Improving Game Play - the Mini Map

I would like to dedicate a couple of articles to helping the newer, below average player improve their game play.   The overiding message I want to give is that absolutely anyone can improve playing this game.

Speaking from personal experience, many players starting out may start to plateau and notice all of a sudden that they are hitting a brick wall in terms of improving and getting to the next level.

More often than not, there will be two key things which will be holding you back:

1. the use, or otherwise, of the Mini Map; and
2. the use, or otherwise, of Hot Keys.

Let's talk about the Mini Map today, and I'll cover Hot Keys another time (although with practice, you will use them seamlessly as you improve your game play).

Take a look at this shot of the mini map from Relentless Canyon from Delos, part of the Alliance quests:

Relentless Canyon - it's a long, long, long map

Open the book to find out more.

Grand Opening of the Sage's Ancient Manuscript

This blog will feature various tips, hints, strategies, emotional tirades, and more to help you stay on top of your Age of Empires Online game. You, yes, you, will be the sole proprietor of a kingdom that will shine above all else. Read what's written in this old manuscript carefully, and it will reveal to you the secrets of generations past.