t start until one is built. And since you have some villagers and ox carts with you from the start, you can collect as many resources as you want before building one. This is one way to cheese the mission, but we can do better than that.
Next, you’ll need Reginleif. As some of you might’ve noticed, her healing rate is absurdly high. She can fully heal any unit in less than 5 seconds. Take all your heroes and send them towards the northern base. Keep Reginleif away from the rest of the heroes. You’ll find a ton of infantry, jarls, and some giants. Lure them slightly away from their base and have them fight and kill your heroes. Once they’re dead, the army will retreat back to their base. Bring Reginleif and heal the heroes. Repeat this until the orange army is wiped out. Since you’re Thor and have access to the Dwarven Foundry, you can fully upgrade your heroes even though you’re stuck in the Classical Age, and you should since the north base will fully upgrade their troops as time goes on. Once the army has been dealt with, you can destroy most of their buildings (since they don’t have boiling oil) with help from your ulfsarks. The only exception is the town center, since it can attack nearby units even without boiling oil. You could take it out with a large enough army, or…
You can use Reginlief’s healing to your advantage. Just select any hero (I use Amanra since she’s got the lowest dps against buildings) and set them to Stand Ground stance. Then lure arrow fire from the TC and have Reginleif heal them. Remember that Reginlief’s heal is slow when a unit is moving or attacking, but if they're standing still, the healing rate returns to normal. Now watch as Reginleif heals the hero faster than the TC does damage to it. With this strat, you can take down the TC just with the units you started the level with. And with one enemy down, you can beat the level with ease…
b u t
w h y
s t o p
t h e r e ?
Start building an army of axeman and ulfsarks, maybe some raiding cavalry too and take them towards the eastern part of the map. Separating you from Gargarensis base is a boulder wall. It has 9999 hp with 99% resistance to everything. It might take a while but you can destroy it. Do this and you can attack Gargarensis base. However, the devs knew this could happen, so they set up a double wall protected by 8 towers to prevent you form passing. Since we’ve got no access to siege weapons unless we build a TC, we would normally be unable to pass without sacrificing a large number of units. BUT by using the Reginleif healing trick, we can cross with minimal loses. Turns out that a fully upgraded hero that's standing still while being healed by Reginleif can tank 8 towers single-handedly.
Once in the enemy base, repeat this strategy but be careful with their stables and archery ranges, as Gargarensis has hacks enabled so he creates units ridiculously fast. To deal with them quickly you can set up a kill zone with lots of towers. It might be slow but it’s doable. Once the enemy base falls, you can go to the southwest of the base and there you’ll find Gargarensis, Skult, and a huskarl. Kill them (or just kill Skult) and return to your base and finally build the town center. Then wait the 10 minutes for the attacks to start and, if you’ve done all of this correctly, you’ll be rewarded with...
…the cutscene on the top of the cliffs failing to run because Skult, Gargarensis, or the huskarl are no longer there. The game doesn’t crash or freezes, but you’re completely unable to continue unless you restart the game.
And that’s how you break the level without cheat codes.
*Is there a reward for doing this?* Nope, not even bragging rights.
*Is this worth it?* No.
*Is this petty revenge against a level that kick your butt repeatedly when you were ten years old?* YES, and in the end, that’s what cheese is all about.
God, you killed the leviathan of one's childhood !
I still think that destroying Gargarensis' base before Odysseus' arrival as a player that tries the mission for the firsst time on hardest difficulty was enough, though. Bless Ragnarok.
This comment is worthy of viper seeing
Good points except that Viper hasent found out that Regnleif heals yet.
It's... byotiful
Damn that's a lot of letters
Did Viper just Fatslob this one
I see he is learning from the true master, the one foe he could not defeat.
10 minutes till Saracen attack.
Whoops, wrong game.
An abandoned house?
holy crap, even more than 10 years after playing that damn scenario, reading "10 minutes till saracen attack" still instilled fear in my heart 11
which game is it
@@joshyjosh3772 Neuuu! A Saracen ambush!
@@samilemec5504 Its the holy roman empire campains last mission "Emperor in a barrel" if i remember correctly.
Fatslob vs gargarensis viking mirror
When you are pop capped and have a lot of favor you can store the extra favor by queuing myth units, that way you don't sit at 100 and can't get anymore.
13:45 better remember Ajax by what this game did with him. Don't look for his actual myth and end. Damn Greek tragedy!!!
Great timing just before work on monday, you help me get my dose of RTS for the week!
I love how oblivious Viper is while he plays this. It reminds me of my own playthrough of the huns where i was competent and actually did it all in a day. Actually got the story that way.
This game is my childhood, love it so much. Keep going with that good content!
U went through the entire norse campaign without knowing that regenlief heals, ....
Bravo viper , bravo
29:25 brokk making wolf burgers for the army. what a nice guy
13:33 'Look! to the Yeast!'
oh, i thought you said "Weast!
Marmite.
Gargarensis will never set foot in Atlantis.
EVER! >:C
Shoots Batista kills someone.... We surrender 😂😂😂
The environmental detail on the mining village is really cool. I recommend doing a thourough exploration to anyone playing this mission.
You can kinda 'cheese' these multiple approach defense levels if you wall them off but leave one spot open, the AI will send everything towards that one opening and you instead of sealing it off just have a long hallway walled off on both sides with towers and ranged units filling it
SO many hero deaths....
I'm not sure if I'm going to bother
Ark & friends: 100
Heros of ragnarok: 2000
Done
you never did notice: reigenleaf heals like a priest.
This is my favorite scenario in all of Age of Mythology.
A HERO HAS FALLEN
"Oh hello Gargarensis! We are apporaching the end, the end of our enemy. Long have you been bothering us. We have come to take your life. Where are you Gargarensis?" (Followed by Arkantos ordering the execution of Gargarensis by Ajex). Ajax: "This is for Chiron... ". "Wow, that was quite a brutal end to.. that was quite brutal of an end." OMFG I LOVE YOU VIPER NO HOMO
You could just have build a temple with your soldiers, when you found the extra relics ;)
Right: waller bois got no pride!
Yeah underground passage is a way Pegasus and ravens can be EXTREMELY deadly
Fatslob would be proud using Vikings and walling
Trick with the AI on maps like this is you don't wall one area and all the enemies will come from there.
Loki, god of mischief...
Who gave birth to Sleipnir.
How convenient that they are blown to the surface near an abandoned fortified mining town just as a giant army is coming.
Bet you that wasn't Gargarensis, but merely an illusion played by Loki. Little tease in the opening cinematic ;)
WALLS
WALLS
NO
BALLS
It’s sometimes worth to wall off all but one section, the AI will usually only focus on the unwalled section (and therefore not spread out) as far as I know. (Though not really to much of an issue in this particular mission)
Oh yeah, that was the most anticipated mission for me. I really liked and it was difficult to me when i was younger to win it.
earlier than sogomn Kreygasm
/ban Erich Müller
You are getting good at this
Literally has 5k unspent resources. BUILD SOME UNITS!!!
After Mythology try Star Wars Galactic Battelgrounds, It's copy of AoE 2 but in space
i'm pretty sure i have heard viper saying on-stream that he has been top 1 on STGB ( 1 and 2 ? 2 differents ones at least ) . So , he probably knows the game ...
But maybe i'm wrong ;)
i remember myself playing that mission as a child and turteling like a maniac... are you going to visit the rocketbeans when you are in germany?:)
11:35 the legend of fatslob ?
Several glitches at that end cutscene there.
from what i remember, ragnarok is a legit strategy in multiplayer game
From the multiplayer matches I've seen (After watching this playthrough) Its game over when someone use Ragnarok. Havent seen it countered yet.
*Fatslob intensifies*
Viper getting bamboozled, just like me when I was 12
lmaooo that scorpion shot
You could've made a temple to put in the relics.
one of my favorite mission
Why do you prioritise hack armor so much over pierce? When you are walled like that melee units can't even attack you so getting techs to counter range would seem like a more logical choice :S
Viper plays this campaign like I played AoE2 in my childhood. Must. Get. All. Upgrades. Before. Making. Army.
36:13 gargarensis OMEGALUL
It wasn't Gargarensis. It was Kemsyt in Gargarensis' form (another trick by Loki).
I didn't know a fortified greek base existed on this scenario. Is there anything out of the ordinary in there, or did we not miss much?
Just two giant bases (norse+greek). If you are quick you can wall that pass off and turn the area into a kill zone and slowly push through with siege.
It's just a normal military base, I think Skult is there too if memory serves me right. I used to always try to destroy that base before going to finish Gargarensis off as that was always such an anti-climatic end. I thought that fighting through a slog of relentless armies and towers was a much more fitting end to the scenario. Fun fact, you can see the place that appears in the previous cutscene at the 10minute mark in that base.
I feel sorry for the person that is counting the hero deaths...... anyone, did anyone count how many Ragnarok-Heroes died this time? I didn't keep track unfortunately.
Poggers! Prostagma
We need Ranged Units. What will Daddy Bipah pick?
The extremely long range, high damage, bulky vampiric-regenerative myth unit that is more efficient than any human archer?
or
Axey Boys
In addition... Will Bipah use Fire Giants this episode? Only time will tell.
Ayy, he makes Fire Giants. Pity he didn't pay much attention to them, but they have AOE special attacks, and a pretty damn good one at that. They have strong ranged attacks in general, and they fire quite quickly for having that much damage. Their special attacks can wipe out clumps of units very quickly because it's a particularly strong one. It's also why the Greek Chimaera is powerful. Extremely cost effective units.
F for chiron
F for Chiron
prostagma?
No pride no honour
There are 2 or 3 more episodes
Completing the entire Norse section without choosing the Battle Boars. For shame sir.
19:48
I think the double walls fuck with the ai lol
Viper! For the love of God do NOT make a gigantic army in the last episode PLEASE! Or make one but please do not use it for offense!
Fatslob would be proud
You will like next episode ;)
i think microsoft should make VIPER mode becos it looks like easy mode here damnt !
How the fuck can you select more than 30 units?
do you habe any mods installed, i dont see timer and villager counter in my game
You can add them via the "options"
@@heavymis i didnt see that option... i am playing extended edition.
I hope you play more multiplayer and go for full ragnarok their ass
Walls walls no balls
Am I the only one who hasn't played aom and is wondering how many scenarios did they make in this game???
Only spoiler I can give is "not many more".
He's almost nearing the end.
If u dont count The expansion Then we are Nearly done
@@satyakisil4289 Dont forget the Titans, Dwarf and Chinese Campaigns.
@@aomforever Chinese campaign sucks.
@@aomforever Chinese campaign is kinda buggy.
F
2 to go!
make towers on elevation. Same bonus as AOE2 applies. It was annoying for me when you made tower below the elevation >.
f
2 more episodes to go, 32 campaigns in total
stfu random b ot
Walls walls no balls