What is it like to play Gold Rush in AOE2?

Single player : Have fun killing enemy villagers with watch towers near gold mines. Multiplayer : Gold Rush turns into a Tower Rush game. Most basic multiplayer strategies aren't equipped to handle a map like Gold Rush. It's a matter of first co... read more

Multiplayer : Gold Rush turns into a Tower Rush game. Most basic multiplayer strategies aren't equipped to handle a map like Gold Rush. It's a matter of first come first destroy. read more

60 gold / 0.379 gold / s = 158.3s So you need to cause ~720 villager seconds idle time to make it worth. Seems a lot but you can idle a lot of villagers at once with a good drush for long periods of time. read more