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> Microsoft owns the IP today. Would be nice to see them do something good with it. Microsoft... do something good? Have you tried using Microsoft products?

Dalewyn 2y ago
Daily driving Windows for as long as I can remember, using Office for both personal and professional paperwork. They have given me far more than I ever paid them and will continue to do so. Also: Age of Empires II. Best RTS ever; change my mind.
- card_zero 2y ago
  I tried Empire Earth (from 2001) and was impressed by its depth vs AoE. I've been thinking about installing it on Windows 11. But this is somewhat beside the point, I'm sure both would run on Wine. I guess AoE II was published by Microsoft, but it was made by Ensemble Studios before MS bought them. And Office can do one.
  - dayjaby 2y ago
    EE has depth? Then why is AoE2 played competitevly and noone plays EE? AoE2 has a lot of micro depth: - quick walling to trap enemy units in or out - each arrow is a projectile that you can dodge - ballistics helps to hit moving targets, still can be dodged by good players The list goes on. Watch any modern caster for this game (MembTV or T90). There is a lot to enjoy. What I dislike about Microsoft+AoE is the fact that they publish DLCs with less and less content for huge prices. And AoE mobile is obviously a joke.
    - guappa 2y ago
      > still can be dodged by good players You are presuming that units would do as they are told, in a timely manner. Which they do not.
      - Dalewyn 2y ago
        Skill issue. Source: Played AoE2 for decades way back when. Dodging arrows is a skill to be practiced and honed.
        guappa 2y ago
        Yeah… I'm talking about the current one. Which looks similar to the old one but certainly doesn't play the same.
- izacus 2y ago
  Also Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 single handedly revived the genre.
tracker1 2y ago
It's hit or miss... As bad as Outlook has gotten since the backend shift to O365, it's still got better contact and calendar/meeting integrations than anything else I'm aware of. I mean, Google's calendar is "good enough" for most things, but shifting a single instance of a meeting, or more interesting repeat cycles is a pain by comparison. Let alone 3rd party integrations. If I ever came across F-U money, I'd build an open-source outlook+exchange replacement. Probably 3 versions, one for a single domain for easier deployment, one for mid-large companies with multiple backends, and something with more cloud integration/distribution. I think if cloudflare had workers for TCP services, doing an email service on cloudflare could be awesome.

Dalewyn 2y ago

Daily driving Windows for as long as I can remember, using Office for both personal and professional paperwork. They have given me far more than I ever paid them and will continue to do so. Also: Age of Empires II. Best RTS ever; change my mind.

card_zero 2y ago
I tried Empire Earth (from 2001) and was impressed by its depth vs AoE. I've been thinking about installing it on Windows 11. But this is somewhat beside the point, I'm sure both would run on Wine. I guess AoE II was published by Microsoft, but it was made by Ensemble Studios before MS bought them. And Office can do one.
- dayjaby 2y ago
  EE has depth? Then why is AoE2 played competitevly and noone plays EE? AoE2 has a lot of micro depth: - quick walling to trap enemy units in or out - each arrow is a projectile that you can dodge - ballistics helps to hit moving targets, still can be dodged by good players The list goes on. Watch any modern caster for this game (MembTV or T90). There is a lot to enjoy. What I dislike about Microsoft+AoE is the fact that they publish DLCs with less and less content for huge prices. And AoE mobile is obviously a joke.
  - guappa 2y ago
    > still can be dodged by good players You are presuming that units would do as they are told, in a timely manner. Which they do not.
    - Dalewyn 2y ago
      Skill issue. Source: Played AoE2 for decades way back when. Dodging arrows is a skill to be practiced and honed.
      - guappa 2y ago
        Yeah… I'm talking about the current one. Which looks similar to the old one but certainly doesn't play the same.
izacus 2y ago
Also Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 single handedly revived the genre.

tracker1 2y ago

It's hit or miss... As bad as Outlook has gotten since the backend shift to O365, it's still got better contact and calendar/meeting integrations than anything else I'm aware of. I mean, Google's calendar is "good enough" for most things, but shifting a single instance of a meeting, or more interesting repeat cycles is a pain by comparison. Let alone 3rd party integrations. If I ever came across F-U money, I'd build an open-source outlook+exchange replacement. Probably 3 versions, one for a single domain for easier deployment, one for mid-large companies with multiple backends, and something with more cloud integration/distribution. I think if cloudflare had workers for TCP services, doing an email service on cloudflare could be awesome.