Talk:Hunting Dogs (Age of Empires II)/@comment-190.163.65.41-20180121044118

 Competitive players believed it rewarded luck too much. Here's their reasoning in a nutshell:

1 - Deer happen to be close enough to your base but the random map generates Deer far from your opponent's base. Hunting Dogs magnifies your advantage.

2 - You manage to find your opponent's randomly generated map position early. You steal their Boar. You've not only taken away 350 Food from them, but if you're smart, you'll get it back to your base. You've gained 350, and Hunting Dogs magnifies that advantage.

3 - It's a must-research and forces players to build a Mill first instead of a Lumber Camp. All players need to build a Lumber Camp very soon, so they have to chop down straggler trees (the random trees near your TC). If you find your opponents' randomly generated position early, now you can lame them by putting Palisade Wall foundations on their half-chopped trees.