The strongest siege weapon is the trebuchet, a slow loading, slow moving, giant catapult. These are destructive catapults and battering ram type weapons. These units are weak to melee attacks and are best served as defensive units, or backing up a group of melee units.ДЇor the destruction of buildings, there are siege weapons. There are also ranged units, such as the crossbowmen and spear-throwing skirmishers. Cavalry refers to units riding on horseback.

They are cheaper but weaker than cavalry. Close-range units are the various types of infantry and cavalry. If any of these resources become scarce, the player can simply create a marketplace and sell resources to buy what is needed.Д¬ombat is usually close ranged. Villagers can create farms, harvest from wild berry bushes, or hunt packs of boar and/or deer. It is used up the most and also easiest to harvest. Food is primarily used to create villagers and soldiers. Finally, there's food, the most important resource to any civilization. It can be mined from the few stone deposits found on the map. It's used for building castles and stone walls. Stone is the least important, but still useful, resource. It is harvested from mines established on deposits of gold. Otherwise, it can be used to pay for researching certain technologies, or constructing certain buildings. Usually this is used when creating military units. They can drop off the wood at a lumber camp, or your town centre. It is gathered by having your villagers cut down trees. Wood is used for most buildings and some soldiers, such as archers. There are four resources necessary to wage a successful war: Wood, Gold, Stone and Food. The gameplay in Age of Empires II: The Conquerors remains largely unchanged from Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings

Changes: Many smaller upgrades including: new multiplayer maps, the ability to have farms automatically replant, more efficient game recording, new technologies, and garrisoning in battering rams. New Technologies: There are twenty-six additional technologies.New Units: Eagle warriors, Jaguar warriors, Conquistadors, Halberdiers, Missionaries, War Wagons, Turtle ships, Tarkans, Hussars, Petards and Plumed Archers.

AI Upgrades: Villagers and siege weapons are smarter.

Tile Sets: New Jungle & Winter tile sets.

Game Types: King of the Hill (Wonder), Wonder Race and Defend the Wonder.

Campaigns: Montezuma, Attilla the Hun, El Cid and several miscellaneous one-map campaigns (Agincourt or Hastings, for example).

Civilizations: Aztecs, Mayans, Spanish, Huns, and Koreans.

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